[gui-talk] JAWS sluggish startup

[Brian Blair]

Jen,


I have unchecked the first option in the Start Jaws Options dialog which 
is Start JAWS at the log on screen.  Will see if this helps the issue of 
getting JAWS to start up immediately after logging on to a given user 
account on which the combo box was set to Always for Start JAWS after 
logon for this user .


It's unfortunate if this is what must be done to avoid the sluggish 
startup for JAWS once the log in is accomplished.  The purpose of the 
first option in the Start Jaws Options entitled Start JAWS at the log on 
screen should ensure that speech is available at the log on screen.  My 
particular log on screen has six users.  Windows doesn't allow for first 
letter navigation of this screen.  Therefore without speech you have to 
first of all assume the log on screen has actually come up, then know 
how many times to press right arrow and down arrow to get to the proper 
user, hit space bar, and then type the password. There will be no way to 
know if I've selected the wrong user or perhaps I had the correct user 
but had caps lock on when typing the password?


Will be doing some further checking into why this isn't working as it 
should.


Brian




On 1/9/2017 1:06 PM, Jen via gui-talk wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I respectfully disagree with John. I think you have a problem with your JAWS
> settings.
>
> Try this.
>
> 1. Press Alt, O to go to the "Options" menu.
> 2. Press B for "Basics..."
> 3. Press CTRL, J to press the "Automatically Start JAWS..." button.
> 4. Press Alt, A to uncheck the "Start JAWS at the logon screen for all
> users" checkbox. This way, JAWS won't start when everyone in your family
> logs on to that computer.
> 5. Make sure "Always" is selected at the "Start JAWS at the logon screen for
> this user" combo box.
> 6. Press the "Okay" button.
>
> Now, JAWS will only start on the logon screen for you.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Jen
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Cc: Brian Blair <brianblair at polarblairs.org>
> Subject: [gui-talk] JAWS sluggish startup
>
> Hello,
>
> I've experienced an annoying issue over several years and am wondering
> if there is a solution.
>
> I  have an Acer Veriton  Desktop running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
> The computer has five user accounts for members of my family plus the
> administrative account.
>
> I currently have JAWS 17 installed and have it set to speak at the
> log-on screen and also automatically start for my administrator account
> and my personal account.   .
>
> Here's the problem.  When another user has logged out of the computer
> without re-starting it, if I attempt to log into the administrator
> account or my personal account, JAWS may take up to 10 minutes before it
> starts speaking.  JAWS will speak the log in prompt. Once I put in the
> username and password JAWS can take up to 10 minutes before it runs. If
> I try to run JAWS manually after my log in I will eventually end up with
> several instances of JAWS speaking at the same time and eventually have
> some kind of JAWS crash.
>
> I have also seen instances when JAWS fails to speak at the log-in
> screen.  I wonder if this may happen because I have observed my family
> logging into their accounts before JAWS has loaded and spoken the log in
> prompt.
>
> I first noticed this issue with JAWS 16 so I uninstalled and
> re-installed JAWS 17 but this did not solve this problem.
>
> I'm planning to install JAWS 18 soon but am  not optomistic this will
> help the situation.  The only solution I've found thus far is that if
> the computer is already running I go directly from the log in screen to
> Shutdown options and then hit restart.  Then I can log into either my
> personal or administrative account and JAWS will start up promptly after
> log in.
>
> I'm wondering if this is an unusual occurrance.  It seems I should be
> able to log in and log out of whatever account I choose and JAWS should
> not delay starting up once the log in is accomplished.
>
> Brian
>
>
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