Yes, you need to rename it with a .bks extension, and then open it with the bookshare unpack utility. Approved or not, it does work as long as there is only one file to be unzipped.
Pam On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:53:57 -0400, you wrote: >Well, looks as if you have to unzip the file first before trying to install >it. So, if maybe you don't have a PC to perform this task, maybe someone >was thinking of you, on the BN, changing the ZIP extension to a BKS >extension so it could possibly be unzipped on the BN using the BookShare >unpack utility. Although, best I can recall, other than for unpacking >BookShare books, this isn't really an HW approved method. > >Anyway, here are what the instructions say at the below page: > >There is a known issue in KeySoft 6.11 that results in users sometimes >experiencing security dialog boxes not clearing as is normally desired when >browsing >the Internet when pressing the desired buttons. Users who are experiencing >this problem should unzip this file and run the resulting exe file from the >utilities/application menu. Performing a 456 or JKL reset will result in the >modifications that this file makes, being undone and therefore the file >would >need to be run again to continue to avoid looping security dialog boxes. > > > >http://humanware.com/Products/Notetakers/braillenote_downloads.asp > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lisa Ehlers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:59 PM >Subject: [Braillenote] still unable to run hidden security patch > > >Hi >Okay the hidden security dialogs patch for KS still will not run. Here are >the steps I am taking. > >1. I go to Humanware's home page. >2. I link on the ^. downloads. > >3. I link on the words Braillenote downloads. > >4. I go to the section that talks about the hidden security patch. I >download where the link says to download it. > >6. The file downloads with the extension zip. > >7. I go to the file manager menu where I locate the file. The file still >has the zip extension. > >8. I rename the file with the exe extension. Unfortunately the file will >not allow me to rename just the extension. I rename the file exactly the >way it is written hiddensecuritydialogs in uncontracted Braille. I add the >dots 4-6 for the period and the letters exe. > >9. I go to the utilities menu. There I press a to run the application. >The BN asks which directory and the file is found. The file has the exe >extension. > >10. The BN says not valid WIN 32 application. > >Any ideas? I don't mind redownloading the file and deleting it several times >daily. Something this simple shouldn't be this difficult. > >Thanks for your help and your time. > >Lisa > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
