Hi Paul and others,
Paul, your directions worked perfectly! I'm now making progress.
Windows 7 is running and JAWS is talking to me.
The next important thing is getting a insert key as sadly even in laptop mode
the caps lock seems to stay a caps lock. I have sharp keys downloaded but
don't seem to be able to get it to work.
Is there a way to re map the keys in VM fusion?
And another tip where do I make sure the ram allocation is split to 2 GB each
for my 4 gb machine?
Thanks so much for this help folks! I'd be lost without this assistance!
eric Caron
On Sep 4, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> Don't worry about the version of fusion. You can update any time by going
> into the menu bar, vo m, then one vo right arrow to the fusion menu, then vo
> down to check for updates. That should give you the latest and lion
> compatible version. I'm running it just fine.
>
> Regarding the vmware tools, it will say not installed as long as the tools
> are really not installed. It will say update vmware tools as soon as the
> tools have ben successfully installed, but once installed there's nothing to
> update.
>
> Your next question was how to get into the windows environment. If you are
> inside fusion, you can check if windows is currently running by going into
> the menu bar, vo m, then right to virtual machines, then down to windows is
> off, windows is running, windows is suspended. That's a status item and it is
> therefore always dimmed. Below it, in the same menu, you will find options to
> change the status. I.e., if windows is now suspended, you will find resume.
> If windows is running, you will find restart, shutdown suspend. If windows is
> off, you will find startup. Make sure windows is running, to begin with.
>
> Now, how to get into windows. First off, windows can be full screen, in which
> case you only see button button in the entire fusion window, or windows can
> be in a small, tiny window inside fusion. If windows is minimized this way,
> you will hear connect apple facetime hd camera, connect hard disk, network,
> sharing etc. If you encounter these controls in the fusion window, you know
> that windows is now in a very small portion of the screen, inside the fusion
> window with all its controls.
>
> To toggle these 2 states, minimized or full screen, use command control
> enter, and explore the window with voiceover so you familiarize yourself with
> the 2 states.
>
> Now make sure windows is minimized. With voiceover, find something that says
> progress bar. This item is not really a progress bar, but it is the tiny
> window that windows 7 runs in. Now that you set focus to this window, turn
> voiceover off, command f5, and enlarge windows from here. Control command
> enter. From now on, you're in the windows environment.
>
> Now, be ware that your command key by default is not your alt key, and that
> option is not windows logo. Instead, these are swapped. You can restore that
> behaviour if you want so ask if you want that. To start narrator as a test,
> hit win plus r to open the windows run dialog, type narrator and press
> enter. Narrator is a bad thing to use in windows 7, so install nvda jaws
> window eyes whatever, as soon as you can. Remember: win r is command plus r
> until you change it.
>
> Hth, and let us know your further questions. From within windows, shut it
> down using windows itself. You will return back into fusion, where you can
> turn on voiceover some 5 seconds after windows 7 shuts down, and then you can
> go ahead as usual.
> Paul.
> On Sep 4, 2011, at 8:28 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
>
>> Hi Mike and others,
>>
>> I just took the plunge and purchased VM Fusion. I would love some help
>> from some VM Fusion users. My first big concern is that I purchased VM
>> Fusion 3.1 and as I read the documentation it says nothing about Lyon. Are
>> people using VM Fusion 3.1 with Lyon and Windows 7?
>>
>> I got to a point in the installation where it says VM Tools were not
>> installed and I should go to the VM machine menu and then VM tools. first
>> when I went there it said cancel VM tools so I assumed it was installing and
>> left it alone. Nothing changed but when I went back to the menu it now said
>> update VM tools. I pressed that and it offered me the chance to install a
>> install exe file. I went ahead and pressed it.
>> I really don't know what to do next. For all I know everything could
>> be working correctly and I just don't know how to enter the windows
>> environment. I did the instal from Bootcamp hoping it would come up
>> talking. I have entered my serial number for VM fusion but have not been
>> asked yet for my windows key.
>>
>> I'd love some tips. I'm in a screen that has vm file Edit VM machine and
>> such in the apple menu. on the screen there are buttons that say things
>> like connect hard drive. and connect sound card.
>>
>> Tips on my next step would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, you would need a windows screen reader, just like you would running
>>> windows on a pc. It's no more or less crash prone than a pc, it would allow
>>> you to run microsoft products if you needed to.
>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I'm still pondering getting a Mac. I understand I could run windows on
>>>> the machine using vm fusion? So this would mean I could run ms products,
>>>> but would I still need a screen-reader like Jaws? Or would vo work with
>>>> it?
>>>> Personally I find Windows very unstable, is it's quality through programs
>>>> like vm fusion or bootcamp good? Is it prone to issues?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Kirsten.
>>>>
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