Category: Geeks r Us
Hi guys. I can't get TWBlue to run. anyone had that problem? if so, how do I get it to run again? Thanks.
Try uninstalling it and reinstalling it. That fixed the issue for me one time when I had the same issue. Make sure to download the latest version from the TWBlue website.
I did that and it still didn't work. :( :( I have the latest version.
I have this same problem. TWBlue worked on my machine for the first couple weeks I had it, then suddenly stopped. I've tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling twice, always making sure I have the latest version. It still won't work, and no one has been able to make any suggestions besides the obvious to fix it, or give any reason for the problem.
good... I'm not alone. I had it working for a good 3 weeks. suddenly, when trying to run it it sent me back to the Jaws thingy. :( anyone else have any suggestions besides the obvious?
i asoom you guys deleted the twblue folder under %appdata%?
I don't know about Marilyn, but yes, I did.
Delete all the folders even under programs.
Turn off your virus protection and install it.
See if it runs. If so, now you know it is being blocked by whatever program you have.
Check that programsquorinteen folder and make sure it isn't in there after you turn the virus back on.
If so do whatever you do in your program to allow it.
Now it should run.
Ah. Okay.
I read what this program does.
I don't use Twitter, so wasn't aware.
I suspect it uses a trogen, so again, it is most likely being blocked by virus programs.
I did uninstall everything out of the programs folder. Hadn't tried turning off anti-virus yet, so I guess that's my next step. My question is, why would it have worked for the first few weeks on my system, even as I did routine virus scans in that time? Why would the anti-virus program all of a sudden decide to block it after that long? If it has, wouldn't it throw up a message like it does when it finds any other program it perceives as a threat to my computer? But, it's something I haven't tried, so guess that's next on the list. It is plausible. When I used the Qube, it wouldn't run if Universal Account Control was turned on. I had to turn UAC completely off to make it work. So it's not that much of a stretch to think anti-virus software could block TWBlue, though the delay in doing so seems odd. But here I go, to see what happens.
The data base in a virus program gets updated.
If a code is thought to be a trogon, when the new updates are installed, and you scan, it sees the trogon, and blocks it from connecting to the web.
In cases like this, you have to tell the virus program to allow it.
Also when programs like this get updates, you may need to retell the virus program to allow it.
Give me some feedback. I'd like to know if it worked.
If not, I've got a couple questions.
ok, I did delete and uninstall tw blue. so like, turn off the virus thing?
Because the virus program keep records of programs.
Even if you remove one, and I mean completely, the virus program has set a rule.
Soon as it sees that program back, it applies the rule to it again.
the only antivirous that i no that blocks twblue sometimes is AVG, I'm good with windows defender.
They all can however. It just depends on how they are setup.
I couldn't get it to work, even with my anti-virus turned off. Broke down and got Chicken Nugget, because I was tired of screwing around with a program that only worked for two weeks. sometimes you really do get what you pay for...or don't pay for, in TWBlue's case.
Yes, that is so. Buy a good program and you waist less time fooling around, or at least you get technical support, and they do the fooling.
Really interesting.
Makes me want to sign up and see what my results will be.
Has to be a way sense some people have success?
Or is that statement true?
We only have one poster saying it is working.
I'm going to give it more thought just because I'm interested.
Thanks for that feedback.
Smile.
TWBlue works fine for me. No one here has mentioned if they've tried restarting their computer or powering it completely down, then back up.
or eazy, send the dev a tweet or dm, he might be able to help.
ok, might do that. because it's quicker for me to use the client and not the web client. although...
Chelsea, I've restarted my computer to run it too. that never worked. :(
I have to agree with poster 19. TWBlue works just fine for me. Usually, whenever I've had any issues where it wouldn't run, I'd just uninstall and reinstall. Incidentally, I only had the issue where it wouldn't run one time, now that I think about it.
All that being said, there are definitely some features that Chicken Nugget has that TWBlue does not have. Like the OCR feature. They also seem to release updates more frequently than TWBlue, but you can't blame them in that regard, since TWBlue mainly relies on donations which it probably gets very infrequently, and Chicken Nugget is a paid-for product.
Yes Chelsea, I powered my computer down all the way, and restarted...multiple times. I also tried to get in touch with the developer, and never got a response. That's why I eventually went to Chicken Nugget. I exhausted all of what seemed to be the obvious options, and even the less obvious like the anti-virus program, and still had no success. TWBlue does work for a lot of people, but I'm hearing some stories like mine, that tell me I'm not the only one who has had this problem. Maybe I'm in a minority of people, and maybe it could have gotten figured out eventually. I just got tired of messing with it, and went to something I knew would be a rliable Twitter client.
I don't know whose brilliant idea it was to call a Twitter client "Chicken Nugget". That's arguably even worse than all the Android OS stuff involving Lollipop, Ice Cream Sandwich and the like. Just...why?
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To be honest, that's the main reason that I don't use Chicken Nugget instead of TWBlue. Call me snobbish, but I prefer that my programs at least have a reasonably professional name, or an acronym that makes sense. While TWBlue is not much better than Chicken Nugget in the naming department, at least it's not named after food.
Here's the thing. If it's a great program, then that's awesome. I'll take a good program over a silly name, and most people will get over themselves enough not to give a damn if they know for some reason that you use a program with a weird name. I mean, just look at Jaws. Kind of silly, right?
