[access-uk] Re: Display flashing something

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:23:22 -0000

If you run JAWS and it comes up before the flashing is seen, try INS+S
once and see if you can catch any message.


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Carol
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andy
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 10:45 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Display flashing something


Hi Peter.

Cannot catch it!  It appears only for fractions of a second.
Incidentally, 
I've run Shoot the Messenger and I've still got the problem.

Best wishes.
Andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:21 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Display flashing something


> If you don't have time to read that flashing window here's what to do.

> As soon as it appears, quickly hit insert plus control plus the letter

> W. This will bring up the Jaws virtual viewer. The virtual viewer will

> instantly snap a copy of what is in that window, even if the window 
> quickly disappears. All you have to do then is select all within the 
> virtual viewer with a control A, then paste it into notepad to have it

> read.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Andy
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:09 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Display flashing something
>
>
> Hi Peter.
>
> If my sound goes again I will check out my Volume Control.  Don't want

> to mess around too much with the Restore function at the moment Peter.

> I'd
>
> hate to make a mess of it again.
>
> Regarding the flashing on my display Peter.  I exchanged my wireless 
> keyboard and mouse and plugged in a spare keyboard and mouse to see if

> perhaps it was the wireless system that was causing the problem.  I 
> still got the flashing, so that rulls that out.
>
> I've noticed that just before the flash, my mouse pointer changes to 
> an egg timer.  The message is only up for a brief moment, even Pauline

> cannot read
> it.  It's like a flash across the middle of the screen and it occurs
> like a
> pulse.  Never came across anything like it.  I have Norton and did a
> full
> scan and nothing was picked up.
>
> You said that it could be messenger.  I think I still have Shoot the 
> Messenger so I'll try running tat later.
>
> Best wishes.
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:32 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Display flashing something
>
>
>> Hi Andrew,
>> Did you check the mute all checkbox within volume control before you 
>> did a restore? I have often had my system go silent, only to find 
>> that, for some reason or other, something had disabled all sound by 
>> having that check box checked. I can't for the life of me determine 
>> what program caused it specifically, but this has occurred whenever I

>> have 1. closed real player, 2, closed Jaws, 3, closed winamp. In all 
>> cases I closed these programs with an alt F4, which, I think, placed 
>> a
>
>> check in the mute all checkbox of volume control. You can either, 
>> undo
>
>> the last restore and check out that checkbox, or consider that 
>> perhaps
>
>> your flashing window is from Messenger service in which case you will

>> need to run shoot the messenger. Another thing you can try is go into

>> Sygate and select, allow all from the pull down menu.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of Andy
>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:17 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Display flashing something
>>
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Yesterday, for no reason, I lost all sound on my computer.  Despite 
>> re-booting a number of times, jaws simply did not come on atboot up. 
>> I resolved the problem by Restoring my computer back one day. 
>> However, all day today I am getting a message  on my display which is

>> not there long enough for even my wife to read.  It comes in a flash 
>> and seems to cover the whole of the centre of the screen.  I have my 
>> computer set onto High Contrast number 2, so the bright flashing 
>> message is really quite annoying.
>> It seems to flash every ten seconds or so.  Anyone any idea what is
>> causing
>> this.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes.
>> Andy from sunny Kilcreggan.
>>
>> Drop me a wee line at:
>> andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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