If nothing else works (and you're on Windows 10), type Windows+x, U, R, which will reboot the system.
Robin Frost <robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Really? Oh this is very interesting thank you I'll surely try it for as I > said getting to the shut down menu other ways though successful I still > couldn’t arrow up or down off of shut down to make another selection > successfully. I've seen many crashes from which jfw recovers after a 30 > second or so wait but this is a crash of a different panic inducing variety. > I'll let you know if this works should I encounter it again. So have you > seen such crashes as these where the normal means of resurrecting jfw fail > then? > Pin head don't know about that especially if this delivers me from a jam. > Thanks bunches again. > Robin > > > -----Original Message----- From: Jim Flusche > Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 12:59 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > Hi Robin, the next time that happens, instead of doing a hard shut down. > Press Control+ALT+Delete, in a few seconds Jaws should speak, up arrow to > shut down, press enter, down arrow to the restart, press enter. This is what > I have done in the past to avoid a hard shut down. I hope this helps. > Smiles. > > > Your humble pinhead! > Owner of the W-10 and Jaws Yahoo group! Smiles. > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Robin Frost > Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 12:29 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > Hi Tom and all, > I can absolutely corroborate tom's experience. It's happened to me twice in > the past week using the most recent build of jfw 18 and Windows 10; and when > it does none of the usual methods for resurrecting jfw work at all. further > even if one can get NVDA or Narrator running while you have speech > navigation is hampered to such a degree that even in the shut down menu you > can't get cursor off shut down and onto restart no matter what you do. It > is bad, very bad indeed. the only way out is a hard shutdown which I so > loathe doing. I haven't been able to pin down a cause for what brings it > about so I can't make it happen at will but when it happens as I said it is > really not nice at all. > Robin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Behler > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 2:32 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > Thanks, Miriam. > > At least I know it's not just me, and I'm not alone. > > Tom Behler > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Miriam Vieni > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:19 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > I called FS about this problem because I noticed it also on my 64 bit > windows 7 computer after getting Jaws 18. They said they know about the > problem and are working on it. > > Miriam > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Tom Behler > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 9:35 AM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > I have noticed the Jaws crashing issue here as well, using Jaws 18 on my > Windows 7 laptop. > > It seems to happen occasionally when I am exiting out of a Microsoft Word > document. > > Exiting out of, and then re-starting Jaws does not seem to help, nor does > the Windows run command. > > Very disconcerting, since the only way I seem to be able to get Jaws back is > to do a hard shutdown of the computer, followed by a re-boot. > > Definitely not good. > > Dr. tom Behler from Michigan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Adam Ferguson > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 8:48 AM > To: jaws-users-list <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS crashing > > Hi all. > > Recently, whilst using JAWS at work, the program has been crashing > unpredictably. Is anyone aware of an issue which could be causing this to > happen? I am currently using JAWS 18.0.2530 and windows 10. > > Thanks, > > Adam. > > 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/
