[Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8

[CathyAnne]

I love Windows 8. I have a dual boot for Windows 7 and Windows 8 on my computer and I've stopped visiting Windows 7.

I recommend checking the computer specs to see if it can handle windows 8. If it's an older machine, it may not have what it needs to run Windows 8.

CathyAnne

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On Dec 16, 2012, at 6:42 PM, "Jim Portillo" <portillo.jim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, here's a question then.  I have an old Del with Windows Vista.  I
> really don't want to mess with my good Toshiba using Windows 7.  Can I put
> Windows 8 on my Vista machine and begin using it?  I'm leery to make any
> moves without first knowing what all is happening with Windows 8.  I hear
> mixed reviews.
> Thoughts please?
> Jim
> 
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> 
> Open the Quick Access Menu (Windows Key-X). You'll find the Power Options
> there.
> 
> CathyAnne
> 
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> 
> On Dec 16, 2012, at 5:28 PM, "Barbara Johnson" <teatime45 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> I don't have the computer with Windows 8 in front of me, but I recall 
>> it's in Settings, Power Options.
>> Windows + I opens the Settings Charm.  
>> You can also try Windows q to open the Search charm, and try typing 
>> Power Off.
>> Good luck.
>> 
>> 
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>> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Teaching Windows 8
>> 
>> Just curious to know if many of you have begun teaching Windows 8. If 
>> so, are you running it without JAWS or with JAWS. I currently have a 
>> list of keyboard commands and last week I played with it for a couple 
>> of hours. The hardest thing I had to do was to turn off the silly 
>> computer at the end. I never was able to quite figure it out and had to
> ask for sighted assistance.
>> The person I asked had almost as much trouble with that simple thing.
>> Because it is out and being sold, our thought here is that VR will 
>> begin buying them simply because it is likely to be cheaper so it is 
>> probably important for me to get it down soon. Any tips or tricks 
>> would be appreciated.
>> 
>> I have the keystrokes from Denise's website but that is it.
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