Good afternoon Jaws users list, I have updated a few items and have added a section called, 15 Making your W-10 desktop look like W-7. ****Section, Customizing Windows 10 with Jaws.
Customizing w-10 with Jaws. Overview. Each section starts with***. 1. Reinstalling Jaws 16 & 17. 2. Setting default programs in w-10. 3. Changing your folder options, now called File Explorer Options, in w-10. 4. How to Turn off the background apps in w-10. 5. How to change how Windows updates are delivered. 6. Live Tile Region. 7. The All Apps region of the Start button area. 8. How to put the, This PC, Icon on the Desktop. 9. How to put a shortcut to your user folders, on the Desktop. 10. Making Program shortcut Icons, on your Desktop. 11. How to put a shortcut, for iE on your Desktop or Taskbar. 12. Using a Pin to log-in to w-10. 13. How to Verify your Microsoft Account in Windows 10. 14. Miscellaneous. 15 Making your W-10 desktop look like W-7. 1. ***Reinstalling Jaws 16 or 17. 1. The first thing you need to do on your Windows 10 computer is, Download the latest version of Jaws to your Download folder. 2. If you upgraded to w-10 from w-7 or w-8.1, you need to uninstall Jaws, you can keep shared components and shared settings, so, uninstall Jaws 16 or 17. 3. You then can use Narrator, press Windows key+Enter, to turn Narrator on/off, to go to your download folder where a downloaded copy of Jaws 16 or 17 should be. 4. Now, install Jaws 16 or 17, Freshly on to your new w-10 computer. 5. This has proven to increase the performance of Jaws on w-10, especially, in the Start button area, the live tile region, and in the Settings area of w-10. 6. Redo your Jaws shortcut keystroke, Control+ALT+J. 7. Redo your Jaws setting to make sure, that it is set to come on at the log-onscreen. For whatever reason these two settings are not saved, all other Jaws settings are preserved. 8. If you are using Open book, you should do a fresh reinstall of this program as well as, any other screen reading programs, on your w-10 computer. 2. ***Setting default programs in w-10. 1. windows key+I, Open settings. You are in a horizontal list of 9 items, use your right and left arrow keys to move across the items. 2. Right arrow to System, press enter, down arrow to default apps and press enter. 3. Tab across this window, look for the internet browser which by default is Microsoft edge. 4. Press the spacebar on the edge, tab to IE, press the spacebar, this will set IE as your default browser. Do the same thing with the different defaults programs, for example, email clients. 5. Tab to email default, press the spacebar on it, tab to the email client you wish to use, and press spacebar, to set the email client, as your choice for the default. 3. ***Changing your File Explorer Options: The “Old folder Options” is now called, File Explorer Options. So for an easier way of finding it, do the following. 1. Press enter on the Start button. 2. Start typing, folder, 3. Press down and up arrow, look for File Explorer Options, Control Panel, press enter. 4. By default, the first item is set to Quick Access. Down arrow one time to change it to, This PC if that is what you wish, I like the quick access setting better. 5. Press Control+Tab, Tab to the list of options, use your up and down arrows and Spacebar, to change these various settings. go to, reset Folder Options press the Spacebar, Confirm again with the Spacebar, this will apply changes to all folders. 6. Tab to the OK button and press enter. 7. Now, when you Press Windows key+e, this keystroke will open your, quick access. 4. ***How to Turn off the background apps in w-10, all are on by default. 1. windows key+I, Open Settings. 2. Right arrow to, Privacy and press enter. 3. Arrow down to, Back ground apps and press enter. 4. Tab across, and use your Spacebar to uncheck most of these apps. Each time you uncheck an App you will be placed on the Home button, Just Tab across to the next App you wish to turn off and press the Spacebar. 5. ***How to change how Windows updates are delivered. 1. Press Windows key+I, Open Settings. 2. Right arrow to, Update and Security, press Enter. 3. Tab to, Advanced options, press enter. 4. Tab four times to, Choose how your updates are delivered, Press Enter. 5. Tab one time, press Insert+Tab, should say, learn more link, this means it is off. 6. Tab one more time, press Insert+Tab, should say after message, Button, if it says, button checked, press the Spacebar to uncheck this button. These two items will affect your computers speed and performance, especially in IE, not to mention Security. Microsoft leaves all these back ground Apps and Settings on by default. 6. ***Live Tile Region. 1. Press enter on the start button, or just press the Windows key. 2. Down arrow one time to your Account picture, press the right arrow key one time. 3. You should hear, Start Apps, Play and Explore, group header list box. 4. Press the right arrow, You should hear, Life at a glance, Group header list box. 5. Press the down arrow again, if you have another category here, my Computer says, Watch ESPN, Group header list box. So, from Right to left, you should have 2 Group Headers list boxes and more below these group headers, depending on how many downloaded Apps you have, installed on your computer. 