To be fair, it's less about the fact that you have an HP, and more
about the fact that you have an HP with all of HP's crap installed. If
you were to reformat and re-install, you'd have a brand new machine,
that would rock with Window-Eyes. I wrote about this, back in the day,
on our blog: http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/index.php/all/?title=new_pc_woes.
Aaron
On 4/6/2010 12:26 PM, C. Richcreek wrote:
Hi All, I am also using an HP but this is a laptop and having issues.
Most of the issues are caused by HP but WinEyes is, for the small
part, having some issues also, I would advise anyone and everyone not
to buy an HP because many of their Win7 HP support programs are done
in all flash? It seems that Microsoft takes two steps forward and HP
takes four steps backwards in accessibility. Another issue is with
Windows Live Mail. I don't see how the calendar can get corrupted data
in it when I never go into it but when this happens the email program
can not be opened, sheeze, multiple problems and WinEyes is the
easiest so far to get through. Sorry about the so long rant but just
had to spill. Thanks dearly, Craig R
*From:* Don H <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, April 05, 2010 5:40 AM
*To:* gwmicro <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* sent my computer to GW
When Windows 7 came out back in October I had a free upgrade coming
from HP on my recently purchased Desktop computer. Now don't lecture
me on why it is a bad idea to install a newly released operating
system as I totally agree but hey I am old and don't have time to wait
for it to be bug free as bug free never happens.
After installing Win 7 and WE 7.11 I had problems with a random crash
of my system when I started WE after a boot or computer restart. At
this point I couldn't say for sure if it was a Win 7 problem a
computer problem or a Window Eyes problem. I contacted HP with no
help, contacted Microsoft with no help and reported the problem to GW
and got the response that they couldn't duplicate the problem.
After numerous WE generated error reports being sent to Aaron Smith at
GW I got the response that maybe WE was causing the problem and a
possible fix would be in 7.2.
Well the WE 7.2 beta 1 changed the problem in that WE no longer
generated a error message but I was still getting the crash.
Aaron Smith finally told me that the only way that they could
potentially fix the problem was for me to send GW my computer.
I didn't really like the idea of sending them my computer but I also
was fed up with the problem. So a little over a week ago I sent in my
computer.
After they received my computer it got top priority for Aaron Smith
and others at GW to figure the problem out and get the computer back
to me in short order.
After a day of work at GW they did indeed agree that Window Eyes was
causing my problem and after another couple of days they pinned it
down to a timing problem with the Windows Log On service and GW did in
fact resolve the problem on my computer and will include the fix in
the 7.2 release of WE. Aaron indicated that this fix would probably
benefit a small number of WE users with the same or similar problem.
It cost me a total of $19 to send GW my computer and since it was in
fact a WE problem they paid the shipping back. I see that as a few
dollars well spent and just another indication of the great support
that GW provides.
So when GW recommends that you send in your computer don't be like me
and hesitate and send it in if at all possible. You will probably get
your problem solved and maybe just maybe make Window Eyes even a
better product.
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