Re: Cable wwith JFW
- From: "Eileen Lafond" <Eileen.LaFond@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:41:12 -0800
So there are not actual drivers on the CD that are needed?
Thanks,
Eileen La Fond
Phone (206) 386-0011
e.mail Eileen.LaFond@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx 02/16/05 11:28AM >>>
Hi Eileen
This cd that they want you to install is basically just for those who
are
sighted and want a little eye candy. There is a slightly modified
version
of Internet explorer with buttons to specific locations such as top
news
headlines, weather, sports, stock tips, etc, etc, etc... and it also
contains a copy of real player which you probably already have and if
you
don't it's already free. If you're going to be going with comcast and
your
technition arrives, simply ask him to hook up your cable modem to your
computer and make sure he can establish a connection. He may need to
register your cable modem with the call center and check that you are
getting a fast connection, which he can do. In other words don't
believe
them when they say that this CD is absolutely necessary, because it
isn't.
Your technition will look at your computer, your operating system and
will
take any necessary steps to make sure you get online. You will not need
to
make any changes to JAWS at all, JAWS does not even factor into this.
The comcast.net website isa bit strange in some areas, but a call to
customer service will hopefully yield some good results if you have a
problem or need to set up extra e-mail addresses and things like that.
At 01:13 PM 2/16/2005, you wrote:
>I talked to Comcast and they said that there is a CD that has to be
>installed as it has the drivers, etc. necessary to connect to the
Cable.
> I understood from what people on the list said that you should not
>install any software. Apparently this particular software is
necessary.
>
>
>Can someone explain further what you mean by not installing any
>software?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Eileen La Fond
> >>> swimmer953@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 02/06/05 03:20PM >>>
>John, this is a good point. I mistakenly installed a security package
>made
>by my service provider. While I didn't go through the rigmarole you
>went
>through, what I ended up doing was rolling my system back to a point
>before
>I did the install. Of course I lost some email messages doing this,
but
>...
>When signing on with a given service provider, folks, you need to be
>cautious, because anything else they offer may not be Jaws-friendly.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 2:08 PM
>Subject: Re: Cable vs DSL with JFW
>
>
> > Most definitely, and what ever you do, do *not* *under any
>conditions*
>even
> > think of installing the Comcast security manager. I repeat, the
>security
> > manager from Comcast you do *not* want to install, I did that and
>you
>never
> > saw so many problems in your life. Funnies thing of all, when I
>removed
>it,
> > and put sygate firewall back on my system, sygat locked everything
> > completely out of my system, I could do nothing on the internet at
>all
>until
> > I played around in the registry and a lot of other things and then
I
>ran
> > ad-aware and had a ton of spyware. That's a note for anyone that
>might
>have
> > thought about it, it took me sighted help to get it shut down and
> > uninstalled, and about an hour, and close to 10 hours to get this
>computer
> > working like a computer again.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Richer" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: Cable vs DSL with JFW
> >
> >
> > > Be sure not to install any Comcast or Verison software.
That
>is one
> > > of
> > > the places that any accessibility issues might come in.
> > >
> > > Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com
> > >
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