Here is the perfect fix. Do not open a message window for a person who is away. Why would you waste your time doing that anyway when you know they are away and you can not send them a message? I am not scolding you, simply asking an obvious question. It sure seems like a waste to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: why does jaws not say when someone is away on windows messenger? afternoon or evening to all. i am using jaws 6.20 and windows xp home and windows messenger. I am having a strange issue. on the main window of windows messenger i can tell when a person is set to away. but here's the funny part. when i go in to that person's conversation window to type jaws will not say, so and so may not reply because his or her status is set to away. can you tell me of a fix? Randy