Re: [Blind-Computing] No Disk in Drive w. XP Burning Utility

2007-06-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
I just tried it with JAWS 6.2 and all 3 files pasted in the first time, but I got the same no disk in drive message when I went to the context menu and hit t to write the files. Margaret Earlier, I wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to burn some data files to CD using the Burning Utility in

[Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home

2007-08-15 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I got the following error message every time I loaded IE 6 today: Error A file that is required to run Search Companion cannot be found. You may need to run setup. and there was an okay button to press. I did a Google search and found a Microsoft article that seems to give a

Re: [Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home

2007-08-15 Thread Margaret Thomas
- Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:36 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home Hi All, I got the following error message every time I loaded IE 6 today: Error A file that is required to run

Re: [Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home

2007-08-16 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi, Everybody, I think I got everything related to active x controls turned on and I tried it again from the beginning. It seemed to try to validate the genuine advantage, but I got another error: Validation Incomplete Why didn't my machine complete validation? You have

Re: [Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home

2007-08-24 Thread Margaret Thomas
of the keys don't seem to respond to JAWS key and 1 for keyboard help. Margaret - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Error Loading IE 6-XP Home Hi Ricque

[Blind-Computing] Recreating OE Message Rules with E-Backup?

2007-08-25 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I'm trying to get things back the way they were before my tech had to wipe out my old XP Home hard drive and he installed a new hard drive and a fresh version of XP. I had been running OE 6 and IE 6. He was able to retain all my previous messages and the folders, but he installed IE

Re: [Blind-Computing] Recreating OE Message Rules with E-Backup?

2007-08-26 Thread Margaret Thomas
and figure this out before it's even possible for me to guess at an answer. David Ferrin - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Recreating OE Message Rules with E-Backup

Re: [Blind-Computing] Recreating OE Message Rules with E-Backup?

2007-08-27 Thread Margaret Thomas
if it was there and backed up then it should be restored as well. HTH David Ferrin - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Recreating OE Message Rules with E-Backup? David

[Blind-Computing] Tutorial for AVG Re: AVG found 2 Threts when ScanningwhatshouldIdo?

2007-08-30 Thread Margaret Thomas
There seems to be a copy of the AVG manual at: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/text/ I could swear I saw a reference to an audio tutorial on AVG on either the jaws-users page or the blind-computing one, but, like an idiot, I didn't bookmark it and can't find it again. I wanted to

Re: [Blind-Computing] Collapsed messages in OE

2007-09-03 Thread Margaret Thomas
May I add an item related to Sarah's instructions? I had my messages grouped by conversation before my recent problems, but with the new hard drive and re-installation of my programs, I remembered to group messages by conversation. However, they were showing collapsed instead of

[Blind-Computing] Strange Search/Find IE 7

2007-09-06 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I ran into the same strange thing with IE 7 and JAWS 7.1 the other day that I did with IE 7 and JFW 7.0 when I got my computer back from the shop with a new hard drive and re-installed programs and I don't know what I did to bring it on. I'm hoping someone can recognize it so I

[Blind-Computing] External Hard Drives for Backups Re: Burning data to a disc

2007-10-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
About how much space on top of the desk/floor would one of the Maxter or other external hard drives for backups take up? Do they take up as much room as the computer itself? Thanks, Margaret Marilyn Walker wrote: I can't answer your question but would suggest that you add an

Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer Battery

2007-11-04 Thread Margaret Thomas
- From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Computer Battery Hi All, I was reading e-mail last night when I lost power and speech. I thought the UPS was doing its beeping thing to let me know about the power outage. There was no speech when the power came

[Blind-Computing] Computer Battery

2007-11-04 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I was reading e-mail last night when I lost power and speech. I thought the UPS was doing its beeping thing to let me know about the power outage. There was no speech when the power came back on and I booted up and JAWS said low battery alert and something to the effect of shut

Re: [Blind-Computing] Computer Battery

2007-11-04 Thread Margaret Thomas
I don't think there's any software with the UPS that goes with the XP, but my tech installed it and I wouldn't want to swear to it. I don't know what brand it is, but I'm pretty sure it's not an APC or whatever the name of the company that bought /merged with them is. Could it begin with

