[nvda] Re: autorun.inf in thumb drive

hi,
for normal or ordinary thumb drives, NVDA will not start immediately right 
after you plug-in the drive, it will pop-up a menu and 
ask you what you want to do and with the autorun.inf file provided by Chris, 
NVDA will be the first option on the menu. so, just hit 
enter once, NVDA will load. this is different if it is U3 type of thumb drives. 
although NVDA not start as soon as you plug-in the 
drive, but at least it is easyer then you go menually.

Warmest Regards,
Allan Wong

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 05:07
Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers


Chris, Are you sure you have a plain USB thumb drive? I tried the inf file
you attached to your message and it did not work for me. I've found
bzillions of articles on the web that say autorun does not work on typical
thumb drives. But here is something from the Microsoft web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usbfaq.mspx
--- Begin Quote ---
Q: What must I do to trigger Autorun on my USB storage device?
The Autorun capabilities are restricted to CD-ROM drives and fixed disk
drives. If you need to make a USB storage device perform Autorun, the device
must
not be marked as a removable media device and the device must contain an
Autorun.inf file and a startup application.
The removable media device setting is a flag contained within the SCSI
Inquiry Data response to the SCSI Inquiry command. Bit 7 of byte 1 (indexed
from
0) is the Removable Media Bit (RMB). A RMB set to zero indicates that the
device is not a removable media device. A RMB of one indicates that the
device
is a removable media device. Drivers obtain this information by using the
StorageDeviceProperty request.
--- End Quote ---

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Bruinenberg" <chbruin7@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:43 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers


> Hi
> THis should make it work.  I have just a regular flash drive and it works.
>
>
> [autorun]
> open=nvda\nvda.exe
> Action=Start NVDA
> icon=nvda\nvda.exe
> shell\NVDA="Start NVDA"
> shell\NVDA\command=nvda\nvda.exe
>
>
> i'm also attatching the autorun file I have on my flash
> Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 7:32 PM
> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>
>
>>I was waiting for somebody else to answer this question because all I know
>>about it is from what I found out by googling for this topic after  we
>>discussed it last week. From what I read, you have to have a particular
>>type of flash drive for the autorun feature to work. It does not work on
>>most flash drives.
>>
>> So you could buy another flash drive or you could just run nvda manually.
>> It's still way, way easier to start than jaws.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "golden" <golden89@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:21 AM
>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>
>>
>>> hi Jeff
>>>
>>> i've tried what you have suggested but still no luck'
>>> nvda simply won't load at all.
>>> is it because of other files on the flash drive which are stopping nvda
>>> from loading?
>>> do you think that i should try on a fresh flash drive?
>>> thanks much again.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Jeffrey Shockley" <jawswizard@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:48 AM
>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Here's an example. It might be exactly right, but it should give you an
>>> idea.
>>>
>>> [autorun]
>>> Open=nvda\nvda.exe
>>> This files should be saved on the root of your flash drive.
>>> HTH,
>>> Jeffrey
>>>
>>> Check out my blog!
>>> The URL is
>>> http://jeffreyshockley.livejournal.com
>>> "You learn something new every day!"
>>> "You can do anything if you put your mind to it!"
>>> "It is not what we see that determines who we are. It is how we choose
>>> to
>>> see it."
>>>
>>> --Doomed Dragon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nvda-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of golden
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:45 PM
>>> To: nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>
>>>
>>> kindly share with us how to set autorun nvda on a flash drive
>>> it's certainly very useful on PCS without  cdrom.
>>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDEST RESPONSE.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Allan Wong" <allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:09 AM
>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>
>>>
>>>> hi John Heim,
>>>> just wish to clear up the mess.
>>>>
>>>> not to tell the list that i don't have a cd/dvd rom, i just wish to
>>>> tell
>>>> you that, in my case is different. i am a computer
>>>> technician and almost every day i'm facing to those office computer
>>>> that
>>>> their bosses don't want to hook up a cd/dvd-rom for their
>>>> workers. so if i only have NVDA in cd-rom format, i might put myself in
>>>> to
>>>
>>>> a big trouble if i go and do service at their office.
>>>>
>>>> second, i know i can purches many device through the net, but that is
>>>> good
>>>
>>>> if i leave in US, unfortunetly i'm not.
>>>>
>>>> thanks for your advice anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>> Allan Wong
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 23:53
>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Allan, why do you keep telling the whole list that you don't have a CD
>>>> drive? Okay, w'eve got that. If you can't use the CD image I created,
>>>> well,
>>>> that's too bad but what the heck am I supposed to do about it?  Other
>>>> people
>>>> have found it useful. Lots of other people do have CD drives. I suspect
>>>> that
>>>> almost everybody has a CD drive.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I already told the list how to order the USB headset I am using.
>>>> There
>>>> is a very large on-line computer parts reseller named newegg.com. Go to
>>>> www.newegg.com and search for 'plantronics headset'. Then do a page
>>>> search
>>>> for 550. That will put you right on the Plantronics 550 headset. It's
>>>> $40+
>>>> with shipping in the US.
>>>>
>>>> If my advice doesn't apply to you, well, I'm sorry about that. But
>>>> there's
>>>> nothing I can do about it. Nor anyone else on this list.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Allan Wong" <allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:43 AM
>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. as you mention "Plantronics 550" i can tell, this brand of headset
>>>>> cannot fine in my country and i've used several brand of
>>>>> headset does need to install the manufactory driver in order to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. as i've said many time on this list, not all the computer have
>>>>> equip
>>>>> with a cd/dvd-rom drive and i always facing this problem, so
>>>>> the cd-iso may be useless in my case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Warmest Regards,
>>>>> Allan Wong
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 22:06
>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But allan, nobody said *all* headsets work out of the box. I said a
>>>>> specific
>>>>> USB (not bluetooth) headset, the Plantronics 550, does not need a
>>>>> driver.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you plug in a supported headset, like the Plantronics 550, and
>>>>> insert
>>>>> a
>>>>> CD built from the nvda CD image I created (see
>>>>> http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/nvda/), I believe you will get speech
>>>>> on
>>>>> any
>>>>> typically configured Windows XP computer without doing anything else.
>>>>> When
>>>>> you're finished, you could close nvda, pop out the CD, and unplug the
>>>>> headset and the PC would be back to exactly the state it was in before
>>>>> you
>>>>> began.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: "Allan Wong" <allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:40 AM
>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>i can tell you, not all device have windows build in driver. although
>>>>>>i'm
>>>>>>have a up-to-date copy of windows, some time i do need to
>>>>>> install extra driver to have my bluetooth headset working. not all
>>>>>> brand
>>>>>> is windows compliant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> just my personal experience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wormest Regards,
>>>>>> Allan Wong
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 21:24
>>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does not require drivers. Well, I suppose it probably does but
>>>>>> they're
>>>>>> included in Windows XP. Assuming you're current on updates, that is.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "John Greer" <jpgreer17@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:39 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well that would probably be a question better asked on the USB
>>>>>>> speaker
>>>>>>> manufacturers website, but yeah in most cases expect that if you add
>>>>>>> hardware to a computer it will require drivers.
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>>> From: "mike coulombe" <kb8aey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:35 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks I will look in to that. Did you have to load a driver from a
>>>>>>>> cd
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> make it work, or does windows really see it and allow nvda to work
>>>>>>>> through it.
>>>>>>>> Mike.
>>>>>>>> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000765-2, 08/15/2007), Outbound message
>>>>>>>> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- (Original Message) -----
>>>>>>>> From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Date: Wednesday, August 15,  at 5:30 PM
>>>>>>>> To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Subject: [nvda] Re: usb speakers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You need a USB headset.  I just bought one from newegg. Works
>>>>>>>> great.
>>>>>>>> You
>>>>>>>> plug it in, you get sound. Just the thing for machines w/o a sound
>>>>>>>> card
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> where sound is misconfigured.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you're interested, go to  www.newegg.com and search for
>>>>>>>> 'plantronics
>>>>>>>> headset'. I got model 510. But I really wanted 500. They were out
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> stock
>>>>>>>> when I ordered.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "mike coulombe" <kb8aey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> To: "screenreader" <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:54 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: [nvda] usb speakers
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks that's what I thought. Sound is needed and I need a way to
>>>>>>>>> run
>>>>>>>>> nvda
>>>>>>>>> on systems that for one reason or another don't have a sound card
>>>>>>>>> driver
>>>>>>>>> installed.
>>>>>>>>> Mike. 

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