Hi, Andrew. Dave here.
Personally, my expirences with Windows Vista have been absolutely horrid, mostly with program incompatibility issues, and hardware just not working with it. It did not like JAWS of any version, and for the month I had it, it was a non stop headache of one problem after another, including hardware crashes, program crashes, and a total inability to use my computer at all. I finally got fed up with it, and had my rehab officer send my machine back to Dell, and had XP SP3 put back on it. I just got it back a few weeks ago, and have had no problems at all since. And since my machine is a Dell Vostro 1500 with 2 GB of ram, a Intel Dual core processor, and a 145 GB hard drive, that was originally desinged to handle the rigors of Vista, XP SP3 runs on it like a top. Imho, I would drop Vista like a hot potato, and go back to XP. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Andrew Head" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:20 AM To: "Jaws users list" <JAWS-Users-List@jaws-users.com> Subject: [JAWS-Users] I have a new laptop > Hi all, > A few weeks ago, I was given a new laptop for my birthday. I have 2 > laptops, > one for school and the new one. > the school one (which I am using now) runs xp professional, and office > 2003. > The new laptop runs a trial version of office 2007 and windows vista home > premium. I have loaded my schools copy of jaws on the computer and it acts > as a temporary demo until I buy my own copy. > I am trying to decide whether or not to switch back to XP and if possible, > office 2003. My family have windows xp pro on a cd, so that part is easy, > just not sure if we have a copy of office 2003 as well. > I have also downloaded jaws basic training material on office 2007 and > vista. > I am just wondering if people who use vista out here would tell me their > experiences please. the same with office 2007. I feel very lost on the > computer at the moment. > also, for some strange reason, the keystroke alt F4 doesn't always work, > which is obviously really annoying! especially when I have to shut down > the > computer quickly before I loose speech at the end of the demo time with > jaws. > > any help and information people can provide will be greatly appreciated. > you > can write to me off list to save traffic if you prefer. > to write to me off list, send email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > kind regards, > from Andrew > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
