Drew, DO you have a screen saver that starts up automatically? Might want to turn that off. Other than that, it's JAWS 12 acting pretty much the same for many of us. Of course it's nice that when we do shut it down we can more quickly start it up again. If that is FS answer to the loss-of-focus problem, then that would be like an automobile manufacturer "fixing" a problem with their wheels falling off, by providing spare wheels in the trunk that are easier to put on again. Dave Composed in the Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Drew Hunthausen To: Jaws list Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 16:09 Subject: jaws losing focus Dear list, I don't know what else to call it, but ever since I loaded jaws 12, after my computers been on for a few hours jaws stops working correctely. What I mean by this, is that it's not longer very responsive when I try do do something. For example, when I open up outlook, it will read the whole page without letting me interrupt it to read my messages. It's really weird as it works fine when I first start my computer or after I rebute it. Anyone else experiencing this? Drew Hunthausen 714 296-7111