I am using Windows 8.1 wit the accessible Start Menu Chris Mentioned. I got the app for about $5 for two pcs and they both are runnin flawlessly.
From: Chris Grabowski [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2014 11:27 AM To: Mike Bernard; [email protected] Subject: RE: windows 8.1 questions Hello Mike, Windows 8.1 does not have an edit box to start typing like Windows 7. You just bring up the start screen and start typing if you want. You can also arrow around the screen to find an application. For example just start typing fire and you'll get firefox or outlook for outlook 2013. You will not have first letter navigation on the start screen like before. Having said that, I have used a product called Start is back from www.startisback.com <http://www.startisback.com> This product gives you the Windows 7 start menu back. You wouldn't even know you were running Windows 8.1. Start is back isn't free, it is somewhere around $5. As far as the desktop goes, it is the same as windows 7. Hope this helps. Chris From: Mike Bernard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2014 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: windows 8.1 questions Hello fellow window-eyes users: I have a few questions regarding the use of window-eyes and windows 8.1. Is the start screen anything like the start screen in windows 7? In windows 7, you get an edit box, allowing you to type in something. But, you also get the regular start menu options that we're all used to such as turn off, log off ETC, to which you can easily access via the left and right arrow keys. If the windows 8.1 start menu is anything like this, I think I'll be able to adjust to it. Also, what does the desk top look like? does it still look the same with all the icons for the different programs you have installed? I'm used to starting up certain programs such as Internet explorer, firefox among others via the icons on the desktop. Overall, the main thing is accessibility. While things do look somewhat different in windows 7, it still has the feel of xp to a certain point. Things are just moved around a bit. But how does this relate to windows 8.1? and when installing window-eyes, do you have to do anything different with windows 8.1? I mean, does windows 8.1 have any effect on the installation of window-eyes? Most likely, I'm not likely to have my system setup where I'm asked to type in a username and password prior to windows starting up. On my home computer, I generally have that option turned off, being that I'm the primary user of the computer, with the exception of when friends and other family come over. At school, you have to type in username and password to get the computers to do anything, but at home, I'm used to simply pressing the power button on the tower and letting windows startup by itself. Can you do this with windows 8.1? Thanks. Mike Rochester, NY. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
