Re: [Blind-Computing] UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

2012-11-17 Thread David Ferrin 
It's not really any kind of a major difference between the procedures. I 
wish I could find an accessible program for creating un-attended installs of 
windows 7 like I did for XP. The fact is without that you do require some 
sited help.
David Ferrin
Life it what happens after you have already made other plans.
- Original Message - 
From: "John Justice" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7


Hmmm!  I have never done that David.  In fact, I'm not sure that the average
computer  user would know how to perform a "clean installation".  I'll bet
it presents fewer possible issues but I'm not sure I'd recommend that course
of action to someone with normal computer experience.  You may have
forgotten that you, yourself, are highly skilled in these matters.  I, for
one, am not.


JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE
WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY
PERSONAL E-MAIL:  john_just...@verizon.net

-Original Message-
From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of David Ferrin
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 7:57 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

Having just done this a few weeks ago and also a veteran of a number of
system installs I can say that the best results may be had by doing a clean
install.

Save all of your data and format your drive to start fresh.
-Original Message-
From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of John Justice
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:36 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: [Blind-Computing] FOR RANDY, UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

Randy,

At this time, it is still possible to purchase an upgrade disk which will
take you from Windows XP  to Windows 7.  However, as soon as Windows 8 comes
out as a fully functioning version, the Windows 7 disks will be much harder
to find.  If you're going to do this at all, I'd suggest you do it very
soon.  There's a great deal of documentation available which can help you
transition from XP  to Windows 7.  Some of it might still be on the Blind
Computing site.  The version of Jaws you are using might have some effect on
how well Windows 7 functions once you have made the change.

Anything over Jaws 11 should work just fine.  For me, switching from one
type of Windows to the other was a bit challenging at first but to tell you
the truth, it wasn't that much of a problem.

There are many people on our list here who can give you help or hints.



I can't emphasize enough though, if you are going to make the switch, do it
very soon!

It won't be long before Windows 8 comes out as a complete marketable version
if it hasn't done so already.  The stores have a bad habit of getting rid of
older software very quickly.  That's because they make much more money on
the newer programs.

Good luck, Randy.





JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE

WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY

PERSONAL E-MAIL:   
john_just...@verizon.net

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Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread JM Casey 
Oh, it was a different problem I think, winamp was crashying from what I 
remember and I had to install it from scratch. Sometimes it seems to break 
and that's the only thing that'll fix it. Seems like a different issue for 
you though. In the past when files inexplicably didn't play and I thought I 
had all the right codecs, sometimes the extension was wrong, like I said. 
Winamp seems to use file extensions largely to determine the type of file 
being selected. One site I downlaod stuff from labels files with .m4b 
extension, which winamp doesn't recognise, but they're actually .m4a files, 
so changing the name made me able to play them. Other than that, the 
wrong/not uptodate codecs, the only thing I can think of is a rites 
issue...I know some mp4 files especially are protected so that you have to 
unlock them, but I never heard of ogg files being like this...





- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



What did you do to get the files to play?



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:47 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

yeah, having read your other recent posts now, I suspect you must have a
new-ish version, and in any case, ogg has been supported for a while...

The only other thing I can suggest is that you write in to the tech forum 
on

the winamp site. It's a bit of a pain though; you have to be very specific
about your system and setup and everything. I wrote in once and never got 
a

response, probably because I didn't give them enough info. Luckily I was
able to solve the problem on my own eventually...


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi,

I think I do have the latest version of winamp. I have several books that 
are .ogg format.


Rosemarie



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:32 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

Hmm, there shouldn't be. Winamp ought to handle these natively. That's
strange...the only thing I can imagine is that winamp isn't recognising 
them

because the file extension is wrong. This has happened to me before after
downloading something

Try updating winamp maybe though, if that's not the case?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t 
even play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria 

What did you do to get the files to play?



