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2.6: Advanced Install Options   
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2.6: Advanced Install Options
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When the initial dialog of the Window-Eyes install is displayed (where you can select to install with speech, without speech, etc.), one button that is not mentioned verbally is the Advanced button. Please note that these options are for advanced users only. If you do not understand the purpose of these utilities, or are not comfortable running them, please call our technical support department for assistance. You will also need to have speech running when you access this dialog; it will not speak automatically.
A = Advanced Options
Selecting this button will present you with a dialog containing the following options:
V = Install Window-Eyes Video Support - Select this option to install the main Window-Eyes Video Support system for the Window-Eyes Mobile installs.
M = Install Window-Eyes Mobile - Select this option to install Window-Eyes Mobile. Window-Eyes Mobile can be used to install Window-Eyes onto a USB stick, removable drive, or to another directory on your machine. Note that Window-Eyes Video Support must be installed before Window-Eyes Mobile can run.
S = Install Network Client With Speech - Select this option to begin the client install with speech.
W = Install Network Client Without Speech - Select this option to begin the client install without speech.
E = Window-Eyes Emergency Removal
If you attempt to remove Window-Eyes from the Add/Remove Programs control panel, and are not able to do so, then you can use this utility to remove your Window-Eyes installation. If you have not tried so, please attempt to remove Window-Eyes from the Add/Remove Programs control panel before using this utility. This utility will remove all Window-Eyes files from your hard drive, and all Window-Eyes entries from your system's registry. Again, this utility should only be used as a last resort in the case that the Add/Remove Programs uninstall is not working correctly.
Network Installation
Prior to attempting a network installation of Window-Eyes you will need to make sure that your network connections are working correctly. The installation process will take place in two steps:
The Server Installation
In order to have a successful installation of Window-Eyes on the server, you will need to be logged in either as administrator or as a user with administration privileges. After you have successfully logged in, place the Window-Eyes CD in the CD-ROM. Once you are presented with the initial installation dialog, select how you want to run the installation process: with or without speech, custom install (refer to Section 2.3) or quick install (refer to Section 2.2). Once Window-Eyes is installed, you will need to make sure that the Window-Eyes folder hierarchy is shared with appropriate restrictions. For maximum security, we recommend the following folder settings:
Depending on the operating system you are working with, you should be able to assign permissions to specific user folders for specific users. For more information on the default location of Window-Eyes files, refer to Section 3.1.
The Client Installation
Once you have successfully completed the server installation of Window-Eyes, proceed to the client machine to perform the client installation. In order to successfully complete the client installation, you must be logged into the client machine as either administrator or as a user with administrator privileges.
Before you begin the Window-Eyes client installation, you will need to make sure that the path to the Window-Eyes server installation has been mapped to a local drive on the client machine. For example, map the server path (\\server\wineyes) to local drive s for the client installation. The mapped drive must remain constant to ensure Window-Eyes is available for use at all times, and for any Window-Eyes user. You may, however, change the mapped drive letter between client machines.
Once you have verified that you are logged in as either administrator or as a user with administrator privileges, and have verified that the path to the server installation of Window-Eyes has been mapped to a driver letter, place the Window-Eyes CD in the CD-ROM. When the initial installation dialog appears, either TAB to the Advanced button and press ENTER, or press ALT-A to access the advanced setup options dialog.
In the advanced setup options dialog, you have two options concerning the client installation:
1. Install Client With Speech
2. Install Client Without Speech
Each install will prompt for the following information
All Window-Eyes files will be stored and accessed from the server except for the Window-Eyes video driver, the enable/disable video driver utility, and the Window-Eyes program group icons located in the start menu. The program group icons (or shortcuts) will point to the Window-Eyes server installation located on the mapped drive you designated before the client install.
It is important to recognize that the speed of the network may impact the performance of Window-Eyes. On a slower network, more time may be necessary to access files such as Window-Eyes core components and set files.
Window-Eyes Mobile
Window-Eyes offers the ability to be installed on a removable drive for easy portability. In order for Window-Eyes Mobile to function correctly, there are a few rules that must be followed:
Let's take a look at how Window-Eyes Mobile can allow you to take Window-Eyes on the go.
Roger recently learned of a new research computer station at his local library, and was anxious to check it out. Rather than taking his CD to the library, and installing his own personal copy of Window-Eyes onto a public computer, Roger decided to use the Window-Eyes Mobile install so that he could keep all of his Window-Eyes settings on his personal USB pen drive. Before heading off to the library, Roger installed Window-Eyes Mobile onto his pen drive using the Window-Eyes Mobile install located under the Advanced Options in the initial Window-Eyes Setup Options dialog. After the Window-Eyes Mobile installation completed, Roger copied a simple Window-Eyes Video Support installation file from his Window-Eyes CD-ROM (located in the wevideo folder on the root of his Window-Eyes CD-ROM) to the root of his pen drive, knowing that Window-Eyes Mobile would not work without Window-Eyes Video Support already installed (Roger could have also downloaded the Window-Eyes Video Support tool from http://www.gwmicro.com/support). Once Window-Eyes Mobile, and the Window-Eyes Video Support tool were successfully copied onto Roger's pen drive, he headed off to the library. After obtaining Administration rights from the librarian, Roger ran the Window-Eyes Video Support tool that he copied to the root of his USB pen drive. Once the machine finished rebooting, the librarian set his permissions back to a normal user, and Roger launched Window-Eyes Mobile directly from his USB pen drive, and was able to check out all of the new research material available on the new research computer. Roger has been able to return to that computer several times, always able to work with confidence, reassured that all of his Window-Eyes settings were securely stored on his personal pen drive, and that the new research computer would always be available with his own copy of Window-Eyes any time he needed it.
Although the Window-Eyes Mobile install provides you with an easy way to get a fresh copy of Window-Eyes installed onto a removable drive, you could also choose to copy an existing Window-Eyes installation instead. For example, if you've made several set file changes to your own copy of Window-Eyes, and want to use those settings on your removable drive without having to start from scratch, simply copy your entire Window-Eyes directory to your removable drive, and you can run it just like a copy of Window-Eyes Mobile (again, assuming that Window-Eyes Video Support is already installed on the machine where you will be launching your removable copy of Window-Eyes).