[Ohio-talk] mixing versions of Jaws

[David Andrews]

You don't think you have been adversely impacted yet, but it is 
difficult to know.  YOur computer could be acting as a spam relay, in 
the background, or your address and name could have been taken for use in spam.

Dave

At 01:50 PM 1/11/2016, you wrote:
>Thanks Marianne- that makes some logical sense.
>
>I know about XP not being supported. I haven't suffered much as a result of
>that yet, but that probably means I don't use my computer for all the
>purposes others do. I mainly use my computer for email using Outlook, for
>BARD, Google for finding information and some  downloads, and Word for
>reading and writing documents.
>
>Cheryl
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
>Denning via Ohio-talk
>Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 2:06 PM
>To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
>Cc: Marianne Denning
>Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] mixing versions of Jaws
>
>No, JAWS version 12 is not picky.  The problem is that Windows 8 and
>10 came out after JAWS version 12.  To use Windows 8 you must have at least
>JAWS version 15 and to use Windows 10 you must have at least JAWS 16.  You
>could certainly use JAWS 12 with any Windows operating system up to and
>through Windows 7.  The same is true with JAWS 14.
>Be aware that Microsoft has stopped supporting Windows XP.
>
>On 1/11/16, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Is Windows 12 extra picky in some way as to what operating system
> > environment it works in?
> >
> >
> >
> > This is confusing to me because I currently use Jaws 14 successfully
> > with the XP operating system. The programs I use such as Word and
> > Outlook are the
> > 2010 versions. I think Word 2010 and Outlook 2010 are the programs
> > that would have come out at the same time as the Windows 7 operating
>system did.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Again, is Windows 12 extra picky in some way as to what operating
> > system environment it works in?
> >
> > Thanks to All for your help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheryl
> >
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>--
>Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>(513) 607-6053
>

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