> Windows doesn't have SATA drivers? How quaint? It does, but you can't boot with a normal cd, least not the ones I have, if you buy a laptop from gw, and toshiba for sure. You need to make an image of the cd with the extracted driver, which I haven't had the pacients to do. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice > Wrong! I'm using them under XP Home Pro and Vista. > > Nick > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice > > >> Windows doesn't have SATA drivers? How quaint? >> >> I've also heard their 64-bit support is behind. Is that so? >> >> Janina >> >> Tyler Littlefield writes: >>> I've got xp. right now, the only thing stopping me from going totally >>> with that rather than with this crap they load is the fact that I can't >>> get sata drivers, and any other xp install doesn't recognize it. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tyler Littlefield >>> http://tysdomain.com >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" >>> <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: Installing Windows was: speakup is nice >>> >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:53:25AM -0600, John G. Heim wrote: >>>>> Oh, shoot! One more major drawback. It doesn't work with Vista. Only >>>>> Windows XP. I'd presume though that you could install XP, install >>>>> speech, >>>>> and then upgrade to Vista. That used to work when upgrading from 95 or >>>>> ME >>>>> to XP. >>>> >>>> The other drawback I see here too is that this requires you to have >>>> both legal copies of xp, and an upgrade copy of vista. This could be >>>> quite expensive, assuming you want to go legal of course. Also, this >>>> is fine, as long as it's still possible to buy a copy of xp. However, >>>> once those stop being sold, and you don't have one before that >>>> happens, you're probably out of luck. >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> >>>> - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >>>> gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >>>> skype: gregn1 >>>> (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) >>>> >>>> - -- >>>> Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >>>> >>>> iEYEARECAAYFAkls+DQACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAFOQCgmjWzbQT7bb//+R1f1nGjxfsp >>>> Ol0AoMkDD64dgMediv6TC/iCcNkXSuEA >>>> =HW6i >>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>>> >>>> __________ NOD32 3760 (20090112) Information __________ >>>> >>>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; >> sip:janina at CapitalAccessibility.Com >> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com >> >> Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and >> Canada >> Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com >> >> Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org >> Linux Foundation http://a11y.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1920 - Release Date: > 1/27/2009 6:15 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