6. From the selected header, down-arrow one time to the first App in this category. If this is an App you wish to turn off and then unpin from the Start area, do the following 7. Press the Application key on each app you wish to turn off its live tile, or unpin it from the Start area. For example: After you highlight, a certain live tile app, that you want to turn off. Press the Application key, go down to, More sub menu, press the right arrow key, go down to, Turn off live tile, Press enter, this will turn the live tile off. After turning the live tile off, press the Application key again, on the same app, go to, Unpin from start, press Enter to, Unpin the same App from start. this will remove the app from the Start area live tile Region. 8. You can also resize each App, press the Application key on the highlighted app, go down to, the Resize sub menu, press the Right arrow key, You can choose from, Small, Medium, Wide, and Large. Press the Enter key on your choice. 7. ***The All Apps region of the Start button area. If you want to uninstall, an unwanted app on your computer, do the following. Remember there are many built-in Apps in w-10 which you can’t uninstall, so just turn them off. Example, Cortana, the Edge, Mail, Calendar, Calculator, Xbox, and many more. 1. Press enter on the Start button. 2. Up arrow to, , All Apps, press Enter. 3. Down arrow through the list of Apps, if you find one you wish to uninstall, do this. 4. Press the Applications key, down arrow to, Uninstall, and press Enter, press the Spacebar to confirm. Many of these apps in the All Apps area, are built into the w-10 system, you will not be able to uninstall them, but you can turn their live tile off, and turn them off in the Background Apps section of Settings.. 8. *** How to put the, this pc, icon on the desktop. 1. Windows-key+I, for settings. 2. Right arrow to personalization, press enter. 3. Down arrow to themes, press enter. 4. Tab three times to, desktop icons link, press enter. 5. You will land on, desktop icons computer three state button checked, if this is not checked, press the spacebar to check. 6. Now tab one time to, desktop icons listview, This PC, one of five. 7. Now highlight the This PC icon, press enter. 8. Now you will have the, This PC icon on your desktop. 9. ***How to put a shortcut to your user folders, on the Desktop. 1. Windows key+M, go to your Desktop. 2. Highlight your, This PC Icon, Press Enter. 3. Go down to your, C: Drive, press Enter. 4. Go down to your, Users folder, press Enter. 5. Highlight your user folders, for example, Fred, press the Application key. 6. Go down to, Send To sub menu, press the Right arrow key. 7. Go down to, Create shortcut on Desktop, press Enter. Now you have a shortcut to your users folders on your Desktop, like, Documents, Downloads, Music, Favorites, and any other User folders, which have been created, on your computer. Now, when you are on the Desktop, and you want to go to your, User folders. Just, Press Enter on your name, example Fred, shortcut icon on the desktop, you will be in a list of all your User folders. 10.*** Making Program shortcut Icons, on your Desktop. 1. Press Enter on the Start button, or just press the Windows key. 2. Up arrow to, All Apps, press enter. For example, making a shortcut for Word 2013. 3. Arrow down to, Microsoft Office Folder Collapsed, press enter to expand. 4. Arrow down to, Word 2013, Press the application key. 5. Go down to, More sub menu, press the right arrow, Arrow down to, Open file Location, press enter. 6. Press the application key, go down to, Send to, sub menu, Right arrow one time. 7. Down arrow one time to, Desk Top create shortcut, press enter. You now have a shortcut Icon for Word 2013 on your desk top. You can do these same steps, for the other programs here under All Apps as well. 11. ***How to put a shortcut, for IE on your Desktop or Taskbar. 1. Press enter on the Start button, or just press the Windows Key. 2. Up arrow to All Apps, press Enter. 3. Go down to, Windows accessories folder collapsed, Press Enter to expand. 4. Go down to, internet Explorer, do not press enter. 5. Press the application key. 6. Go down to, More sub menu, press the right arrow key. 7. Go down to, Open file location, press enter. 8. Press the Applications key. 9. Go down to, Send to sub menu, press the right arrow key. 10. Go down to, create a desktop shortcut, press enter. Putting a shortcut for, IE on the Taskbar: 1. Press Enter on the Start button. 2. Go up to, All Apps, press enter. 3. Go down to, Windows Accessories folder collapsed, press Enter to expand. 4. Go down to, Internet Explorer, press the Application key. 5. Go down to, More sub menu, press the right arrow, go down to Pin to the Taskbar, press Enter. You are done. 12. ***Using a Pin to log-in to w-10. Set Up a PIN instead of a password to sign into w-10 How to create a four-digit PIN associated with your user account log-in on w-10. 