Hi,
I'll chime in on this one. I use JAWS 12 build 1170 on my XP Pro box here at home and it's working fine for me. It's very stable. Are there quirks? Oh yeah, definitely, but I can live with them; none of them are showstoppers by any means. I've still got Office 2003 on this one and it works okay with version 12, too. My laptop and the machines that I use in the lab at work are all running Windows 7 with either Office 2007 or Office 2010, and I see odd behaviors that are more serious. For example, In Word, if I switch to the JAWS cursor while in a document, I can't use normal reading commands; the JAWS cursor just doesn't track right. I haven't nailed down why that's happening, but let me tell you, when I'm trying to show a student the differences between how the PC and JAWS cursors are supposed to act, that kind of weird behavior is hard to explain away other than to say that it's just some sort of mysterious JAWS fluke, and that's not cool. Anybody got an answer to that one? Tech support sure didn't. Hmmm.
Tom
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisle, Ted" <Ted.Lisle@...> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:04 AM Subject: RE: What to do about XP machines Any of you guys using Office 2007 or later with XP Pro? Please contact
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:22 PM
To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
Subject: RE: What to do about XP machines
Same here Jaws 12 latest build on an xp pro sp3 machine. All working
just
fine.
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On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:15 PM
To: The Jaws for Windows support list.
Subject: Re: What to do about XP machines
Running JFW12 on an XP/SP3 machine with no difficulties.
Pat ByrneAt 11:38 AM 8/21/2011, you wrote:
Ok, Steve. ... Thanks for the response.
I'm going to play it cool for a while here and see what other feedback I
get.
Actually, I think my time and energy this week will be spent getting
Jaws 12 up and running on the new Windows 7 laptop the University
will be giving me, so the XP thing can wait for a bit.
Tom in Michigan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <k8sp@...>
To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <jfw@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: What to do about XP machines
Tom,
While several people have reported issues, I've not had any and I
am running XP here with Jaws 12 Pro.
Steve,
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Behler" <tombehler@...>
To: "Jaws users e-mail list" <jfw@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:27 AM
Subject: What to do about XP machines
Hello, everyone.
In a recent post, I believe Adrian said the following:
"Many listers have reported flaws in JAWS 12,
possibly because it is more directed to Windows 7 than XP. ... I
still use XP Pro,
and the warnings on this list have convinced me to stay with JAWS 11,
even
though my SMA entitles me to JAWS 12."
The timing for this comment couldn't have been better in my case.
Although this is likely to change soon as my University switches
us all completely over to Windows 7, my desktop at work is still
an XP machine, and still has Jaws 11. The back-up PC I have at
home is an XP machine, and that too has Jaws 11.
So, is the collective wisdom of the group to keep things as they
are now on the XP machines, rather than installing Jaws 12 which
seems to be geared more to Windows 7?
If this is true, you guys have just saved me some head-aches with
my remaining XP computers, and I thank you sincerely for that.
I'll save my headaches for installing Jaws 12 on the new Windows 7
laptop the University will give me this week. (smile)
Tom in Michigan
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