[Blind-Computing] quickset driver question

2009-03-02 Thread Michael Amaro
Hello listers, Can some one please tell me what the quickset driver is used for? Also do I need it installed on my laptop? I have version 8.3 of the driver. Thanks Michael Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.bli

[Blind-Computing] Save Dialogues in Windows Vista

2009-03-02 Thread Wes Derby
Hi All. I have a new laptop running Vista. I have the start menu, Explorer, desktop, Control Panel, and just about everything else set to classic style so I can easily navigate using JAWS. Is there a way to set the Save/open dialog boxes to do the same thing? Basically, I want the old style;

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Nimer
Hello, I do not know the exact error you are getting, but I would imagine that this is as a result of the site, and not the computer. Thanks Nimer J Rosemarie Chavarria wrote: Hi, Nimer. How do I correct the error message I'm getting in firefox? I wanted to connect to the Albertsons web sit

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, David. I still can't get firefox to connect to the web site I want to go to. I've changed my home page and it seems like the harder I try, the more I fail. I'm probably going to get rid of firefox. I don't know what else to do. I've tried everything I could think of but nothing helps.

Re: [Blind-Computing] an old computer userwithafewquestionsaboutlaptops

2009-03-02 Thread jeremy
Wow, that sounds like a wonderful deal. The best of luck with the knew computer. I actually found a wonderful small bt keyboard a few days ago so I am very satisfied now. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread David Whitehead
Hello Rosemarie; I forgot to add, after you have typed in the web address for your home page, and you've tabbed to ok, and pressed enter, you will be back on the address bar, just press enter. also? if you close firefox, and open again, you will see/hear, that your new home page is there.

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread David Whitehead
Hello Rosemarie; ok, try this; 1, open your firefox browser. when the page loads, 1, alt+t, 2, press the letter O, 3, now tab until you hear; home page, edit button. 4, backspace all the current home page out, and put your new home page address in their. now tab ok. this should work for

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, Nimer. How do I correct the error message I'm getting in firefox? I wanted to connect to the Albertsons web site but got an error message saying cannot find server. Are there security settings I need to change or something like that? Thanks. Rosemarie - Original Message - From

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Thanks. - Original Message - From: "David Whitehead" To: Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox Hello Rosemarie; to exit from NVDA, press, the, NVDA-key, which is, the insert-key, and press the letter Q. or, NVDA-key,+N, and arrow to

[Blind-Computing] having trouble connecting to the albertsons website in firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hello, everyone. I just changed my home page but when I tried to connect to the Albertsons website in firefox, I got a server error message sayingconnecting to server failed. How do I change something if something needs to be changed in firefox? Any help would be very much appreciated. Many

Re: [Blind-Computing] need help to use outlook express

2009-03-02 Thread Cliff Smales
To save your messages, I'd recommend making a folder, or folders, dependingon the categorization of your messages. This can be accomplished by pressing the Alt key to open the file program. Under "new", title your folder in accordance to the message to be saved. - Original Message -

Re: [Blind-Computing] diefragging

2009-03-02 Thread JOHN O CARVALHO
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Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Lino Morales
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Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Nimer
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Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread David Whitehead
Hello Rosemarie; to exit from NVDA, press, the, NVDA-key, which is, the insert-key, and press the letter Q. or, NVDA-key,+N, and arrow to exit. hope this helps. - Original Message - From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" To: Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing]

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
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Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Nimer
No, it does not work well with IE as of yet. Many keystrokes do not work, and the buffers are outdated, thus causing content to take a long time to be rendered. Thanks Nimer J Lino Morales wrote: I think it works well with IE. It does take a while to render the content, but it works good with

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Nimer
You can close nvda by pressing insert+q or by pressing nvda+n and navigating to the exit button. The NVDA key is normally insert unless you have changed your keyboard layout. Thanks Nimer J Rosemarie Chavarria wrote: Hi, Nimer. How do I close NVDA? Thanks. I want to use Jaws to download fi

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Lino Morales
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Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, Nimer. How do I close NVDA? Thanks. I want to use Jaws to download firefox. Rosemarie - Original Message - From: "Nimer" To: Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox It works very well with firefox. Do not try it with IE! Nimer J

[Blind-Computing] need help to use outlook express

2009-03-02 Thread afsmel
I need to use out look express or micro soft out look in managing my e-mail on hotmail. how can I do this? also I need to keep my saved messages. any help will be apreciated thanks to you all -- From: "Patricia Dunbar" Sent: Monday, March 02, 200

