No, I'm not. It's a native Windows 7[-based Intel Core I7 3.5 GHZ Samsung notebook with 8GB of memory and a 500GB SATA hard drive.
I don't run Boot Camp, and never will. :) Gordon On 5 Aug 2012, at 19:25, Hank Smith <[email protected]> wrote: if u are running a macintosh using boot camp u have to install the boot camp drivers before it will work properly if u did this then I am to at a loss. Hank On 8/5/2012 11:21 AM, Øyvind Lode - Forums wrote: > I don't question your skills at all. > But JAWS is usually straight forward to install. > That's my experience at least. > > I really want to help but I'm currently lost. > There is something either with JAWS or the Windows installation that won't > work of some reason on your system. > > Is this a Windows 7 64-bit Home, Home Premium or Professional? > > And does this dongle contain a standard or professional JAWS license? > > Standard can only be used with Home and Home Premium versions of Windows 7. > > The professional license runs on all Windows versions. > > But since you're saying it's not even installing it's probably not related to > the type of license. > > And by the way JAWS 32-bit will not run on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clifford Blackwell > Sent: 5. august 2012 19:45 > To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! > Subject: Re: Jaws Installer, absolutely pathetic! > > Since you're having problems with a downloaded version, could you get a demo > hard copy from the Freedom Scientific distributor in the U.K.? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Smith" <[email protected]> > To: "Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 12:33 PM > Subject: Re: Jaws Installer, absolutely pathetic! > > > Hi Mary > > I'm not running it directly from the website, I never do that. I downloaded > the software to a local directory, then ran it from there. > > The installer spent a good 20 minutes clicking at me, then it finally > prompted me to do a restart. No speech unless I had Window-Eyes loaded at > the start of the process. In fact, it took ages even after the restart to > start talking. It gave me the license text, and all the usual installation > questions. Then when I clicked on the "Install" button, nothing happened. > It just sat there and then timed out on itself. I left it for 3 hours after > the timeout then loaded Window-Eyes to see what was going on. The installer > was sitting there doing absolutely nothing. It even didn't move when I > eventually clicked Cancel, and I had to do a forced restart. > > Gordon > > On 5 Aug 2012, at 18:17, Mary Stores <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I have also been able to indepently install JAWS on a computer, and The way > our setup works for JAWS is that no matter what workstation you are on at > the university, you can log on and use JAWS as long as you are registered > with the disabled student division and have talked to us and said you wanted > to use it. > > However, I have noticed with JAWS 12 and 13 that a lot of times when getting > JAWS installed from the web site, that the installed version you get is > corrupt and you have to run a repair on it. It has happened with me and at > least two other students in the past year, one as recently as last Friday. > > Mary > Mary > > Quoting Øyvind Lode - Forums <[email protected]>: > >> Well put! >> I've installed JAWS several times without problems. >> But you Gordon don't have the time for JAWS troubleshooting right now. >> Contact the school to get a working installation up and running so >> you can learn how to use JAWS first and then learn how to >> troubleshoot at a later stage. >> >> As I said I've never ran into any problems installing JAWS so I'm not >> sure what's going on on your machine. >> >> I'm a happy JAWS user but no FS fan boy for sure. >> >> I tried Window-Eyes briefly back in 2007 when I no longer could use >> magnification to work efficiently. >> I must say that I found Window-Eyes web browsing and how it handled >> Internet to be a joke when I got my hands on a computer running JAWS >> 8. >> >> I've been a JAWS-user since then. >> >> I guess that have improved now though but I have not used Window-Eyes >> since I briefly tested it out back in 2007. >> >> Yesterday I said I would love to use NVDA and I actually installed it >> to try it out again. >> >> Yeah my HumanWare Brailliant BI 40 had built in support but the >> Braille support in NVDA is still in the stone age compared to JAWS. >> >> I opened a Cygwin terminal/console and logged in to one of my Linux >> servers and were quite happy. >> But I quickly discovered that I couldn't pan/scroll the Braille >> display with NVDA. >> >> So NVDA is still useless for me but speech worked fine in the console >> though. >> >> So I'm still a JAWS-user and it's time to renew my SMA again since my >> current SMA only allows me to run JAWS 13. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin G. >> McCormick >> Sent: 5. august 2012 15:54 >> To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! >> Subject: Re: Jaws Installer, absolutely pathetic! >> >> The question at the top of the list that begs answering >> is How, on Earth, does Mr. John Q. Public or Ms. Jane Q. Public >> who happens to also be blind, independently get JAWS installed on a >> Windows >> system? >> >> I am talking, now, like the teacher I might have been >> back when I was studying for that profession in the late >> seventies. >> >> One of my very respected instructors had spent several >> years in the country of Thailand and had helped them set up >> their electrical worker training program and also had been >> instrumental in writing a national electrical code for Thailand. >> >> What my advisor was surprised about was the fact that >> there was a major electrical supply house literally right across >> the street from the vocational school where they tought >> the electrical trades. There was absolutely no professional contact >> or networking between the people who worked in the electrical >> business and the school. They didn't even know each other's >> names. >> >> The point he was making was that you are time and money >> ahead to network with local resources as they are familiar with >> the area you are training for. >> >> You are having trouble getting a working JAWS >> installation. There is probably somebody at some place in the UK >> who can do this in their sleep and does it every day for >> agencies or clients in the UK who are blind. >> >> What if, for example, the school system uses one of >> their servers to image all the JAWS work stations in a computer >> lab or similar place? They might let you bring your computer >> there and image it along with the rest. Freedom Scientific has >> what they call site licenses where they do these sorts of things >> for students. >> >> The lab instructors, here, don't know JAWS from Adam, >> but they image computers from a master server and can blow a >> JAWS installation from cold metal in minutes. You, the student, >> just walk in and they tell you where the JAWS work station is >> and you log in. >> >> Oklahoma State University has a site license from >> Freedom Scientific and I bet there is a similar setup in school >> systems or rehabilitation agencies in the UK. >> >> Since you are pressed for time, I wouldn't sweat the >> details. Since a job is on the line, I'd at least get started >> with a known good system. 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