[icon-discuss] Re: My first experience with file sharing
- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:13:11 -0700
I will, Larry and thanks.
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[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Skutchan
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Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: My first experience with file sharing
Paul, we are trying to figure out what is going on now. Please just be
patient.
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:18:27 -0700, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
>Pamela. I love the "So there", comment<grin>.
>I think that if my boss at kurzweil saw me send a message to a customer
>like
>that, I'd be called on the carpet<grin>.
>
>Your bedside manner aside, I wonder if Rob would consent to write or
>talk
>with me about how to set this up from the braille plus side.
>Turning off my firewall makes no difference.
>I'm sure I just need someone who knows their way around vista to give
>me a
>little of their time.
>I did try calling APH yesterday as my first thought, but haven't heard
>anything back since yesterday morning.
>As a representative for APH technical support, thanks for your cheerful
>and
>positive response<grin>.
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of PAMELA RADER
>Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:02 AM
>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: My first experience with file sharing
>
>Paul:
>
>Admittedly, there are still some buggs to work out. However, in our
>defense, I can tell you that Rob Meredith put a lot of work into this
>and I
>know for a fact that he is running Windows Vista on his home computer.
>So,
>there!
>
>One thing to keep in mind with regard to file sharing is that we can
>tell
>you how it's supposed to work, but you're going to have to do some
>homework
>on your part, as far as the Vista end goes, with regard to solving any
>firewall issues or any other curve that microsoft has thrown your way.
>It's
>very possible that what you want to do can be done, but there may be
>some
>workarounds that have to be done. It is impossible for us to know all
>of
>those because every situation is different.
>
>I'm sure you're not the only Vista user on this list and so perhaps
>there
>will be someone else who can help you troubleshoot.
>
>
>
>Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
>American Printing House For The Blind
>1839 Frankfort Ave.
>Louisville, KY 40206
>
>PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>
>
>>>>paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx 04/01/08 06:16PM >>>
>I am really upset.
>I'll admit that I haven't read all of my 400 messages yet.
>I am glad those with xp are having good experiences with file sharing.
>But those of us with vista so far have been left out in the cold.
>At the risk of getting kicked off this list, I am really upset.
>I talked with Michael at level star today. I think a lot of Michael.
>He's a
>pretty neat guy.
>But he said no testing had been done with vista with regards to file
>sharing
>and had no ideas of what to do other than turning on the guest account
>which
>did nothing to resolve the problem.
>Words like irresponsible and reprehensible come to mind.
>Vista has been out for well over a year now and no one on the
>development or
>beta teams thought to test the icon with vista?
>How can this be?
>Michael's thought was that perhaps people are afraid of it.
>Well, as of January 2009, you won't be able to buy a computer with XP.
>One would think that level star and/or APH would get with the program
>and
>use the current operating system in their tests of the icon, braille
>plus,
>or any other software for the computer or related to those devices..
>This is the current operating system; not windows xp; not windows 98,
>95 or
>DOS.
>Documentation should have been put out at the time of release for file
>sharing with xp as well as for vista.
>So, now, I am unable to use a feature on which I was counting.
>Now, I am forced to wait until someone on the development team gets
>their
>hands on a vista machine and solves this problem.
>I respectfully submit my name as an interested beta tester for all
>future
>releases, both hardware and software so at least someone with a vista
>machine will test these applications to make sure they are ready for the
>current operating system.
>
>Paul Henrichsen
><paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
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