Lawrence, You might want to have a sighted person watch the screen when you are booting up to see what messages appear. Perhaps there is some kind of utility running a scan. You could try unplugging the external HD and see if that makes a difference. If there is some kind of hardware problem, or a problem with Windows itself, there may be an error message on the screen. As for MSCONFIG, it is a utility that allows you to choose which programs run at startup. Hit WINDOWS key-R to bring up the "Run" dialogue. Type msconfig and hit ENTER. Under the "Startup" tab, you will see a list of programs with checkboxes. You can try unchecking some of the programs. It is hard to advise as to which ones to uncheck, because the setup varies with different computers. I usually leave anything that says Microsoft checked, along with anything that references your antivirus or internet security software. After making changes, tab to AND HIT enter ON ok. You will have to restart the computer for changes to take effect. Andy
________________________________ From: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:33 PM To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Why is Jaws slow to speak? Hi Andy, You have given me a galaxy of issues to ponder here of which I am very grateful. The problem became noticeable here n the last couple of weeks. I subscribe to the population that keeps their computer on at all times. I was running into a problem with a piece of jaws friendly software that allowed me to down load music and for some strange reason it started to offer me their upgrade version which is not jaws friendly. Unfortunately, I learn it was not very friendly after i tried their up graded version or pro. Although i was able to successfully un install the pro version and re install the old friendly version, things have not been the same. I've scanned my system with AVg and there are no reported viruses. So I will continue over the week end to explore the suggestions you've referenced in your post. I am familiar with most of these tasks except running MSCONFIG Any guidance on that would be helpful. I did add an exsternal drive back in December. ----- Original Message ----- From: Baracco, Andrew W <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:45 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Re: Why is Jaws slow to speak? There are many possible reasons. Is this a new problem? Did you change anything recently, I. e. install or remove programs? did you add any new hardware, like a second HD? You might try having fewer programs load at startup. You can run MSCONFIG and uncheck unnecessary entried in the startup tab. If you have several programs in the sys tray, try disabling some. I once had this problem on an old computer, and doing a disk defrag helped. If none of these things help, it may be a hardware issue, like a dying power supply or HD. I doubt that JAWS has anything to do with it. Andy ________________________________ From: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:35 PM To: jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com Subject: [JAWS-Users] Why is Jaws slow to speak? Hi Listers Upon starting up my computer it takes jaws roughly 20 minutes before it lets me know it is ready. I am using jaws 6.0 and XP home.Any thoughts or suggestions. Is this an instance of needing to repair jaws? If so can some one provide the steps. Thanks in advance for any help regarding this matter. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ In order to contact the management team simply fill out the following form found at: http://www.jaws-users.com/contact.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JAWS Users List" group. To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jaws-users-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
