I have a Del laptop and I have had to set it up twice since the hard drive had to be replaced after a year. Both times I had a very weird problem in that the keyboard would not control the jaws functions properly. Like I would press Alt F4 and it would say alt control f4 and would not do what it was supposed to. I called FS both times (since I forgot the original fix) and we figured out that it was necessary to go to the msconfig from the run command and unclick everything in the start list that was not absolutely necessary. I think the main culprit turned out to be my Lexmark printer applications. So just in case you end up with this weird problem here is the fix. Also, Dell has a weird connection to the wireless signals. I really liked just using the regular Microsoft "connect to" dialog. I finally had to call Dell to see how to connect and even now I am not quite sure how it works. Those were the two main hurdles with a Dell that I think other laptops don't have. All in all I like my Dell and I especially like the switch that allows me to "turn off" the wireless signal without having to go through the disconnect routine. I just flip the switch when I am not at the computer and I feel a little bit safer from Internet intrusion . Good luck with your new laptop. Sherrie Gosling
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Amaro" <[email protected]> To: "jeremy" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Del laptop question thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeremy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Del laptop question > Well, as far as setting it up, all you will need to do is perhaps run > narrator and go throughout the setup of xp. You can do this by pressing > windows and the u key. It may not be needed but most of the time, that's > what you have to do. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Amaro" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:26 PM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Del laptop question > > >> Hello listers >> I went ahead and ordered my laptop from del. It is a Inspiron 1525, >> Intel Pentium Pentium Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 1M L2 Cache). It >> comes with windows XPPro. Can some one please give me some pointers on >> setting it up? I mean as soon as I take it out turn it on then what? >> Can some one please explain what the words mean after 1525? Thanks >> Michael >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [email protected] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [email protected] >> Use the following address in order to contact the management team >> [email protected] >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [email protected] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [email protected] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [email protected] > Use the following address in order to contact the management team > [email protected] > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
