True, but don't lose sight of a clever analogy. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill White via Jfw Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 6:01 PM To: Tom Macha; The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Re: JAWS 16 and Windows 7 - Windows Explorer and JAWS slow down/crash
Hi, Tom. The word is defibrillating. Bill White [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Macha via Jfw" <[email protected]> To: "Dave Carlson" <[email protected]>; "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 11:23 AM Subject: Re: JAWS 16 and Windows 7 - Windows Explorer and JAWS slow down/crash > As a former volunteer fire fighter and, "aid to people with develupmental > chalanges" I call it, "self defibulaiting." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Carlson via Jfw > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 2:02 PM > To: Kimber Gardner ; The Jaws for Windows support list. > Subject: Re: JAWS 16 and Windows 7 - Windows Explorer and JAWS slow > down/crash > > Kimber, > > Actually, once I learned to be patient, the ability for JAWS 16 to restart > itself has prevented me from having to launch NVDA when things appear to > lock up. About 30 seconds of waiting, and JAWS 16 comes back to life on > its > own. Still irritating that it crashes, but at least it's smart enough to > recognize that fact and self-correct. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, woodworker, and pioneer > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kimber Gardner via Jfw" <[email protected]> > To: "Jason White" <[email protected]>; "The Jaws for Windows support > list." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 05:18 AM > Subject: Re: JAWS 16 and Windows 7 - Windows Explorer and JAWS slow > down/crash > > > Yes. (I've seen much the same with jaws 16. It's one of the reasons > I'm still using 15. > > I installed NVDA on my laptop for those times when a hard reset was my > only choice after jaws crashed. I don't like NVDA for my primary > screen reader, but for recovery it works just fine. I have a hotkey > (alt+cntrl+N) that starts NVDA when I need it and it's gotten me out > of a jam several times. > > Kim > > On 11/29/14, Jason White via Jfw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Has anyone else seen the following? this is under Winodws 7 Enterprise >> and JAWS 16. Sometimes (while carrying out ordinary work and under no >> obviously special circumstances), JAWS and the entire system become >> extremely unresponsive. After pressing a key, it takes many seconds to >> respond. >> >> This has led (at least once) to Windows Explorer and JAWS 16 both >> crashing. Without someone else to assist, once JAWS has crashed, my only >> option would be to perform a hard reset of the machine. >> >> What's the best way to obtain system diagnostic information that would >> help to work out what's happening so I can submit a bug report to the >> right vendor? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> > > > -- > Kimberly > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 10804 (20141130) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 10804 (20141130) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
