Hi again Bruce, I don't remember changing much on my win7 pc to make it work with window-eyes. I really don't think you should choose to stay on xp though if you have any chance to use win7. One reason is a recent study which showed that even though win7 had more than 50% of the installed base of Windows, windows xp had over 75 percent of the malware infections (I think that's how it was phrased). the conclusion they went on to make was that windows 7 was much more resistant to malware infections than xp.
And really, once you read the free book I sent you a link for, you'll see there's very little difference in the two interfaces; you don't have to learn much at all. if you learn that control escape puts you into a search editbox rather than into a menu, you've mastered most of what you need to know already. you type a few characters of the menu item you want into this editbox, and you'll be in a menu, probably already positioned on the menu item you would have had to hunt for. hth, Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: BT [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Windows & Setting Up? > > > Hi Folks! > > Since I was having so many problems with my Dell XP I > decided to have them send me a Windows 7. When installing > under the fast quick start setup, powering up was no problem. > I then changed the settings to global the next time I > powered up the voice started then was cut off. It does not > talk on power up any more. > > Also, when attempting to download new apps it would not > let me, why is that coming up? Unless there are so many > permissions which need to be set, this is my first machine > above XP I have ever used. > > > Another question on using Windows 7 are there certain > settings that must be done or set to make the Windows 7 work > smoothly? I wonder if there is a way to get a more classic XP > type setup for Windoweyes on the Windows 7 machine? > > If not, I will just stay with the XP machine and its issues... > > Sincerely > Bruce >