[Blind-Computing] Spybot Re: Add-Aware

2008-01-12 Thread Margaret Thomas
David, The self extracting script worked like a charm here for JFW 7.1, but, luckily, I discovered I already had the .exe file for Spybot 1.4 and the script on my machine from before the machine went to the shop since I was unable to download either the script or Spybot from the JAWS-Users

[Blind-Computing] DEC-Talk Access 32 Re: JAWS 9

2008-04-10 Thread Margaret Thomas
it with jaws 9. hth, orhan. On Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:02 PM Margaret Thomas wrote: Marilyn, You asked why I haven't gone to JAWS 9 when I have a SMA for it. Part of the reason is that I don't like Eloquence and have used the GW Micro version of DEC-Talk Access 32 and my understanding

Re: [Blind-Computing] java access bridge

2008-04-10 Thread Margaret Thomas
Marvin, Rick, and All, I followed some links on the URL that Marvin gave and think I finally found a link to download Access Bridge at http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/accessibility/accessbridge/index.jsp However, there is a note that says Please note: if your system is configured

Re: [Blind-Computing] java access bridge

2008-04-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
Victor, Thank you for the explanation. My tech said he didn't need Java and that I was probably correct that it was installed when the XP went to the shop in the fall and he uninstalled it, so I don't have to do anything with Access Bridge. Margaret Victor Gouveia wrote: Hi

Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanning with Avast?

2008-05-29 Thread Margaret Thomas
It seems that my upstairs clock was off when I got up after losing patience with Avast and let it do its thing and the total actual time was 8 hours and not 10. Avast claimed the scan ran for 51 minutes or so before I stopped it after I got up and the percentage hadn't changed in 4 hours.

Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanning with Avast?

2008-05-31 Thread Margaret Thomas
PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:51 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Scanning with Avast? Hi All, I attempted my first scan with the free version of Avast yesterday and the thing

Re: [Blind-Computing] Scanning with Avast?

2008-05-31 Thread Margaret Thomas
with Avast compared to AVG, which picked up trojans that even Google's never heard of. Hope that helps. -- Chris Hallsworth - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing

[Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages

2008-06-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I couldn't send or receive any e-mail from just after 11:00 p.m last night until about 4:00 p.m this afternoon and was getting an error message that my Cox password or user name was invalid. The second Cox tech support person I spoke with was much more helpful than the first one

Re: [Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages

2008-06-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
then this could explain why you got duplicates... - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages Hi All, I couldn't send or receive any e-mail from just after

Re: [Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages

2008-06-24 Thread Margaret Thomas
Victor, Thank you very much for the good instructions. I now seem to be only getting one copy of all messages. The bad news is that,after I sent my original message, and it looked like I was getting mail again, a message I sent on its way got stuck in the outbox and and got the same

Re: [Blind-Computing] Duplicate Messages

2008-06-25 Thread Margaret Thomas
JOHN O CARVALHO wrote: Margaret, If you want to get rid of that message in your out box,just go into the out box, delete it. PEACE John Carvalho - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:47 PM Subject

[Blind-Computing] Battery for XP Desktop Computer

2008-08-12 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi all, My tech is supposed to come back with a new battery for my UPS and to finish dismantling my LAN. He took away the '98 machine and, now, only the XP computer is left. It's more than 3 years old and, after my tech left, I starting thinking that since he has to return and it's

Re: [Blind-Computing] Battery for XP Desktop Computer

2008-08-12 Thread Margaret Thomas
on the internet, but anyway... Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas Hi all, My tech is supposed to come back with a new battery for my UPS and to finish dismantling my LAN. He took

[Blind-Computing] Getting Setting Back in IE 7

2008-08-17 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I tried a change in IE 7 I read about in a computer newsletter I get and it didn't work out and I'd like to get things back the way they were. The item said something about being able to alt-tab through IE windows instead of using the back command, alt-left arrow. Alt-left

Re: [Blind-Computing] Getting Setting Back in IE 7

2008-08-18 Thread Margaret Thomas
webpage tabs in IE7? Pretty sure that's standard if that's what you're asking about. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas Hi All, I tried a change in IE 7 I read about

