I'll try this if you tell me that I can switch back if I want to. I need to say that my guru and I took out some garbage from the main menu but did not know about this classic viw until a lister told me. AMazing the things so many of you know and that you share your knowledge in clear steps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike B." <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question?
: Hi Marilyn, : : To put your desktop into the Windows Classic theme do the following: : : : 1. While on the desktop press the F5 key to make sure that nothing is : selected. : 2. Press the applications key, arrow down to Personalize & press enter. : 3. You will now be in the Themes Gallery. here the different themes are in : columns. To find the Windows Classic Theme, arrow down to Windows7 Basic, : & right arrow 1 time to Windows Classic Theme & press enter. This should : switch you to the Windows Classic Theme. : : Also, changing themes will probably change your Sound Schemes as well. So, : you might have to alter your sound schemes to get the sounds you want. : P.S. Happy Birthday to you January 7th! Have a great day! : Take care. : Mike : This email was sent from my, iBarstool. : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: Marilyn Walker : To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 5:10 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : : So what you are saying is that you can work faster with the xp start menu : but does it have to be the xp operating system (I call it my xp computer)? : I''m with Gerald Levy on all of this and may just continue with xp. I : bought my brother's win 7 with new scanner and printer when he moved to win : 8. He likes 8 bevause he's an engineer and they always like complicated : things!! Marilyn : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Rick Justice" <ricjust...@jaws-users.com> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:44 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? : : :: Hi Marilyn, :: Unless you use a third-party program :: designed to change the GUI (graphical user interface), it's not going to :: happen. :: The only thing available in "classic" in Windows 7 is the appearance : of :: the Desktop. :: The plus with Win7 over Win8 is that 7 still has menus in Windows : Explorer, :: 8 does not. :: Windows 7 does not give any option to change the start menu as in Windows : XP :: and Vista, but there is no need to be afraid of it, :: just takes a little getting used to. :: I don't find navigating it any faster as others have claimed :: I work mainly from the start menu, and can still operate much quicker with :: the Windows XP start menu. :: HTH, :: Rick Justice :: :: Tomorrow's another day, another way! :: and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved! :: :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Marilyn Walker" <mlw1...@sbcglobal.net> :: To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> :: Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:09 PM :: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? :: :: :: I was hoping Kelsey would tell us about classic view. Maybe others call : it :: something else or Microsoft does. Marilyn :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Mich" <mi...@eastlink.ca> :: To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> :: Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 10:21 PM :: Subject: [JAWS-Users] windows 7 and classic view question? :: :: ::: Hi I to would like to know about classic view in windows 7 to please. the ::: only thing I have seen about a classic view is a program called windows ::: shell classic or something. is that what we are talking about? from Mich. ::: ----- Original Message ----- ::: From: "Marilyn Walker" <mlw1...@sbcglobal.net> ::: To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> ::: Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:25 PM ::: Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 ::: ::: ::: > Is there a link to "classic view" that I could use? Marilyn ::: > ----- Original Message ----- ::: > From: "Kelsey Nicolay" <piano.girl0...@gmail.com> ::: > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> ::: > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2014 6:55 PM ::: > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Switching From XP To Windows7 ::: > ::: > ::: > : Hello, ::: > : Xp was great, but windows 7 is very accessible. What you need to ::: > : do is have someone change everything over to classic view. This ::: > : will make everything look and behave just like xp. I did this ::: > : when I was using vista and use windows 7 now and my cousin did ::: > : that for me. It works great. You don't even know it's windows ::: > : 7. Give it a try and let me know how it goes. ::: > : As a word of caution, if you are using an earlier version of ::: > : JAWS, you may find that it is not fully compatible. I han into ::: > : this issue when I got windows 7 last year. I was using a version ::: > : of JAWS 11 that was not fully supported, so I was getting some ::: > : error messages, but JAWS still worked. My cousin just called ::: > : Freedom Scenentific and they let him download a newer update that ::: > : fixed the problem. So like I said, use windows 7 in classic ::: > : view. ::: > : ::: > : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: ::: > : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ::: > ::: > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: ::: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ ::: > ::: ::: ::: For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: ::: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ :: :: :: For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: :: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ :: :: :: For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: :: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
