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suggestions of what to do when upgrading to windows 10 are from Jayson Smith. He
gave them to me and said I can share them. If you share them with anyone else at
a later time, please give Jay credit. Thanks. <o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>1. I would suggest backing up as much as possible to an
external drive, <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>just in case. If your system has multiple internal hard
drives or <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>multiple partitions on the same internal hard drive, back
them all up to <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>an external. It's quite likely that nothing will go wrong,
but it's <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>better to be safe than sorry.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>2. Stress to whomever is doing the upgrade that you want
to keep <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>everything, programs and data. I'm pretty sure if the
upgrade is <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>initiated from within Windows 7, it assumes you want to
keep everything. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>However, if they boot directly from Windows 10
installation media, <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>they'll be given the option to keep everything, erase
everything, etc. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>One wrong mouse click or miscommunication might lead to a
complete <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>reformat of the system drive if the installer is not
careful, which is <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>just one reason I recommend backing up everything you
can.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>3. Before Windows 10 actually installs, it does a series
of checks to <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>make sure everything's ready to be upgraded. One of these
checks is to <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>make sure all software currently installed on the system
will be <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>compatible with Windows 10. If any incompatible programs
are found, the <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>person upgrading your system will be given the chance to
uninstall them, <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>and must do so before the upgrade will proceed. In
particular, versions <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>of JAWS prior to 17.0 are not compatible with Windows 10,
so if you <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>still have some old JAWS versions installed but not being
used, you may <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>want to uninstall them ahead of time. Also, if you're
using Microsoft <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Security Essentials, it will need to be uninstalled before
upgrading. If <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>any other incompatible programs or drivers are found, you
should have <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>the person doing the upgrade contact you before proceeding
so you can <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>take appropriate action depending on what the program is
E.G. go ahead <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>and uninstall it and proceed, or abort the whole upgrade
if it's <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>something you can't live without.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>4. Once the upgrade is complete, JAWS may or may not start
automatically <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>when the system starts. I have no idea what causes this,
but installing <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>the latest JAWS seems to fix it. Also, if JAWS does start,
it may <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>complain that the display mirror driver is not properly
installed. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Again, reinstalling JAWS fixes this. Note that if you
upgrade to a newer <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>JAWS that is still within your JAWS software maintenance
agreement, it <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>might ask you to activate again, but it shouldn't actually
deduct an <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>activation from what you have available.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Hope this helps,</P>
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