Hi Kelly.  What is the state of IE7 access with Window-Eyes?
Thanks.
John

At 03:26 PM 10/24/2006, you wrote:

>Folks,
>
>Although  my personal e-mail address is subscribed to this list, I 
>work for Microsoft and on the IE team.  Some of the information here 
>is inaccurate.  Windows Automatic Update will not install IE7 
>without your consent.  There is a posting on our IE Blog at 
><http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/19/be-ready-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie7-by-november-1.aspx>http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/19/be-ready-for-automatic-update-distribution-of-ie7-by-november-1.aspx 
>that details how the process works.  It also has links to tools that 
>system admins can use if they want to block IE7.
>
>  Automatic Updates will offer you IE7 but you will need to respond 
> to a prompt that asks you about installing, not installing or 
> choosing later.  IE7 will not install without your consent, and you 
> do not need to make changes to your automatic update settings.
>
>If you are in an environment where machines are managed by a system 
>admin, it is possible that the system admin could add IE7 on the 
>machine without an individual users making the choice.  I'd assume 
>things like compatibility with other apps and campus web sites would 
>factor into that choice.
>
>The official version of JAWS that will work with IE7 is JAWS 8.  We 
>have listed the known issues with earlier versions of the program in 
>release notes.  JAWS 7.1 has resolved most issues, although 
>selection controls (drop down lists) on some web pages still do not 
>work correctly.
>
>
>Kelly
>
>----------
>From: Equal Access to Software & Information 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dick Banks
>Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:33 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Windows Update Warning
>
>Remember that the important point I was trying to make is that 
>unless you choose customize when using Windows Update, IE 7. Many 
>folks just choose express and let updating do whatever it cares to do.
>
>Don't get caught trying to go backwards with Microsoft products. YOU 
>WILL BE SORRY.
>
>Dick
>
>
>On 10/23/06, Jennison Asuncion 
><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>An e-mail was floating around on other lists that cautioned folks using
>JAWS V7.0 about downloading IE 7. If I remember correctly, there is some
>level of support for IE 7 with JAWS V7.1, but V8 is the version of JAWS
>that will be optimized for the latest version of IE.
>
>I'll try and hunt down the note.
>
>Jennison
>Jennison Asuncion
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