Could you have forgotten to check the box for "run Jaws from system tray"? It is in the Jaws context menu under basics. ----- Original Message ----- From: Roden To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:02 AM Subject: Questions about JAWS 8.0 Hello all! I just download JAWS 8.0 and after I restart my computer, JAWS does not announce each item in the Destop, start menu, ETC. For me to read the item, I need to use the say line command. Why it is happen? Regards, Roden