Re: One hell of a head scratcher
Larry, if you have JFW, you can use FS Reader to read Daisy books. At 03:07 PM 2/18/2020, Larry Higgins via Talk, wrote: Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: > I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable and lest functional. Iâve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the switch before Iâm forced to do it all at once. Lol > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: net bat2 via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: net bat2 > Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher > > what can i tell ya! > are you useing i e or edge? > if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the > just released chrome based edge browser. > it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. > even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. > i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge > setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and > had to be disabled. > *** > do you have another account on your computer you can try? > my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every time > i loaded window eyes. > like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and > right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. > i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not the > key i changed it to. > but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account > worked fine. > i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same > problem. > this is with windows 10 19.9 > i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my files. > i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of the > files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. > the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. > but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. > i did not reinstall w e. > > > -Original Message- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Cc: Larry Higgins > Subject: One hell of a head scratcher > > Hello listers, > > > > I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. > > I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this > list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. > > > To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from > the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no > longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even > set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when > using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. > > > I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP > Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that > is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as > that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and > especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and > the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other > very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today > to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, > The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, > but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same > issue might arise. > > > Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in > the control panel, but to no avail. > > > The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as > well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, > but not IE. &g
RE: One hell of a head scratcher
The WWe network works ok with Jaws. You have to use the jaws curson to find the play live/play from start buttons, but I’m able to access everything. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Darrell Bowles via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:59 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: Darrell Bowles Subject: RE: One hell of a head scratcher The WWE network isn't accessible anymore. I can't access any of the vault shows. That's why I canceled the subscription. Thanks, Darrell -Original Message- From: Talk On Behalf Of tony c via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:58 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: tony c Subject: RE: One hell of a head scratcher Yeah! Chrome works pretty well. I’ve started using it for all my banking and credit accounts, etc. You can’t even login to the WWE Network using IE anymore. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:07 PM To: tony c via Talk Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: > I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable > and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the > switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: net bat2 via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: net bat2 > Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher > > what can i tell ya! > are you useing i e or edge? > if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the > just released chrome based edge browser. > it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. > even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. > i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge > setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and > had to be disabled. > *** > do you have another account on your computer you can try? > my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every > time > i loaded window eyes. > like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and > right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. > i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not > the > key i changed it to. > but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account > worked fine. > i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same > problem. > this is with windows 10 19.9 > i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my > files. > i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of > the > files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. > the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. > but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. > i did not reinstall w e. > > > -Original Message- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Cc: Larry Higgins > Subject: One hell of a head scratcher > > Hello listers, > > > > I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. > > I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this > list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. > > > To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from > the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no > longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even > set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when > using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. > > > I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP > Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that > is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as > that mig
RE: One hell of a head scratcher
I don’t even have WE on my pc anymore. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: net bat2 via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:18 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: net bat2 Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher if you have enough disk space you could create a second administrator account without effecting your existing accounts. then you could see if the ie issues with w e clear up. if not you could delete that account and still be where you were before you created the new account. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:07 PM To: tony c via Talk Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: > I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable > and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the > switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: net bat2 via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: net bat2 > Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher > > what can i tell ya! > are you useing i e or edge? > if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the > just released chrome based edge browser. > it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. > even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. > i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge > setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and > had to be disabled. > *** > do you have another account on your computer you can try? > my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every > time > i loaded window eyes. > like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left > and > right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. > i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not > the > key i changed it to. > but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account > worked fine. > i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. > same > problem. > this is with windows 10 19.9 > i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my > files. > i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of > the > files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. > the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. > but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. > i did not reinstall w e. > > > -Original Message- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Cc: Larry Higgins > Subject: One hell of a head scratcher > > Hello listers, > > > > I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. > > I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this > list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. > > > To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from > the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no > longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even > set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when > using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. > > > I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP > Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that > is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as > that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and > especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and > the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other > very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today > to see if they can't clarify just what might have happe
