Your problem might be that the favorite is being stored under another user: for example, "all users" instead of whatever you log on as. I've seen this happen, but it's been a long time ago.
Why not search your c drive for something that might show up in your favorites. If the site shows up, see where it is located. Hope this makes sense. Bob. roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizofrenic, And I am too! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Clary" <tclar...@gmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problem with IE 7 Favorites thank you, and i'll try a system restore On 12/28/12, Mike B. <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I wonder if the power outages may have damaged your computer or computer > programs in some way. You could try uninstalling IE7 & reinstalling it to > see if that helps. Or, upgrade to IE8. Unfortunately I couldn't find any > direct download links for IE7 to send if you wanted to uninstall & > reinstall > > IE7 or upgrade to IE8. You might try doing a system restore back to a > time > > before the power outages started. > Take care. > Mike > This email was sent from my, iBarstool. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Clary > To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problem with IE 7 Favorites > > > mike, > i don't think i explained my problem very well. i can save sites to > favorites, but in the past few weeks, we have had numerous power > outages, and of course, i have to re-boot my pc, and it was after this > 1st re-boot, that i noticed that all my favorites were gone, and even > when i save them again, the same thing happens after a re-boot, and > it's very frustrating > > On 12/28/12, Mike B. <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >> You can look in your system tray to see what programs are starting when >> Windows starts. The keystroke is, Insert + F11. A cleaning program like >> CCleaner is a third party program that you would have had to install. >> Cleaning programs like this are programs that will clean various things >> from >> >> the computer depending on how you have the program configured. It sounds >> like you may have a setting in Favorites or Internet Explorer set to not >> save favorites but, I don't know what setting that would cause the >> problem >> you're having. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. >> Take care. >> Mike >> This email was sent from my, iBarstool. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tom Clary >> To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com >> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problem with IE 7 Favorites >> >> >> uh, what's a cleaning program, and how do i find out if one's running? >> >> On 12/27/12, Mike B. <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> Do you have a cleaning program like CCleaner or something like it, >>> running >>> at start-up that could be deleting your shortcuts? >>> >>> On comboboxes, I use the keystrokes Alt + down arrow to open & Alt + up >>> arrow to close them. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> Take care. >>> Mike >>> This email was sent from my, iBarstool. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Tom Clary >>> To: blind-computing-join >>> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:04 PM >>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problem with IE 7 Favorites >>> >>> >>> For about the past week, my work PC has startted erasing each site I >>> have saved in Favorites after I re-boot. There are also sites where >>> combo boxes won't work right after hitting Enter. I'm using Jaws8, on >>> Win. XP Pro, and IE 7. Anyone have a clue? >>> >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >>> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