1. Windows key+I, for Settings. 2. Right arrow 4 times to, Account, press Enter. 3. Down arrow to, Sign-in options, press Enter. 4. Tab to the, Add Button, press Enter. 5. Press the Control key, to silence Jaws, You are asked to, Verify your account, Tab to the Password edit field, type in your password, the one you use to sign-in to your computer. 6. Press enter on, Sign-in, press Control key, to silence Jaws. 7. You may need to Tab and Shift+Tab to find the pin edit field, Type in a four digit number pin, Tab one time, confirm pin by typing it again. 8. Tab to the OK button, press enter. 9. Press ALT+f4, to close settings. 10. Restart your computer. 11. You should be on, Sign-in Options, press enter, type just your 4-digit pin and wait, do not press enter here. If you are not on sign-in options, when your computer restarts, just tab or Shift+tab too It, press enter, type in just your 4-digit pin and wait, if you need to confirm, press Spacebar. You will come up on your desktop. 12. The next time you restart your computer, you will hear: Pin sign-in, Just type in your 4-digit pin number, You will hear Jaws say, Sign-in options, and just be patient and wait, you will be loaded on to your desktop. This is a very quick and snappy way of logging into your w-10 computer system. 13.*** How to Verify your Microsoft Account in Windows 10. 1. Pressed Windows key+I, for Settings. 2. Right arrow to, Accounts, press Enter. 3. Tab to, Verify Account link, press Enter. 4. Turn Jaws off, Insert key+f4, Enter. 5. Pressed Windows key+enter, to turn narrator on. 6. Tabbed to the Choose how the verification code is sent combo-box. 7. Pressed ALT+down arrow, to open this Combo-box. I chose to verify by email. 8. Tab to the Confirm email edit field, type in your Email address. 9. Tab to the, Next button, press Enter. An email will be sent with your verification code. 10. Copy the verification code. 11. Paste or Type the code into the code Verification edit field. 12. Tab to the Next button, pressed Enter, you are done. So, definitely use narrator, narrator had no trouble with this window. So, if you do not have, sighted assistance, use narrator and follow my above instructions, and you should be just fine. 14. ***Miscellaneous. Next, You want to turn this setting off, unless you want your computer sending a lot of information to Microsoft, Note, If you are using Cortana, you will have to leave this on. 1. Press Windows key+I, open Settings. 2. Right arrow to, Privacy, press Enter. 3. Go down to, Speech, Inking, and Typing, press Enter. 4. Tab one time, Make sure that it says, getting to know me, and not stop getting to know me. 5. If it says, stop getting to know me, just press the spacebar to change it back to getting to know me. Here is another tip to organize what you see when tabbing across from your Desktop. 1. From your Desktop, Tab to the Notification Chevron button, or just press Windows key+B, do not press enter. 2. Press the Application key. 3. Go down to, Hide the Task View, press Enter to check and close. Any time you want to open the Task View just press, Windows key+Tab. This will take the Task view out of the way, when you are tabbing across your computer from the Desktop. Another way to explain how to do this is below: **Making your W-10 desktop look like W-7. 1. After pressing the application key while having the notification chevron button highlighted. 2. Down arrow to, show task view button checked, press enter to uncheck and close it. 3. The task view button will be removed from tabbing from your desktop. 4. Again press the applications key while the notification chevron button is highlighted. 5. Go down to search sub menu, press right arrow one time. 6. Arrow down to, show search box checkbox checked, press enter to uncheck and close this window. 7. Again highlight the notification chevron button, press the applications key. 8. Go down to search sub menu, press the right arrow key. 9. Arrow down to, hidden, press the enter key to check this item and close the menu. If the above steps are done correctly, when you tab from your desktop, you should only hear: Start button, taskbar, notification chevron button, show desktop button, and back to your active desktop. For example: When Tabbing from left to right from my Desktop, this is What I hear: Start button, Taskbar, Notification Chevron button, Show desktop button, back to my Desktop. I have removed the other two default items from tabbing across, the Task view and the extra Search. This makes for a cleaner experience, when Tabbing to the Desktop and Taskbar and Notification Chevron button on our, W-10 computers. ****Tip for navigating the W-10 desktop: 1. Pressing the Windows key, will open the Start button search edit field. 2. Pressing the Windows key+M or D, will take you to the desktop. 3. Pressing the Windows key+T, will take you to the first item on the Taskbar. 4. Pressing Windows key+B, will take you to the notification Chevron button. 5. Pressing Windows key+a, will open the new notification area in W-10. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
