[access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:51:10 -0000
Hi Ray,
I haven't run it for a while, but it hasn't demanded registration so far? I
was always under the impression it was free for personal use.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ray's Home
Sent: Saturday 16 February 2008 16:19
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
Is Belarc Advisor. paid for software? Mines demanding registration, but I'd
thought it was free.
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Steve Nutt
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
Hi George,
I have myself done unattended installs, but with modern motherboards, it is
more tricky, as those things need to have their own drivers, and sometimes
don't get detected by Windows. So this is one thing I would caution against
without sight.
As for the Windows key, if you have access to Windows, before the reinstall,
you can get the key using Belarc Advisor.
All the best
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
George Bell
Sent: Saturday 16 February 2008 13:45
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
Hi Jackie,
In theory, and even in practice, it is possible to do what is called an
"Unattended install" of Windows. Professional System Administrators do it
all the time.
However, it first does require some technical expertise, and of course you
need a pair of eyes to get certain details such as the CD Key.
To put it in very simple terms, essentially you need to create an "Answer
File". Provided this is assembled 100% correctly - the emphasis being on
100% - the answer file will then provide the answers to the questions a
Windows installation asks you during the process.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:34 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
Well Andy, I'm going to be controversial here and say that those who say it
can be done are being ever so slightly economical with the truth. If you
install Windows from scratch, as in a complete full copy, you have to know
what it's asking you, and unless you've got a photographic memory and can
recall every step without a sighted person being within reach of the screen,
I don't think you can do it.
If you have recovery disks that you tend to get with a machine in a High
Street store, it generally wants to know things like language, and your name
etc. There aren't so many steps to go through with a recovery as there are
with a full installation of the actual Operating System from scratch.
Personally, because I'm cautious, I wouldn't do it without sighted
assistance, just in case I was asked an unexpected question and pressed the
wrong option to accept. I just wouldn't do it.
If it has been done with no sighted assistance by a totally blind person
from scratch, then well done.
Jackie
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