[Blind-Computing] Upgrading MS Office 2000

2008-09-24 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I think I finally got a pesky problem with normal.dot in Word 2000 solved and have been thinking of getting a more recent version of MS Office in order to reduce the learning curve from when I might have to get Vista. Cam MS Office 2003 still be purchased legally? Should I just take

[Blind-Computing] Sounds for Computer events-XP

2008-09-26 Thread Margaret Thomas
David and All, I wrote to the list ages ago looking for sources for computer events for XP and several folks responded, but there weren't any answers that directly applied to my query or else the sites mentioned had changed. I'm especially looking for .wav files for turning off the

Re: [Blind-Computing] Sounds for Computer events-XP

2008-09-26 Thread Margaret Thomas
Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:37 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Sounds for Computer events-XP David and All, I wrote to the list ages ago looking for sources for computer events for XP and several

Re: [Blind-Computing] microsoft offixce for xp pro

2008-09-29 Thread Margaret Thomas
If JAWS is on the machine and XP Pro was put on it, wouldn't JAWS Pro be needed as well? Margaret Chris Hallsworth wrote: Microsoft Office, regardless of version, has nothing to do with which version of Windows, XP or otherwise. In other words, you can install Microsoft Office on any flavour

[Blind-Computing] Saving Changes in Word 2000?

2008-09-30 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Morning, Could someone please tell me when pressing Control-F4 to close a an existing Word 2000 document and no changes were made except copying something from that document to put elsewhere if the normal behavior is for Word to ask if you want to save the changes? I thought Word didn't

[Blind-Computing] Upgrading Spybot - Search Destroy 1.4 to 1.5

2008-10-06 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I've looked in the menus of Spybot - Search Destroy 1.4 and the index to see if there's a way of upgrading version 1.4 to 1.5 without uninstalling and the existing version and downloading and installing 1.5 and am not finding anything. Am I missing something or is uninstalling and

Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading Spybot - Search Destroy 1.4 to 1.5

2008-10-07 Thread Margaret Thomas
Lali, I'm only finding Spybot-SD Settings Tools Info n license and no options in the navigation menu. Am I missing something? Thank you, Margaret lali wrote: Hi, Margaret! No worries! Do the following: 1. Open spybot. 2. Open navigation menu. 3. Open options menu, in the navigation

[Blind-Computing] Open Book Unable to Determine Appropriate Scanner

2008-11-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, A Cox technician was here the other day to switch my telephone service from another carrier to Cox and I've been getting an error message with Open Book 7.02 since he left: Open Book is unable to determine the appropriate scanner to use. After you hit enter to close this message, use

Re: [Blind-Computing] Open Book Unable to Determine AppropriateScanner

2008-11-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
it. - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:15 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Open Book Unable to Determine Appropriate Scanner Hi All, A Cox technician was here the other day to switch my telephone

[Blind-Computing] Problem Fixed Re: Open Book Unable to DetermineAppropriateScanner

2008-11-21 Thread Margaret Thomas
it. - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:15 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Open Book Unable to Determine Appropriate Scanner Hi All, A Cox technician was here the other day to switch my telephone

[Blind-Computing] Accessible Adobe Reader 9 download

2009-01-26 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I have Adobe Reader 8 on my XP Home with SP3 machine and have decided that the time has come to upgrade to version 9. Is the link for Accessible Adobe Reader 9 download at http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/reader/ the accessible one without the other utilities/programs

[Blind-Computing] CDex Failed to Load

2009-02-21 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I downloaded CDex 1.51 from the jaws-users page and have a feeling I may not have installed it correctly. I got a CDex Failed to load the wnaspi32.dll driver!graphic 972 Use the Native NT SCSI library driver option instead? Yes No message when I tried to load the program from the

[Blind-Computing] Peapod Re: New version of NVDA

2009-02-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
John, Bill, and All, I've used Peapod for more than 3 years now and it's doable, but still takes a very long time to do an order. On my machine, things have gotten worse and not better. Apparently, Peapod made some changes to the site just about the time Beta 1 of JAWS 10 came out and it's

Re: [Blind-Computing] question about zen stone software

2009-03-03 Thread Margaret Thomas
David, If you are asking about Creative Media Lite, there are a couple more things that the software will help with that people haven't mentioned so far and I've found Brian's JAWS scripts helpful for getting Zen Stone charging and updating information. I have the 1 GB model of the player.

