Kirsten, It may be time to try a repair. I'm copying two sets of instructions below. The first assumes you got your original JAWS 12 by downloading it from the website. The Second assumes you did the original JAWS 12 installation from the FS disc. 1. find the .exe file you downloaded and installed Jaws from. Press Enter on the filename, then take the Repair option instead of proceeding with a full installation. No need to go online to obtain another file, and no need to fully reinstall jaws. 2. insert your jaws 12 CD, go to where it says jaws setup. Then press enter just as if you were going too install it again. Tab along until you find three radio buttons. the first says modify, the second says repair, and the third says uninstall or remove. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirsten Edmondson Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 3:26 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: The recent j12 update has broken my computer! Help!!! As you might remember yesterday I updated to the latest version of J12. This morning when I switched my computer on, it is knackered! Jaws starts; I can log in but sometimes I don't even get to the little windows 7 music and sometimes I get slightly further than that before the computer restarts itself. This is a cycle, it happens continually! I am fairly certain it's all related to yesterday's update and potentially the computer crash happens when jaws is loading the second time as it does after the log-in process to windows. I am totally stuck because I can't uninstall the update because the computer won't stay on but without uninstalling it this problem will continue! If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate receiving them! Thanks. a desperate Kirsten. Sent from my iPhone-- 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