As for being daunting to uninstall, the very helpful person at Microsoft
didn't seem to have much trouble getting rid of it. But then, I assume
they're trained, and that may have helped. From what I can recall when I
tried to uninstall it myself, you just have to be able to hit that Remove
check box or button, which Window Eyes doesn't recognize as a check box, or
button, or whatever it was. If you can see that, once you hit that, I think
there's not much more to it than that.
Incidentally, I should say that I was almost certainly going to remove it
anyway, even if GW Micro hadn't recommended it. I couldn't run it. I
couldn't seem to access the menus. When I got it removed, I replaced it with
Microsoft Security Essentials, which seems to be completely accessible with
my Window Eyes. So my computer is protected, and it's with something I can
actually use myself, which feels good.
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Buddy Brannan
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 11:47 AM
To: Baracco, Andrew W
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Removing McAfee anti virus
A quality product? You mean like Norton is a quality product? (BTW, Norton
is a pile.)
—
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: 814-860-3194
Mobile: 814-431-0962
Email: [email protected]
On Oct 9, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Baracco, Andrew W <[email protected]>
wrote:
This is truly tragic. McAfee is included routinely on new PCs and is
commonly used in many places of employment because it is a quality
product, and works well on networks. This is truly a black eye for Window
Eyes. The Window Eyes team should be working day and night on a remedy to
this problem rather than advising customers to simply dump McAfee, which
is a daunting process, and may not even be possible if you are in a work
setting where others determine what software is being used. WE's failure
to work with McAfee can actually be a deal breaker for many, and will
force them to use a different screen reader.
Andy
-----Original Message-----
From: Donald L. Roberts [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 4:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Removing McAfee anti virus
Just got a new HP desktop running Windows 8, the latest version. After
getting Window-eyes installed, I began exploring and found the dreaded
McAfee program. I remember seeing a post from the GW staff indicating
that McAfee caused many problems and caused some parts of Window-eyes not
to function. So what I hope someone will provide is step by step
instructions for removing McAfee. I remember that one must have sighted
help to accomplish this. So I don't want to request help until I know
exactly how to remove McAfee. My old XP box has sure come in handy.
Thanks in advance. Need help as soon as possible. Thanks.
Don Roberts
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