Hi Mark, Well, there are a couple things that need to be discussed. One of them is... If you already own Jaws, then you shouldn't have to lay out the amount of money you mentioned. It sounds like you only need to buy an upgrade. I was using Jaws 5.10, and it was my last free upgrade, or SMA. So, I had to buy 6.0. I chose not to buy any SMA's this time for financial reasons, so it only cost me $120. However, that's still a lot of money if you don't have it. I don't know where you're writing from so I'm not sure if the following would apply to you. But in many states, you should be able to get some financial help toward things like Jaws through your local blind services organization. Especially for college. Here in Ohio, they're called BSVI. I'm not saying that they will help you, but it can't hurt to ask. As for MSN 6.2. The only way you can use it is if you're running Jaws 6.0. I'm amazed at how many times this question gets recycled on this list. And for those who still have any questions about this topic. It's as simple as this, MSN 6.2, Jaws 6.0. Nothing else will work. I wish you luck. And look into seeing if you can get some financial aide for your Jaws upgrade. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Rocheleau" <marcrocheleau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 8:29 PM Subject: Upgrading jaws 5.0 Hey everyone, I recently installed jaws 6.0 from Freedom Scientific and it is set to stop working on March 15. I use MSN Messenger 6.2 frequently and I was wondering if I could upgrade jaws 5.0 (which is still on my computer) to a higher version that works with MSN Messenger 6.0? I don't really want to pay $800-$1000 for a new version just for MSN, nor can I really afford it and it's become important for communication in college. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks! -Marc P.S. If you have any direct links as to where I can find an upgrade, that would also be excellent. Thanks again! -- 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 -- 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