Category: Geeks r Us
Hi guys,
I have JAWS 5, windows XP, and outlook express. As the subject says JAWS stops speaking when i try to open o e. This started happening after this happened:
I was talking on skype to Lisa, and alt tabbed to go to o e to check my mail. well the alt key was seeming to stick down, as when i hit tab to tab out of an o e folder, it would alt tab to another app. well i hit the alt key, to try to release it, adn my pc clicked, and the sound card died. had to hit the big red switch after that to get it back up and running. now everything else works, but o e. any ideas wha ti can do to fix it?
thank in advance for any help.
hi simon. try repairing jaws. i don't know if the repair function is in v5 as I haven't used four for a while. hth.
na dont' think it's a jaws prob griz, as it's only o e that does it. everything else works fine. i'll try it though. lol i've tried everything else. including an sfc /scannow run.
well, just did the jaws repair and sadly that didnt' fix it either. tell me i dont' have to do a windows repair someone? please tell me that?
okeys gunna post it here in case anyone else has a similar problem. this fixed it for me... ready? ... it's really long complicated and involved... delete your .dbx files, and start o e again. that's it. just delete the damn things and away ya go.
so in xp, as that's all i know about. start menu, f for search of find, files. *.dbx. enter. contro a for select all when it's done searching, adn smack that delete key!
And the winner is? grizzley bear! what a dude.
thanks to all others who helped me with this one.
Wow!
Does anyone know why that would work? That's freaky.
Thanks for letting us know what fixed it.
Bob