Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions

  • From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:29:34 -0400

Judith,
I certainly don't consider myself an authority on this matter but it seems that what this tech said is definitely in conflict with what Freedom Scientific is saying. Jaws Standard definitely does not need XP Pro. FS says that Jaws Standard only works with XP Home. If it worked with XP Pro or Media Center there would be no reason to upgrade to Jaws Pro. FS says that Jaws Pro works with all editions of XP.


Because you said that you were using XP Pro with Jaws Standard it made me question whether I had upgraded to Jaws Pro unnecessarily. I just called FS and confirmed that the tech is incorrect. They said that Jaws Standard will not work properly with XP Pro.

It may be that the problems you are having are unrelated to the mismatched programs but I think it would be wise to discuss this with FS.

Richard
----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions



Richard, According to the teck I bought this from jaws needs xp pro to function properly. Jaws itself is working fine on my computer, its just all the other idiosyncracies that are wacky. Judith
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:22 AM
Subject: Jaws editions and Windows XP editions



Someone that was having difficulty with their new computer mentioned that they were running Windows XP Pro and Jaws Standard. Someone else has already mentioned that this may be the cause of the problem. I can't confirm that but I would't be surprised if that was the case.

In the past week I purchased a new laptop that is running Windows Media Center Edition (Windows Home was not an option).

Freedom Scientific, on their website, lists Jaws Standard as being compatible only with XP Home Edition. If this is not true then I believe that their sales department would have advised me that I had the option of not upgrading, rather than upgrading to Jaws Pro at a cost of $368 ($200 upgrade plus $200 for the SMA minus $60 refund for 1 unused version upgrade plus sales tax.

As I understand it, XP Media Center is based on Pro with certain functions disabled and with other functions added.

Can anyone elaborate on this?

Richard
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