Re: Problem Installing JAWS 6.0

  • From: red <red2003@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 18:52:55 -0500

Hi
We had this same problem Jfw 6, Windows xp, two desktop one worked from the CD
the other we had to explore the CD and we found 2 setup.exe file ... use 
the one in the subfolder  to install Jaws.

good luck!

At 05:25 PM 07/03/2005, you wrote:
>It might not be a JAWS-related issue as such.  Have you any other
>program CD's you could try, to see if you get the same result when you
>try installing other programs?  Also, the suggestion offered earlier to
>delete the setup.exe files is but a temporary mesure to tide you over,
>so you could do a Find Files & Folders and delete them; or, better, if
>you knew where the troublesome modem driver is located, delete it so.
>Other things you could try:  Instead of letting the JAWS installation CD
>auto-run, as you are inserting the CD press and hold down the left shift
>key while the CD-ROM drive spins up and down; release it after 20
>seconds or so.  Then open Windows Explorer and go down to the CD drive
>and, there, get into JAWS6 then into the Setup Folder:  there, enter the
>setup.exe file and try installing JAWS that way.  Same result?  System
>Restore, as I suggested earlier.  If System Restore can't run? Then
>perhaps it's time to uninstall the last program, etc.,  you installed
>before the trouble first manifested.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jerry Berrier" <jerry.berrier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:19 PM
>Subject: RE: Problem Installing JAWS 6.0
>
>
>Actually none of the setup files are in my temp directory.  They're all
>=
>over
>the place, and I think most of them relate to repair utilities that =
>rerun
>setup for specific programs.
>I put in an e-mail form to FS this morning.  Haven't heard anything back
>yet.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
>Behalf
>Of Chris Skarstad
>Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 1:00 PM
>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Problem Installing JAWS 6.0
>
>
>Hey Jerry
>
>If the setup.exe files are in your temp folder on your hard drive,
>it's=20
>really ok to trash them, since they're in your temp folder, you
>really=20
>don't need them.  What you did was a smart idea, I probably would've =
>tried=20
>renaming the file too.  But at this stage, you really don't need all =
>those=20
>setup.exe files, so what I would do is just trash them, and then try=20
>installing JAWS 6 again. Hopefully it'll work this time.
>
>At 05:31 AM 3/7/2005, you wrote:
> >I think it's time to call FS.  Here's what I tried, with no success.
>I=20
> >chose not to go through my computer renaming all of the setup.exe=20
> >files, since there are a bunch of them.  64 of them after I did a
>disk=20
> >cleanup. I took a different route; I created a temporary folder on
>my=20
> >hard drive, and copied the entire installation disk into that folder.
>=20
> >I then renamed setup.exe to jawssetup.exe.  When I ran it, I got the=20
> >same result. Installing modem driver. So, whatever bogus file is
>being=20
> >triggered is probably being called by the Jaws setup file, rather
>than=20
> >being a file called setup.exe.
> >
> >I'm truly stumped.
> >I'll report the solution here once FS helps me find one.
> >
> >
> >Jerry Berrier
> >108 Bumble Bee Circle
> >
> >Shrewsbury, MA 01545-3215
> >
> >Home: 508-845-9944
> >
> >Cell: 508-735-4420
> >
> >E-mail: jerry.berrier@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >Web: http://www.townisp.com/~jerry.berrier
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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