Re: My JAWS 6.1 disaster!
- From: "jim" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 09:17:51 -0700
Chris,
I am the guy who couldn't get the update to work at all. Well i changed my
resolution setting to 1024 by 768 pixels and it is working fine at the
moment. I reserve the right to say when it isn't, but that cleared up stuff
for me.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:55 PM
Subject: RE: My JAWS 6.1 disaster!
> Yep, that was the first thing I tried, both in JAWS 6.0 and in 6.1. But
> right now, I'm just happy to have a working JAWS, and you know, at this
> point I don't really care if it's version 6.10 or not, because the new
> version doesn't have any real inhansements that change my daily life or
> make it any easier, so I'm pretty happy with JAWS 6. It works, I can do
> what I want and need to do, so here, i will stay.
>
>
>
>
> At 08:44 PM 4/15/2005, you wrote:
>
>>Actually, he did say that was one of the avenues down which he proceeded.
>>
>>Bruce
>>
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>>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Cory Jackson wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Chris, How about doing a repair on jaws, I am almost sure that will
>> > fix
>> > your problem
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> > Behalf
>> > Of Chris Skarstad
>> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:30 PM
>> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: Re: My JAWS 6.1 disaster!
>> >
>> > Well, I'm glad it worked for you, because it sure as hell wouldn't work
>> > for
>> > me. I'm wondering why it is that it didn't work with 6.1 when it worked
>> with
>> > 6.0? Did FS make some other kind of change that may work on some
>> systems but
>> > not others? I'm really not desperately needing to use JAWS 6.1 for
>> anything,
>> > i mean 6.0 works just fine for me and does absolutely everything I need
>> > to
>> > do so I'm not mad about that, but I'm just trying to figure out what
>> > the
>> > cause of it might be and if there's a fix.
>> >
>> > At 05:23 PM 4/15/2005, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have also installed the upgrade on an XP Home system and find no
>> >> problem with MSN6.2, it runs just fine.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks; Gene
>> >>
>> >> On MSN and Yahoo - guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Chris Skarstad" <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:01 PM
>> >> Subject: My JAWS 6.1 disaster!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi all! I was really excited about the new update to 6.1 so I
>> >>> downloaded and installed it right away. The install went as smooth
>> >>> as you like, everything was cool. So, I murged my settings with 6
>> >>> and then went to test things out. I am sad to say that, for whatever
>> >>> reason, msn messenger 6.2 would not work on my system here. I could
>> >>> read the input window, in other words I could read what I was
>> >>> typing, but the history window would not read at all. Nothing, zip,
>> >>> absolutely silent!
>> >>> Well, being a former beta tester, I figured, Ok, I'll quit 6.1 and
>> >>> re-launch 6.0 and see if it works there. Well, to my shock and
>> >>> amazement, msn 6.2 didn't work with that either! I was really
>> >>> frazzled now. So, I did a repair on 6 thinking that would work,
>> >>> but no dice. Still same condition as before, I could read what I
>> >>> wrote, but not what other people wrote to me. Well, to make a long
>> >>> story very short, I ended up having to scrap everything and
>> >>> re-installing JAWS 6, and I was even asked to re-activate. I have
>> >>> sent in a request to have my count reset, so hopefully they'll do
>> >>> that in a few days. I'm just really upset that the whole upgrade
>> >>> process didn't work the way it was advertised to.
>> >>> So, if you're using MSN Messenger 6.2 with XP Home, be careful!
>> >>> Install this newly updated version at your own risk. If it works for
>> >>> you, fantastic. If not, stick to 6 until FS can get their ***
>> >>> together.
>> >>> What's interesting is I have friends using XP Pro and the update
>> >>> works flawlessly, so go figure. Anyways, there's the report. I've
>> >>> only rebooted this computer about 5 times now, and I've finally got
>> >>> everything working again, so I'm really just thinking I'll stick with
>> > 6.0 for now.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks guys
>> >>> The rather frazzled Chris
>> >>>
>> >>>
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