RE: One hell of a head scratcher
The WWE network isn't accessible anymore. I can't access any of the vault shows. That's why I canceled the subscription. Thanks, Darrell -Original Message- From: Talk On Behalf Of tony c via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:58 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: tony c Subject: RE: One hell of a head scratcher Yeah! Chrome works pretty well. I’ve started using it for all my banking and credit accounts, etc. You can’t even login to the WWE Network using IE anymore. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:07 PM To: tony c via Talk Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: > I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable > and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the > switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: net bat2 via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: net bat2 > Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher > > what can i tell ya! > are you useing i e or edge? > if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the > just released chrome based edge browser. > it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. > even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. > i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge > setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and > had to be disabled. > *** > do you have another account on your computer you can try? > my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every > time > i loaded window eyes. > like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and > right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. > i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not > the > key i changed it to. > but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account > worked fine. > i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same > problem. > this is with windows 10 19.9 > i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my > files. > i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of > the > files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. > the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. > but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. > i did not reinstall w e. > > > -Original Message- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Cc: Larry Higgins > Subject: One hell of a head scratcher > > Hello listers, > > > > I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. > > I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this > list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. > > > To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from > the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no > longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even > set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when > using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. > > > I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP > Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that > is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as > that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and > especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and > the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other > very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today > to see if they can't clarify just what might
RE: One hell of a head scratcher
Yeah! Chrome works pretty well. I’ve started using it for all my banking and credit accounts, etc. You can’t even login to the WWE Network using IE anymore. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 2:07 PM To: tony c via Talk Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: > I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable > and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the > switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: net bat2 via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: net bat2 > Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher > > what can i tell ya! > are you useing i e or edge? > if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the > just released chrome based edge browser. > it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. > even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. > i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge > setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and > had to be disabled. > *** > do you have another account on your computer you can try? > my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every > time > i loaded window eyes. > like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and > right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. > i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not > the > key i changed it to. > but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account > worked fine. > i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same > problem. > this is with windows 10 19.9 > i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my > files. > i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of > the > files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. > the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. > but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. > i did not reinstall w e. > > > -Original Message- > From: Larry Higgins via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM > To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com > Cc: Larry Higgins > Subject: One hell of a head scratcher > > Hello listers, > > > > I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. > > I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this > list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. > > > To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from > the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no > longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even > set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when > using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. > > > I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP > Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that > is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as > that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and > especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and > the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other > very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today > to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, > The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, > but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same > issue might arise. > > > Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in > the control panel, but to no avail. > >
Re: One hell of a head scratcher
if you have enough disk space you could create a second administrator account without effecting your existing accounts. then you could see if the ie issues with w e clear up. if not you could delete that account and still be where you were before you created the new account. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:07 PM To: tony c via Talk Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: net bat2 via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: net bat2 Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher what can i tell ya! are you useing i e or edge? if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the just released chrome based edge browser. it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and had to be disabled. *** do you have another account on your computer you can try? my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every time i loaded window eyes. like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not the key i changed it to. but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account worked fine. i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same problem. this is with windows 10 19.9 i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my files. i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of the files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. i did not reinstall w e. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: One hell of a head scratcher Hello listers, I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same issue might arise. Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in the control panel, but to no avail. The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, but not IE. If someone could please give me any pointers, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, as a post script, IE is still important to me because apparently Edge
