Hi, Anna, I'm sorry to hear that you have been hit by the same malidy that struck me when I first switched. Parralels is indeed inaccessible. I recommend VMWare Fusion for $89 or if you're a student $49. Virtualbox is free for non-comercial use and is $30/year for comercial use. Virtualbox is not very accessible, but rather the Command-Line is the easier way out on that one.
The reason Parallels is not working with JAWS is the Video Intercept Manager does not play nicely. If nothing else, use Window-Eyes or NVDA. If I may ask, what do you need Windows for. I understand you need it for our job, but what exactly are you doing with it. It is possible you can do this on your Mac without the headache of Windows. Regards, Alex, On 20-Jul-09, at 7:24 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hello, > > Ive been teaching and writing about computers and related technologies > for several years. I've been interested in the Mac since I heard the > Main Menu show describing access to Tiger, and I finally bought a Mac > about a month ago. I've had the inevitable moments of frustration that > go along with learning anything new, but overall, I'm enjoying the Mac > so far. I'm particularly grateful for Mike Arrigo's excellent podcast > demonstrations and David Pogue's Switching to the Mac: The Missing > Manual. I have a few questions, though, and I hope to be able to help > others as I learn more. > > My most pressing question at the moment involves running Windows on my > Mac, something necessary for my job. I'm using Parallels because I > didn't know it was inaccessible until after I bought it. My husband > installed the Windows virtual machine, we got all the high priority > updates, and it's basically working. However, when we tried to install > JAWS, Windows attempted to restart during the installation and didn't > come up again. The only way we could get it to restart was to restore > to a point before we started installing JAWS. What do I need to do > before installing JAWS? I assume some driver is required, but don't > know what it is. Thanks for any help. > > Best, > Anna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
