Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Don Marang
I totally agree with your basic premise. However, I want to correct some of your terninology. Yes, a clean install is preferrable. If you currently have XP, a clean install is necessary. Microsoft calls the clean install a "Custom" install. Watch out for the "Custom" button during the insta

Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread David
hello there; it seems that this function is a way to keep track of the sent document to the various recipients. To create a routing slip and route the file to reviewers list of 7 items 1. Open the file you want to route. 2. On the File menu, point to Send To, and then click Routing Recipien

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread David
Hello there; I just want you to no, there's a difference between, using an upgrade CD, and, doing a full windows7 install. I've been told by many people, it's way better to do a windows clean install, then trying to use a upgrade cd your most likely to run into fewer difficulties. I seem t

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
I don't know I used it a long time ago. You can always copy and paste to a word document. You can also try Alt F and save as. Andre From: yvonne oliver Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:53 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7 hi i did that and a re

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hi i did that and a report was created however although it asked me to save the report nothing happened how can i keep the report Yvonne - Original Message - From: "Andre Williams" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 10:05 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7 Well, your next c

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread matthew
Sorry I meant it would work better with xp. On 10/5/2010 3:50 PM, yvonne oliver wrote: hello Andre thank you for reply it is intended that i upgrade to windows 7. i have purchased from this person before and found him to be honest and trustworthy. and if i am not mistaken he owns one of the b

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread matthew
Hello there. First of all, and I say this from experience, Do not just upgrade to win 7. It is best to do a full reformat and then install it fresh. Seconmdly if you meanm the one you were talking about before You can't upgrade the memory and it would work better. On 10/5/2010 3:50 PM, yvonne

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
Well, your next concern is to figure out if your desktop or laptop has the horsepower required to run Windows 7. Read this page and follow the instructions: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en Andre From: yvonne olive

Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
ok thank you Yvonne - Original Message - From: "Mike & Barbara In Arcadia" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending Hi Yvonne; I have never played around with any of those options / choices. Also, I don't have the Routing

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hello Andre thank you for reply it is intended that i upgrade to windows 7. i have purchased from this person before and found him to be honest and trustworthy. and if i am not mistaken he owns one of the buy and sell lists. but not sure on that one without asking him. he said it was an upgrade

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread michael capelle
andre, I totally agree with you here. - Original Message - From: "Andre Williams" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7 Yvonne. Is this something you are certain you are going to do? It would be unfair for listers to put lots of time an

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
Yvonne. Is this something you are certain you are going to do? It would be unfair for listers to put lots of time and effort explaining via email possible solutions only for you to write back and say: never mind, I was just asking. With that said, I would seriously consider the implications of

Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
Hi Yvonne; I have never played around with any of those options / choices. Also, I don't have the Routing Recipient option / choice in my Send To list in the file menu of MS Word. Sorry, I can't be of any help to you. Eventually someone will come along with the info you need. Good luck, tak

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
No. What I'm asking is if the procedure you conveyed before was performed without the use of a virtual drive. I am trying to determine if one can install Windows from scratch without sighted help. The instructions you gave before implied this. Remember, I'm not asking if you can do this on a vir

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
so what do i do? i presume i have to save everything to a cd or something Yvonne - Original Message - From: "chris hallsworth" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7 Hi Yvonne. No. All your programs will go. They will need to be reinstal

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hi Yvonne. No. All your programs will go. They will need to be reinstalled. This is why it's called a clean install; you are affectively replacing Windows XP with a fresh install of Windows 7. From Chris H in Derbyshire E-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.c

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hi Andre. I have physically installed Windows 7 several times. Installing inside a virtual machine would be like installing on a computer with a blank hard disk with no operating system installed. From Chris H in Derbyshire E-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmai

Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hello mike i have an item i want to sell on the buy and sell sites. up until recently i would type the advert and copy it to the clipboard. prior to that i would type it all again for each site i send to. some allow the bcc field to be used and some don't so i did the above mentioned. then i decid

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Not during the Set Up Windows wizard you can't. This wizard loads before the desktop but enough to bring up Narrator. From Chris H in Derbyshire E-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 Pleas