It's more the question of why. Is there some hilarious story involving the name Chicken Nugget, beyond that birds twitter and chicken nugget is a processed piece of a specific bird (albeit one that does not, under any circumstances, twitter)? Or is it just jumping on the silly Android craze of food-themed naming conventions? I especially wonder about this, given that it's a paid program. If I ever do start using Twitter, I'll probably use this thing, as it seems quite good from the couple of people I know to use it. But I, like you, previous poster, will cringe a little, at least until I get used to it.
the chicken always been slow on my computer one of the reason why I don't use it. no matter what i do or what q tells me to do its just very slow. now wit the blue never had problems, different computer different results perhaps. I wouldn't mind getting the OCR on twblue though lol
It is a fact that some computers simply won't run some programs without some changes, or setup stuff.
Some just don't work the same no matter what.
Why this is, I have no idea, but have found it so.
I do again wonder about the virus. If you shut down the one you use, I wondered if you also shut down the one that comes with Windows?
This would be Windows default programs, and not ones you installed as well?
Just some thoughts.
The only anti-virus I use is the one that comes with Windows. Since I'm still running Windows 7, that's Microsoft Security Essentials. And yes, I shut that down and tried it, right after I read your post suggesting that.
Yes, Chicken Nugget is a ridiculous name, no getting around that. I've often wondered where they came up with it. At this point though, I care far more about having a program that works and far less that it has a stupid name. If I used my Twitter for something professional, that might be different, but I don't, so the name matters very little to me beyond acknowledging that it's a silly one.
hahaha, chicken nugget, I personally think it's pretty funny. :p tw blue? really, so you really love the color blue and twitter so you name a client that? :p
but tw blue is pretty cool when it worked for me.
Try this. I had this problem on my hp machine for a time. Once you're on top of the twblue icon, hit your aplications key or shift f ten, then choose run as administrator and say yes when it asks if you'd like to continue.
I don't have administrater anymore. I only have it under my account.
It doesn't matter. I had to do the same thing even though I'm the soul user of my laptop. I had the same problem you're having, but doing shift f ten and choosing run as administrator fixes that.
tw for ehm, i think twitter, or something, but blue is the color of the bird that twitter has as the logo
He's correct. I have to run Outlook 2016 that way, or it won't receive or send. There is a fix, but it is complicated and for this not necessary.
Actually, you have a firewall that isn't attached to the program you are using.
It is called Windows defender. It is in 7 as well.
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JAWS is actually not as silly as you might assume. It's an acronym! I believe it goes something along the lines of Job Access With Speech. Granted, few people actually do know that, and would probably just look at the word that the letters just happen to make up, along with the shark logo that pops up during installation.
I know that's where Jaws's acronym comes from, and I still think it's silly. I mean, there were also screenreaders called Orca and Dolphin, so in that light Jaws is even sillier.
Well, I guess we should be grateful they didn't decide to call it Caws (computer access with speech).
Thing is, I think they sorta shoehorned it into place. Someone went "Well, there's Orca, Dolphin...Jaws would eat them for breakfast probably. But hmm. What's a good explanation for calling it Jaws? Oh hey, I know. Job access with speech!" Rather than start with what you want to call it and making the resultant acronym stick, I feel like maybe they did it bass ackward.
So yeah. Totally knew the reason for the acronym, but I still think it's silly. Doesn't stop me using the program, however.
Admittedly, NVDA is getting better and better, and one of these days I just might switch to NVDA completely and never look back.
A programs name just isn't important. How that program works matters to me.
It can be called just anything at all, I don't care.
Laughing.
I don't care about a program's name, and feel it's really silly to do so. I doubt sighted people negatively judge us because we use a software called JAWS...and if they did, oh well.
I've actually gotten a lot of funny questions about it. I doubt they're the judgmental kind that would, say, keep me out of a job or totally taint someone's impression of me, but still. It has been asked, and more than once with at least a little incredulity or disbelief. "Why the hell would they call it Jaws?" is quite common, as is "Pheh. Jaws. That's a stupid name. It's a screenreader".
I've gotten questions about why JAWS has the name it does, but usually it makes sense to people when I explain the acronym, as well as the fact that the program was originally designed to be used in job settings. I think it was out before Orka or Dolphin. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I seem to remember. So I'm guessing those screen readers got their names from that.
It is actually Job access with speech, so the name makes sense.
So if Chicken Nugget, like many software packages that use API's, happened to choke when updating its cache, would that be choking the chicken ... nugget?
I always thought that JAWS came out before the other sea-based screen readers as well. Way back when people were using operating systems prewindows or something. Definitely before windows 95, because I've seen it used with the windows 3.X series.
I believe there was also a JAWS for Doss before Windows.
Correct.
And I always thought that JAWS stood for Just a Waste of Space. Oh, and I'm holding up a Sarcasm sign, for anybody who needs it.
See, to me, JAWS works both literall and in the acronym-Job Access with Speech and jaws...we have jaws that move when we speak and "jaw" is a word used to describe chattering:
jaw
verb
Slang. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:
babble,
blabber,
chatter,
chitchat,
clack,
jabber,
palaver,
prate,
prattle,
rattle
(on),
run on.
Informal:
go on,
spiel.
Slang:
gab,
gas,
yak.
Idioms:
run off at the mouth,
shoot the breeze.
noun
Slang. Spoken exchange:
chat,
colloquy,
confabulation,
conversation,
converse,
dialogue,
discourse,
speech,
talk.
Informal:
confab.
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