Hi Stephen, Go to your Jaws dictionary manager, control shift d, for global adjustments. There go to add and in the word to be replaced type in: jaws for windows is ready or whatever it is that you don't want to hear Jaws say. then tab once to replacement word and type in the replacement phrase you want to hear Jaws say, then go to Ok and alt F4 and say yes to save changes and the next time you should hear, jaws for windows is ready, you'll hear your phrase instead. You can replace, jaws for windows is ready, with a sound as you'll hear as you tab down the list. You can add your own sound by importing it into the dictionary sounds, but I'm not sure how to do that at this time. I do believe that the sound has to be in the .wav format. Hope this is of some help. Over the years I've made replacements to many words and phrases some just for kicks. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: stephen faill To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:29 AM Subject: statement when jaws starts hello list. does anyone know of a way to change what jaws says when windows xp starts? currently it says jaws for windows is ready. can this be changed to a statement of my choice? all help is appreciated. stephen faill