[access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:35:13 -0000

Hi George,

Nothing wrong at all, provided you don't give the impression that it can't
be done without sight.

By the way, worth mentioning here that if you want to update your video
drivers, get something like System Access, which doesn't rely on video hooks
at all, then you can do it all the time without sight.

All the best

Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: Friday 15 February 2008 20:12
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please

Again, McGillicuddy!

Yes, and as an example, the volume goes lower, and that always happens with
the poor guy who is hard of hearing - and I just happen to be on the end of
the support call.

Perhaps in 8 to 9 cases out of 10, sighted help isn't needed after all, but
I generally hear from the exceptions who are absolutely desperate.

So what's wrong with trying to act responsibly and advising caution?

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:25 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please

Hi George,

Again, sound drivers have always worked when I have updated them.  The
screen reader stays with you, until you have to reboot, then the update
kicks in.  Sometimes the volume is a bit lower, but that's all.

All the best

Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Friday 15 February 2008 16:43
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please

Hi Andy,

Video and Sound drivers are the two most risky areas where screen readers
are concerned. It's always safer to have sighted help to hand.

BTW, how much memory do you have in your system, and how much free hard
drive space have you got?  

Likewise, what operating system and version of it?  Does the system have all
the critical updates applied, and have you checked Windows Update to see
what it thinks needs hardware updates for?

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:27 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please

Hi George -

This feels a bit scary then, if I listen to some people, they say "make sure
all your drivers are up to date" but in the case of the ATI drivers it sound
best to leave well alone. I'm trying to sort out this problem I have when
trying to rip music cds, or use Windows Media Player, where my PC keeps
freezing, and was wondering if the ATI drivers might be causing the problem?

The scan of my PC for drivers produced an update driver for my serial bus;
could installing this create problems too?

These websites recommending an update to drivers make it all sound so easy,
but it isn't in reality <smile> -

Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:11 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please


| Hi Andy,
|
| You don't need to uninstall the old ATI drivers, but I'd
be
| a shade wary about installing new video drivers without sighted help 
| to hand. It will most likely break the video chain to your screen 
| reader, leaving you without speech,
and
| the necessity to re-install your screen reader.
|
| George.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins
| Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:34 PM
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Help with drivers please
|
| Hi all -
|
| I'm pasting my message from yesterday here again, as it
got
| no responce, and
| I'm sure there are people on this list that can help, so please do if 
| you can, it's always apreciated.
|
| Start of message:
|
| Hi all -
|
| Ok, a scan of my PC tells me that certain drivers need updating, and 
| I'm trying to understand quite what to do, and what I need to 
| download!
|
| When I click on the link from driveragent.com to update
the
| driver, the page
| that comes up says:
|
| "The following packages will provide display drivers and capture 
| drivers that can be used with various video capture programs."
|
| And then it lists what is in the package, the first thing being the 
| display driver, is this all I'll need, or will I need the rest of the 
| package that includes things like 'catalyst control centre' or the 
| 'WDM Integrated Driver.'
|
| Can I ask too, if I need to uninstall from 'add/remove'
| within the control
| panel, the existing ati drivers that these updates are to replace?
|
| Thanks as ever -
|
| Andy
|


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