Re: One hell of a head scratcher
Well, I kinda made a move toward Chrome this past Sunday, and got distracted by I don't remember what. If I want to keep reading my Bookshare books, guess that's what I'm gonna have to do. I have tried the new Chromium Edge, and so far I am amazed as to how well it still seems to work with WE. The major problem being is the DAISY issue. As for Net Bat's suggestion to try opening a new account and see if things don't clear up, I have never done that before, so hope that process doesn't prove to be tricky. I have had enough computer drama to last me for at least a year over the past week. If anyone can come up with anything else, or encourage changing accounts, guess that would be fine, just as long as it works . On 2/18/2020 1:17 PM, tony c via Talk wrote: I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: net bat2 via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: net bat2 Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher what can i tell ya! are you useing i e or edge? if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the just released chrome based edge browser. it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and had to be disabled. *** do you have another account on your computer you can try? my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every time i loaded window eyes. like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not the key i changed it to. but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account worked fine. i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same problem. this is with windows 10 19.9 i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my files. i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of the files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. i did not reinstall w e. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: One hell of a head scratcher Hello listers, I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same issue might arise. Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in the control panel, but to no avail. The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, but not IE. If someone could please give me any pointers, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, as a post script, IE is still important to me because apparently Edge is still not able to work with DAISY text books from Bookshare. I have to say that this thing really kinda creeps me out. IE is practically a dead zone. OK, Enough of the drama, any help again would really be appreciated. Larry ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit
RE: One hell of a head scratcher
I have noticed that with every windows update IE becomes less and less stable and lest functional. I’ve started using Chrome a lot more trying to make the switch before I’m forced to do it all at once. Lol Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: net bat2 via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 12:00 PM To: Window-Eyes Discussion List Cc: net bat2 Subject: Re: One hell of a head scratcher what can i tell ya! are you useing i e or edge? if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the just released chrome based edge browser. it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and had to be disabled. *** do you have another account on your computer you can try? my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every time i loaded window eyes. like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not the key i changed it to. but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account worked fine. i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same problem. this is with windows 10 19.9 i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my files. i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of the files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. i did not reinstall w e. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: One hell of a head scratcher Hello listers, I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same issue might arise. Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in the control panel, but to no avail. The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, but not IE. If someone could please give me any pointers, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, as a post script, IE is still important to me because apparently Edge is still not able to work with DAISY text books from Bookshare. I have to say that this thing really kinda creeps me out. IE is practically a dead zone. OK, Enough of the drama, any help again would really be appreciated. Larry ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/netbat%40comcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tch828%40mediacombb.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: One hell of a head scratcher
what can i tell ya! are you useing i e or edge? if it is the original edge w e may not work with it. it might work with the just released chrome based edge browser. it is suppose to be a windows update so you may not have it yet. even so you may have to turn off a setting in edge. i don't remember what its called. something like u i automation? its a edge setting. even the last jaws update did not support this setting until now and had to be disabled. *** do you have another account on your computer you can try? my problem with w e was the number pad keys would be remapped almost every time i loaded window eyes. like the number 5 key was the left mouse button. then it was both the left and right mous button when i pressed it the next time i loaded w e. i changed the key to another key but it was remapped to the escape key. not the key i changed it to. but this only happened with my administrator account. the standard account worked fine. i tried copying the default profile folder from one account to the other. same problem. this is with windows 10 19.9 i deleted the administrator account. it asked me if i wanted to keep my files. i said yes. after i deleted it i used the same account user name and all of the files and desktop icons were transfered to the new account. the only problem is it set w e,jaws and n v d a back to the factory defaults. but the number pad keys now work with w e the way its suppose to do. i did not reinstall w e. -Original Message- From: Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:03 AM To: talk@lists.window-eyes.com Cc: Larry Higgins Subject: One hell of a head scratcher Hello listers, I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same issue might arise. Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in the control panel, but to no avail. The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, but not IE. If someone could please give me any pointers, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, as a post script, IE is still important to me because apparently Edge is still not able to work with DAISY text books from Bookshare. I have to say that this thing really kinda creeps me out. IE is practically a dead zone. OK, Enough of the drama, any help again would really be appreciated. Larry ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/netbat%40comcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
Re: One hell of a head scratcher
One correction. I was previously up to Win10 version 1909. The issue came up weeks after making that update. On 2/18/2020 9:03 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote: Hello listers, I will begin by stating that I am using Window-Eyes 9.5.4.0. I sure hope that there are enough people with the expertise left on this list that might be prepared to help me with a rather vexing issue. To name the issue first. I can no longer get WE to take any input from the keyboard, at least as it relates to using browse mode. I can no longer move from header to header for example, or for that matter, even set bookmarks. I mean, WE has just gone nearly completely dead when using IE11. But now for the rest of the story. I recently experienced an computer access issue after updating my HP Pavilion computer through the Support Assist feature. My theory on that is that the newer BIOS was not compatible with Windows 10, as strange as that might sound. This apparently been an issue among HP users, and especially Pavilion users. These desktop computers use an AMD CPU, and the thinking is that AMD and MS aren't communicating with each other very well lately. Anyway, I plan to call my Geek Squad people back today to see if they can't clarify just what might have happened. As it is, The Geeks left me with an 1803 build, Where as before I was up to 1903, but at this point, I don't dare to update to 1909 fearing that the same issue might arise. Now back to WE. I have reinstalled, and fiddled around with things in the control panel, but to no avail. The thing is, it works with both Chromium Edge (latest stable build) as well as Thunderbird, as both will allow the use of WE in browse mode, but not IE. If someone could please give me any pointers, it would be greatly appreciated. Oh yes, as a post script, IE is still important to me because apparently Edge is still not able to work with DAISY text books from Bookshare. I have to say that this thing really kinda creeps me out. IE is practically a dead zone. OK, Enough of the drama, any help again would really be appreciated. Larry ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/larryhiggins22%40comcast.net. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com ___ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
