Hi All,
I am using Windows10 on a Dell 5440 with JAWS2018.10.42. Sorry about the incomplete JAWS version, but as you will see, this is one of the several odd behaviors from JAWS. Below are the steps I am executing along with comments about JAWS behavior * Cold boot computer. * Comment - Windows10 initial screen silently comes up. * JAWS announces "JAWS Professional". * Comment - Login screen comes up and JAWS is silent with no evidence of it still being running. * Use many key combinations in many different combinations of execution (Tab, Control+Alt+Delete, F6, Alt+Tab, Control+Alt, all four arrow keys, Home, End, & Enter). * Comment - Still nothing from JAWS. * Execute Control+Windows key+Enter to start Narrator. * Comment - Narrator immediately finds the Password entry field. * Type in password and JAWS Eventually announces "JAWS Professional" and narrator announces "Narrator Starting". * Execute Capslock+Esc to turn off Narrator. * Windows key+M takes me to the Desktop. * Comment - I do this because sometimes JAWS repeatedly announces "Lost Focus". * Comment - JAWS appears to be working relatively well to navigate, launch programs and use those programs. I'm not going to go into the various down-Falls of JAWS in these applications except for spell check described below. * When I Execute some JAWS commands while on the desktop, as well as when application windows are open and in focus, nothing happens. * Insert+JAWS, cannot find JAWS in the Task Bar, System Tray and Running Tasks. * Insert+F1 brings up the JAWS commands for the Application in focus. * Insert+J, Space does bring up the JAWS command search feature. * The JAWS command Insert+Control+V tells me the version of the application in focus. * Comment - This includes providing me with the running JAWS version when the JAWS command search is in focus. This is how I was able to confirm that the correct version of JAWS is running. * Check to see if Alt+Control+J is set as the command for launching JAWS. * Most times it is not there and I have to re-set it. * Leave JAWS focus on the JAWS icon on the desktop for "just in case". * Insert+F4, Enter key to shut down JAWS. * Control+Alt+J to re-launch JAWS, or press Enter key to launch JAWS from the icon if it does not launch. * Like magic, JAWS is in the system tray and all appears to be well. * Comment - Significant improvements in how JAWS reads the spell check screen. Sometimes there is still a lag in when it reads the next word or the spell check statistics dialog box as well as JAWS sometimes only read the OK button in this dialog box, Insert+B will read the contents. * Going to the locked screen gives me mixed results with JAWS being able to read the screen so that I can log back in. Same behavior if the computer locks on its own. * Comment - Narrator works. * I have unchecked the various settings for running JAWS at startup and rechecked them and re-started JAWS. * I have run a JAWS repair. So, my assumption is that something is blocking JAWS from completely launching prior to the login screen. Does anyone have any ideas? Annette For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
