RE: Forced to switch to JFW Pro

  • From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 07:28:11 -0600

There was some discussion a few weeks/months ago about the Media Center
operating system.
Several folks stated that the JAWS home edition would, in point of fact,
work with Media Center.
Also, it was stated that the Media Center really contained very little
more than the XP Home and the Media Center software which is all but
uselesss for a JAWS, Window Eyes or any other screen reader user.
Yup, take the HP back or tell them to install XP Home on it.
I have a similar situation. One of my sons is getting a AMD 64 bit based
computer and it comes with Media Center. The shop agreed to make the
swap so I could load JAWS on it should I need to take a look at what
good old son is really doing on his computer...
Cy, the Ancient (but suspicious) Okie... 

-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Alan Clendinen
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 3:41 AM
To: kanderson@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: re: Forced to switch to JFW Pro


Katrina,

First of all, I strongly urge you to return that HP laptop and get one
with 
either XP Home or XPPro.

You don't want this "Media Center" version, especially since it requires

upgrading your JAWS authorization to JFW Pro, which charges more for the

yearly SMA.

I also suspect that this "XP Media Center" version will have problems 
working with JFW Pro, so best to switch to a laptop with either XP Home
or 
XP Pro to avoid any compatibility hassles.

If you opt to stick with that XP Media Center laptop, you will not need
to 
buy a new JFW Pro package; you will only need to pay about $250 to
upgrade 
your JFW authorization to the Pro version, but again, I advise you to
swap 
for a laptop with either XP Home or XP Pro and avoid this media center 
system.

Good luck getting this mess straightened out.

Alan

Katrina wrote:
After spending the last week dealing with several problems getting a new
desktop computer to work, it turns out I am faced with the worst problem
of all, and everything I have gone through thus far may have been a huge
waste of time, money, and resources.  Obviously I will contact FS Monday
about this matter, but that will be my first day back to work after a
long vacation, so I may not have an easy time of getting to speak with
somebody during business hours.  In the meantime, I was hoping somebody
on this list could help.

I thought that my new computer came with Windows XP Home, but instead it
has Windows XP Media Center.  I had never heard of that, and actually
had thought there were only two versions (Home or Pro).  I knew to not
get Windows XP Pro, but apparently I should have known to stress that my
version of JFW would only work with XP Home, and made sure to not get
the Media Center.  I had called FS to ask if there was anything I needed
to stay away from and/or know about before buying the computer.  I
specifically asked about the ATI video card, as I had heard that could
be a problem.  I was advised on that topic, but was given no other
advice.  Oh well, that is water under the bridge.  Now I need to figure
out how to solve the problem at hand.  After installing JFW, I was given
a message about this version of JFW not working with XP Pro, etc.  I
thought that was interesting, because I didn't purchase XP Pro.  I did a
bit of research on the FS Website, and learned that FS does not support
Media Center (and/or hasn't tested it), but that it would work with the
professional version of JFW.  Well, it was a great time to find that
out!  (frown)

As I see it, there are three choices.  First of all I called HP to ask
if the HP Pavilion with Windows XP Media Center could be changed to XP
Home.  I was told absolutely it could not!  I was advised to return the
computer, and get one with XP Home, so that is my second option.  Or
then there is the third option of purchasing the JFW Pro version.  Since
the first option appears to be out of the question, I'm left with two
choices.  I truly don't want to think about returning the computer and
getting another one, as I have spent a good deal of time and money
getting this computer working.  I have had lots of people help with
transportation, installation, etc.  This past week I was on vacation,
but Monday it is back to reality.  I never considered that I couldn't
have this computer working before returning to the stress of my job.
But, it is unfortunately going to happen that way.

It is a long story, but all of it revolves around the installation of a
secondary hard drive (from my old computer), and the floppy from the old
computer.  Best Buy ran into a major problem, which they thought was a
flaw in my new computer.  Turned out the problem lied in their network.
I don't even know if they will take this computer back after all of the
work that has been done.  Fortunately I have had access to
transportation this past week, so it was possible to travel back and
forth to Best Buy multiple times.  That transportation will not be
available after tomorrow, and I am definitely not going to pay for a
taxi considering the distance involved.

So, that makes me lean toward the latter choice....getting the JFW Pro
version.  Now my question...how much would I have to pay to get that
software?  I just purchased version 6.1 a few months ago, and have been
using version 7 most recently.  I really am not sure I can afford
another thousand dollars.  Since I already have JFW, and a Sma, would I
have to pay the full price?  And, since FS hasn't tested Media Center
should I stay away from it?

All thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Katrina

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