I find this interesting. I am currently using jaws 9 but often have to switch back to v8 because 9 seems to do weird things when I am in word. one thing is double reading of lines as I arrow up and down along with other things. I can asume that this is a jaws problem because I don't change anything I simply unload jaws 9 and load jaws8. Tom Bissett BMO Financial Group Technology and Operations Integrated Client Solutions Tel: (416) 549-6514 E-Mail tom.bissett@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cristobal Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:20 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Word 2003 Problem From Jaws 8.0 to the 9.0 version. It's been a while, but I can't recall the sluggishness while typing occurring in the 7.0 version. With 8.0, it was really, really bad. Cristobal -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chip Orange Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:13 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Word 2003 Problem What did you upgrade? ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cristobal > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:50 AM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Word 2003 Problem > > You know, I tried a lot of this too. Turning off this and that > program. > Disabling services and all sorts of stuff when I was having my > problems with the word processors. Nothing really helped. My laptop > has 1gig of ram so it's got a decent amount. Hopefully your friend > will have better luck than me, but like I said, what ended up fixing > it for me was upgrading. Just to make clear, the only problem I had > was with the word processing programs. > Surfing the Net, streaming audio and even using other programs such as > Excel and so on worked perfectly fine. > > Cristobal > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chip Orange > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:07 AM > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Word 2003 Problem > > Then it sounds like she'll either have to add more memory (the much > more preferable solution), or give up the antivirus; turn off the > firewall, and other less than desirable things to get more memory and > more processor back. > > She should consider turning off some of the windows services like the > indexing service and terminal services (assuming she's not being > helped by someone using remote desktop or remote access). > > Only the windows indexing service will perhaps make a large > difference, but the others, well, every little bit can make a > difference. > > hth, > > Chip > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Chip Orange > Database Administrator > Florida Public Service Commission > > Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (850) 413-6314 > > (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:42 PM > > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Word 2003 Problem > > > > Thanks Chip, greatly appreciated. She has 512 MB of memory, Avast! > > Antivirus and Super Antispyware. She uses the Windows Firewall as > > her > firewall. > > > > -- > > Chris Hallsworth > > > > Derbyshire, UK > > > > E-mail > > christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > MSN > > ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Skype > > chrishallsworth7266 > > > > Website > > http://www.chrishallsworth.co.nr > > > > Klango > > chrishallsworth > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:28 PM > > Subject: RE: Word 2003 Problem > > > > > > > It sounds like she's got a slow pc with too little memory, > > and like us > > > all, over time has added more and more software packages > > which run at > > > startup, and so are running when she's trying to run Word. > > > > > > Removing some of these (firewalls, antivirus, antispyware, > > all kinds of > > > convenience software, etc.) would help; of course, so would adding > > > memory if she doesn't have at least 2gb. > > > > > > Deleting normal.dot won't hurt; almost no one has > > customized it so that > > > they would mind losing it. If she has just try renaming > it instead. > > > > > > hth, > > > > > > Chip > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Chip Orange > > > Database Administrator > > > Florida Public Service Commission > > > > > > Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > (850) 413-6314 > > > > > > (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not > > > necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service > Commission.) > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth > > >> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 1:45 PM > > >> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> Subject: Word 2003 Problem > > >> > > >> Hi all, > > >> E-mailing on behalf of a friend who's experiencing sluggish > > >> performance when creating or opening files in Word 2003. This > > >> only happens for some time, then the performance is back. She's > > >> using JAWS 8 as her screen reader, running in 40 minute mode. > > >> Would deleting normal.dot solve the problem? What else could she > > >> do? Thanks in advance for the help. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Chris Hallsworth > > >> > > >> Derbyshire, UK > > >> > > >> E-mail > > >> christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> > > >> MSN > > >> ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx > > >> > > >> Skype > > >> chrishallsworth7266 > > >> > > >> Website > > >> http://www.chrishallsworth.co.nr > > >> > > >> Klango > > >> chrishallsworth > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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. 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