[bcab] Re: XP professional?

Thanks everyone for your feedback and advice on the XP professional issue.  I 
can now confirm that 
the person has bought a brand new fujitsu siemens laptop which came preloaded 
with Vista, along with 
a "Windows XP home SP3 OEM" edition CD at an add-on cost of £50.    I checked 
all the hardware 
components for him and am going to do the back-zapping.   All in all the thing 
has cost less than 
£400 with VAT and delivery, and as price was the biggest factor, upgrading to 
Jaws professional was 
simply not an option.   At least this way he'll also be able to upgrade to 
Vista in the future for 
free - when he chooses to and not because he's been forced to.

The laptop was a bargain from PC world business clearance notebooks, at
http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/Clearance/Clearance%20Computers/Clearance%20Notebooks

All the best, Leon Gilbert
Editor, www.vipnews.org.uk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tim.pennick@xxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:04 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: XP professional?


Hi All,

At the risk of making things more complicated than they really are, I'd
urge caution here.  Check with your supplier before you order on the
basis of what people think is the situation.

My understanding, for what its worth, is that although the version of
JAWS you would get is the same irrespective of whether you order the
Professional version, the authorisation system means that you won't get
access to XP professional, unless you order JAWS professional.  As I say
above, I'm as likely to be wrong as the next person, so why not ring a
supplier and ask them.

Regards,

Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Roger Woolgrove
Sent: 18 July 2008 13:05
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: XP professional?

Hi Hugh,

There's no guaruntee, but that's how I heard it.

Roger


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Megarry" <hugh.megarry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:03 PM
Subject: [bcab] Re: XP professional?


>I hope that is true that will save me a little money but I was told you

>need
> the pro v of jaws to run it with x p pro
>
>
> Hugh Megarry
> skype hugh.megarry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Roger Woolgrove
> Sent: 15 July 2008 20:14
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Re: XP professional?
>
> Hi Leon,
>
> I recently contacted the RNIB about buying Jaws 9 for XP.  I was asked
if
> I
> was a home or professional user.
>
> When I asked why, did it make a difference, I was informed that if you
buy
> Jaws for professional purposes, the license is more.  Jaws itself is
no
> different, the software is exactly the same.
>
> In short, it doesn't matter whether or not you have XP home or
> professional,
>
> unless you want to pay more.
>
> The guy told me that if I am using professional at home for personal
use
> only then just get the home license of Jaws, the version of XP does
not
> matter.
>
> I'm not sure about other speach software but I wouldn't be suprised if

> they
> operate the same.
>
>
>
> HTH
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:42 PM
> Subject: [bcab] XP professional?
>
>
>> As far as I understand it Jaws does not work on XP professional,
unless
>> it
>
>> is the professional
>> version of Jaws.
>> However I have never tried it.  Is this right?  And also, do any of
the
>> other screen readers have
>> the same issue?
>> I.e. does Windoweyes normal work on XP pro?  Does HAL?   And do any
of
>> the
>
>> free screen readers such
>> as NVDA or System Access to Go?
>>
>> My issue is I am trying to help someone get a new laptop.  You've
guessed
>> it, they all come with
>> Vista!  However some have an option to have XP installed, with the
option
>> to upgrade to Vista later.
>> In all these cases so far though it is XP professional and not home
>> edition.  This is a bit of a
>> quandary, I suspect that a laptop setup with XP Pro would be
compatible
>> enough hardware wise to be
>> reformattable to XP home.  However I don't really wish to take that
route
>> unless absolutely
>> necessary.
>>
>> TIA and all help appreciated.  Leon Gilbert
>> Editor, www.vipnews.org.uk    (currently undergoing maintenance).
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:26 PM
>> Subject: [bcab] Re: Accessing dropdown lists in Excel with Jaws
>>
>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> So what happens when you try Alt + DownArrow followed by DownArrow?
Any
>> message at all?
>>
>> Another thing to try is Control + Shift + O. It may be that the
dropdown
>> is an object separate from the sheet itself, in which case this
should
>> get it.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Mark turnham
>> Sent: 15 July 2008 09:05
>> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bcab] Re: Accessing dropdown lists in Excel with Jaws
>>
>> Hi Steve
>> I already tried that thinking it would work the same way as IE but it
>> didn't.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mark
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Griffiths, Steve" <Steve.Griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:53 AM
>> Subject: [bcab] Re: Accessing dropdown lists in Excel with Jaws
>>
>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> Try Alt + DownArrow to open the dropdown, then DownArrow to move
through
>> the items.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Mark turnham
>> Sent: 15 July 2008 08:49
>> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bcab] Accessing dropdown lists in Excel with Jaws
>>
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> I've got a spreadsheet with a couple of dropdown boxes to select an
item
>>
>> from. Can I make a selection using Jaws and if so, how? I've got Jaws
>> v9.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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