[access-uk] Re: Media Center again
- From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:44:53 -0000
Hi Andy
If you reckon you may be up and running now why not do a Gogle and find the
Belarc Advisor software to download and install on your system. This
application is a veritable mine of information bout your computer and helps
tremendously when you have problems.
Roger
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Media Center again
> HKi there George.
>
> Thanks very much for the offer of telephone assistance. That was very
> nice
> of you, as usual. However, I did, with some help from the list, manage to
> get into Properties last night and WindowEyes announced that I was running
> Windows Media Centre. D.J kindly sent me a direct link for the SP2 and I
> managed to do this theis morning. All I need to dow is change from DEC 32
> Access for Windows to Eloquence. I'm thinking George, the reason why I'm
> virtually unable to comprehend what WindowEyes is saying is that this new
> computer's speaker system is not really that good. So I thought that for
> the time-being, I'd change to Eloquence to make life a bit easier. Not
> going to change to the JAWS keyboard though as I need to give WindowEyes a
> chance and learn some of the commands.
>
> Thanks again for your assistance.
>
> Best wishes.
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:11 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Media Center again
>
>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>>> Why when I do Run and type in Command, then Ver, do I get
>> Microsoft XP=20
>> Professional version 5.1?
>>
>> The version from the Command Prompt CANNOT be used to
>> indicate the actual version in use. It is merely an
>> indication of the BASIC core product - in other words
>> Windows XP.
>>
>> Both Windows XP Professional and XP Home here say they are
>> Version 5.1.2600.
>>
>> I'm not sure why you are not getting the Properties dialog
>> read for you when selected via My Computer, but if you want
>> to give me a call, we can take another look. The General
>> Tab of Properties should tell you:
>>
>> 1) System: Operating system, version and any Service Pack
>> Level.
>>
>> 2) Registered to: Your name, Company (if any) and Product
>> key.
>>
>> 3) Manufactured and supported by: This will indicate if it
>> is a Microsoft supplied version of Windows or an OEM
>> version. It may also tell you the processor used, Speed,
>> and amount of memory (RAM)
>>
>> George.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 20.02
>> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:10 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Media Center again
>>
>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> When in System Properties, get on the general tab, then
>> press
>>> Control-Shift-W. Window-Eyes will read you the whole
>> screen and give you
>>> what you want. Or you can arrow around that screen with
>> the number pad
>>> arrow keys, which move the mouse.
>>>
>>> All the best
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf=20
>>> Of
>>> Andy Logue
>>> Sent: 12 March 2007 22:45
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Media Center again
>>>
>>> Hi Dean.
>>>
>>> Sorry Mate, I'm using WindowEyes on that computer and to
>> be honest, I have
>>> only started using Windows so don't know the correct
>> keystroke to use.
>>>
>>> I went into System and within this there were a couple of
>> sub directories,
>>> namely: General: Computer Name: Hardware: Advanced: System
>> Restore:
>>> Automatic Updates and Remote. I have gone into each of
>> these with
>>> WindowEyes and tabbed though the various options but still
>> cannot find
>>> anything relating to my current OS? Which directory
>> should I be looking=20
>>> in.
>>>
>>> If I knew this, then perhaps I can use the Windoweyes
>> cursor to read
>>> everything on that particular page.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your advice.
>>>
>>> Best wishes.
>>> Andy
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dean Wilcox" <wilcoxdean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:59 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Media Center again
>>>
>>>
>>>> You can check what version of OS you have by going to
>> system
>>>> properties, shortcut windows key and pause where pause is
>> the right
>>>> key on the very top of the keyboard, the right of the
>> three keys to
>>>> the right of the twelve function keys. Then use your
>> mouse keys to
>>>> find out, for example part of my window says:
>>>>
>>>> System:
>>>> Microsoft Windows XP
>>>> Home Edition
>>>> Version 2002
>>>> Service Pack 2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 21:41 12/03/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>Hi all.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I recently purchased the Zoostorm 2-5402 from PC Next
>> Day. This runs on
>>>>>the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition,
>> though a copy of XP
>>>>>Professional was installed to assist customers set the
>> system up. I
>>>>>received a pack titled something like Media Center Quick
>> Start. This
>>>>>contained three CD's.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Over the weekend my wife Pauline assisted me install the
>> Media Center
>>>>>disks
>>>>>and almost immediately, I was asked for files from SP2
>> and advised to
>>>>>insert
>>>>>my disk. Well, I was not provided with SP2 on any of the
>> disks that came
>>>>>with the computer, so I decided just to insert the three
>> Media Center
>>>>>disks.
>>>>>Well, my computer looked as though it was busy for about
>> half an hour=20
>>>>>then
>>>>>asked me to re-boot.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Once back on the Desk-top, nothing looked any different
>> from the XP Pro
>>>>>set
>>>>>up I had prior to installing, so I ran Run and typed in
>> Command then Ver
>>>>>and
>>>>>was told that I was running Microsoft Windows XP version
>> 5.1.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this the Media Center OS? If not how can I find out
>> if it has been
>>>>>installed. And, should there be any visible difference
>> in the appearance
>>>>>or
>>>>>anything?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Also, just in case it has not installed, then perhaps I
>> should visit
>>>>>Microsoft and get the XP Pro SP2, then attempt again to
>> install the Media
>>>>>Center disks? Does this sound right guys?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Any advise would be very welcomed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Best wishes.
>>>>>
>>>>>Andy
>>>>>
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