[Blind-Computing] IE 7 tutorials

2009-03-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
Rick and All, I'm probably caffeine deprived, but I'm not sure I'm finding the IE 7 tutorial referred to a good while ago. I went to the URL indicated and only saw a link to the Microsoft page under Internet Explorer. I found a couple links in the audio tutorials section, but didn't see if

[Blind-Computing] AnyTime Organizer Deluxe

2009-04-21 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon All, Is anyone using a version of AnyTime Organizer Deluxe after version 10 who could tell me how far into the future U. S. holidays go? The last I heard, they only went up to 2010 with version 10. I have the CD version of something like 7.1 and think I bought 9.3 online and

[Blind-Computing] Installing Office Home and Student 2007

2010-01-02 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, I'm running Office 2000 and have decided to take the plunge to 2007. I got the downloadable version of Home and Student 2007 and it is downloaded on my machine with XP Home and JAWS 8 to 10 with a SMA for11. When I'm ready can the program be installed without sighted

[Blind-Computing] Office 2007 and Documents Created with Office 2000

2010-01-03 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, I'm getting closer to installing Office Home and Student 2007, but was wondering what will happen to the documents I created with Office 2000 and sending 2007 documents to folks with Office 2000 and 2003? I think I saw somewhere that there's an add on or something at

[Blind-Computing] Spell Checker for OE and Office 2007

2010-01-04 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, Before I install Office Home and Student 2007, I'd like to find a spell checker for OE 6 since my understanding is that there isn't backward compatibility with the spell checker. I have TinySpell 1.7.01 on the XP Home machine, but the on the fly spelling corrections is driving me

[Blind-Computing] Locating and Removing Headings in Word 2000

2010-01-17 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Evening, Could some kind person please tell me how to locate and remove all the headings in a Word 2000 document? I seem to have inadvertently created them and would like to clean up the document. There shouldn't be any headings at all. I'm running JAWS 9 and 10 and XP Home with SP 3.

[Blind-Computing] My Normal.dot May Be Corrupted

2010-01-18 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon All, I have 652 ~WRL*.tmp and ~WRD*.tmp files in My Documents and I think normal.dot may be corrupted. I performed disk maintenance this morning and all 652 were still there still there afterwards. I deleted normal.bat and all of them are still there. I've rebooted more than

Re: [Blind-Computing] My Normal.dot May Be Corrupted

2010-01-19 Thread Margaret Thomas
Normal.dot May Be Corrupted Hi, Have you tried simply deleting all of the files including normal.dot? if normal.dot is deleted, then you reopen word, a new file will be created. HTH. Aiden - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com

[Blind-Computing] Installing Office 2007 Re: Office 2007 and Documents Created with Office 2000

2010-01-19 Thread Margaret Thomas
will not be available until you convert to the 2007 equivalent format. Hope this helps. Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 I am also on Facebook. On 03/01/2010 18:57, Margaret Thomas wrote: Good Afternoon, I'm getting closer

[Blind-Computing] Office Clipboard in Word 2007

2010-02-08 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I've only been using Word 2007 about a week and a half and think I've already done something to mess up the Office Clipboard. I thought that when I first installed Word 2007 the Office Clipboard just remained quietly behind the scenes and didn't go periodically popping up. For several

[Blind-Computing] Possibly Solved Re: Office Clipboard in Word 2007

2010-02-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I may have solved my problem of the Office clipboard in Word 2007 popping up when I did a Control-F4 to close a document or Alt-F4 to exit Word. It seems that I needed to close the Office Task Pane and I haven't seen the Office clipboard since doing so. The instructions I had to do so

[Blind-Computing] No Speech on Boot up

2010-06-09 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I seem to be back to normal now, but I had a problem with JAWS not speaking when I booted up this morning and I'm wondering if any of the possibilities I'm thinking of could have been the cause or if I'm totally wrong. I turned off the computer last night, but didn't baby-sit it to

[Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player

2010-06-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, Is there a way of updating Adobe Flash Player without uninstalling the existing version? Firefox gave me a message this morning that it was suggested I update Adobe Flash Player for the new version. Is my memory correct that the installation of the new version requires sighted

[Blind-Computing] Quick Access Toolbar Word 2007

2010-08-08 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I have a couple of questions about working with the Quick Access Toolbar in Word 2007 using JAWS and XP Home with SP3 and hope maybe someone can help make my life a little easier. The textbook I have indicates that at least the default items in the quick access toolbar are

Re: [Blind-Computing] Quick Access Toolbar Word 2007

2010-08-09 Thread Margaret Thomas
the position of the function you wish to access. Hope this helps. Ishe We all have the right to be wrong in our opinions but not in our facts. - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 3:44 AM Subject

[Blind-Computing] KeyTips in Word 2007 and JAWS Re: Quick Access Toolbar Word 2007

2010-08-10 Thread Margaret Thomas
2007 if possible. By the way, I've found the training module helpful and I believe it has mentioned some things about using Office 2007 with JAWS that the textbook hasn't covered yet. Thank you, Margaret - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind-computing

Re: [Blind-Computing] MSE update failures

2010-08-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
I have automatic updates turned on and the latest bunch still wasn't in my sys tray earlier this afternoon when I remembered to look before reading this thread. There were about 13 and it took ages for the machine to check for updates and supposedly download and install all of them. I'll have

[Blind-Computing] Centering Line of Text-Word 2007 JAWS

2011-03-14 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I'm trying to center a line of text in a Word 2007 document using JAWS 10 on my XP Home with SP3 machine and JAWS seems to be claiming that it is still aligned left. I thought either pressing Control E and then typing the text I want centered and Control L to go back to aligned left

Re: [Blind-Computing] Centering Line of Text-Word 2007 JAWS

2011-03-14 Thread Margaret Thomas
I checked to make sure my document is maximized and it was. I was able to center a line in another document, but not in the one I wanted or in a new document. I found zoom in the view menu and it should now be set to 75%. Any thoughts for fixing the centering problem would be greatly

Re: [Blind-Computing] Centering Line of Text-Word 2007 JAWS

2011-03-15 Thread Margaret Thomas
related to the current problem? I was able to get the document out to the person who needed it and will work on the repair etc. stuff later since I need a break. Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated, Margaret - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net

[Blind-Computing] Upgrading Adobe Reader 9 to 10

2011-04-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Morning All, I have Adobe Reader 9.4.3 on my XP Home with SP3 machine and would like to upgrade to version 10 or whatever the latest version is that works with JAWS. JFW 9 and 10 are on the machine and I have a SMA for 11 if necessary. Is the best way of doing it to use check for updates

Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading Adobe Reader 9 to 10

2011-04-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
-users.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 7:51 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading Adobe Reader 9 to 10 Good Morning All, I have Adobe Reader 9.4.3 on my XP Home with SP3 machine and would like to upgrade to version 10 or whatever

Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading Adobe Reader 9 to 10

2011-04-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
reason to update. HTH, Rick Justice - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 7:51 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading Adobe Reader 9 to 10 Good Morning All, I have Adobe Reader 9.4.3 on my XP Home

[Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player

2011-04-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, I seem to be having problems updating Adobe Flash Player for Firefox. I got the one for IE 8 updated using: http://updateflash.org but that site keeps saying You have version 10.2.152 which is old (the latest version is 10.2.159.1). when I go to the site with Firefox. I

Re: [Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player

2011-04-29 Thread Margaret Thomas
- Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 5:56 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player Good Afternoon, I seem to be having problems updating Adobe Flash Player for Firefox. I got the one for IE 8 updated using: http://updateflash.org

[Blind-Computing] Switching from Window to Window in IE 8

2011-08-02 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I haven't made the switch to tab browsing in Internet Explorer 8 yet, and thought I remembered that there was a keystroke to rapidly switch from IE Window to IE window along the lines of Control-F6 in Word to quickly move among open documents without having to keep pressing alt-tab to

Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-08-13 Thread Margaret Thomas
I'm so happy to hear that other JAWS users are having trouble with the new Pro Super Anti-Spyware! It installed the new version several days ago when I checked for updates after it hadn't done the usual daily scan for a couple days. I was finally able to schedule a daily scan for my preferred

[Blind-Computing] UPS for New Computer

2011-08-13 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I want to get a new UPS to help protect the new Windows 7 machine that will be arriving soon as well as the other new equipment and what I'll be keeping from my XP Home computer. I re-read some old posts I'd saved and I know it's one of those things where it is best to spend as much

Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-08-17 Thread Margaret Thomas
, Customer Service - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users I'm so happy to hear that other JAWS users are having trouble with the new Pro

Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-08-17 Thread Margaret Thomas
any updates since reinstalling SAS. My guess is that it wouldn't do any harm to update your version since it can't make anything worse, but might make things better. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Wednesday

[Blind-Computing] Synching IE and Firefox Favorites

2011-08-22 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Evening, I should be getting my Windows 7 machine this week and am trying to get unnecessary stuff off my XP home in preparation for the data transfer to the new machine. I know it used to be possible to copy IE favorites to Firefox when Firefox is newly installed, but I was hoping there

Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-09-19 Thread Margaret Thomas
Replied: Hi there, Yes that is true. Definition updates are independent of product updates. You can stay completely up-to-date with definitions while still using version 4.56. Regards, Customer Service - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com

[Blind-Computing] Rolling Back the Pro Version of Super Anti-Spyware Re: SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-09-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi Margaret; You have to route the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor and play around to select the items you want. Or, if you schedule a scan you can have SAS get rid of things it finds automatically. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing

Re: [Blind-Computing] Rolling Back the Pro Version ofSuperAnti-Spyware Re: SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-09-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:23 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Rolling Back the Pro Version of SuperAnti-Spyware Re: SuperAnti Spyware Pro users Hi Mike, I have the link to roll back the Pro version of SAS 5.0

Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-09-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
- Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] SuperAnti Spyware Pro users Mike and All, The other morning the Pro version of SAS 5.x found several things it felt could cause

[Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player

2011-09-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, It looks like Adobe has a new update for Adobe Flash Player out that Kim Komando says is a critical update. I did the updateflash.org thing for both IE 8 and Firefox 4 and it said I'm up to date, but the version mentioned is lower than what is listed on the Adobe site for the new

Re: [Blind-Computing] Updating Adobe Flash Player

2011-09-23 Thread Margaret Thomas
No, no, you don't have to uninstall Adobe Flash Player. Just install it using Ninite Installer, and you will be up-to-date without any of the hassles of downloading it from the Adobe site. http://ninite.com/ Gerald - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind

Re: [Blind-Computing] Why Downgrade? - Was: Re: Rolling Back the Pro Version ofSuperAnti-Spyware Re: SuperAnti Spyware Pro users

2011-09-26 Thread Margaret Thomas
, then ran / installed the 4.56 version. You could try running the 4.56 version just to see if it will install over the current version. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:23 PM

[Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard

2011-10-07 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, My new Windows 7 machine was delivered this afternoon and it meant that I got a new keyboard. The six pack keys on the new keyboard are arranged differently from those of my old keyboard and there doesn't seem to be an insert key in the six pack. The computer is a Dell and I think

Re: [Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard

2011-10-07 Thread Margaret Thomas
Sorry-I should have said that the keyboard is full sized and not for a laptop. Margaret Earlier I wrote: Hi All, My new Windows 7 machine was delivered this afternoon and it meant that I got a new keyboard. The six pack keys on the new keyboard are arranged differently from those of my old

Re: [Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard

2011-10-07 Thread Margaret Thomas
with the F1 key and press keys to learn where all of the missing keys are. Jerry - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Six Pack Keys on New Keyboard Sorry-I

[Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011

2011-10-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Morning, I didn't have any problem editing the contact information in the address book in Outlook Express, but trying to do it in Windows Live Mail 2011 on my 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium machine using JAWS 12 has me wanting to bang my head on the desk. I'm hoping some kind soul might

Re: [Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011

2011-10-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
enter on the tab and that is all. regardes graham -Original Message- From: Margaret Thomas Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:12 To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011 Good Morning, I didn't have any problem editing

