That's interesting because I thought Windows NT was more stable than
Windows 95 or 98, and that with Service Pack 4, it supports Active
Accessibility.
Regards,
Jamal
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Aaron Howell wrote:
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:41:36 +1000
> From: Aaron Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Updating my unit,
>
> Firstly, you should nto upgrade to NT.
> NT is a downgrade from windows95, *not* as is commonly touted, an upgrade.
> NT 4.0 does not support plug and play, nor does it support active accessability.
> Coupled with the fact that its as unstable as all hell, and that JawsNT is on the
>order of $700US dearer,
> NT is currently not a viable upgrade path for a visually impaired person.
> That said, you should have no trouble upgrading to windows98 with your current
>system.
> In fact, with the possible assistance of a sighted person during the hardware
>detection phase in case it doesnt detect something properly,
> You can even do the upgrade on your own too.
> Be aware that while installing win98 will not harm your jaws key, you should not
>undertake the conversion to fat32 which you will be offered a chance to do until you
>have removed your jaws key from your hard drive.
> Once you have converted your drive to fat32 you can reinstall the jaws key and
>everything will be as it should be.
> If you need speech to do the conversion you should use a key off your jaws disk,
> that is, have the jaws disk in the drive when jaws is started, that way jaws will
>find the key on the disk and will speak.
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 09:58:20PM -0800, Cathy wrote:
> > Hello:
> > I am running jfw 3.2.31 and windows 95. I have been told that nt is the
> > application I should upgrade to because it is a more stable program. If
> > this is true, do I have to buy a hole new jaws program, or can I upgrade
> > this that I already have to run nt? If I have to get a new jaws program to
> > run nt, then the question I have for you is what do I have to do to be able
> > to update to windows 98? I am also running a dec-talk express if that will
> > help
> > Cathy and guide dog Tilly, Black Lab:
> >
> >
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