Just lucky in that I have been slightly blessed in this field. It's not all that hard.
While the system is up and running on XP put the Windows 7 DVD and let it auto load. Follow the prompts and then it will want to reboot. Leave it alone for at least a half an hour or so give or take, at least until you hear it just sitting there and no drives are spinning so far as you can tell. Load Narrator and believe me this is where the rubber hits the road and you better have some time for this job. You can at that point configure your time zone and all of that other stuff in the windows out of box experience naming your system ETC. Then once it is finished with all of that it will take you to your desktop. You can continue to use Narrator at that point to turn off the UAC and then I like to have on hand a copy of NVDA set to auto run from a CD. Then your next priority is to get your video drivers installed so you can then get JAWS up and talking. The rest is just how ever you want to configure your particular system which don't be surprised if it takes a few days or more because it is a big job. You will have probably over 500 MB at least worth of updates to download and install which even on my connection that is currently a 40 MBPS download took a rather significant amount of time to complete. Like an afternoon and part of the evening at least. The thing I must give windows 7 a large amount of credit for is its ability to round up drivers automatically. I just updated my Gateway a few weeks ago from XP pro to 7 pro and when I went to check on what drivers needed to be installed it shocked me to find out they were all already installed and everything in my device manager was perfectly fine. That last little bit is probably the sweetest thing because in the past I have spent many hours searching for drivers as I work on systems for family and friends in my town. I've done 3 or 4 XP reloads as well in the past year but the best story is the time when I reloaded a system for a guy and his network card needed a special driver which I couldn't get because it wouldn't connect to the internet since the card was not working. Fortunately I keep and extra USB wireless network card for just such emergencies. Long story short it mostly takes patience and a lot of time. Oh and it doesn't hurt if you know any bad language. David Ferrin A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked perfectly. -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] not repeating anything Well, Dave, you're about three levels above most of us piands, lol. I haven't attempted a custom installation without sighted assistance, though. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] not repeating anything > I've done it 3 times in the last year myself without any other help. > > David Ferrin > A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved > from > a simpler system that worked perfectly. > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Tom Clary > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 4:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] not repeating anything > > thank you folks for your help, but I found out the problem was remote > aaccess. so say the jaws folks, and my dad wants to keep it. how difficult > is it to remove xp, and go to win 7? > > On 7/25/13, Tom Clary <[email protected]> wrote: >> thank you >> >> On 7/25/13, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Then press the PC cursor to get out of forms Mode, and you may be >>> able to read over what you've typed. Now Press JAWSKey+s to get > Highlighted. >>> (this is in any or all JAWS >>> versions.) >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tom Clary" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 7:30 PM >>> Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] not repeating anything >>> >>> , it works, but it didn't do this, and still can't repeat, when in >>> forms mode, and highlighted is highlighted. is there a way to be able >>> to put it back to reread what i've written in forms mode,?, isn't >>> there a way to get it back, without changing settings >>>> it only happens when in the forms mode. i must not have jaws 12 on >>>> this pc, qand none was selected after jaws key + s >>>> >>>> On 7/25/13, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Do you know about the JAWSKey+s command, which when pressed >>>>> consecutively switches the Screen Echo between Highlighted text, >>>>> All, and None. (The default is, Highlighted.) Try those if you >>>>> haven't already. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Tom Clary" <[email protected]> >>>>> To: "jaws-users-list" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:14 AM >>>>> Subject: [JAWS-Users] not repeating anything >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> i'm on my father's pc, and when i type in a letter, word, >>>>>> sentence, i can't get jaws to say anything when i try and go over >>>>>> what i've typed. >>>>>> this is on word, excell, and the internet. it has jaws 12.1, and >>>>>> i.e. >>>>>> 8. not sure of the os...can't find it on programs >>>>>> >>>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> 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/ >>> >> > > 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/ 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/
