If anyone cares or would find this useful, I discovered the cause of my problem described below. As with Dale's situation, my system also uses a wireless keyboard. And the problem was due to an incorrect install of the hardware. It's like this. The wireless keyboard receiver has both a PS2 and USB connecter. When I initially installed the keyboard receiver into my system, I only plugged in the USB plug. But, some time later, some "helpful" person also plugged in the PS2 connecter. Once I realized this and unplugged the PS2 connecter and left only the USB connector the problem completely went away. HTH. From: "Dennis Brown" <DennisTBrown@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: JAWS 8 frequently says "Clear" (for no apparent reason) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:48:00 -0500 What is on your system tray or task bar? Thanks, Dennis Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Quaiattini" <Peter_Quaiattini@xxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:15 AM Subject: RE: JAWS 8 frequently says "Clear" (for no apparent reason) > Interesting you raise this issue. > > On my home machine only (not my work machine), I only recently started > noticing this behavior. It was under JAWS 8. so I figured that upgrading > to version 9 may help. But it did not help. > > The problem for me is like this: > > Say I'm in windows explorer, navigating thru a file list. Once and a > while, JAWS will say "clear" instead of the file name. However if I do > either a say-line function or if I move off and back onto the item, it > will say the correct name. This is the same for the desktop. > > For internet explorer, similar behavior. If I'm tabbing thru links, or > down arrowing thru a page, JAWS will say "clear". But say-line or moving > off and then back onto that line will read the line correctly. > > It's curious that this behavior only started happing for me within the > past week or 2. > > I thought it may be caused by me not powering up the video monitor > since, to save power, we now typically turn it off. But that doesn't > seem to be the issue either. > > Peter Quaiattini > BITS OPS - Data Hosting Services > Canadian Pacific Railway > (403) 319-6579 > peter_quaiattini@xxxxxx > > From: "Dale E. Heltzer" <deheltzer@xxxxxxx> > Subject: JAWS 8 frequently says "Clear" (for no apparent reason) > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:08:35 -0600 > > This is a problem that has dogged me for quite a while. It has occurred > on both my current and previous computers. Windows XP Home and > Professional, with all updates. and a Microsoft wireless keyboard. 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