JFW 12, XP, To assist with Skype clarity, I have a small generic USB sound card fitted to my pc as using the default system realtec is a bit poor and rough. When switching on the pc this morning, I have no jaws kicking in. Launch narrator and it's really fiddly to work your way into the jaws menus to get to the sound card sub menu item... and there, the default sound card is checked. Realtec and generic ones aren't. So, down arrow to generic, hit enter, and jaws kicks in. Go to bed, switch on tomorrow, and no jaws..... can anyone advise me on how to ensure this selection is held? I did notice in Control Panel, Sounds and Audio, that under the audio tab, there's a checkbox to use the windows default sound device, so should I uncheck that? In the middle of all my troubles, I did that and of course? Narrator didn't even launch, I then had to go fetch a little USB media device to retrieve speech. Regards, Robin Clayden, Secretary Scottish Blind Golf Society A Governing Body for all blind and visually impaired golf in Scotland. Tel: 01383 737 717 Mob: 07895 083 217 Web: http://www.scottishblindgolf.com/