Hello Rick, There will be no special steps from a screen reader point of view, means no special modifications are necessary to run Windows 8 with WE 8. Just install it and go with it. You should be even able to install WE without sighted help, because your new machine most likely will come with a preinstalled Windows 8 and Narrator will allow to finalize the installation of Windows 8 and will bring you through the installation of Window-Eyes 8. Narrator can be started with Windows-U. It will take you some time to get familiar with the Windows 8 look and the way you access programs, find things etc, but there are podcasts out which explains the use of Windows 8. I also recommend the KB of GW Micro with a article about Win8 and We8. Regards, Ralf Ralf Heinrich Kefferpuetz Web: http://www.keffi.eu Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Keffi.eu From: RicksPlace [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:55 AM To: GW Micro Product Discussion Listserv Subject: Windows 8 Questions Hi: It looks like I need a new computer. W8 Pro will likely be the OS running a quad core i7. Just how good or bad is WE with W8 from the Desktop? I will be doing extreme computer programming in Visual Studio 2012 most likely and need heavy internet website access and development as well. My old XP machine is pretty good but so out of date many newer programming tools will not run on it. Before I pull the trigger on an expensive upgrade to a new machine and all the related software I need to backup everything and, after plugging in the new w8 machine, be able to at least get online to ask questions about accessibility. What are the minimum things I will need to do to use WindowEyes and w8 to get back online? I will create a step by step document to record so when I turn the power on I can get online to ask questions on list. If this makes sense to you who have already done this could you give me any pointers or gotchyas you ran into getting setup after clicking the power button? I am guessing that setup of the router, accessibility settings for the OS or WE and navigating the bloody W8 interface will be the combination of things that will cause the most problems when the lights come on for the first time. I will also keep a diary of my setup steps and post it up for others if it looks like one is necessary. Rick USA
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