you rock! Thanks a bunch! Will save this for my files.:) chrissy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:14 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] tRe: Windows Standard in XP > Hi Chrissy, > > Follow these directions below from the jaws-users website and these steps > should get everything straightened out. Good luck. > > Mike > > > > 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: > > List of 5 items > Display Properties > Folder Options > Start Menu > Windows Explorer System Performance > list end > > Display Properties > List of 9 items > 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. > list end > Note: After making these changes, the Display page Themes combo box says > "Modified Theme." Folder Options > > List of 5 items > 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): > > List of 5 items > > nesting level 1 > 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 hide 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. Select Yes in the dialog that opens 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 > > List of 6 items > 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. > list end > > Windows Explorer > > List of 10 items > 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. > list end > > System Performance > > List of 6 items (contains 1 nested list) > 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: > > List of 4 items nesting level 1 > Animate Windows when Minimizing and Maximizing. > Slide open Combo Boxes. > Smooth-scroll List Boxes. > Use Visual Styles on Windows and Buttons. > list end nesting level 1 > 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. 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