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

Bud Schwab budschwab at verizon.net
Wed Sep 29 23:27:42 UTC 2010


Thanks Lloyd

I guess I'll just leave it ride for  now, it doesn't look real urgent 
at present for me.

73's from w6zypAt 04:11 PM 9/29/2010, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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