I don't use Vista at the moment, but the one feature that I loved was being able to independently change the volume level of specific applications.
HTH, Everett----- Original Message ----- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 9:29 AM Subject: RE: Jaws and Vista question
And there are real reason to prefer Vista over XP, and I'm one of the ones who at first wasn't thrilled about the switch. For instance, here are the things which I enjoy about Vista: * improved security against viruses and malware. You only have to be wiped out once to appreciate this. * much much easier facilities for searching for files or programs, and starting them. For instance, it's quite common to remember you've got a program named say "mp3 fixer" on your pc, but you don't remember the company who produced it, and all the menu groups under xp are usually named for the company, so you've got to go through each one, looking in the menu choices, until you finally find "mp3 fixer". Under vista, at the start menu, when you first bring up the start menu, you only need to start typing in some keywords from what you remember of the title, such as "mp3 fixer"; it will very quickly find the program menu choice, and bring it up as a menu item for you to pick. It does the same thing with files on your system, making it very easy to find a file, especially one you've just downloaded, but don't know where it went. * speech recognition. Not only is this just cool, and it can save you a lot of typing, and it can make things happen much faster once you learn to use it. Now, on my pc, I can say something like "tivo house", and the speech recognition causes the tivo scheduling web site to open, and automatically it has searched for shows with "house" as their name for me. * you get some nice accessory packages, such as windows calendar, that you used to have to go buy outlook to get. * it has better facilities for streaming audio/video content, and acting as a home media server. And that's just what I can remember at the moment. Definitely don't worry about buying vista, and be sure to buy premium instead of basic; the cost difference is minimal, and you get a lot for your money. You can always upgrade vista online at any time, unlike xp, so you don't have to reinstall it in case you want the ultimate edition say. hth, Chip ------------------------------ Chip Orange Database Administrator Florida Public Service Commission Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (850) 413-6314 (Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)-----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wren Langley Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:34 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Jaws and Vista question Hi, I understand that it would be better to get home premium than vista basic. You would get a lot more out of vista home premium. There are those who might disagree, and that is ok. Also regarding Windows XP, they are going to be doing away with it int he future, so it might be better to get Vista, because I understand that even though Microsoft has extended keeping XP out there for awhile, there won't be any mroe updates. Security seems to be a pretty big issue right now. God Bless, Wren----- Original Message ----- From: "Crystal French" <raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Jaws and Vista question > Hi Chris, > Thank you for the answer. > > Do you know what the difference is between the Basic and Premium versions? > > Would one necessarily work better with Jaws? > > Crystal -- > 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. 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