Good looking out Chris. Now I can better weigh out the factors when I
purchase the upgrade. See the thing with me is for me to upgrade my Jaws
license to Professional, I have to pay an additional $300. Right now, it is
not looking like it is worth it. I think I am just going to buy Outlook
since that is the only thing I would use in the virtue mode.
rogelio_terra...@wowway.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopher...@googlemail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Window 7 inquiry
In theory, yes. To be honest it's really meant for businesses or
professional consumers who wish to migrate from XP to 7 without any
additional hardware or software requirements, apart from the ones listed.
It's also useful for people requiring to use software that doesn't yet
work with 7, but does work with XP. It would also save time and cost too
since the XP you download and use is a legal virtual machine (Microsoft
did design this, after all). To be honest though, even if we didn't have
the facility we could use one of the many free or paid for virtualization
solutions and create our own "xp mode". It's not the same but it's a
compromize.
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From: "ROGELIO TERRAZAS" <rogelio_terra...@wowway.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:03 AM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Window 7 inquiry
OK. So does that mean that one is allowed to use Outlook Express from
Virtue Mode. Considering that Windows 7 doesn't?
rogelio_terra...@wowway.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopher...@googlemail.com>
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Window 7 inquiry
It allows you to run programs that can't run under Windows 7 natively.
What happens is that you download two components, Windows Virtual PC and
a virtual machine running XP SP3. What happens next is that you start
this virtual machine, then, on your Windows 7 start menu you'll see
applications that come with XP, such as IE6, Outlook Express, etc. What
then happens is that the application runs, silently, inside this virtual
machine, but actually appears and functions on your Windows 7 desktop.
Once you've closed the application, the virtual machine also closes. At
least that's how I interpret this anyway. The feature is called XP mode.
You can only use this, however, on higher versions of Windows, and your
PC must support either Intel virtualization or the equivalent for AMD
processors. Hope this helps.
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From: "ROGELIO TERRAZAS" <rogelio_terra...@wowway.com>
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 8:54 AM
To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Window 7 inquiry
I was just reading something on the Internet. They said that Windows 7
Home Premium is not going to come with that XP Virtue feature. My
question is, " What is that feature really used for anyway?".
rogelio_terra...@wowway.com
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