Hi all! Here is my tutorial on using the Google Chrome browser. It is a year old, but it is still very good to get you started on using all of the services in Chrome. It is a text tutorial that I

Mario When I press insert J to Jaws window I press alt O option menu then it's say basic voice then I press enter then tab to it's say update notification it's say not check so I press spacebar to

You're limiting yourself if you stick to that criteria. Besides, laptops with drives are going to be exceedingly more difficult to find in the future. Maybe if you search for a big and bulky device or

Hi All, The Program Event , Default Beep, is what the program / sound event is called that you would assign a sound to, if you want to hear a sound when you go to the top or bottom of a file.

be aware, what I provided is the path to where you'll find the setting. if you have JAWS starting up from the system tray or not, you'll have to adjust what you have to do. do you know what to do?

as my friend tried with his Windows 10 system, the reg hack doesn't play the sound at shutdown, even though the Exit Windows event is revealed in the system sound event list. oh well.

I elected to get a Dell laptop without a DVD drive or a number pad because of cost and I mostly use it at my desk with a full USB keyboard and I could get an external Dell DVD drive at my local Best

Hi Maria! Over here in Scotland, it's very hard to get pc's with dvd or disk drives. Val.

Another way to tell that your computer has shut down is to connect a portable hard drive to one of its USB ports. At least with my WD Passport portable drive, I can feel the motor whirring away when

I don't buy laptops without dvd drives or numbers pad.  Smile. Maria Campbell lucky1inct@... Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. ~ Blaise Pascal ~

Great suggestion, Maria, but my new Dell Windows 10 laptop does not have a DVD drive. Not trying to be difficult; in fact, you need to know that I'm smiling as I write this. A little levity is good

This is exactly what I try to do, but that's not always possible in a work environment like where I volunteer. Turning the computer on is no problem because I get the startup sound, and then Jaws

The way I check on my laptop is to try opening my dvd drive.  If it opens, laptop is still on; if not ... Maria Campbell lucky1inct@... Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be

Well, that certainly could work! Thanks, Marty. Tom Behler

Good idea marty: However, I know of an easier way to tell if comp is on/off; When listening to turn it off, Just put your ear on comp, When you no longer hear the motor whirring, Then it is

Tom and others, I have a very low tech way of knowing if your machine is completely shut down or not. I love listening to the Chicago Bears football games on a small transister radio, remember

Thanks, Richard, although I'm reluctant to start messing around in the registry. I think that, if I really find that I just can't live without the shut-down sound, my best bet would be to call the

Thank you Mario and will check to see if notification is checks or not if not then I need to press spacebar to check it right

Thanks guys for solving that mystery. I turned on those sounds so long ago that I had entirely forgotten where I did it. Kim -- Kimberly

I found a nice detailed article on how to do this in the registry, which does bring the options back to the control panel sounds scheme, but it had no impact on my system. I selected sounds for exit