Hello, I am running a 2013 MBA, with Win 8.1 installed in Bootcamp. The JAWS version is 15 current build. Right now, I am not having any issues with JAWS running in Bootcamp, but it seems that when Bootcamp has an upgrade that's when there may be issues? I have 2 old FS JAWS dongles stashed away in a safe place. Will these work if I need to switch over to using a Dongle to run JAWS in Bootcamp? I'm just curious for now.
Thanks. Eileen -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of The Believer Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of JAWS My MBP is mid 2012 and only one USB port. From The Believer. . . What if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/2/2014 7:13 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Hmm. I don't recall any MacBook Pros that had less than two USB ports. > On the non-retina models there are two on the left edge. On the newer > non-CD Retina models there is one on both the left and right sides. > > CB > > On 8/31/14, 6:05 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> Go ahead and set up Windows 7 and JAWS on your MBP if that's what you >> want to do. :) I doubt you'll have any difficulties. I only had >> trouble because I was following specific troubleshooting steps. I >> removed the JAWS and Window-Eyes video drivers from the Device >> Manager, with intent to repair them later. In retrospect, I suppose I >> should have uninstalled "Freedom Scientific Video Intercept" from the >> Programs and Features panel in Control Panel, but there is no >> guarantee that this would have made any difference. In any case, I >> was quite taken aback that this would have totally deactivated JAWS. >> >> Dongles have their fair share of problems too, but are definitely a >> little more fail safe. Just a random example of a problem I've >> experienced with FS Dongles, if you connect a dongle to a computer >> too early (e.g. before JAWS is installed), then install JAWS, the >> Dongle will work absolutely fine. However, Windows will offer you a >> driver update for the Dongle. If you install that update, the Dongle >> will stop working and you'll have a lot of troubleshooting to do >> before things start working again. Also of course on something like a >> Macbook Pro, if it is a current model, you'll only have one USB port >> to work with (given the Dongle will take up the other one). That's >> rather unfortunate. >> >> While repairing the Boot Camp support software is not exactly a >> normal part of using the computer that most people will have to do, >> Apple does roll out updates to the software from time to time which a >> lot of users will want to take advantage of. While I don't have first >> hand knowledge of this, I suspect those updates will throw off the >> activation as well. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Grant >> >> On Aug 31, 2014, at 12:45 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu >> <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> wrote: >> >>> Hello Grant, >>> >>> I am so sorry you are having this problem but thank you so much for >>> sharing your insights. >>> >>> How does one go about uninstalling the Jaws Intercept video drivers? >>> >>> I was thinking about setting up Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro but, >>> after reading your post, perhaps I'll rethink this. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy >>> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 8:04 PM >>> To: MacVisionaries List >>> Subject: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of >>> JAWS >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I encountered Wi-Fi issues on a late 2013 Retina Macbook Pro while >>> running Windows 8.1 professional via Boot Camp. I therefore decided >>> to do some troubleshooting. Really the only troubleshooting >>> suggestion I could find apart from erasing my Windows partition and >>> starting from scratch was to repair the Boot Camp support software. >>> I tried to do this but got errors saying that the installer could >>> not complete and to try it again at a later time. >>> >>> Upon doing some research, I discovered that at least a few people >>> got these errors who had third-party video drivers installed, and >>> therefore the fix was to temporarily uninstall all third-party video >>> devices, repair the Boot Camp installation, then reinstall them. As >>> you probably know, JAWS does in fact install a video driver to >>> assist with screen reading, so I uninstalled it temporarily and sure >>> enough, this was the fix. The Boot Camp installer was able to run at >>> that point and repaired the support software. >>> >>> Unfortunately, it seems that uninstalling the Freedom Scientific >>> Video Intercept drivers triggered my JAWS activation to be lost. >>> Clearly this should not have happened, but I've encountered many >>> situations where this has happened to JAWS over the years for fairly >>> minor system tweaks, or even smaller things such as turning off the >>> Wi-Fi switch on a laptop, and occasionally you can fix the problem >>> by putting things back to the way they were. I hoped that >>> reinstalling the Video Intercept drivers would have re-activated my >>> copy of JAWS, but it did not. This feels like a bug, and I think >>> users of JAWS should be aware that if they are going to repair or >>> update their Boot Camp Support Software, it is likely that they will >>> lose their activation. Since Apple does post updates to the support >>> software from time to time, I think this is something to keep in >>> mind. >>> >>> On another note my Wi-Fi issues are unfortunately not resolved. >>> Among other things, Wi-Fi does not work after the computer sleeps. >>> Windows thinks that I am using a separate Wi-Fi adapter (e.g. the >>> label of the adapter changes from "Wi-Fi" to "Wi-Fi 2", and no >>> connections can be established until the computer is rebooted. Also, >>> the connection drops quite frequently--and again, this only happens >>> while using Windows and not with OS X. >>> >>> Just wanted to share, but any insight would of course be welcomed. >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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