I absolutely suggest you vacuumed your system out at least once a year. More often if you smoke or have pets.
David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jorge Rivas Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW Hi, Don't LOL, but a PC tech one time told me, to vacume the fan port out once in a while. Also, I got it set to never. Jorge -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sharon Gosling Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW I have my laptop set to sleep after 15 minutes now because when I had it set to never I found that the fan ran all the time and the laptop ran very hot. It seems much better to let it cool off. Now with Jaws 15 the sleep does not cause a problem on reawakening. Previously when waking up the control or alt key would be activated so that if I pressed control and a key Jaws would say alt control and the key. I did find that as a work around if I opened a new document in notepad and closed it that the keys went back to normal. Go figure. This has only happened once since I upgraded. I haven't tried hibernation with Jaws 15 because it never worked previously in any way and sleep is good enough. Sherrie -----Original Message----- From: Don & Cher Bosch Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW I have a desktop instead- so do you know whether it does save wear and tear on the hard drive to let it shut down? I was thinking that this point had always been controversial- but not remembering clearly. Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Justice Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 5:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW Hi Cher, Those particular settings on a laptop are aimed mostly at conserving battery power, how much wear and tear they save on hardware is arguable. If you set everything to "never" just realize that if you are running on battery, and not at the computer, there is no real conservation of power You can extend the battery life somewhat by removing it while running on AC. Note: this may not work on all laptops. I have everything set to "never" on all of my machines, because I don't want to experience unexpected behavior because I forgot about a minor setting. (smile) HTH, Rick Justice "It's easier to keep up, than it is, to catch up" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don & Cher Bosch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW So letting the hard drive shut down or whatever does not cause any JAWS issues for you? Do you just accept the default setting there? And, since I've changed it, what is the default setting and what are you using if you don't mind saying :) Thanks much. Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW So far as JAWS is concerned power management is not an issue. It is the operation of your computer like waking it up ETC that is the problem. I always turn that hibernation stuff off myself. The hard drive is personal preference. David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don & Cher Bosch Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] Win7 Power Options with JFW Does anyone know what FS recommends as the best power options settings for Windows7? I have changed hibernate and sleep to Never, but what about the hard drive itself. In earlier windows versions I think we were always supposed to set that to Never. also. This system would sleep/hibernate in 20 or 30 minutes and there was nothing I could do to wake it back up- black screen and no sound. What do others do with these settings? 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