[jaws-uk] Re: Jaws 4.0 with XP?

Hi Nick,

We are now on Jaws version 7.

Please be aware that "Jaws authorisation key" and "Jaws licence" are distinctly 
different things.

You have to install an authorisation key from a floppy disk which should have 
come with your Jaws 4 disk to allow Jaws to run in permanent rather than the 40 
minute demo mode.  

  The latest versions of Jaws use an internet activation method which obviates 
the need for the authorisation disk.

  Jaws licences, however, are determined when you buy Jaws.  The pro versions 
of Windows require a different and more expensive licence than the rest.  If 
your wife's licence does not cover the pro versions of Windows, you can buy an 
upgrade.  It might be worth looking at the relative cost of upgrading 4.2 
against jumping straight to a later version of Jaws.

  You can find information on Jaws, including downloads of Jaws itself which 
you could run as demos and training materials at:
  http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/JAWS_HQ.asp

  The main distributor of Jaws in the UK can be found at:
  http://www.sightandsound.co.uk/

  and their Jaws price list at:
  http://www.sightandsound.co.uk/pages/JAWS_Prices.htm

  I have to say that even upgrading might be a rather expensive process.  You 
may wish to consider an alternative such as checking whether XP home would work 
satisfactorily with 4.2 then installing a copy of XP home along side your XP 
pro version specifically for your wife.  This should only cost you around £60 
or £70 as opposed to hundreds.

  If you do want to consider the upgrade options, you would probably be best 
advised to talk to Sight and sound directly to explore the possibilities.  
Their number is on the site.


  HTH,

  Phil Medway.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nick Ray 
  To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:37 PM
  Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws 4.0 with XP?


  Hi to all,
  I am about to finally upgrade my wife's PC to Windows XP Pro from Me. I plan 
to do a clean install which will mean reformatting my hard drive, and 
physically adding a newer drive which will become my master drive. The computer 
currently has JFW v4.0 installed, by me, a long time ago. I remember something 
about installing license keys at the time - do I need to somehow remove the 
current key before reinstalling on a new hard drive? I plan to install v4.02 as 
recommended by Phil and others below. Can anyone walk me through the process? I 
am sighted so won't need any version of Jaws to be running at install time, but 
my wife would like a working version as soon thereafter as possible!

  Thanks alot, Nick
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Phil Medway 
    To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:12 AM
    Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws 4.0 with XP?


    Hi Nick,

    As others have said you should be able to use 4.2 with XP unless you are 
going to XP pro which may require a different licence.

    With regard to upgrading to the latest version of Jaws, the current one is 
6.2 and you could download a demo version which runs for 40 minutes, after 
which you have to reboot before running it again.  You could, however, leave 
Jaws 4.2 as the default version and allow Jaws 6.2 to be launched from a 
shortcut for testing.

    There are a lot of new developments since 4.2 and your wife might wish to 
investigate them before committing to deciding whether they are worth the cost.

    http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/JAWS_HQ.asp

    is the page on the Freedom Scientific site for all things Jaws including 
the 6.2 Jaws demo and a link to teach internet navigability with more recent 
versions of Jaws which you will find under resources.  This latter is worth a 
look.  

    Also the latest facilities in Jaws can be found in the "What's new" item in 
the Jaws help menus.

    I wouldn't recommend buying 6.2 yet since, as others have said, version 7 
will be released shortly which would save an extra upgrade step but the demo of 
6.2 might give you a flavour of what to expect.

    Another issue to consider is that Jaws works best with XP when using XP in 
classic mode.  There is help, I think, in the operating systems section of the 
jaws help for optimising XP for Jaws users.  This is also the case for many 
applications such as Outlook express, Word etc. You can find these under 
"popular applications with Jaws" / "Microsoft applications".



    HTH,

    Phil Medway.

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Nick Ray 
      To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:33 PM
      Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws 4.0 with XP?


      Hello,

      I'm new to the list so apologies for asking what may have been asked many 
times before (couldn't find a faq). My wife is running Jaws 4.0 on our computer 
with Windows Me. I'm about to upgrade to Windows XP and wonder if this version 
of Jaws will still work. I know we're in the Dark Ages, but she never really 
gets to grip with the current version before it gets upgraded, so I haven't 
bothered in quite a while. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's done the 
Me to XP upgrade and the best way to do it (I am sighted so it wouldn't be 
necessary to have Jaws on at any point). Also, if anyone wants to convince me 
to upgrade from Jaws 4.0 to whatever we're at now, go ahead and sell it to me!

      Thanks alot, Nick


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