Thanks George and all those who gave their opinions. I know the score so cough up or try another screenreader. I still have System Access so will try that Cheers Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:37 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: windows 7 Hi Ron, There are virtually no software companies who will sell upgrades to anything less than their current release version. Plus moving to Windows 7 can, and often does, involved a lot of upgrading of various items from Software to Hardware. I've had to set aside quite a bit of older, still working hardware, in order to accommodate Windows 7 on our systems. And in fact our B.T. Telephone system, which is quite a simple one, need an software/firmware upgrade, and they want over £600 for that alone. Needless to say, I've had to hold on to an XP system to maintain that. The upgrade takes all of 10 minutes to apply, or so I'm told! I'm not defending F.S. here, but rather pointing out that they are not alone. George. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of r.sears1 Sent: 19 September 2011 11:26 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] windows 7 Hello folks. I upgraded to version 10 of Jaws and have been playing it on my desktop running XP. I have just purchased a laptop with Windows 7 premium and the CD is not compatible. Sight and Sound tell me I have to pay nearly £200 to upgrade to version 12. I think this is a rip-off. I don't need all the things in version 12 but if I want to stay with jaws I have no choice. I will have to get a new screen reader. Freedom Scientific making money all the time I think it is terrible Any response? Cheers Ron. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq