ok, interesting, I never had this much trouble with accessing system restore in windows XP )nor do I know on three out of five machines still operating here).
I do not need to use all these out of the ordinary keystrokes and such, hmmmm well if you need more help I can go through my simpler version of these instructions with you while running one of my XP machines concurrently. and if your on win 7 can accommodate that as well, since two machines here run it inthaneelf [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Blind-Computing [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] system restore Hi Anna, Below are 3 different explanations on how to find & run a restore point. Read all of them to see which 1 you can follow the best. #1: Restoring your computer using System Restore, and Jaws. This procedure was used successfully with Jaws 6.2, on an eMachine computer, with an Intel 2.8ghz processor, 256mb ram, and 80gb hard drive, with the display resolution set at 50% of the maximum available screen resolution, and color pallet set at highest 32 bit. 1. From the system restore window, choose, restore my computer to an earlier time, and tab to the next button, and press enter. 2. Use control home, to move to the top of the page, then arrow downuntil you hear the current month and year. while arrowing down the page, you will hear instructions for restoring your computer. 3. While the cursor is positioned on the current month, shift tab, and you will be on the previous month button. if you want to see the restore points in the previous month, press enter on the previous month button. 4. Follow the above steps to locate the month from which you want to select a restore point from. Each time you select the previous month, or next month, you can use the up and down arrow keys to move thru the text on the selected page. 5. Once you have selected the month you want, from the available choices,, arrow down the page until you hear the day of the week you want. This is where a simple NotePad file of your restore points comes in handy. After making a restore point, if you record this imformation in a file, you can refer to it to see the exact date you want to restore to. This makes it quicker to locate a restore point in the restore point calendar. 6. place your cursor on a day of the week, and then tab until you hear Jaws read a restore point, and from here you can use your up and down arrow keys to see the list of restore points on the page. 7. once you have found the restore point you want to use, tab to the next button, and press enter. 8. Here you should get a confirmation page, so, start at the top of the page, and arrow down to read the imformation. 9. If you are satisfied with your selection, then tab to the next button and press enter. The system restoration should begin. 10. Do not disturb the computer during this process, your machine should re-boot when the restore operation has been completed. There may be a restore confirmation screen presented to you when the machine re-boots, and you can okay this dialogue to close it, and resume using your computer. NOTE: This is how the process went on the system mentioned above using one particular version of Jaws, and does not reflect how Jaws will read the imformation on every system. #2: From: Gerald Levy When you launch the System Restore wizard from System Tools on the Accessories submenu of the Start menu, tab around the second page of the dialog until you land on "shows the previous day" button. Sometimes, you may land on "shows the next day" button and skip over the one for the previous day. If this happens, simply Shift-tab once to the previous day button. Hit Space on this button and then go to the top of the page with Control-Home. Arrow down until you land on that day's llist of restore points. If that's not the one you want, tab around to the "shows previous day" button, and repeat until you have gone back a few days to find a restore point you want. HTH. Gerald #3: From: "Gene" [email protected] Here is more information. I said in my last message that System Restore in XP uses a somewhat nonstandard interface. It appears the interface causes later versions of JAWS to work differently with it than earlier versions. I don't know how much you know about System Restore. My Accessible World presentation gives a lot of information about System Restore for those not familiar with the utility and advises on how to use it in ways that will avoid possible problems such as unintentionally uninstalling programs. If you don't want that much information, you can skim my presentation untuil you get to the parts you want to listen to. But I'll provide some information that may allow you to use it with your current version of JAWS in this message. Your version of JAWS may not allow you to activate certain buttons. You can do so, however, if you do the following: If you are at a button you can't activate, turn off the JAWS cursor with JAWS key z. Then tab or shift tab until you are on the button you want and press the space bar. Then turn on the JAWS cursor again with the same command, JAWS key z. You can now look at the page to see what has changed as a result of you activating the button. Here is a very brief partial description of how to run a restore point. Open System Restore. Issue the command alt n, the short cut command that takes you to the second screen, where you select a restore point. the first screen is introductory and its purpose is to present information to the new user. Once you have issued alt n and are on the second screen, move to the bottom of the screen with control end. Move up about three times using control up arrow. That will get you to about where you want to be much faster than just up arrowing. Look around a bit with the up and down arrow keys. Do you see a restore point? Is it the one you want to work with? If not, then turn off the virtual pc cursor with JAWS key z and start tabbing or shift tabbing. You will find a button that says show the previous day. Press the space bar. Turn on the virtual pc cursor again with JAWS key z. Move to the bottom of the screen again and once again, control up arrow three times. Now find the text telling you about the restore point or points available for the day you are on. If you need more help or a complete description, ask here. I can furnish one but I don't know if you need it and I would have to go through the procedure up to the point just before the restore point runs to make sure I am giving fully accurate information about the procedure. One thing to keep in mind is to use alt n for next once you do something such as choose a restore point. then look at the next screen to see what has happened and. If what has happeneed is satisfactory, you can move to the next screen with alt n. And one more point. You will find, when you are looking at the available restore point or points, something like this: The date will be shown and a number of down arrows below it, you will see the time and a description of the restore point such as System checkpoint. Press enter on the item to select it. You can just be on the line and it will be selected. You'll know if it is selected because JAWS will repeat it when you press enter. Also, if you then do alt n, you will move to a screen verifying the choice you made. You may see more than one restore point if you look down the screen a few lines below the first one. Gene Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anna Vimini To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:34 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] system restore Hi all, I know I have asked this question before but I am going to ask again. do I have to be in safe mode to preform this task or can I do it just out of safe mode because I do not have a sited person to do it in safe mode. 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/