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Definitely. This is one big advantage to use NVDA over other so called portable readers. From Chris H in Derbyshire E-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 Please visit my blog at http://chr

Re: [Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread Mike & Barbara In Arcadia
Hi Yvonne; What is it you are trying to do? It sounds like you are trying to email someone a Word document as an attachment. Is this correct? If not let us know exactly what you are wanting to do. Take care. Mike - Original Message - From: "yvonne oliver" To: Sent: Tuesday, Octob

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
Will NVDA on a thumb drive work without first having to install virtual display drivers and such like Jaws has to? Andre From: heather kd5cbl Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 12:11 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7 Or you can put NVDA on a thun

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread heather kd5cbl
Or you can put NVDA on a thunb drive and use it to help you set it up instead of Narrator. Just a thought! Heather For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread Andre Williams
Chris, have you installed Windows 7 using the actual physical disk, or are these the steps you use to install on a virtual machine? What are the advantages to installing in this manner (over XP) rather than completely wiping the drive and installing from scratch? Andre From: chris hallswort

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hello Chris thank you for this so jaws will go then? if i have to use narrator but hopefully everything else on the hard drive will remain intact Yvonne - Original Message - From: "chris hallsworth" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hi Yvonne and all. Here is how you do a clean install of Windows 7 inside Windows XP. 1. Insert your Windows 7 DVD. 2. Click install now. 3. Click "go online to get dynamic updates for setup." I personally choose not to but Microsoft recommends you do for the latest hardware drivers and security

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hi Chris does this mean formatting the hard drive? and what about all the programs and things i have here on xp. or do i just uninstall windows xp and insert the cd and run the disc? a step guide would help thank you Yvonne - Original Message - From: "chris hallsworth" To: Sent: Tuesda

[Blind-Computing] Problem connecting to Citrix server on Windows 2003 guest

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hello all. Host: Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. Citrix client: Citrix Program Neighborhood. Guest: Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition evaluation version. Citrix Server: Citrix Desktop Delivery Controller and associated server components. I have successfully set up a connection. When I try to connec

[Blind-Computing] m s word document sending

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hi can anyone tell me what routing recipients in ms word is. it is acquired when a document is ready to send and i press alt f and down arrow to send menu. in there are some choices 1 of which i know about but i am not sure about the others. and the one i mention above is called routing recip

Re: [Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hi Yvonne. You can use an upgrade disk to install Windows 7. However as you are on XP you will have to do a clean install. In other words, there is no in-place upgrade from XP to Windows 7. This goes for any version of XP to any version of Windows 7. Also, if you wish to install Windows 7 64 b

[Blind-Computing] windows 7

2010-10-05 Thread yvonne oliver
hi someone is selling a windows 7 upgrade cd it is unused and unregistered. it has the 32 bit and 64 bit version. i am wondering can this be installed over xp? i am told if it won't i would be refunded. but would like to know before i send payment that way someone else can have the offer thank you

Re: [Blind-Computing] hlp

2010-10-05 Thread Moderator
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[Blind-Computing] hlp

2010-10-05 Thread lali
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Re: [Blind-Computing] outlook express help

2010-10-05 Thread slcb
Hi Jacob and Rick, thanks so much for your help. I will surely look into both these programs. Samson. - Original Message - From: "Jacob Kruger" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:54 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] outlook express help Account details, lots of old email messag

Re: [Blind-Computing] Sound cards not working after reboot

2010-10-05 Thread Frank Ventura
Chris, yes that is correct R2 is 64 bit only. Frank -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 3:28 AM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-

Re: [Blind-Computing] Sound cards not working after reboot

2010-10-05 Thread chris hallsworth
Hi Frank. See my post on how I re-enable audio in my server 2008 guest. I am not sure if I can try R2 as if I'm correct there is not a 32 bit version of 2008 R2 and my host does not support 64 bit guests. From Chris H in Derbyshire E-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9.

Re: [Blind-Computing] outlook express help

2010-10-05 Thread Rick Justice
Hi Samson, Have a look: http://www.blind-computing.com/e_mail/pages/ebackup.html I have used this on all of my XP systems. This program does a good job, but you will have to enter your user name and password the first time you retrieve your e-mail from the server. HTH, Rick Justice - Origina