[Blind-Computing] Alphabetizing The System Tray

2009-03-02 Thread Patricia Dunbar
I notice in my system's tray that it's not listed in order of it's name of the programs listed there and was wondering how to make it list correctly? I use Jaws 9 plus and xp pro. Thanks, Patricia Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing hom

Re: [Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Nimer
It works very well with firefox. Do not try it with IE! Nimer J Rosemarie Chavarria wrote: Hi, everyone. I just downloaded the new NVDA and wanted to know if it works well with firefox. If it does, I thought I'd use it to shop on the Albertsons website. Thanks very much for your help in ad

[Blind-Computing] NVDA and firefox

2009-03-02 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria
Hi, everyone. I just downloaded the new NVDA and wanted to know if it works well with firefox. If it does, I thought I'd use it to shop on the Albertsons website. Thanks very much for your help in advance. Rosemarie Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the

Re: [Blind-Computing] Jaws Not Reading File Extentions

2009-03-02 Thread Pedro Romero
Thanks to all of you for helping me. It worked and now the extentions are being read properly. Pete Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.co

Re: [Blind-Computing] hotkey for "back"

2009-03-02 Thread steve.boodram
I used the alt plus the left arrow on my desktop with XP pro and it worked like a charm. - Original Message - From: "David Griffith" To: Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] hotkey for "back" No It is not true that you need vista to do this. This

Re: [Blind-Computing] google crome

2009-03-02 Thread Deb Caldbeck
Thanks for your help, Gerald. I didn't want Firefox to be my default browser any more. Thanks! Deb -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 7:47 AM To: blind-c

Re: [Blind-Computing] Strange message with winzip

2009-03-02 Thread Elaine
hmmm, yes I see what you mean, kind of like a US to British date translation? one puts the day, month, year. and the other, month, day, year. didn't think of that. well it's doing the zipping of files so guess I cant moan to much. *smiles* Thanks Elaine - Original Message - From: "

Re: [Blind-Computing] Strange message with winzip

2009-03-02 Thread Cliff Smales
I've had no experience with that program. However, it sounds as though you're having a problem similar to the one I'm experiencing wi a worksheet in excel. When I type, or hotkey the date in, it reads in the normal manor. When I read it back, however, I get some internal code that translates a

[Blind-Computing] Strange message with winzip

2009-03-02 Thread Elaine
Hi I wonder if anyone knows what this message means? Every time I use winzip to archive files, I get a message to say that the date format is out of range, then it gives me this weird random number like 15/13/1857. next time I archive files I'll have to copy the exact message. But for now I

Re: [Blind-Computing] google crome

2009-03-02 Thread Gerald Levy
Obviously, Google Chrome is installed on your computer. But since it is not JAWS accessible, you should remove it using Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel. Next, reset Internet Explorer as your default web browser. To do this, select Set Program Access and Defaults from the All Program

[Blind-Computing] google crome

2009-03-02 Thread Simon
Hello, Every time I try to connect with a link in an Email message, I get the response "Google Chrome" and nothing happens. What has happened and what do I need to do to correct it? Take Care simon feel free to visit these links http://secure.ckut.ca/cgi-bin/ckut-grid.pl?action=showaudio&show=wed

Re: [Blind-Computing] diefragging

2009-03-02 Thread David Griffith
On my old PC I could never conduct a native Windows defrag within a Windows session. I was taken into a dos session where Checkdisk was run automatically after a restart . I do not know why this was the case and on my new PC I can defrag fined within Windows. Both PCs ran XP Pro so this differenc

Re: [Blind-Computing] diefragging

2009-03-02 Thread Chris Hallsworth
I'm surprised you can't defrag whilst Windows is running. The CHKDSK is actually to do with disk check. Are you sure you didn't mean check disk? -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 - Original Message - From: "JOHN O

[Blind-Computing] Microsoft Office Problems

2009-03-02 Thread Marvin Hunkin
hI E-mail: startrekc...@gmail.com MSN: sttartrekc...@msn.com Skype: startrekcafe We Are The Borg! You Will Be Assimilated! Resistance Is Futile! Hi. now, downloaded and finstalled office 2007. but my licence has expired. and when i do a restart, it still brings up that damn wizard. got the registra