Hi Joseph,
I got the files for the scrip in the right place using your
instructions. I haven't tried the application yet to see if they "took"
since I should be fresh to tackle it.
As far as your instructions for JAWS and XP, WMP 11 is the only player
installed on the machine. I'm not sure I'm finding the option to change
file types and what to do with if I'm in the right place. I did find
something about file types under the tools and options. The only thing I've
done with WMP 11 is to burn a couple of CD's and that was before the new
hard drive was installed and it might need to be configured to work best
with JAWS. I did find an item in the menus for classic menus and things are
now slightly more familiar, but I really have no idea what I'm doing in the
program and things are messed up enough now, so any detailed instructions
would really be appreciated to avoid fouling things up even more.
Thanks,
Margaret
"Joseph Lee" wrote:
Hi Margaret,
1. Script installation:
a. Find the script files (everything) then copy it to clipboard
(CTRL plus c).
b. Go to Start Menu/Programs/JAWS 7.1/Explore/Explore My
Settings. You should land at the location where JAWS has script
files.
c. Press CTRL plus v to paste the script files.
You should restart JAWS before the scripts can take effect.
2. XP Home and JAWS: the information presented here is accurate.
Follow it and you should use JAWS efficiently.
3. File association: this problem is caused by what's called
"file association" issue i.e. to associate a file type with a
program. Go to the program which the wave sound (wav) was
registered as file type (possibly Winamp). Go to the location
where you can see settings for that media player and you should
see an option to change file types. Check to see if wav is
checked. Or you might want to reinstall this media player and it
should work from there.
Cheers,
Joseph
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Margaret Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "jaws-users" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com
>Date sent: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:48:10 -0400
>Subject: [JAWS-Users] Items Disappeared from Desktop
>Hi All,
> I went to install some JAWS scripts this afternoon and
discovered that a
>whole slew of items are missing from my XP Home with SP2 desktop.
> The path should be
>C:\Documents and Settings\Margaret\Application Data\Freedom
>Scientific\JAWS\7.10\Settings\enu
> All there is in Margaret is
>Desktop
>Favorites
>My Documents
>Start Menu
>none of which belong there. Applicacation Data is not there and
any number
>of other items.
> Yesterday, I was trying to configure XP for best use with
JAWS since
>some things were still not the way they were on my old hard drive
before my
>machine went to the shop and my tech installed a new hard drive
and programs
>were re-installed and configured. I was trying to follow the
instructions
>in an old post:
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 5:12 PM
>Subject: Re: jfw 5.1 xp settings
>Here is the info. The link can be found on the jfw lite page
under helpful
>hints, I believe.
>For your convenience though, here is the actual document from
Freedom
>Scientific's web site.
>Windows XP and JAWS
>This topic discusses settings changes we recommend you make when
using JAWS
>in Windows XP Home or Professional. You must be logged in with
>administrative rights to make several of these changes.
>Many of these settings are changed within Control Panel. To open
Control
>Panel, press the WINDOWS KEY to open the Start Menu, move to
Control Panel,
>and press ENTER. Depending on your system settings, Control
Panel either
>opens
>in a separate window, or the Control Panel items open as a
sub-menu.
>We recommend making changes in the following areas:
>.. Display Properties
>.. Folder Options
>.. Start Menu
>.. Windows Explorer
>.. System Performance
>Display Properties
>1. From the Control Panel, move to "Display" and press Enter.
>2. From the themes combo box, select Windows XP.
>3. In the List of backgrounds on the Desktop page, choose Bliss.
>4. Set Position to "Stretch".
>5. In the Screen Saver combo box on the Screen Saver page, press
HOME to
>select none.
>6. On the Appearance page, set Windows and Buttons to Windows
classic style.
>7. Set Color Scheme to Windows Standard.
>8. Set Font to normal.
>9. Close the dialog.
>Note: After making these changes, the Display page Themes combo
box says
>"Modified Theme".
>Folder Options
>1. From the Control Panel, press ALT+T to go to the Tools menu
>2. Press O for Folder Options.
>3. From the Tasks radio button group, select Use Windows Classic
folders
>4. (Optional):
>A. On the View page, move to the Advanced Settings tree view.
>B. Clear the Hide Extensions For Known File Types check box.
>C. If you also use screen magnification software, clear the Show
pop-up
>description for folder and desktop items check box. Pop up
descriptions
>often hides
>the menu item just below any given menu item, making it
impossible to
>visually see the next item in the menu list.
>D. Move to the Apply to All Folders button and press SPACEBAR.
>E. Answer Yes to the dialog that comes up to acknowledge this
change.
>5. Move to the OK button in the Folder Options dialog box and
press SPACEBAR
>to close this dialog box.
>Start Menu
>1. From Control Panel, Move to Taskbar and Start menu and press
ENTER.
>2. From the Taskbar page, press ALT+G to move to and uncheck
Group Similar
>Taskbar Buttons.
>3. Press ALT+H to move to and uncheck the check box for Hide
inactive icons.
>4. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Start Menu page.
>5. Select Classic start menu.
>6. Press ENTER to close this dialog box.
>Windows Explorer
>1. Press WINDOWS KEY+E to open Windows Explorer.
>2. Press ALT+V to open the View menu.
>3. Select "Arrange Icons by" and press ENTER to open the
submenu.
>4. Move to the menu item "Name" to arrange by Name, and Press
ENTER to
>select this and close the menus.
>5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, and move to the item "Show in Groups."
If it is
>checked, press ENTER to uncheck it and close the menus.
>6. Press ALT+T to open the Tools menu.
>7. Press O to open the Folder Options Dialog.
>8. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the View page.
>9. Press SPACEBAR to activate the "Apply to all folders" button,
and press
>SPACEBAR on the YES button to acknowledge this change.
>10. Move to the OK button and press SPACEBAR to close this
dialog box.
>System Performance
>1. From the Control Panel, move to System and press ENTER to
open the System
>Properties Dialog.
>2. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page.
>3. Press ALT+S to activate the Performance Settings button. The
Performance
>Options Dialog opens.
>4. Clear the following check boxes:
>.. Animate Windows when Minimizing and Maximizing.
>.. Slide open Combo Boxes.
>.. Smooth-scroll List Boxes.
>.. Use Visual Styles on Windows and Buttons.
>5. Press ENTER to close the Performance Options dialog and
return to the
>System Properties dialog box.
>6. Press ENTER to activate the OK button and close the System
Properties
>dialog box.
> Earlier today, I got another .wav file I download to play
when Windows
>starts instead of the one it had been starting up with.
> Any suggestions on how to get my desktop back the way it was
would be
>greatly appreciated.
> Thank you,
>Margaret
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