Re: Jaws & XP
- From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:15:31 -0700
Well I just wanted to know if this was an accessibility issue or a personal
preference issue. As far as the big brother crowd goes, I'm convinced that MS
is somehow an agent of a government, probably the secret one which runns the
world, and think anyone who is truely afraid of them to remove windows
completely wipe their harddrive and install one of the many free unix/linux
variants. It's amazing how much freeer you feel when you don't have to type in
your personal information after installing every program. My own take is that
computers like Darth Vador still have some good left in them no matter who the
programmer is.
</rant>
Sean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon C. Pierson" <jpierson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws & XP
> Hi Sean,
>
> Some do because it requires Internet access at odd times and then there's
> always the MS-Big-Brother's watching you crowd.
>
> At 03:48 PM 10/18/2005, you wrote:
> >Why would you say to turn off error reporting?
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jon C. Pierson" <jpierson@xxxxxxxx>
> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:37 PM
> >Subject: Re: Jaws & XP
> >
> >
> > > Hiagain Jerry,
> > >
> > > Here's a tweak-xp file I wrote for a friend a couple years back, you may
> > > not want all of it.
> > >
> > > Jon C. Pierson
> > > Setting up XP to look and act like WIN98
> > >
> > > 1. Alt enter on the start button.
> > > 2. Control tab to the "startmenu" page.
> > > 3. Downarrow to "classic startMenu"
> > > 4. press enter.
> > >
> > >
> > > Setting up the folder views.
> > > 1. Open "my documents" (because it is handy.
> > > 2. alt v l to set this folder into list view.
> > > 3. alt v and downarrow and hit enter if "status bar" is not checked.
> > > 4. alt v and enter on "toolbars"
> > > 5. Downarrow once to "address bar" and press enter to uncheck it.
> > > 6. alt t to go to tools and o for options.
> > > 7. You are on the general property sheet; downarrow to the "use windows
> > > classic folders" radio button.
> > > 8. Tab once and make sure the radio button is set so that all folders open
> > > in the same window.
> > > 9. Control tab to the view tab.
> > > 10. press the letter l followed by enter to set all folders like the
> > > current folder.
> > > 11. tab twice to the tree view and hit "r" and make sure "remember each
> > > folder's view settings" is unchecked.
> > > 12. Hit home to go back to the top of the tree view.
> > > 13. hit "h" twice and uncheck "hide file extentions for known file types"
> > > (I wouldn't turn on all files for most people).
> > >
> > > Optimizing for best performance:
> > > 1. press windows key Break or as one student called it "f fifteen" to
bring
> > > up "system properties.
> > > 2. RightArrow thrice to get to the advanced property sheet.
> > > 3. tab once to get to the settings button and press space.
> > > 4. pick the third (best performance" radio button.
> > > 5. Press enter to close
> > > 6. Tab four times to "error reporting" and press space.
> > > 7. Uparrow to the "disable error reporting" radio button.
> > > 8. Tab twice and press enter to close the "error reporting" dialog box.
> > > 9. Press tab and press enter on the ok button to close the system property
> > > sheets.
> > >
> > > JFW
> > > 1. Perhaps turn off un-labeled graphics by:
> > > 2. pressing insert f2 and then press enter for "configuration manager"
> > > 3. control shift d for the default config file.
> > > 4. alt s for user options.
> > > 5. g for graphics.
> > > 6. uparrow to "labeled graphics and press enter.
> > > 7If you want to turn down punctuation you can alt s followed by s here and
> > > change levels with arrow keys.
> > > 8. control s and exit the configuration manager.
> > >
> > > If you want to turn on the capslock beep:
> > > 1. start run control.
> > > 2. Press space to select "accessibility options" and press enter.
> > > 3. tab 4 times to "use toggle keys" and press space to check.
> > > 4. press enter.
> > >
> > > At 07:39 AM 10/18/2005, you wrote:
> > > >Good morning folks.
> > > >
> > > >I have lost a rather valuable file in which there was a rather imposing
> > > >list of instructions for optimizing Jaws with XP, i.e. getting listviews,
> > > >classic views, internet adjustments etc. If anyone has such a list or
> > > >knows where I can obtain one, I'd be very grateful for the info. The tech
> > > >people at FS tell me that it's all in the help files but, after a half
> > > >hour of searching, all I could find were scattered references to things
> > > >one might like to do.
> > > >
> > > >Again, thanks to anyone who knows about this list of settings.
> > > >
> > > >Jerry
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