Rosemarie, I'd like to add a thought or two to David's excellent suggestions. However, on my machine, if you press the "Windows" key and hear the blank indicating that you are in the Search window, my computer will move directly to the Shut Down if you press the right arrow. This is what Windows 7 calls a "Split" command. That means that if you press the right arrow again, you will be taken to a series of options or, you can just press enter on Shut Down and that is what will happen.
Now, when you buy a new computer, the software which comes with it is often months out of date. So, when you bring it up, Windows 7 will try to correct that situation. In the beginning, for that reason, there might be quite a few updates that have to be added. This isn't a bad thing. Unlike XP, Windows 7 will automatically update certain elements of your software without being asked. It is possible to set your computer to load those programs or updates without bothering you at all. If your new system is configured like that, when you go into Shut Down, many of those updates will be performed before the system closes down. Don't worry about that, Rosemarie. Windows 7 is a marvelous piece of software and it's a great deal more self reliant than anything Microsoft has developed to date. David's suggestion of how to access the Updates function is a good one. Just like XP, Windows 7 has a display of programs which have been made prominent. One of them is the Windows Update. So if you begin at the Search field, you can arrow up or arrow down until you hear Update. But you can also type Windows Update in the Search field. As you are typing, Windows 7 will give you options of what it assumes you might be looking for. If you don't hear what you want, keep typing. Don't worry Rosemarie. Your new computer is doing what it's supposed to be doing. JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY PERSONAL E-MAIL: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] a problem shutting down in windows 7 Hello there; Well, there's 2 ways you can shutdown; 1, go to desktop and press alt+f4 you will be asked, what you want the computer to do, so, use arrow key and choose shutdown. The second way is, Go to start menu, you hear, Menu search edit, Just left arrow you should land on shut down split button, just press enter. As for the updates? Yu can find these, by going to desktop, Highlight computer, Bring up properties, Now tab and enter on, Check for updates, Then you can tab to see how many updates there are, Or conversely, You can choose update from the shutdown menu, and the computer will update then shut down. Maybe one of the updates is the service pack 1, and you will need to check that one. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rosemarie Chavarria Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] a problem shutting down in windows 7 Hi, everyone, I just got a new computer last week. It has windows 7 home premium on it but I'm having a bit of a problem shutting down when I do it through the start menu. It takes quite awhile to shut down. A friend of mine told me to hit the power button but not as if to do a hard shutdown. I'm also being asked to install new updates all the time after I've already done so. Is there something I might be doing wrong? Any helpful hint or suggestion will be very much appreciated. Thanks so much in advance. Rosemarie For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
