There is a way short of rebooting to get JAWS back up that Dave alluded to--the kill JAWS method. Following directions given a long time ago on this list, I put that icon in my desktop. It is the only icon whose name begins with k. So when JAWS disappears and wont' come back, I press Window-m to get focus into the desktop, press k, then enter. In my case, it brings up JAWS speaking the message asking if I'm sure I want to close JAWS. I press escape, and I'm back in business. Note that often I've tried to close JAWS with a view to reopening it, so that may explain why this message appears. But it isn't spoken until I've gone the "kill JAWS" route. As you can tell, I'm skipping past the important step of how you create "kill JAWS." If no one else follows up, I'll try to reconstruct it. However, Dave and others are much better at tech questions than I am, so I'm hoping they will provide the explanation they're more qualified to give. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Scarlet Wombat Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:50 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk Dorothy is correct. I use Jaws 9 with XP Pro and it is an occasional problem with that, and was with v8 and v7. I never associated it with white print on a black background, but that might be a factor. I usually just press the power button for six seconds and reboot things when it happens as no other key combination will work at all. It is as if Jaws possesses every bit of the machine. Dan -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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 -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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 Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html 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