Hi Lenny, Although there's no search box on the windows 8 start screen, if you start typing, then a search pane automatically appears, and your text is entered into a search box in this search pane. Jaws then automatically reads the first search result, just like it does in windows 7 or vista. Concerning your other question about finding the downloads folder, you can search for it from the start screen, but you have to type in the complete name. For more details on searching, see the searching section of this guide to the windows 8 start screen for jaws users: http://goo.gl/GwlKh David. original message: On my grandson’s windows 8 computer the windows key toggles the desk top and the other start screen. There is no search box
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