try unchecking the checkbox "use JAWS on the Windows Logon screen". Pressing Space then typing your password and hitting Enter should work fine.
On 12/8/17, amca...@verizon.net <amca...@verizon.net> wrote: > 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/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
