Oh okay. Interesting.
Sandra Fouts Phone Counselor Arkansas Attorney General's Office 323 Center Street, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 501-371-2303 Fax 501-682-8118 -----Original Message----- From: erik burggraaf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:43 PM To: Sandra Fouts Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: 32bit or 64bit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Hi, well I can tell you about my experience installing window-eyes on windows XP professional x64 edition. Mileage may vary depending on the hardware and drivers in your system. The install worked like a charm until the very end when the installer rebooted the computer. When it tried to load the video support after the reboot with window-eyes installed, the screen went a deep colour, like really dark grey or light black and refused to show anything. WE gave an error that the video support wasn't properly installed and rebooted. So the computer was in an infinite loop until I turned window-eyes off. At that point, I uninstalled We, but the monitor was still this very strange dark grey/light black and completely blank, even with WE supposedly completely removed from the system. Fortunately it was a clean install, and I hadn't yet turned off system restore. I was able to restore back to a time when my video worked fine and the screan came back to life. So, in my limitted experience, trying to install we on a 64 bit OS simply rendered the system useless to any one. Best, erik burggraaf Certified Technician Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website coming soon On 19-Nov-08, at 12:33 PM, Sandra Fouts wrote: > Have a question. If someone buys a computer with a 64 bit, would a > screen reader still work on it but at a 32 bit rate? In other words, > just wondering what would happen if someone actually did put a screen > reader on a 64 bit machine? Just my curiosity. > > Sandra Fouts > Phone Counselor > Arkansas Attorney General's Office > 323 Center Street, Ste 200 > Little Rock, AR > 501-371-2303 > Fax 501-682-8118 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:27 PM > To: Joe Lanier > Cc: gwmicro > Subject: Re: 32bit or 64bit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm > > It may be a difficult job to convert WE to support a 64 bit OS but > it is also getting difficult to find a computer that isn't running a > 64 > bit OS. > If you are in need of a new computer in the near future you can't > purchase the latest and greatest because of your need to use a screen > reader. In the past GW has been proud of being first to support new > features and functions and I sure hope they meet this need real soon. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Lanier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:09 PM > Subject: 32bit or 64bit hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm > > >> Hi, >> Ok. Time for my rant hehehehe >> Well, there are many big differences between the 32 and 64 bit >> O.S.es. >> These differences >> make it impossible to do a simple "port". I have had to do the >> exercise of "port"ing software from older platforms to newer and from >> one type of platform to another in the UNIX world. I feel GW's pain >> when contemplating the code/technique changes. >> Believe me, its going to be a very long and painful process. The >> Unit > >> Testing alone will probably take months. The data types are entirely >> different, structures of O.S. constants are changed, i/o structures >> and the list goes on and on.. >> Any documentation >> I find for porting from 32 to 64 reads like "Gone With The Wind" or >> atleast as long of a read as the entire Chicago Metro phone book. >> For those who didn't quite get the psychobabble above, lets try this. >> Lets >> take >> a car that was designed to have 13inch wheels and retrofit it to use >> 30inch tires. >> Think of some of the steps needed to fix the problem. Simply jacking >> up the car wouldn't help as the size of the tires are big enough that >> they would touch front to back. Ok ok ok. that is a little extreme, >> but, these kind of thought processes are what will have to happen for >> a good portion of the existing WE product. >> I guess the purpose of this email is to say that 32bit O.S.es will be >> around for quite a while. Some will have to do some extra work to >> obtain vista 32 bit. Where it is a pain, what in life is easy. So, >> take a deep breath and be patient. >> Good >> things come to those who wait. >> With a smile.. >> Warm Regards.. Joe Lanier >> From: erik burggraaf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:13 PM >> To: tygur kwak >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Will we7 run on 4 g 64 system You have a conflict here. >> If you upgrade to 4 gb memory, then you need to upgrade to a 64 bit >> OS > >> to use all four gb. >> If you upgrade to 64 bit OS then window-eyes will not run. >> You can upgrade to 3 gb and use the vista that comes with, although >> it > >> doesn't say here whether that is 32 or 64 bit. 32 bit OS' support up >> to 3 gb memory, so that's it as far as that goes. >> This situation is benighted, rong, and increasingly irritating. >> Unfortunately blind >> windows users are stuck. >> Best, >> erik burggraaf >> Certified Technician >> Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: >> 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 >> Email: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Website coming soon >> On 19-Nov-08, at 7:08 AM, tygur kwak wrote: >> on the listed hp 550 notebook >> will we7 run if upgraded to 4 g memory on xp pro or vista? >> here is stats: >> Memory Type: >> DDR2 >> Maximum Memory Supported: >> 4GB (Requires 64-bit Operating System) HP 550 Notebook PC FW385AT - >> Intel Core 2 Duo T5270 1.40GHz, 802.11a/b/g WLAN, 1GB DDR2, 160GB >> HDD, > >> DL DVDRW, 15.4" WXGA, Windows Vista Business/XP Pro Downgrade >> Processor Brand: >> Intel >> Processor Class: >> Centrino CoreT 2 Duo Processor T5270 >> Processor Speed: >> 1.40GHz >> Processor FSB: >> 800MHz >> Processor Cache: >> 2 MB L2 Cache >> Additional Technologies: >> Intel Centrino Processor Technology >> Memory Type: >> DDR2 >> Memory Size: >> 1GB (1GB x 1) >> Memory Slots (Total): >> 2 >> Memory Slots (Available): >> 1 >> Maximum Memory Supported: >> 4GB (Requires 64-bit Operating System) If you reply to this message >> it > >> will be delivered to the original sender only. 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