You probably need to unload and reload JAWS every time you boot up your computer for JAWS to read properly. I understand that when your computer first boots up JAWS is running in service mode and does not work as it should. To stop it from running in service mode, I unload it and then reload it and that does the trick. ----- Original Message ----- From: jose hernandez To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:12 PM Subject: ABOUT MY COMPUTER AT WORK hI There: I just got my computer upgraded at work, I have jaws 8.1, and I have WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL, AND MICROSOFT WORD IS 2003, I HAVE problems using it, because at the beginning, it will just read anything in word, for a while, and then it won't , so I have to use control and up arrow to use it, how can I fix it so i won't have that probelm, also when i tab, with alt, it will read everything with alt, and tab, or alt and window, how can i fix this, also I lose focus on jawsand pc curser, can someone help. jose