I got my hands on an XP SP3 pro version (I had SP 2, upgraded to 3) and it appears (fingers crossed) to have worked for us.
Trying to install a lesser version I discovered was not on! Thanks all for assist and too that Fred Langa article which John O posted. The hardest thing I had to do to date in computer land! Cheers, A happy Monday Tony Sweeney----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:10 AM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Rolling back SP3!Surely Paul if Tony has his origional Windows CD he can install then download SP3. I did that about 6 months ago when everything else failed when I was unable to install K1000.
-----Original message----- From: NCBI Support Sent: 18/06/2012, 11:02 am To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Rolling back SP3! Hi Tony, You can't roll back from SP3 because if you do then you will lose many of your hardware devices such as Video card and audio settings. Having no video card functionality or audio will leave the computer useless to you. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tony sweeney Sent: 18 June 2012 09:21 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: Reinstalling XP Morning Paul, I am currently running SP 3. How can I roll back to SP2, is there a llink for example? Best, Tony Sweeney----- Original Message ----- From: "NCBI Support" <support@xxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:15 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Reinstalling XP
Hi Tony, Just to recap, the most important drivers you will require for jaws to install after the main OS installation will be; *. Video card drivers. *. Audio chip drivers. *. Network chip drivers either wireless or LAN. A good idea would be to have a copy of NVDA downloaded and on a memory stick so you can install it and get some kindo f speech up and running, NVDA isn't dependent on the video card driver being installed but would need the audio chip drivers active. Also remember that most drivers nowadays require Windows XP SP3 to be installed prior to any drivers being installed otherwise the driver installations will fail. Here is a link to Windows XP SP3: http://tinyurl.com/5o8sc3 Here is a direct link to NVDA: http://www.nvda-project.org/releaseDownload/2012.2.1/nvda_2012.2.1.exe Paul. -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tony sweeney Sent: 15 June 2012 14:15 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: Reinstalling XP Will check for that Mod. Thanks for those very important tips. Best, Tony----- Original Message ----- From: "NCBI Support" <support@xxxxxxx>To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 2:09 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: Reinstalling XPHi, Well Eleanor isn't totally wrong, if when reinstalling Windows XP you don't choose to format the NTFS drive, usually "C:" drive then the current user whatever name it was called will be preserved while a new user account will be created during the installation. However if the "Drive C" is formatted then all is lost and you are essentially writing a new file allocation table to the hard drive and starting over from scratch. In any case, it is always best to back up all files, folders and other stuff like maybe music, photos etc. prior to having to reinstall for a safe and uncomplicated resolution. You shouldn't wait however for the system to fail as "yours truly" did once or twice over the years but always have a backup plan in place so you don't have to worry about your important materials. Finally, it's no big deal to download SP3 when you have windows reinstalled. I would be more concerned about drivers for the installed components on the computer such as wireless network adaptor, modems, most importantly from a jaws users prospective the video card drivers which jaws will look for when you go to reinstall him. Tony, have you got a drivers CD for this computer?. Paul. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. 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