[access-uk] Re: (Jaws-UK) - URGENT - JAWS and Windows XP Service Pack 2
- From: "Audrey Tonge" <audrey.tonge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:48:28 +0100
Hello George and all,
I have read the article you sent with interest, having spent a large part of
Saturday evening on For the People website, hearing a presentation from a
beta tester for Microsoft, as I understood him to say, who assured us
several times that the install of Windows service pack 2 would not
inconvenience us at all as jaws users. Then suddenly, Microsoft send out an
announcement saying that this might not be so.
The person concerned also advised us to turn on automatic updates, so that
we get the install as soon as possible. With this in mind I would probably
say best turn them off until this is clarified one way or another.
Audrey
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 11:35 AM
Subject: (Jaws-UK) - URGENT - JAWS and Windows XP Service Pack 2
> WARNING: DON'T INSTALL Windows XP Service Pack 2
> just yet. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
>
> "Your screen reader software may not function if
> you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 by using
> OOBE"
>
> I had hoped to get official guidance from screen
> reader developers about the following Microsoft
> Knowledge Base Article 873153 before posting this.
> (Copied in full below my signature) However
> events have overtaken me.
>
> May I strongly suggest that you DO NOT install the
> XP Service pack until you have received formal
> advice from your screen reader
> manufacturer/developer/dealer.
>
> (My thanks to Dave Gunn for drawing this to our
> attention yesterday)
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=873
> 153
>
> Your screen reader software may not function if
> you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 by using
> OOBE
> Applies To
> SYMPTOMS
> If you install Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
> (SP2) by using Out of Box Experience (OOBE), your
> screen reader software may not function.
> CAUSE
> This problem occurs because OOBE does not let you
> start other software until you have completed the
> OOBE Setup program. Screen readers that run as a
> service may function. However, the following
> screen readers will not function until you have
> completed the OOBE Setup program:
> Screen readers that start when Windows XP starts
> Screen readers that start when you use a keyboard
> shortcut
> WORKAROUND
> To work around this problem, use the Windows XP
> Narrator program. To use Narrator, you must open
> Utility Manager. To open Utility Manager, follow
> these steps.
>
> Note Narrator is not available in all languages.
> Only the English version of Windows XP supports
> Narrator.
> To open Utility Manager, press the Windows logo
> key+U.
>
> After a brief delay, Narrator starts.
> Click OK.
> Minimize the Narrator dialog box.
> Click OK to close Utility Manager.
> STATUS
> This problem occurs because the OOBE Setup program
> has a design limitation.
> MORE INFORMATION
> For additional information, click the following
> article number to view the article in the
> Microsoft Knowledge Base:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306
> 902
>
> How To configure and use text-to-speech in
> Windows XP
>
> The information in this article applies to:
> Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
> (SP2)
> Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Service
> Pack 2 (SP2)
> Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
> (SP2)
> Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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