INFORMATION ABOUT JAWS AUTHORIZATION KEYS
April 17, 1995
 
 
     JAWS software cannot be used unless an
authorization key is present on your hard disk
drive or on a floppy diskette in your floppy
drive.  You can use the setup program to install
JAWS program files without installing an
authorization key, however, JAWS cannot be used
until an authorization key is installed.  The
following information is also contained in the
JAWS for Windows Setup Guide which is available in
print and in the JAWS on-line help system.  Topics
covered in this file are:  moving, counting, and
replacing authorization keys.
 
 
 
 
 
MOVING AN AUTHORIZATION KEY
 
     An authorization key must be present on your
hard disk drive or on a floppy diskette in your
diskette drive in order for JAWS to work properly. 
If an authorization key is not present, then JAWS
will stop talking 60 seconds after it is loaded. 
An Authorization Key is simply computer
information that must be present on your hard disk
when JAWS for Windows starts.  
 
     Authorization keys are stored on your
original "JAWS FOR WINDOWS" diskette.  Use one of
the procedures shown below to move an
authorization key from your diskette to your hard
disk.  IMPORTANT!  Your original "JAWS FOR
WINDOWS" program diskette must be in your floppy
drive before you use either of the commands shown
below.  If you have not exited the JAWS setup
program, then please do so now by following the
instructions on your screen.
 
     If your JAWS program diskette is not in your
A: drive and your JAWS program was not set up on
your C: drive, then you must make the appropriate
substitutions when you type one of the commands. 
The "A:" that appears in the command identifies
the location of your JFW program diskette, and the
"C:" identifies the location where your JAWS
program files were copied.  You will be asked to
confirm the transfer of the authorization key.
 
     If you are working from a DOS prompt, then
type the following command and press ENTER.
 
     C:\JFW\EVMOVE A: C:
 
     If you are working from within Windows, then
use the Files menu of Program Manager or File
Manager to activate the Run dialog.  Type the
following command and press ENTER.
 
     C:\JFW\WINMOVE A: C:
 
 
 
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT AUTHORIZATION KEYS
 
     This section describes the process for moving
authorization keys and for replacing lost
authorization keys.  JAWS program files can be
copied from one PC to another, but if an
authorization key is not present on the computer's
hard disk drive or on a floppy diskette in its
floppy drive, then JAWS cannot run. 
     Purchasers of a single copy of JAWS software
receive three authorization keys.  Purchasers of
an evaluation package receive 1 authorization key.
 
     If you back up your hard drive onto floppy
disks or onto tape, you will not be able to backup
the authorization key.  Therefore, you must move
the authorization key back to your original JAWS
program diskette before you perform disk
maintenance activities such as reformatting.  If
you erase an authorization key, then JAWS will no
longer function.  The use of unfragmenting utility
programs will not damage authorization keys.
 
 
How Do You Move or Uninstall an Authorization Key?
 
     To move an authorization key from your hard
disk, begin by placing your original "JAWS FOR
WINDOWS" program disk in your floppy drive and
then use one of the following two commands.
 
     From a DOS prompt, type the following command
     and press ENTER.
 
          C:\JFW\EVMOVE C: A:
 
     From within Windows, use the File menu of
     Program Manager to activate the Run dialog,
     type the following command, and then press
     ENTER.
 
          C:\JFW\WINMOVE C: A:
 
     The parameters which follow the command
"EVMOVE" or "WINMOVE" are the same for both the
DOS and Windows commands.  The first parameter is
the source disk drive from which the authorization
key is to be moved, and the second parameter is
the destination disk drive where the authorization
key is to be copied.  To move an authorization key
from your floppy disk to the hard disk, simply
reverse the drive letters that were shown above. 
If your JAWS program diskette is not in your "A:"
floppy drive and your JFW program files were not
set up on your "C:" drive, then make the
appropriate substitutions.
 
     In some situations, you might encounter an
error message, because you do not have any more
authorization keys to copy or there already was an
authorization key on the hard drive.
 
 
How Can I Determine the Number of Authorization
Keys That Are on My JAWS
Program Diskette?
 
     Begin by placing your original "JAWS FOR
WINDOWS" program diskette in your floppy drive,
then use the DOS commands or the Windows commands
shown below.
 
From a DOS Prompt
 
          Log onto the floppy drive that contains
     your original "JAWS FOR WINDOWS" diskette. 
     Next type DCHKINST and press ENTER.
 
From within Windows
 
          Activate File Manager, and log on to the
     floppy drive that contains your original
     "JAWS FOR WINDOWS" diskette.  Next press
     ALT+F to activate the Files menu of File
     Manager, and press R to choose the Run
     dialog.  Type CHKINST and press ENTER.
 
 
HOW CAN I OBTAIN A NEW AUTHORIZATION KEY?
 
     There, of course, will be unusual situations
where an authorization key is erased or lost, and
a replacement is needed.  Contact Henter-Joyce
technical support for assistance in the event this
happens.