[access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:48:03 -0000
Ray, I'll be taking a look at this one; on my things to do list <smile> -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
| Andy, I've wondered more than once why some screen reader vendors
| don't, or didn't before XP, include this program with there
| installations of screen readers. I'm sure they could have come to an
| arrangement with the writer of the program.
|
| Sure, it won't dig you out of every loss of speech emergency, but I've
| known more than one person who's been pulling there hair out because
| of sudden loss of speech, and in most instances this Qmix program
| would have put things to rights.
|
| Cheers,
|
| From Ray
| I can be contacted off-list at:
| mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| Andy Collins
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|
|
| Thanks Peter for the Explanation -
|
| Andy
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:35 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|
|
|| Quick mix is a little program that enables you to saveaudio
| configurations
|| on your pc. So, say for example, your sound is working as yyou
| like it,
|| you can open the quick mix program and save that setting and if you
| wish
|| you can put a shortcut on your desktop so that if your volume
| changes say,
|| you can easily correct it. Quick mix does not work with vista.
|| ----- Original Message -----
|| From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:58 PM
|| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
||
||
|| > What is quickmix? What does it do? -
|| >
|| > Andy
|| > ----- Original Message -----
|| > From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:30 AM
|| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|| >
|| >
|| > | Yes! Quickmix is a good solution as long as your sound is still
|| > actually
|| > | working.
|| > | ----- Original Message -----
|| > | From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 10:47 PM
|| > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|| > |
|| > |
|| > | > Well, I've had the "mute" problem a couple of times.
|| > | >
|| > | > Wouldn't be without easy access to my QuickMix settings though
| I
| can't
|| > | > recall whether they actually got me out of the Mute problem.
|| > | >
|| > | > --
|| > | > Carol
|| > | > carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > | >
|| > | >
|| > | > ----- Original Message -----
|| > | > From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
|| > | > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:51 PM
|| > | > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|| > | >
|| > | >
|| > | >> Yes, and I concur with that. If you get the volume suddenly
| mute,
|| > what
|| > | >> then?
|| > | >>
|| > | >> Jackie
|| > | >>
|| > | >> Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
|| > | >> Skype Name: Cairnsplace
|| > | >> ----- Original Message -----
|| > | >> From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:16 PM
|| > | >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with drivers please
|| > | >>
|| > | >>
|| > | >>>I agree. A friend of mine updated hissound card drivers a
| while ago
|| > and
|| > | >>>lost sound in the process. He had to wait until he had
| someone
| with
|| > | >>>sight to sort it out.
|| > | >>> ----- Original Message -----
|| > | >>> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | >>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|| > | >>> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:11 PM
|| > | >>> 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 -
|| > | >>> |
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