JAWS 10.0 Windows XP Installation Instructions

For CSULB \IT Support Staff

V1.0 7/2009 Scot Woodyard

1. Log in with administrator rights to the Windows XP machine upon which you wish to install JAWS.

2. You must first set up the workstation to look for the correct location for the license server. Add the environment variable LSHOST=jaws.oat.csulb.edu as a system variable.

How to do this:

· Left-click on START and then click on CONTROL PANEL; Double click on SYSTEM then click on the ADVANCED tab; Click ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES;

· In the System Variables section (the option box at the bottom of the screen), click NEW to add a new system variable name and value : name = LSHOST and value = jaws.oat.csulb.edu

3. Download the installation file from the server.

How to do this:

· Left mouse click on START > Run

· In the Run box, type in \\jaws.oat.csulb.edu\jaws10$


4. IF the “Connect to lats.jaws.oat.csulb.edu” screen appears type in the user name and password, and then check the Remember my password option, then OK.

How to do this::

· Type in the user id jawsuser

· Type in the password is jaw$us3r

· Check the box that says "Remember this password."

· Select OK.


4. An explorer window, that looks like the one below, should open up.

NOTE: If you run the installation program from the network share on the server

the installation will not complete correctly.

To simplify the next installation step we recommend copying the file to the root of your hard drive ( c:\ ).

How to do this using a mouse interface:

· Right mouse click on the J10.0.1154 application icon, and the select the option COPY.

· Minimize the jaw10$ on jaws.oat.csulb.edu window

· Open My Computer (Left-click on START and then left mouse click over the My Computer option)

· Left mouse click over the drive you want to paste the file to, usually C:

· Right mouse click to open the options popup menu, then select paste to copy the file J10.0.1154 to that drive on your workstation.

When not using a mouse interface, use the tab and arrow keys to navigate through the menu options and perform the same operations for this step in the installation process..

5. From your root directory ( or from the location you copied the installation file if you did not put it in your root directory ),

· Launch the J10.0.1154 executable file to begin the installation process. If you receive a security warning asking “Do you want to run this file?” , uncheck the “Always ask before opening this file” check box, then click on Run.


· The next screen should be labeled the “JAWS Setup Package.” Select the NEXT option to begin the installation.

You may see the following progress indicator, then a screen that states you will need to reboot your machine. If this screen appears, reboot, then log-in as administrator and continue the installation process, follwing the on-screen directions.

If you were required to reboot, the next screen should be the JAWS Install Setup Wizard

· Click on NEXT when the Jaws Install option loads

· Check the box next to "I accept the terms in the License Agreement", then select NEXT .

· From the Choose Setup Type screen, choose Typical, then select Next

· Select INSTALL and follow the screen prompts



· When the installation is complete, select FINISH.

· Uncheck the Automatically Start JAWS check box, and then click on Next.

Additional settings:







NOTE: CSULB Students are accustomed to having a hot key mapped to this application.

· Right click on the JAWS icon and select PROPERTIES.

· Left click on the SHORTCUT KEY field

· Then press CNTRL + ALT + J.

The text "Ctrl + Alt+ J" should then appear in the SHORTCUT KEY FIELD.

· Click on OK to apply the change

· Close the JAWS 8.0 Properties window.

· Log-off to save the preferences.

NOTE: Tech support staff will need to educate students, faculty, and staff who use the server side Assessive Technology to close the application they are using before they log-off the computer system so that the access KEY can be redeployed to the next user of the application.

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