Hi Alan, I am using the German version of Windows XP, but I was always able to start narrator and get info from it when e.g. the video driver for JAWS wasn't set up correctly. That's why I was wondering how I could get sam back to talk again. Regards, Nermin -- 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. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx