Re: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
- From: "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 15:15:45 -0400
I expect it depends a lot on the sequence of programmes starting up. =
What you want to do is have Jaws start up as one of the first =
programmes. In the old days of DOS this was done with Autoexec, I have =
no idea what determines the sequence under Windows. Might it be the =
entries in the registry?
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
DLeavens@xxxxxxx
Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat.=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
> Hi guys
> Again there appears to be some confusion on this issue so let me =
further=20
> explain. As previously stated, or maybe I didn't so let me do it now, =
I=20
> have the automatically start JAWS check box checked under =
options/basic=20
> settings.
> I also have the run jaws from system tray check box checked in that =
very=20
> same dialogue.
> If, for example, I've had to unload JAWS with insert plus f4 to play a =
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> it unloads fine, and when I restart it, it starts up very quickly. =
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> seems to take forever on my system is that *initial* startup of JAWS. =
In=20
> other words, when my computer is booting up, JAWS appears to not start =
as=20
> quickly as it did in previous versions. I first hear the windows xp=20
> startup sound, and then it could be anywhere from 15 to 30 seconds =
before=20
> JAWS speaks the good old, "JAWS For Windows is ready" message. In =
previous=20
> versions such as 5.0 and 5.01 and even before that, it didn't seem to =
take=20
> as long for JAWS to load and start speaking as it does now. From what =
I've=20
> been told, if you have automatically start jaws checked, which I do, =
then=20
> JAWS is run as a service. I guess there's not a lot I can do, other =
than=20
> to possibly take a few other programs out of startup and see if that =
solves it.
> I hope i've explained things so everyone understands.
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> At 09:08 PM 6/4/2005, you wrote:
> >It may also help that I don't automatically load at startup.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanks; Gene
> >
> >On MSN and Yahoo - guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bruce Toews" <water_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:06 PM
> >Subject: Re: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
> >
> >
> > > Running it from the sys tray is irrelevant in this particular =
case, but it
> > > does appear you can get JAWS running earlier if you use a hot key.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bruce Toews
> > > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: water_drinker@xxxxxxxx
> > > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): =
http://www.ogts.net
> > > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com
> > >
> > > On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Gene wrote:
> > >
> > >> I am running mine from the system tray on a hot key. When I hit =
the hot
> > >> key
> > >> after startup it will load in about 10 to 20 seconds. BTW that's =
6.1.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks; Gene
> > >>
> > >> On MSN and Yahoo - guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "serrebi" <serrebi101@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:16 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> jaws takes about a minute and a half to load up on my machine =
when I
> > >>> boot.
> > >>> Got a rather fast cable connection to the net, 5mbit/1mbit, why =
it would
> > >>> take that long to varafy a lisence I have no idea.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message -----
> > >>> From: "Lucia Greco" <lucy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 4:58 PM
> > >>> Subject: RE: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hi:
> > >>>> you already are running Jaws is a service if you have the run =
Jaws
> > >>>> first
> > >>>> checkbox checked.
> > >>>> The reason draws 60 is taking longer and longer to boot is that =
the =3D
> > >>>> Internet
> > >>>> authorization is checking for valid authorization every time it =
started
> > >>>> freedom says they know about this but have not given any word =
as to
> > >>>> when
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> it
> > >>>> will be fixed. I have seen it slow machines down as much as a =
minute
> > >>>> and
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> a
> > >>>> half.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
[mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =3D
> > >>>> Behalf
> > >>>> Of Chris Skarstad
> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 2:01 AM
> > >>>> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>>> Subject: running JAWS 6.0 as a service in windows xp home
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi folks
> > >>>>
> > >>>> For a while now, I had been noticing that it was taking JAWS =
6.0 a =3D
> > >>>> longer=3D20
> > >>>> time to run when the computer starts.
> > >>>> . I do have a bit of usable vision, and from what I can =
determine, =3D
> > >>>> there=3D20
> > >>>> are a lot of programs that run before JAWS does, and it looks =
to me
> > >>>> like
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>>
> > >>>> it's actually the very last thing to load. So I have to wait =
while
> > >>>> all=3D20
> > >>>> these programs load, and I'm just wondering if there's any way =
I can
> > >>>> run
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>>
> > >>>> JAWS as a service so that it'll run faster at startup? AT =
least as
> > >>>> I=3D20
> > >>>> recall, that's what I believe will make it run sooner, rather =
than =3D
> > >>>> later.=3D20
> > >>>> Like I said right now, it's the last, if not one of the very =
last thing
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> to=3D20
> > >>>> start up, and I was curious as to what I could do to make =
things start
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> up a=3D20
> > >>>> little faster. This has been happening ever since I installed =
JAWS 6 =3D
> > >>>> when=3D20
> > >>>> it first came out last december, but I could never quite put my =
finger
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> on=3D20
> > >>>> why it was just taking so long whereas before it was running a =
lot =3D
> > >>>> sooner.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I hope what I said makes some kind of sense? This isn't like a =
huge =3D
> > >>>> deal=3D20
> > >>>> or anything, but I like to make sure my computer starts up =
quickly so
> > >>>> =3D
> > >>>> I'll=3D20
> > >>>> have speech right away.
> > >>>> Thanks for any ideas.
> > >>>>
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