Utility Manager overview

Utility Manager enables users to check an Accessibility program's status, and start or stop an Accessibility program. Users with administrator-level access can designate to have the program start when Windows 2000 starts.

The built-in programs accessible from the Utility Manager are Magnifier, Narrator, and On-Screen Keyboard. Narrator, a text-to-speech program, starts automatically when Utility Manager opens. This gives users who are blind or have low vision immediate access to Utility Manager.

As an example of the timesaving value of Utility Manager, if you use the visual aid Magnifier, you can specify that Magnifier start automatically the next time you turn on your computer. This eliminates the need for you to go through the steps of opening Magnifier each time you start Windows 2000.

Open Utility Manager.

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