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Matthew Chao <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:55:36 -0500
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Wow!  That reallhy is poor quality control.  Or, are they trying to 
pull a fast one?--Matt, N1IBB.

At 07:19 PM 12/15/2014, you wrote:
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>I know some will consider this off topic, but I thought I would post it here
>as well as to the Jaws list.
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>Hopefully, it will prevent someone else from going through what I did at
>work today.
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>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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>From: Tom Behler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 7:14 PM
>To: 'The Jaws for Windows support list.'
>Subject: "Heads Up To Those Installing Jaws 16 via the CD
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>Hi, all.
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>Today, I attempted to install Jaws 16 on a new computer at work via the CD
>that was just shipped to me, and ran into an interesting issue.
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>Even though, according to one of my sighted colleagues,  the CD was clearly
>labeled Jaws 16, the actual installation file was the executable file for
>Jaws 13.
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>Obviously, Freedom Scientific quality control is not working very well.
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>What I had to do was go on line to download and save the executable file for
>Jaws 16 onto a thumb drive, and then do the installation from there.
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>I contacted FS about the error, and insisted that they at least send me the
>CD with the correct Jaws version on it.
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>When I asked them if they had seen anything like this before, they said that
>my case was not the first.
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>Will see what happens from here.
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>Dr.  Tom Behler from Michigan
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