Re: JAWS 5.00.812 Problem on XP

  • From: "Steve Vandecar" <kg7ed@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:14:31 -0800

I did a clean full install of jaws 500.812 on my XP Home machine and it
works fine now.  I should say it has worked fine since yesterday.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy Sullivan" <sullidog_2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS 5.00.812 Problem on XP


> Fs says to do a fresh install if we encounter problems, but sounds like
> everyone is, so maybe for those of you who are having trouble could
request
> a patch, I however am not having any trouble accept for a few occasional
> annoyances that a patch wouldn't hurt.
> Troy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vetri" <avm124@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:21 AM
> Subject: Re: JAWS 5.00.812 Problem on XP
>
>
> > It seems that most of us are having problems with the new update. Is
there
> > in any way our concerns could be conveyed to the FS?
> >
> > Vetri.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Cant" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: JAWS 5.00.812 Problem on XP
> >
> >
> > > Hi there Folks,
> > > this update has messed me up too, jaws 50 was working reasonably well
on
> > my
> > > xp home machine, well i have got the scripts back out of the temp
folder
> > > that it created when installing the update and all is working well
> again,
> > i
> > > copied the new msn script files to the old directory first and then
put
> > the
> > > old script files back in the main directory and all is working ok
again,
> i
> > > found that some menus stopped speaking, in the list view of explorer
it
> > > kept saying blank, when replying to messages in Eudora and i wanted to
> > read
> > > back what I'd written word by word it was saying once again blank! so
i
> > > don't like this new update a tall.
> > > on my other computer again running windows xp home, i installed the
> update
> > > on it's own with out installing jaws 5.0 and that's worse than this
one
> > > that has the version 5 pre installed, so all i did was copy all the
> > scripts
> > > from this computer and put them in the other computers settings\enu
> > > directory and now the other computers working fine now
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Chris Cant.
> > >
> > > At 18:54 16/02/2004, you wrote:
> > > >Dear JAWS Users,
> > > >I have downloaded the updated version of JAWS 5.0 (JAWS 5.00.812). I
am
> > > >using Windows XP Professional. I have changed my XP settings into
> Freedom
> > > >Scientific's recommendations that are discussed in JAWS help. I still
> > have
> > > >a problem! When I go to My Computer, and navigate on my drives, JAWS
> does
> > > >not read, for example, "Local Disk (C:)" or CD Drive (E:)". If you
want
> > to
> > > >test This problem with your JAWS 5.0, go to my computer and refresh
the
> > > >screen by pressing Insert + Escape. This problem was not occur on
JAWS
> > > >versions prior to 5.0. Also, I do not have this problem on other
> version
> > > >of Windows such as 2000 and Millennium. Please test this, and Report
it
> > to
> > > >Freedom Scientific. Do you have any suggestions to solve this
problem?
> > > >Thank you.
> > > >Best regards,
> > > >Armond.
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