Hi Chris, my point was that on such a machine (with two USB ports), with a Dongle taking up one of those ports, you’ll be practically restricted to just one USB port and would therefore have to purchase a USB hub if you need more.
Grant On Sep 2, 2014, at 7:13 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 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> 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] 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. >>> To post to this group, send email to 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. >>> To post to this group, send email to 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. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > 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. > To post to this group, send email to 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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