Hi Caroline: I agree. Fortunately or unfortunately, error messages can be as cryptic as Robert states. Sounds like some sort of issues with his system, registry or something like that, but I'll be interested in what he finds out. Take care, Ray Campbell, Help Desk Technician Adaptive Technology Center Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired 1850 W. Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 312-997-3651 (Voice/Relay) or 888-825-0080 (voice/Relay) ray.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM Screen Name: tclhelp -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Caroline Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 5:06 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Error when trying to update What's so technical about his message? He tried updating and got an error; it's as simple as that. Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 3:38 PM Subject: Re: Error when trying to update > Hi Robert, > > I can see you're technically sophisticated, and I'm certainly not > complaining. But would you mind translating into regular English what you > mean when you talk about "updating to the release candidate?" I'd love to > understand how you'd say that if you didn't know those expressions. I > don't > mean the individual words. I know the words themselves. I'm sure there's > some grammar missing, as there usually is with tech talk, so it makes it > all > the more baffling to me. I'm sure it's not much more esoteric than the > techhy way of calling one's email program a "client," the kind of thing > even > New York Times tech columnist David Pogue complains about. Anyway, I'm not > being partisan. if that kind of diction is cool in tech circles, fine by > me. > But how do you say it in a regular way, sort of? > > thanks. > From: "Robert McCoy" <rmccoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:22 PM > Subject: Error when trying to update > > > Each time I try to update to the release candidate of JAWS 10 I get an > error > 824, sub 0 > > > > I first tried the update feature then uninstalled and downloaded the full > version and tried to install, same results. > > I have e-mailed JFW. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Robert McCoy > > (506) 459-6636 > > volunteer, your community needs you > > > > > -- > JFW related links: > JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ > Scripting mailing list: > http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com > JFW List instructions: > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx