Hi Jacob, Have you tried installing NVDA? I hear it works quite well with Windows8.
Take care. Mike This email was sent from my iLazyBoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 4:30 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Windows8 preview installation Ran through installation of windows8 preview yesterday on my one spare machine, installing it over an old installation of windows XP, but issue is now that while it seems to have pretty much completed installation, and is apparently now asking for things like settings, etc., I don't seem to be able to get it to make sounds, start narrator, invoke run dialogue box etc., so not sure if it's still busy with part of install process, whether there's something else wrong, like hardware incompatibility, since this is like a 4 year old acer laptop, etc., etc.? Thoughts on what to try to actually try messing around with the operating system for real..? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
