Hi everyone, Just to let you know that now this problem has been solved, many thanks to William Burton from Sight and Sound for his support. It turned out to be that the HD Driver is interfering with Jaws at start up. Disabling the HD Driver sorted it out. Sorry for cross posting but I think I originally posted my query (you can read it below) to both the Jaws and access UK lists. Cheers, Amro ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws not speaking at start up Hi all, Since I reinstalled XP Professional last week on my computer I'm having the following problem. I have Jaws configured to start automatically when the computer starts. Jaws starts ok, but, with no speech. I have to unload Jaws and reload it for Jaws to talk. I tried this with Jaws 9 and older versions but the results are the same. Would anyone have an idea what might be bothering Jaws? Cheers, Amro