Yesterday while reading my e-mail I suddenly lost all sound. I tried to bring jaws back up by using the shortcut key but without success so I rebooted the computer and it took over two hours. since then, when I boot up or reboot the computer it takes over two hours but after the computer is booted up everything seems to work fine. I feel that when I lost sound and tried to bring jaws back up I somehow checked or unchecked somethingthat I shouldn't have. I will appreciate any suggestions on this as I have not been able to find the problem myself. Best Wishes, FRED ADAMS W4HC FIGHT TRUTH DECAY -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx