Thanks so much for this Phil. On 31 Jul 2013, at 21:31, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is the solution to the problem that many people have been having > installing JAWS14, and getting the error concerning the mirror display driver > not being correctly installed. This message was sent to me by JAWS tech > support concerning another issue, but includes the concise directions for > correcting the problem with JAWS14 and the mirror display driver. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kim Smith > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 2:01 PM > Subject: Inquiry Number: 226148, Information On Updating The Windows Driver > Foundation > > Hello Philip: > > Thank you for contacting Freedom Scientific Technical Support. > > Following is the information I told you about during our conversation today. > > JAWS 14.0 mirror driver requires that the file “WDF01000.sys” be version > 1.11.xxx. This file is located in c:\Windows\System32\Drivers. You can find > the version by right-clicking on this file. Choose Properties and then click > on the Details tab. For product version, as an example, mine says File > version 1.11.9200.16384. > > In order to update this, please click on the following link that will take > you to Microsoft’s Support article on how to download and apply the update. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2685811 > > After the WDF file has been updated to the current version, The Freedom > Scientific mirror driver, from JAWS 13, will need to be uninstalled. > > From the Start Menu, in the Search field, type device manager and then press > Enter. > > Tab to the Treeview and press the letter D until you get to Display Adapters. > > Expand this and locate the Freedom scientific mirror driver. You may find > more than one. If so, remove all of them until the only item remaining is > your video driver. > > Once the Freedom Scientific mirror driver has been removed (select > "uninstall" from the application context menu, or the Actions menu), you will > need to run a /type repair on JAWS 14. > > To run this type of repair, please do the following: > > Download and save JAWS 14.0.4004. In your case, you already have the file, so > you can skip this step, of course. > http://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/jaws/jaws-downloads.asp > > Next, navigate to where you saved the file; and, press Shift+Application Key > on the j14.0.4004 file and choose “Copy As Path” > > Then, open the Run dialog with Windows key+R. > > Paste the file in and at the end of the line, put a space and then /type > repair. > > Your line should look like the following: > > "C:\Users\xxx\Downloads\J14.0.4004-64bit.exe" /type repair > > Press Enter. > > Restart the computer when prompted at the end of the repair maintenance. You > should no longer receive the Freedom Scientific mirror Driver message. > > * end of Tech Support message > > that's it! I've deleted the rest of the message concerning my other issue. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
