I get nothing but a blank page on this link. Any other place to get
this. i just need something to try and do a reinsall of seven as when I
try to update I get some strange error, so figured I'd start over. This
was an upgrade my niece did on a del from sp to home which deidn't match
the key she had on the dell, so I bought a cd on ebey with all versions.
Hope all that makes sense. Of course they can't find their dell Disk.
When they bought the computer, they got it with xp and an upgrade to
seven disk. Anyhow, I have it running, but it doeswn't think it is
jjenuine, so I'd thought ai'd start over if the key I have on the Dell
works. Thanks. Hope you had a good Holiday.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019, 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 <talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com> On
Behalf Of David via Talk
Sent: June 21, 2019 2:13 PM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com>
Cc: David <trailerda...@hotmail.com>
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:talk-bounces+thomas.nchan=gmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of James Bentley via Talk Sent: Friday, 21 June 2019 2:34 AM
To: Window-Eyes Discussion List
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com><mailto:talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Cc: >
James Bentley <bentleyj1...@att.net><mailto:bentleyj1...@att.net>
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, abou
t
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. > _______________________________________________
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