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Michael Weaver
Oct 27, 2009, 12:46:48 AM10/27/09
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Is Windows 7 easy to install without Sighted Assistance?
I am thinking of getting it at some point for installing on my laptop which
has Vista if I can't get Linux to run with me not having Sighted assistance
to be able to add my CDROM drive to the boot order which might be why Live
CDs of Ubuntu don't appear to run.
I am thinking of getting it at some point for installing on my laptop which
has Vista if I can't get Linux to run with me not having Sighted assistance
to be able to add my CDROM drive to the boot order which might be why Live
CDs of Ubuntu don't appear to run.
Brian Gaff
Oct 27, 2009, 4:57:51 AM10/27/09
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I think nothing is totally foolproof in this world, and so it is with7. I
failed to manage it myself due to the fact that half way through the
install, it has to do a reboot to start with Win7 running and it is here
where the problem lies. If your hardware is not supported by win 7, you may
be unlucky enough for it not to have drivers for the sound. In that case it
might need to go on line and find them, and if you are also unlucky enough
for it not to have drivers for your net interface, you sit there in silence
with no way to get the drivers.
Why it cannot be inteligent enough to tell you while the old OS is running
is anyones guess, but at least when I tried it on the pre realease version
this was what happened, and I've kind of lost interest now one has to shell
out to get it.
failed to manage it myself due to the fact that half way through the
install, it has to do a reboot to start with Win7 running and it is here
where the problem lies. If your hardware is not supported by win 7, you may
be unlucky enough for it not to have drivers for the sound. In that case it
might need to go on line and find them, and if you are also unlucky enough
for it not to have drivers for your net interface, you sit there in silence
with no way to get the drivers.
Why it cannot be inteligent enough to tell you while the old OS is running
is anyones guess, but at least when I tried it on the pre realease version
this was what happened, and I've kind of lost interest now one has to shell
out to get it.
Brian
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Andrew Hodgson
Oct 28, 2009, 7:43:08 PM10/28/09
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Win7 is just the same for installation by a blind user as any other MS
operating system. If you are upgrading, it may work - but using
Narrator, if you have sound support on the other side of the upgrade.
Clean installs (which are always preferred) don't work with speech.
Having said that, if you can get someone to help you, Win7 is so much
of an improvement, especially the 64-bit version.
Andrew.
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