[blindlaw] Stability question

[Angela Matney]

Some good points re XP. But I believe Microsoft is planning to retire that OS and stop supporting it (except in vary limited circumstances) as of April, 2014. For this reason, while I happily run XP pro on one of my machines at home, I wouldn't invest in it for a work system.

I do occasionally experience odd crashes on my Win 7 Pro work laptop with JAWS and either Outlook or Word. I don't know if this is related to my particular hardware (which isn't the greatest) or what. But outside of these crashes, response times are fast. iManage is mostly accessible (though some odd issues with Braille and search folders persist).

Best,

Angie



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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 6:00 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stability question

Hello Mr. Doerr:

I belong to the group of individuals with the mindset that says that if it
is not broken, let's not bother fixing it <smile>!!

For this reason, I still run Windows XP Professional and I'm a happy camper
with this operating system.

I do realize, however, that 99% or perhaps greater DO NOT agree with my
school of thought.  As such, I'll recommend Windows7 Professional.  I'll
stay away from Windows8, even Microsoft itself is planning to release
Windows8.1 soonest, perhaps this month.

It will be almost impossible now to find a laptop with Windows7 on it unless
you're willing to pay an unmerited extra fee for a down grade.

Here's what I do:  I buy the laptop of choice, use Belarc Advisor to
inventory the drivers for sound, video, web cam if any, mouse/touchpad, and
bluetooth.  Then, I unformat the drive and install a fresh copy of Windows7
Professional from the scratch.  This way, I get rid of a lot of what I call
"crapware."

When installation is complete, I then download the drivers I had inventoried
and install them.  Long process, but it ensures that crapware are  staved
off my computer especially trial versions of a lot of software I may never
use.

Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado


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