Hi, I will ask folks on a different forum to figure out if this is unique to JAWS. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Changes to Alt+Tab behavior cema up in 20H2 with the advent of deeper integration with Chromium Edge. Cheers, Joseph

Hello all, The following message received owner’s permission (please talk to me privately if you have questions or comments): In 2015, a forum was set up to discuss then newly released Windows 10 with

Hi all, I’m delighted to announce that JAWS works with Windows 11 Insider Preview (build 22000). At the moment JAWS supports new Start menu, Notification Center (Windows+N), Control Center (Windows+A)

Hi, I don’t think so, as a cumulative update for that build was just released, with Microsoft pausing major build releases for dev channel Windows Insiders for a few weeks. I’m keeping a very close ey

Hi, Clipboard history has been a part of Windows 10 since Version 1809 (October 2018 Update). Provided that clipboard history is enabled, whenever you copy new data to the clipboard, Windows will appe

Hi, Outdated Exchange Server could have been one of the factors. Sometimes security bugs from apps are more devastating than operating system bugs. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, At least older versions will run happily on Windows 7, that I agree. Several things will force Vispero to make statements like the one I outlined: Software distribution channels: hypothetically, i

Hi, I think it did to some extent, as some of the notable changes (including the just released May update for JAWS 2021) benefits users of productivity software that are still supported on Windows 7 t

Hi, There will come a time when Vispero will say, “sorry Windows 7/8.x users, you must now use Windows 10 in order to use JAWS”. I expect this statement will be made as early as 2023. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, At least two people pointed out on Win10 Forum that they need Internet Explorer, and I advised them to look into IE mode in Microsoft Edge designed for scenarios like accessing web applications th

Hi, My guess is that internet Explorer will become invisible, but some of the underlying technologies such as MSHTML module will continue to be made available. I’m sure Vispero will clarify this, but

Hi, Also, some manufacturers do let you customize function key behavior through their app and/or a key combination (Dynabook (formerly Toshiba) and Lenovo are two OEM’s, known for letting you do one o

Hi I believe that setting refers to tracking your location in virtual PC cursor/virtual caret as opposed to showing you the controls you are interacting with. And for resident NVDA users/testers, touc

Hi, Visual tracking settings can be found under Settings Center (JAWS Key+number row 6)/Visual tracking, and because Settings Center will default to showing settings from current application it is bes

Hi, Show virtual buffer is not the same thing as visual tracking, the settings category Brian is talking about. According to JAWS manual (2021), you must be running Windows 8.1 or 10 to use this featu

Hi, NO, macOS is not based on Linux – it is based on a combination of Free BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), a specific form of Unix, along with some other components. Cheers, Joseph

Hi, Besides RAM, what’s more important for virtual machines is the load on the processor. I myself have configured 4 GB for all my virtual machines out of 16 GB of physical RAM on the computer I’m typ

Hi, I concur with Brian and others who pointed out that it is important to think about purposes of getting a new computer and choose specs based on them. I myself have settled on a ThinkPad for the ne

Hi, I’ll forward this to a more relevant forum, but suffice to say that you must set up a password before enabling Windows Hello PIN method. You would do: Go to Settings (Windows+I)/Accounts/Sign-in o