Thanks for all the advice, guys. It's been a real help. I'm sure I'll be asking quite a few questions within the next few months, since I'll be transferring from a portable note-taker over to a laptop with Braille display as my primary device.
Jim's tutorials on Windows 10 are going to come in very handy. Cheers! Michele ----- Original Message ----- From: Judy Jones <sonshine...@gmail.com> To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com CC: Date: Tuesday, 12 December 2017 3:54 am Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Changing Microsoft Defaults for More JAWS-Friendly Programs > > > You can go into your control panel, set program defaults. You will be > presented with a list of all your programs. If you want Internet Explorer > as your default browser, find it in the list, then tab over to Set As > Default, enter, go to OK, hit enter again. Same thing if you want a > particular music player as your default. > > To set your search engine preference, that is done from within the browser's > settings. > > Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Michele Thredgold > Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:05 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Changing Microsoft Defaults for More JAWS-Friendly > Programs > > Hi all. My new laptop keeps wanting to revert to Microsoft Edge when I want > to use the Internet, and Bing when I want to do a search. I Until now, I > have been using Internet Explorer and Google. Would it be advisable to stay > with these or has JAWS improved enough that I could use these default > programs? > > If not, how can I set my laptop up so that Microsoft doesn't keep overriding > me? > > I'm a total novice to Windows 10, so will be learning as I go along. > > Thanks. > > Michele > > 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/
