Also you could press windows key r and type sndvol32 or sndvol (the first one for xp, the second for vista) and hit enter to open volume control, regardless of if it's in the tray or not.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] In desperate need of help with laptop! > Hi David, > If the icon for the volume control is not in the system tray, > that will not work. > Trying to navigate the computer without speech is not adviseable, > one incorrect keystroke, and it is possible to cause more problems. > I would recommend getting some sighted help in this instance, > and then putting some alternative methods into place for recovering the > sound. > HTH, > Richard Q. Justice-website owner > www.blind-computing.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 5:14 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] In desperate need of help with laptop! > > > This will work in XP - not sure about Vista > > Press Insert F11 > Press V > Press Enter > Press Enter again > Press Tab twice > Press space > > This will unmute sound if it has been muted. You will be able to tell if > the > system is muted if it does not play a windows sound as it boots up. > > Hope this helps > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christy > Walker > Sent: Wednesday, 09 July 2008 08:31 > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: [JAWS-Users] In desperate need of help with laptop! > > Hi all. > Well, I think I have muted the speech in my laptop. > The thing is now, I can't hear jaws, so I don't know what I did wrong. > I tried to go to start menu accesaries and voluem control. > And tried or at least thought I was trying to unmute the laptop. > But it didn't work. > Can anyone tell me how to navigate around this with no speech? > *sigh > Christy > Rememeber, I think I muted the laptop .. not sure what I did :( 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.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 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.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 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.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
