Hi If I have been using Jaws for a while, I experience the behavior you are talking about. If I close Jaws, and then restart it, it behaves like it should. Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Scarlet Wombat" <coconut@xxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: JFW not reading combo boxes or desktop Just installed JFW 7.0 on a new laptop. The install went okay, the pc is running xp/sp2. Jaws does not speak the contents of combo boxes or list boxes, just the position, like 2 of 9...sounds like the Borg. On the desktop, it will say 1 of 10 or something like that, but refuses to read the item names. Even in the Jaws program, on basic settings, cannot move up and down the list box for setting the kind of keyboard, it just reads the numeric position of the cursor, not the name. Radio buttons and check boxes seem to read okay. Most things in control panel will not read. Have verbosity set to highlited, but acts the same in the all mode. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks, 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 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 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