Interesting. Certainly not as simple as they first lead us to believe. Just another reason for me to wait a while before jumping in
Dave Carlson Sent from my iPhone using the handwriting feature. On Jul 31, 2015, at 10:39, Michael B. <mb69ma...@charter.net> wrote: Hi John, Here are the Windows 10 Upgrade Steps From Freedom Scientific Windows 10 Upgrade We are pleased to announce that JAWS 16 and MAGic 13 are ready for Windows 10. If you have not updated to the latest builds of JAWS and MAGic yet, please do so now from the links at the end of this page. Below, we have provided the steps to follow depending on which version of Windows you are upgrading from. Please review and follow these steps to ensure older versions of JAWS and MAGic have been removed first, before executing the Windows 10 Upgrade. A utility tool is available to assist you during this process. For a general list of questions about Windows 10 and your Freedom Scientific software, see the Windows 10 FAQs. Updating from Windows 8.1 list of 3 items 1. Install JAWS 16.0.4350 or higher, or MAGic 13.0.1119 or higher. 2. Download and run the utility tool to help remove older versions of JAWS and MAGic. 3. Perform the update to Windows 10 and JAWS 16 and MAGic 13 will continue working as expected. list end Updating from Windows 7 Please note: Once you run the utility tool in Windows 7, your Freedom Scientific products will not run until you reinstall the latest versions of JAWS 16, MAGic 13, or OpenBook 9. We suggest you not run the utility until you are ready to start the Windows 10 upgrade. list of 2 items 1. Install JAWS 16.0.4350 or higher. 2. Download and run the utility tool to help remove older versions of JAWS and MAGic. list end list of 2 items . MAGic needs to be uninstalled on Windows 7 prior to upgrading. After upgrading, MAGic can be cleanly installed on Windows 10. . OpenBook needs to be uninstalled on Windows 7 prior to upgrading. After upgrading, OpenBook can be cleanly installed on Windows 10. list end list of 2 items 3. Perform the upgrade to Windows 10. 4. After upgrading Windows 10: list end list of 3 items . JAWS users should now execute the install of JAWS 16.0.4350 or higher on top of the current JAWS installation. . MAGic users can now install MAGic 13.0.1119 or higher for MAGic to work in Windows 10. . OpenBook users can now install OpenBook 9 or higher for OpenBook to work in Windows 10. list end Additional Recommendations from Microsoft For web browsing, Microsoft recommends that users of assistive technology avoid the new default Edge browser at this time and switch to Internet Explorer or another browser you may have used in Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. To change the default browser, do the following: list of 5 items 1. Open Settings by typing "settings" into the Windows 10 Search box, or press WINDOWS Key+I. 2. Type "default" in the Search edit box. 3. Choose Default app settings. 4. Activate the Web browser button. 5. Select the web browser you want to use. Available choices will be all installed browsers on your computer. list end For email, Microsoft recommends users of assistive technology not use the built-in email client at this time. We suggest you continue using email clients such as Outlook or Thunderbird. For PDF documents, Microsoft recommends users install a third-party reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader 11 or Adobe Acrobat DC. Download JAWS Download MAGic main region end ©2015 Freedom Scientific, Inc. 800-444-4443 727-803-8000 Contact Us GSA Advantage Accessibility Policy Conditions of Use Privacy Policy Consumer Electronics Association member Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Go Dodgers! ----- Original Message ----- From: John Melia To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 8:59 PM Subject: [JAWS-Users] question on upgrading to windows 10 I have the latest version and the updates of jaws. And I don't have other jaws versions on the computer. Is their anything I need to do or I can upgrade and jaws will work fine thanks. 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/
