In display preferences. From: Jake Joehl Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:14 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Ongoing Problem with JAWS Spontaneously Reading Hi. Where can I change my desktop background in Vista? Thanks. Jake Please visit me at http://jajoehl_74.tabulas.com ----- Original Message ----- From: James Scholes To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: Re: Ongoing Problem with JAWS Spontaneously Reading This used to happen to me. Simply change your desktop background to none. If that doesn't work, then you do indeed need a new video card. From: Jake Joehl Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:53 PM To: Blind Access Journal Discussion Group Cc: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Ongoing Problem with JAWS Spontaneously Reading Hi all. I think I've briefly mentioned this on here before. I have been experiencing a problem where JAWS will read various things at random. For instance when I start up my computer or log back into my account, it will just randomly announce parts of my taskbar, my recycle bin, Windows Media Player, etc. etc. etc. I informed Freedom Scientific about this, and they told me I needed a different video card. However, I'm not that comfortable transferring stuff like that since I'm not too terribly technical, and I don't want to mess things up. I have had people in here try to help me, but none of them is technical enough either. According to them nothing is on the screen other than the normal stuff that should be there such as icons. This problem went away for a short while, but it has gotten so bad that I can't launch programs at times. When I try to launch Internet Explorer or Windows Mail often times I'm taken to a blank screen. When I hit my arrow keys in these instances, JAWS just reports that "no window is active." Does anyone know of anything I can try? TIA. Jake Please visit me at http://jajoehl_74.tabulas.com