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:47 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

yeah, having read your other recent posts now, I suspect you must have a
new-ish version, and in any case, ogg has been supported for a while...

The only other thing I can suggest is that you write in to the tech forum on
the winamp site. It's a bit of a pain though; you have to be very specific
about your system and setup and everything. I wrote in once and never got a
response, probably because I didn't give them enough info. Luckily I was
able to solve the problem on my own eventually...


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi,

I think I do have the latest version of winamp. I have several books that 
are .ogg format.


Rosemarie



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:32 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

Hmm, there shouldn't be. Winamp ought to handle these natively. That's
strange...the only thing I can imagine is that winamp isn't recognising 
them

because the file extension is wrong. This has happened to me before after
downloading something

Try updating winamp maybe though, if that's not the case?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t 
even play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread JM Casey 
yeah, having read your other recent posts now, I suspect you must have a 
new-ish version, and in any case, ogg has been supported for a while...


The only other thing I can suggest is that you write in to the tech forum on 
the winamp site. It's a bit of a pain though; you have to be very specific 
about your system and setup and everything. I wrote in once and never got a 
response, probably because I didn't give them enough info. Luckily I was 
able to solve the problem on my own eventually...



- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi,

I think I do have the latest version of winamp. I have several books that 
are .ogg format.


Rosemarie



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:32 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

Hmm, there shouldn't be. Winamp ought to handle these natively. That's
strange...the only thing I can imagine is that winamp isn't recognising 
them

because the file extension is wrong. This has happened to me before after
downloading something

Try updating winamp maybe though, if that's not the case?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t 
even play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] can't turn down the volume in winamp

2012-11-17 Thread JM Casey 
That's strange. The volume control should be independent of the equaliser 
and ought to work in the main window as well.



- Original Message - 
From: "Becky Buckner" 

To: 
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] can't turn down the volume in winamp



Hi Rosemarie.
I have found that when that happens I have to do a control-tab until it 
says Winamp Equalizer and then the volume up and down will work.


Becky
- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 10:28 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] can't turn down the volume in winamp



Hi, everyone,

I installed winamp earlier tonight but now when I go to my favorite 
internet radio station, I can’t turn down the volume with the down arrow. 
Are there any settings I need to change in order to do that?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria 

Hi,

I think I do have the latest version of winamp. I have several books that 
are .ogg format.


Rosemarie



-Original Message- 
From: JM Casey

Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:32 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

Hmm, there shouldn't be. Winamp ought to handle these natively. That's
strange...the only thing I can imagine is that winamp isn't recognising them
because the file extension is wrong. This has happened to me before after
downloading something

Try updating winamp maybe though, if that's not the case?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t 
even play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] making winamp the default player

2012-11-17 Thread JM Casey 
I recommend selecting the audio files only, since though I love winamp 
dearly, it isn't really the best for video formats; for that I recommend 
VLC.



- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 1:29 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] making winamp the default player



Hi, everyone,

I forgot how to make winamp the default player. What I want to do is have 
winamp play all my files instead of windows media player. How do I make 
winamp the default player?


Thanks very much.

Rosemarie
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Re: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread JM Casey 
Hmm, there shouldn't be. Winamp ought to handle these natively. That's 
strange...the only thing I can imagine is that winamp isn't recognising them 
because the file extension is wrong. This has happened to me before after 
downloading something


Try updating winamp maybe though, if that's not the case?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 

To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:43 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files



Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t 
even play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?


Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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[Blind-Computing] having trouble playing my .ogg files

2012-11-17 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria 
Hi, everyone,

I just tried playing some books that I have in .ogg format but they won’t even 
play in winamp. Is there a setting I might need to change?

Thanks for your help.

Rosemarie

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Re: [Blind-Computing] UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

2012-11-17 Thread John Justice 
Hmmm!  I have never done that David.  In fact, I'm not sure that the average
computer  user would know how to perform a "clean installation".  I'll bet
it presents fewer possible issues but I'm not sure I'd recommend that course
of action to someone with normal computer experience.  You may have
forgotten that you, yourself, are highly skilled in these matters.  I, for
one, am not.


JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE
WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY
PERSONAL E-MAIL:  john_just...@verizon.net

-Original Message-
From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of David Ferrin
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 7:57 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

Having just done this a few weeks ago and also a veteran of a number of
system installs I can say that the best results may be had by doing a clean
install.  

Save all of your data and format your drive to start fresh.
-Original Message-
From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of John Justice
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:36 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: [Blind-Computing] FOR RANDY, UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

Randy,

At this time, it is still possible to purchase an upgrade disk which will
take you from Windows XP  to Windows 7.  However, as soon as Windows 8 comes
out as a fully functioning version, the Windows 7 disks will be much harder
to find.  If you're going to do this at all, I'd suggest you do it very
soon.  There's a great deal of documentation available which can help you
transition from XP  to Windows 7.  Some of it might still be on the Blind
Computing site.  The version of Jaws you are using might have some effect on
how well Windows 7 functions once you have made the change.

Anything over Jaws 11 should work just fine.  For me, switching from one
type of Windows to the other was a bit challenging at first but to tell you
the truth, it wasn't that much of a problem.

There are many people on our list here who can give you help or hints.  

 

I can't emphasize enough though, if you are going to make the switch, do it
very soon!

It won't be long before Windows 8 comes out as a complete marketable version
if it hasn't done so already.  The stores have a bad habit of getting rid of
older software very quickly.  That's because they make much more money on
the newer programs.

Good luck, Randy.

 

 

JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE

WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY

PERSONAL E-MAIL:   
john_just...@verizon.net

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Re: [Blind-Computing] FOR RANDY, UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

2012-11-17 Thread John Justice 
Hi Pete.

1.  No, it isn't necessary to re-format a hard drive when switching from XP
to Windows 7.  Both of these programs are simply operating systems.   They
help you access and manage other programs and files.  There are times when
an incompatibility might arise if your switching from a 32 bit to a 64 bit
system but other than that, no formatting of other files is necessary.

2.  Once you purchase the Windows 7 disk, you can load the same program on
several machines.  I believe that the maximum on some Microsoft products is
three copies but I don't know if that applies to Windows 7.  


JOHN AND LINDA JUSTICE
WITH GUIDE DOGS JAKE AND ZACHARY
PERSONAL E-MAIL:  john_just...@verizon.net
-Original Message-
From: Blind-Computing [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On
Behalf Of Pedro Romero
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 6:44 PM
To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] FOR RANDY, UPGRADING FROM XP TO WINDOWS 7

I have two questions regarding this thread.
1.  Must a person reformat a hard drive before converting from XP to 7?
2.  If I have already purchased a version of Windows 7 which I have
installed on a laptop, can I use that same CD to upgrade my desktop or must
I buy another copy of Windows 7?

Pete 


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Re: [Blind-Computing] making winamp the default player

2012-11-17 Thread Martina Letochová 
Inside Winamp go ctrl+p to preferences, there will be a treeview with 
various options; arrow down till you get to "file types", then tab till you 
find "all" button; press that and that should select all file types. Then 
shift/tab twice back to "close" and that should be it.
HTH
Martina


--
From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" 
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 7:29 PM
To: 
Subject: [Blind-Computing] making winamp the default player

Hi, everyone,

I forgot how to make winamp the default player. What I want to do is have 
winamp play all my files instead of windows media player. How do I make 
winamp the default player?

Thanks very much.

Rosemarie
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[Blind-Computing] making winamp the default player

2012-11-17 Thread Rosemarie Chavarria 
Hi, everyone,

I forgot how to make winamp the default player. What I want to do is have 
winamp play all my files instead of windows media player. How do I make winamp 
the default player?

Thanks very much.

Rosemarie
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