Ah, yes, okay. I'm not sure if that will require having admin rights to this machine. I'll have to check. At work, we have to apply for those. (sigh)
Courtney -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason White Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 5:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Resetting JAWS 15 to its default settings? Have you tried running a JAWS Repair? Instructions for doing this have been circulated on this list previously. >From memory, you download the JAWS installer and run it with a "/type repair" option on the command line. This you can do from a "run" dialogue or from a command prompt. Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7200) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Well, somehow, today at work, I discovered that JAWS wouldn't read anything > whatsoever in Firefox. The whole page sounds blank to me, and JAWS souldn't > read any of the menu items either. So I assumed the latest Firefox update > they pushed to our computers might have been the problem. > However, later, I noticed that some other applications are having similar > problems. I suddenly can't read my calendar appointments in Outlook 2013, > and a couple menus in IE won't read properly either. > > So I thought I'd try setting JAWS back to its defaults, in the event that I > might have inadvertently screwed something up by accident somewhere. > But I can't find where in JAWS 15 to do that. > Any suggestions? > Tomorrow, I might see about just reinstalling it, but I was hoping to figure > out what setting might've been goofed up first. > > And obviously I need to upgrade to 17. Just waiting on the procurement to go > through. > > Courtney > 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/
