Carolyn: Unfortunately, the problem occurs even when I do an alt tab and make sure Jaws is the only thing running.
Dr. Tom Behler -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 7:39 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Internet Explorer Issue Tom, have you tried, when turning your computer on, and everything comes up, hitting Alt Tab, and if something is open, hit Alt F4 to close the open program? It would be a hassle, but could be a temporary fix, you think? GIFT (God is forever true), Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler" <tombeh...@gmail.com> To: "Jaws users list" <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 6:50 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Internet Explorer Issue > Hello, everyone. > > > > As you may remember, I have been having major issues recently with my home > Windows 7 desktop PC becoming sluggish, and slowing down to the point that > it has basically become unusable with Jaws. > > > > I originally thought the problem was with Outlook 2010, and, although I > think that still might be a significant part of the issue, another problem > has re-surfaced that actually may be more noteworthy. > > > > The problem initially occurred several weeks ago, and I thought it had > been > taken care of by our local computer repair shop in my town, but, alas, I > was > wrong. > > > > My problem is that I can be in the middle of an application, and little > audio clips appear, and start playing from out of nowhere. > > > > The strange thing is that this happens when I'm not even in Internet > Explorer. > > > > If I go into the Windows task manager, and look at programs running, a > version of IE is running even though I haven't opened it, and there are > web > sites that periodically come up that I have never visited. One example > that I can remember is called miniclip, which I believe is a games web > site. > > > > My gut instinct suggests that this is a virus of some sort, but both I, > and > the techs at our local computer shop, haven't been able to find it. > > > > Today, an individual on the blind hams e-mail list of which I am a member > described this exact same problem, but has not come up with a definite > solution yet. > > > > I'm thinking of totally uninstalling, and then re-installing Internet > Explorer to see if this fixes things, but am a bit hesitant to take this > step since all my internet cookies and other settings would be wiped out > in > the process. > > > > For the record, the computer in question is a 64-bit Windows 7 PC with > Internet Explorer 11 and Jaws 14. > > > > Any thoughts or experiences from others on list with regard to this issue > would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks for your patience as I try to sort things out here. > > > > Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan > > > > 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/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
