Hi,
The question was recently posted wherein a user asked if a clean install was better than an upgrade. I downloaded and installed the 7.5 upgrade on my Windows 7 SP 1 32 bit WE 7.2 machine back on march 16 and found myself wishing I had not done so. Not for any specific reason, just overall sluggishness and poor response all around. The CD arrived via Fedex this past Saturday. I put it in the desk drawer and wondered if I could get a refund. Well, this morning, after three consecutive wineyes.exe crashes, I decided to completely uninstall and do the proverbial "clean installation". First odd thing I noticed was that during the uninstall my backup screen reader announced Window Eyes 7.11 uninstall in progress. As mentioned before, I had already done the 7.5 upgrade. After completely uninstalling and a couple reboots "just to be sure", I installed 7.5 from the CD. The difference is quite remarkable. Everything working now the way I would expect. One odd note: After the 7.5 installation completed, including the installation of default apps, the WE Quick start did not launch. I went to the Apps menu and, finding no Apps in the list, opened the App Manager, where I found every app stopped and marked as untrusted. I tabbed to the Security button and checked the boxes indicating I trusted the Apps and they all started working, including the Quick Start App, which whisked me through the settings covered by this handy little app. Then I went to download my two favorite apps, Winamp and Hourly Chime and received notices that these apps were not from trusted sources. Of course I indicated that I did trust the sources and the two apps installed and work quite well. While this one case study is certainly not conclusive evidence that a clean install is better than an upgrade, it sure worked for me and made me glad I bought the upgrade. Well, enough rambling. Time to get to work! Donald E. Bowen, Jr. <http://mysite.verizon.net/reszmkrl/musicforsight/author.html> Music for Sight <http://www.musicforsight.org/> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
