[jaws-uk] Re: Jaws 4.0 with XP?
- From: "Nick Ray" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:37:08 -0000
Hi to all,
I am about to finally upgrade my wife's PC to Windows XP Pro from Me. I plan to
do a clean install which will mean reformatting my hard drive, and physically
adding a newer drive which will become my master drive. The computer currently
has JFW v4.0 installed, by me, a long time ago. I remember something about
installing license keys at the time - do I need to somehow remove the current
key before reinstalling on a new hard drive? I plan to install v4.02 as
recommended by Phil and others below. Can anyone walk me through the process? I
am sighted so won't need any version of Jaws to be running at install time, but
my wife would like a working version as soon thereafter as possible!
Thanks alot, Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Medway
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 9:12 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Jaws 4.0 with XP?
Hi Nick,
As others have said you should be able to use 4.2 with XP unless you are
going to XP pro which may require a different licence.
With regard to upgrading to the latest version of Jaws, the current one is
6.2 and you could download a demo version which runs for 40 minutes, after
which you have to reboot before running it again. You could, however, leave
Jaws 4.2 as the default version and allow Jaws 6.2 to be launched from a
shortcut for testing.
There are a lot of new developments since 4.2 and your wife might wish to
investigate them before committing to deciding whether they are worth the cost.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/JAWS_HQ.asp
is the page on the Freedom Scientific site for all things Jaws including the
6.2 Jaws demo and a link to teach internet navigability with more recent
versions of Jaws which you will find under resources. This latter is worth a
look.
Also the latest facilities in Jaws can be found in the "What's new" item in
the Jaws help menus.
I wouldn't recommend buying 6.2 yet since, as others have said, version 7
will be released shortly which would save an extra upgrade step but the demo of
6.2 might give you a flavour of what to expect.
Another issue to consider is that Jaws works best with XP when using XP in
classic mode. There is help, I think, in the operating systems section of the
jaws help for optimising XP for Jaws users. This is also the case for many
applications such as Outlook express, Word etc. You can find these under
"popular applications with Jaws" / "Microsoft applications".
HTH,
Phil Medway.
----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Ray
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:33 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Jaws 4.0 with XP?
Hello,
I'm new to the list so apologies for asking what may have been asked many
times before (couldn't find a faq). My wife is running Jaws 4.0 on our computer
with Windows Me. I'm about to upgrade to Windows XP and wonder if this version
of Jaws will still work. I know we're in the Dark Ages, but she never really
gets to grip with the current version before it gets upgraded, so I haven't
bothered in quite a while. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's done the
Me to XP upgrade and the best way to do it (I am sighted so it wouldn't be
necessary to have Jaws on at any point). Also, if anyone wants to convince me
to upgrade from Jaws 4.0 to whatever we're at now, go ahead and sell it to me!
Thanks alot, Nick
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