Unless something has changed at Freedom Scientific, I'd be surprised if they agree to help you, I heard someone asked for help and when they found out that they were using JFW on a virtual machine on a mac, they said that wasn't supported. On Sep 16, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Keith Watson wrote:
> Mike, > > So far neither you or Scott have installed the vmware tools on your > upgraded vm's and you are working fine. I have convinced Scott to make > a copy of his vm and attempt to install the tools. I have a feeling > that it will crash but would like a verification. I have posted a > ticket with VMWare and will probably give Freedom Scientific a call > today. > > Thanks, > > > Keith Watson > 813-760-1381 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:40 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > >> I don't think it tried to do that, since my windows 7 virtual machine works >> fine the way it is, I'm going to leave it, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> On Sep 15, 2011, at 7:13 PM, Keith Watson wrote: >> >>> Mike, >>> >>> Did your vm automatically try to install vmware tools even after saying no >>> to the upgrade vm option? No matter what I have done it always seems to >>> want to install. I have to cancel and can then use the vm, but it's >>> annoying. >>> >>> >>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> >>>> I have window yes, I think it's 7.2 installed, I will try it. I don't see >>>> any difference in a version 4 virtual machine, I think it supports hd >>>> audio, and better graphics, you might try copying your version 3 virtual >>>> machine back, and telling fusion not to upgrade it. By the way, pressing >>>> enter at that window eyes prompt does not reboot windows, it just exits >>>> window eyes. >>>> On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Robert Carter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> After upgrading from VMWare Fusion 3 to 4, fusion asked to upgrade my >>>>> Windows XP VM that I had been using with Fusion 3. After upgrading the >>>>> VM, Window-Eyes version 7.1 said that the video driver had changed and >>>>> that windows needed to restart. Window-Eyes then said press enter to >>>>> continue. After that point, I get no sound from the VM at all. I am not >>>>> positive whether or not it actually restarted but it appears that it >>>>> probably did. At least fusion seems to think that windows is running. At >>>>> any rate, if I let it sit for a few minutes, the fan on my Mac starts >>>>> running at top speed suggesting that the computer is working extremely >>>>> hard. >>>>> >>>>> I booted my system with an earlier SuperDuper clone and of course >>>>> Window-Eyes ran fine because I was again using fusion 3. I then >>>>> uninstalled Window-Eyes from that SuperDuper clone and copy the VM >>>>> without Window-Eyes back to my fusion 4 installation. I then allowed the >>>>> XP VM to be upgraded by fusion to work with fusion 4. I then ran System >>>>> Access as the screen reader and it works perfectly. I have not yet >>>>> decided whether or not I will try installing Window-Eyes but it is >>>>> possible that Window-Eyes does not like fusion 4. >>>>> >>>>> Does anybody have fusion 4 working with Window-Eyes in an XP VM? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Robert Carter >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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