[access-uk] Re: GW Connect and updating Skype client
- From: Iain Lackie <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 09:09:20 +0100
I never liked GW Connect. I have always found Skype as accessible as I needed,
particularly with Doug Lee's Skype scripts for JAWS/. I very quickly got rid of
GW Connect.
Iain
On 5 Aug 2014, at 06:11 am, Paul Warner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Glad to report that Revouninstall (freeware version) worked and that I now have
the latest version of Skype working on my system.
I was aware that the main Skype client was accessible using NVDA as I do but I
persisted in using GW Connect out of habit I suppose. It's always better when
the mainstream apps are fully accessible since they tend to provide more
features than the ghetto versions.
Thanks to all who helped.
Paul
> On 04/08/2014 21:50, Steve Nutt wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> No, never seen this to be honest. I retired GWC last week and am using
> Skype with the Window-Eyes Skype Enhanced app with no problems.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paul Warner
> Sent: 04 August 2014 17:26
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] GW Connect and updating Skype client
>
> Having heard that GW Connect is to be permanently 'disconnected' and
> killed off on account of Microsoft dropping the Skype API, I thought it
> was about time to revert to the usual Skype application.
>
> The version of Skype I have on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit machine
> is 6.10. When I ran it, a message popped up, saying that this version
> could no longer run and I needed to get the latest version of Skype. A
> few steps later, I was running the Skype installer.
>
> Then I got a message saying that the updating had been aborted since my
> previous version could not be removed. That was that. After a reboot,
> I tried to uninstall my existing version of Skype using Control Panel.
> A Windows error message reported that something or other did not match
> the stuff on my system. Hitting the Browse button in this message box
> showed that the uninstall program was looking for a file called
> skype.msi. A search for this file using the Start menu yielded no results.
>
> This now means that my existing Skype 6.10 will not run, it cannot be
> uninstalled and the new version cannot be installed since it requires
> the old one to go away. Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Note that I uninstalled GW Connect before attempting the Skype update.
> I hope that uninstalling GWC did not remove the required information...
>
> Paul
>
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