Hi David, I am not able to give you a link to the specific file you require. Rather, the URL I gave is to the OneDrive folder containing the file. So, the URL I gave you would be the page displaying the folder contents, and so you would have to navigate the page and find the file you need, specifically: twpe_r2.zip This name on the page should represent as a link which, when pressed, would commence its download. If this doesn't work, I could try another file transfer method.
Good luck, Rod Sent from Outlook for Windows -----Original Message----- From: Talk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of David via Talk Sent: June 22, 2019 9:42 PM To: Rod Hutton via Talk <[email protected]> Cc: David <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Installing Win10 Rod, Thanks for your effort to help. Unfortunately, I wonder if the link you provided was broken, or incomplete. Tried to press Enter on it, and Firefox (my prefered browser) came up. It hang, and still something like 45 minutes later, nothing has happened. Normally, things should have started downloading, shouldn't they? Would you mind, please, checking your link, and letting me know if there is something further I need to do to get hold of the info? Thanks again, your help is great. Did not know there was an accessible way of installing Win7. Will come in handy for other times as well. Regards, David On 6/23/2019 2:43 AM, Rod Hutton via Talk wrote: > Hi David, > > Below is a link to my public OneDrive folder: > https://1drv.ms/f/s! > There you will find a zip archive containing disk images which you can burn > to DVD and a readme file. > Regardless which you burn, you can boot to a talking Windows 7 > pre-installation environment running NVDA using the Eloquence synthesizer. > If you burn the smaller image, you can at the very least explore the disks > attached on the booted system. > If you burn the larger image, you can even install Windows 7. > This might be enough to get the broken Windows 8 system you have running with > a fresh copy of Windows 7. > Incidentally, I used the larger image to install Windows 7 into a VMWare > Workstation virtual machine, and then I upgraded it to Windows 10. > But, that's another story. Smile > Of course, you would still need to activate whatever Windows version you end > up with, and so purchasing a product code is still necessary. > However, the tool I am offering might be of help to you or whoever reads this. > > Good luck, > > Rod > > Sent from Outlook for Windows > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of David via Talk > Sent: June 21, 2019 2:13 PM > To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> > Cc: David <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Installing Win10 > > Think I might have to stress a couple of points here, just to help you all > assisting me the better. Sorry for not being totally clear on this from the > start. > > First of all, I do have WE9.54 here, full installation CD, which I received > very few days before WinEyes was all ditched. That is, it would be the latest > version ever. On that matter, I hence should be totally covered. > > My Win7 machine has 4GB of RAM, running a dual core 2.4GHZ CPU. I did try > running the Win10 upgrader on it, to see if it would work, and was told the > computer would work fine, but I would need some drivers. Going to the > manufacturer, Dell, I did find no driver for upgrading. Besides, I want to > keep the computer as an off-line backup system. It works just fine, and has > served here for more than a handful years, though it was second-hand when I > got it. > > So what then about the computer I am considering turning into Win10? It is an > HP, holding 8GB, and a Quadro CPU of something like 2.8GHZ - taken from > memory. It should have no trouble in meeting the minimum specs for RAM and > speed, though I do know nothing about drivers. Like I said, it did run > Win8.1, all till the OS got broken, through some maintaning upgrade. Since it > does not really start, just gets to a point where it tells me the Windows is > no longer valid, I will have to wipe the drive altogether, hence the computer > would be to consider as a "blank" system. In other words, updating the > windows on that machine, is not possible. And unless i can get Win10 on it, > my guess is that a quite working hardware might have to simply be thrown > away. Booting from the DVD drive on the computer should be little trouble, > since my memory tells me it is already set do do such booting. > > For both computers, they are laptops, so ideas like changing any hardware, is > no alternative. And should not give much for functionality. > > Again, thanks to all for your assistance. I am still all ears, if you have > further input to contribute. Great to hear I can do the installation of > Win10, without eyes. IPhone and apps for sighted assistance is not really an > option here, simply because I don't own any Apple stuff, and to get an IPhone > just for the benefit of installing a computer seem out of range. Smiles. I am > aware the option to have similar assistance over Android, but would greatly > appreciate doing the job as much as possible without depending on having more > or less knowledgeable eyes messing with the screen reading. Used to instal > computers back in the 90's, so am not totally new to the idea of getting the > job done - though Windows do pose certain challenges that we did not face > back then. smiles. > David > > On 6/21/2019 10:53 AM, Thomas N. Chan via Talk wrote: >> For the win 8 upgrade to win 10, I really don't think it's a > >> authorise upgrade since you don't really own a licence copy of win 8. >>> So upgrade path is not applicable. You will get good deals if you > >> stick with win 10 home. I am not sure where you can get good deal > >> online but I really did seen good pricing on amazon, maybe bestbuy > >> etc. > > > -------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan -----Original > >> Message----- From: Talk > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of James Bentley via Talk Sent: Friday, 21 June 2019 2:34 AM >>> To: Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Cc: > >> James Bentley <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Installing Win10 > > Hi David, > > You should be able to >> buy a legal copy of Windows 10 from Amazon for > around twenty bucks >> less than what Microsoft charges. > > Sometimes, you can find a legal >> recycled license from Ebay. These > recy > cled licenses can cost around thirty bucks. They just send you > the key > and you go to the Microsoft web site to get your download. > Always buy from > a dealer > > from Ebay who has loads of excellant reviews. > > Also, you > might still be able to upgrade Windows 8.1 with an > authorized copy > > of > Windows 10 at no cost. That is also downloaded from a Microsoft > server but, > I will wait for more details if some one else can please > post about that. > > > Good luck, > > James B > > > -----Original Message----- From: David via > Talk Sent: Thursday, June > 20, 2019 1:07 PM To: WE English Mailinglist Cc: > David Subject: > Installing Win10 > > To the tech guys on this list, > > In > about 6 months Microsoft will end the support for Win7. My Good > old > working-horse of a computer might then be retired to make it for > a backup > system. > > > I do have a computer stored away in a closet, which has a > broken > version of Win8.1 on it. That is, it does not start up, only > presents > some kind of an e > rror screen, informing me the Windows is not a valid > version. Was a > computer I bought second-handed, and apparently the > seller was no honest > guy. Now, I wonder if I might go for a full > version of Win10, and simply > wipe out the old hard drive on that > computer, and do a totally clean > install of Win10. > > > I would be buying the Win10, through the Microsoft > store, and hence > get a downloadable of the operative system. > > > Never > been using Win10, and only have paid half an ear to any > discussion on the > matter. But I seem to remember something about it > being possible for a > blind to install the OS all without eyes. Is > that correct, and does it even > apply when I will be doing a clean - > all from scratch - installation? > > > > Could of course go and buy a brand new computer, but they tend to be > loaded > with all kinds of bloatware, over here. And the store I saw > the other day, > offering to install a clean win10 on their new > systems, asked a price for > the windows, about > 2 0% more than what I > see it advertised in Microsoft Store. Would then > be a better business > to get the broken win8 machine of mine going. > > > > Thanks for all input you can give me on the matter. I will not be > doing my > choice all at this time, but will be nice to know what to > do, once the > right time or offer comes up. > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > . > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. 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