[nvda] Re: autorun.inf in thumb drive

Well, I'll tell you what, Allan, you can come here to Madison, Wisconsin and try it yourself. It does not work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wong" <allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:24 PM
Subject: [nvda] Re: autorun.inf in thumb drive



hi sir,

John Heim wrote:
I think what is listed first depends on how you have configured Windows XP. On my PC, the nbda directory is listed first.
to be honest, i did nothing on my pc and with the same thumb drive, it is work on more then hundert pcs since the first day i configure NVDA on my thumb drive. as i said previously, i'm a computer technician and i use my NVDA configured thumb drive everyday and with different computers, it is successful. i just plug-in and hit enterkye once, NVDA surely load up happily. this situation also same to a brand new computer, just right after i finish install windows XP, i just simply plug-in my NVDA thumb drive and hit 
enterkey once, NVDA startup just nice.
i personally don't understand, why with the same autorun.inf file can work successfully to many of us on this list, but why it is failed on your end?. is it any problem on your computer? or perhaps you are not running windows XP SP2?. just my thought. 

warmest Regards,
Allan Wong
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 05:52
Subject: [nvda] Re: autorun.inf in thumb drive
I think what is listed first depends on how you have configured Windows XP. 
On my PC, the nbda directory is listed first.

I know hhow to write an autorun.inf file. There is one on the CD that I
created to run nvda when you insert the CD. I really don't think I'm doing
anything wrong. I just think you can't assume this stuff will work
regardless of how users have configured their machines. I think there are 2 
ways to start nvda automatically without installing anything:
1. Use a CD
2. Use a U3 enabled flash drive

Lots of other things *might* work but you can't count on it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wong" <allan.wkf@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:31 PM
Subject: [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.


To post messages to the list send email to
nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To modify your NVDA Email settings go to:
http://www.freelists.org/list/nvda
Thank you for your continued support of Nonvisual Desktop Access, an open source free screen reader for Microsoft Windows: 
http://www.nvda-project.org/
To get the latest NVDA snapshot:
http://www.nvda-project.org/snapshots/
Report bugs or make feature requests at:
http://trac.nvda-project.org/
Message Archive:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/nvda




To post messages to the list send email to
nvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To modify your NVDA Email settings go to:
http://www.freelists.org/list/nvda
Thank you for your continued support of Nonvisual Desktop Access, an open 
source free screen reader for Microsoft Windows:
http://www.nvda-project.org/
To get the latest NVDA snapshot:
http://www.nvda-project.org/snapshots/
Report bugs or make feature requests at:
http://trac.nvda-project.org/
Message Archive:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/nvda

Other related posts: