[gui-talk] Fwd: windows patch for xp and vista, for office 2010 and VS 2010

[Lloyd Rasmussen]

This is most likely to be important with Office 2010, and perhaps later on
with Internet Explorer 9.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Bud Schwab
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:21 PM
> To: NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Fwd: windows patch for xp and vista, for office
> 2010 and VS 2010
> 
>          Hi Guys,
> 
> I hope that update isn't too important as I get lost on the site
> trying to find and download the correct one.I'm not real sharp on
> these things and this site is so involved and inclusive that I get
> lost and don't know what to do. I'm running xp but it seems like
> there is more than one xp.  Anyway, things seem to be working ok so
> I'll just coast along for the time being.
> Thanks.
> 
> BudAt 10:17 PM 9/28/2010, you wrote:
> >This message is written from the perspecteve of a Window-Eyes user but
> >the information may possibly apply to other screen readers.  -Steve.
> >
> >  From:    Chip Orange lists3717 at comcast.net
> >  To:      gw-info at gwmicro.com
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >WE supports a new standard of accessibility info called UI automation,
> which
> >MS is beginning to roll-out, replacing MSAA in some of it's newer
> products.
> >The OS itself also has to have some support for UI automation, and this
> is
> >built into windows 7, but it's only made possible in vista and xp via a
> >windows update patch.
> >
> >some people choose not to apply windows updates automatically, and others
> >like me may find themselves working in a corporate environment, where for
> >whatever reasons the system admins block a lot of MS updates from
> >automatically applying.
> >
> >This recently happened to me, and I was attempting to use office 2010,
> and
> >was having some  unexplained issues.  once I applied the needed UI
> >automation patch (when GW told me about it), things began working as
> >expected.
> >
> >so, if you meet the criteria above, you may be interested in checking out
> >the patch link below.  unfortunately, you do have to work through several
> >links to find the right patch for your particular version of windows, but
> >once you do, you'll get a patch which is easily applied, and as far as I
> >know, if you already have it, you'll be notified of that, and no problem
> >will be caused if you're not sure if you need it or not:
> >
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971513
> >
> >hth,
> >
> >Chip