Re: [Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011

2011-10-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
pressed the application key on the desired contact tab to the contact tab and press enter, you may land in the name field and be able to alter here. I think you may not be pressing enter on the tab and that is all. regardes graham -Original Message- From: Margaret Thomas Sent: Thursday

Re: [Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011

2011-10-21 Thread Margaret Thomas
- Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Editing a Contact in Windows Live Mail 2011 I may have found some instructions that will allow me to have my OE address book

[Blind-Computing] Getting Back to Normal In-Box from All In-Box in WLM 2011

2011-10-22 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I don't know what I did to Windows Live Mail 2011 on my Win 7 machine, but I seemed to have royally messed up something. My In-Box used to just say In-Box in the message list view and shift-tab got me to the folders list. Now, the title is all In-Box and with shift-tab JAWS 12 says

[Blind-Computing] Solved Re: Getting Back to Normal In-Box from All In-Box inWLM 2011

2011-10-22 Thread Margaret Thomas
Never mind-I got it straightened out. Margaret Hi All, I don't know what I did to Windows Live Mail 2011 on my Win 7 machine, but I seemed to have royally messed up something. My In-Box used to just say In-Box in the message list view and shift-tab got me to the folders list. Now, the

[Blind-Computing] Administrative Privileges on 64 Bit Windows 7

2011-11-11 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, I’m having trouble installing a program on my 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium machine and the error code has the people who are trying to help think it might be an administrative privilege issue. I’m administrator on my XP. Could someone please tell me how I can find out if I am on the

[Blind-Computing] Replacement for ShortKeys Lite for Use on Windows 7

2011-11-15 Thread Margaret Thomas
Hi All, Has anyone found a replacement for ShortKeys Lite that is accessible with JAWS 12 and 13 and that will work on 64 bit Windows 7? I have a note that the free utility many of us enjoyed on XP was put out by Insight Software. It looks like the company has ShortKeys 3 that isn’t free

Re: [Blind-Computing] Replacement for ShortKeys Lite for Use onWindows7

2011-11-15 Thread Margaret Thomas
already have a license, perhaps you might get a better price than the $24.95. HTH, Rick Justice - Original Message - From: Margaret Thomas iluvtor...@cox.net To: bc blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:25 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Replacement for ShortKeys

[Blind-Computing] Compacting Folders in Outlook 2010

2011-12-31 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, Is it still possible to compact folders in Outlook 2010 on a 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium machine the way one could in Outlook Express? In OE, it was Alt-F and pressing F several more times. I'm running JAWS 12 and 13. Thank you, Margaret For answers to frequently asked

Re: [Blind-Computing] Showing Hidden File Extensions Windows 7

2012-01-08 Thread Margaret Thomas
for known file types Press space to turn it off TAB to OK and press SPACE -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Thomas Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 5:34 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject

[Blind-Computing] Word 2007 Document reduced to 10%

2012-05-06 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, I have a Word 2007 document that I had previously saved and that somehow got changed somewhere along the way from75% to 10% and also from print to web layout. This is on a 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium machine and Jaws 13 and WE 7.5.3. Any help getting it back to normal

[Blind-Computing] Weather Bug

2012-05-20 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, Last month someone here mentioned that Weather Bug worked well with JAWS and said it could be found at http://weather.weatherbug.com I may have the program confused with something else, but I've got it in what passes for my memory that, at least in the past, Weather Bug

[Blind-Computing] Problem Loading a Web Site IE 8

2012-05-28 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Evening, When I try to go to www.lowes.com running both JAWS 12 and 13 with IE 8 on my Windows 7 machine, the site loads in PC cursor mode instead of virtual cursor mode. The usual tricks of F5 and Insert-Tab to refresh the screen aren't working and left clicking on items isn't

[Blind-Computing] Searching for Text in Message Body Thunderbird JAWS

2012-07-03 Thread Margaret Thomas
Good Afternoon, I can find text in the body of a Thunderbird 13.x message using Control-Shift-F in Window-Eyes 7.5.4.1, but haven't been able to come up with a keystroke that works with JAWS 13.x. Could someone help? Thunderbird documentation seems to indicate that Control-F works, but

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