[gui-talk] JAWS and 64 bit Operating Systems

[Marilyn Womble]

I had the same experience.  HP told me that the 64 bit would run but was 
sure to crash at times.  I chose to exchange my computer for a 32 bit.  I, 
too, had to pay more for the 32bit.  It is safer to exchange computers.
Marilyn womble
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Maher" <ljmaher at swbell.net>
To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] JAWS and 64 bit Operating Systems


> You should be able to get a 32-bit version of Vista to run on your laptop.
> Regards
> Louis Maher
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of mworkman at ualberta.ca
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 6:41 PM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] JAWS and 64 bit Operating Systems
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> After taking the time to carefully choose a new laptop to meet my needs, I
> excitedly brought it home and began to instal the latest version of JAWS,
> only to discover that JAWS doesn't support 64 bit operating systems.
> Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed.
>
> The guy at FS was useless, and I can exchange my laptop, but I won't be 
> able
> to find one running a 32 bit operating system that is as good and as 
> cheap.
> In other words, this failure of JAWS will likely cost me money.
>
> I wonder if anyone knows of any solutions.  I gather System Access now 
> works
> with 64 bit operating systems, but I would prefer to stay with JAWS for 
> now.
> Is there anyway to make JAWS run with 64 bit operating systems (Vista in 
> my
> case).
>
> I need this laptop right away, so I have no choice but to exchange it
> tomorrow unless someone can offer me a suggestion soon.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc
>
>
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