Alex, I thought you could install windows itself without sighted help. Of course, you'd need help with installing speech unless you're familiar with the keystrokes to get your speech going. Isn't this how it works? Thinking of doing it here. Thanks, Don
----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:41 pm Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso > > > You will need sighted help. Voiceover can handle installations of mac > operating systems or updates just fine, but creating a VM is essentially > installing Windows, albeit on a virtual disk instead of a physical one. So, > Voiceover cannot see anything Windows does because Windows is its own > operating system, and so you will not be able to get speech feedback (thanks, > Microsoft). > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > Wow that's really nice. Now with both of us being blind would we still > > need sighted assistance during the install process or would voiceover work > > to tell us what's going on during this installation? > > > > Take care, > > Shannon Gerdts > > > > From: Alex Hall > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:07 PM > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso > > > > I did that recently, and it's really simple. You create a new VM, choose to > > install from existing file or CD, then navigate to the iso when you are > > prompted to open the location of the Windows install disk or file. Pressing > > enter launches the process, and Windows installs. That's all there is to it! > > > > -- > > Have a great day, > > Alex > > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> Ok so I purchased a new macbook pro 13" for my wife's birthday. We're > >> now wanting to see about installing windows onto her macbook using fusion > >> since that will allow her to run windows and her mac OS side by side so > >> that she can switch between the two and run applications as needed. > >> However, I'm trying to do some searches for doing such a thing since the > >> newest macbook pros no longer come with an optical drive so I'm not sure > >> how to go about this task using an iso. > >> I did manage to get ahold of the windows 7 version I have in an iso form > >> but would love to get some feedback on how I go about using this iso and > >> installing it into fusion. > >> I want to thank all of you for any help on this matter ahead of time as > >> it will be tremendously appreciated from the both of us. > >> > >> Take care, > >> Shannon Gerdts > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > You will need sighted help. Voiceover can handle installations of mac > operating systems or updates just fine, but creating a VM is essentially > installing Windows, albeit on a virtual disk instead of a physical one. So, > Voiceover cannot see anything Windows does because Windows is its own > operating system, and so you will not be able to get speech feedback (thanks, > Microsoft). > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > Wow that's really nice. Now with both of us being blind would we still > need sighted assistance during the install process or would voiceover work to > tell us what's going on during this installation? > > Take care, > Shannon Gerdts > > From: Alex Hall > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 4:07 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Installing windows 7 home premium into vm fision from an iso > > I did that recently, and it's really simple. You create a new VM, choose to > install from existing file or CD, then navigate to the iso when you are > prompted to open the location of the Windows install disk or file. Pressing > enter launches the process, and Windows installs. That's all there is to it! > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > Ok so I purchased a new macbook pro 13" for my wife's birthday. We're now > wanting to see about installing windows onto her macbook using fusion since > that will allow her to run windows and her mac OS side by side so that she > can switch between the two and run applications as needed. However, I'm > trying to do some searches for doing such a thing since the newest macbook > pros no longer come with an optical drive so I'm not sure how to go about > this task using an iso. > I did manage to get ahold of the windows 7 version I have in an iso form > but would love to get some feedback on how I go about using this iso and > installing it into fusion. > I want to thank all of you for any help on this matter ahead of time as it > will be tremendously appreciated from the both of us. > > Take care, > Shannon Gerdts > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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