Hi: You can make the power button do that in Windows 7 as well. Just got the control panel, go into power options and, in that dialog, tab to "choose what the power buttons do" and press the enter key. Kevin Huber
On 9/8/15, Nick Sarames via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe everyone knows this, but with computers later than Windows-7, you > can tap the button on your computer to safely shut down. You no longer > need the keyboard or mouse to safely shut down. > > On 9/8/2015 8:03 AM, Rick Thomas via Talk wrote: >> Hi: Same here. >> I have found that sometimes it pays to move very slowly through a page >> and >> especially be careful if you are getting slow results and try a WE search >> for something. I have had WE go dead as a dornail many times when trying >> to >> perform a search. >> This even usually locks up the keyboard as well but firing up narrator >> will >> usually give me just enough to get WE working so I can REBoot without >> pushing the computer hard button. >> Also, hitting the WE Restart keys will sometimes, if the keyboard is >> still >> available, bring WE back but then there are often features of WE that >> don't >> work or some that seemingly start working that wernt working before the >> crash and I have to do a soft ReBoot, if I can get back to the Desktop >> via >> narrator, to get WE back to working as it does prior to a lockup. >> This indicates to me 2 possible areas of interest. >> Any scripts that are related to the browser could be not executing their >> searches fast enough like reading the dom as it is dynamically updated and >> 2 >> perhaps flash advertising or info items that are constantly starting and >> stopping automatically may be causing problems or a combination of the 2 >> or >> something totally diferent. >> It should be fixable since another mainline screen reader will work fine >> even after WE has locked up if I can get to it via narrator. >> I too am looking forward to a new release, guess this last upgrade didn't >> get it right yet, where at least one of the browsers work much better and >> with no lockups with WindowEyes so these speech outages are eliminated - >> no >> lockups is the primary goal here me thinks. >> Perhaps the AI Squared staff is slogging through what they can do with >> the >> new Edge browser, UIA or the DOM and all that rather complicated set of >> technicals - fingers crossed they figure it out sooner rather than later. >> Rick USA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of via Talk >> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2015 4:36 PM >> To: Don H <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: WE 9.2 and IE 11 >> >> Hi don, >> >> Yes, there are a number of WE users that are experiencing the Speech >> going silent, sometimes to return, and sometimes to never return until >> the system is re booted. >> >> I have done everything suggested, and so far, I still have issues, >> especially if I attempt to move faster through a Web Page than WE can >> deal with. >> >> I think it was Chris who suggested I make sure I.E. 11 is handling HTML >> 5, and since I have done this, my own troubles have diminished, and WE >> seems to be more forgiving than before. >> >> I have also started using the "Insert Tab" combo to have WE list the >> Links on a Web Page. This helps a great deal when moving around on >> Youtube. If I use the "Insert Tab" combo, I rarely have Speech go >> away, and I can move up and down the list of links as quickly as my >> fingers like. >> >> The only problem, is that reading only Links does not always give you >> the info you need. >> >> I still have huge Headaches when attempting to use Ebay. In fact, I >> have stopped visiting Ebay, because WE, on my machine, just struggles to >> keep speaking, and to accurately read the page. >> >> I am using 9.1, and just waiting for a version of WE that has fixed >> these problems. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ofbgmail%40mi. >> rr.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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/nicksarames%40msn.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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/huber.kevin7%40gmail.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 > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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