[BlindTlk] Computers

[Jude DaShiell]

If I ever buy a computer with windows on it I clean windows off the
computer and replace it with Linux.  That's an operating system I can
install.  Even now I wouldn't install windows since the windows keys
aren't in braille anywhere on the package or dvd and I live mostly alone.
Be my eyes is available to read windows keys but the only way I'd contact
them for that kind of help would be to install windows on a computer for
someone else to have and use.  In the original poster's case, it's
probably time to buy a new computer silicone is like a battery and has a
mean time before failure of 5 years so if you got 11 years out of it the
computer owes you nothing.  Best to get your data backed up first and make
sure you can restore data first.
Updates sometimes cannot be done depending on the type of hardware and the
hardware's age.  If possible to do updates it's usually adviseable to do
them.  Service packs I have found were the most dangerous of updates and a
laptop I had with windows on it failed to update on a service pack so that
one got trashed.



Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2023, Sherry Gomes via BlindTlk wrote:

> Me too, Judy. The last three computers I've purchased, I've been able to set up completely alone. I've always installed my own jaws. When I first started using jaws in 1999, I didn't even know there was such a thing as tech support to help me install it. lol. I've come a long way.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Judy Jones via BlindTlk
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2023 11:02 AM
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> Cc: Judy Jones <sonshines59 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] Computers
>
> Hi,
>
> My old Toshiba was replaced with a Dell about three years ago, and, out of the box, the Microsoft Narrator came on, and I was able to set up Windows on my own.
>
> I,ve been installing Jaws myself, now, for years now.
>
> Judy
> sent from my Samsung phone
>
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2023, 10:42 AM Jamelle via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I wanted to ask everyone on the list how often do you get a new
> > computer with assistive technologies included?
> >
> > I also would like to ask about window updates. Do you install every
> > new version of windows etc?
> >
> > I'm asking because I think it's time for me to get a new pc (I think I
> > purchased my current pc in 2012);  and I'm thinking about purchasing a
> > new computer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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