ZoomText/Fusion – Download and install (For IT Technicians)

ZoomText/Fusion – Download and install (For IT Technicians)

Problem

An IT Technician needs to download and install ZoomText/Fusion for use on a computer in an organisation with limited user login.


Applies to

  1. ZoomText
  2. Fusion

Resolution

ZoomText or Fusion may be installed using either of the download links below, please note that ZoomText and Fusion are separate products where Fusion carries both ZoomText and JAWS titles as part of the Fusion bundle.

 

Notes
Note
  1. This document covers manual installation of product directly onto a target system.
  2. In order to complete installation successfully Administrator login is essential for initial installation and product authorisation and main settings. 


Download ZoomText/Fusion installer

We recommend the offline installer for the product in business and other high security environments.  the offline package is completely self-contained and will therefore work best where internet connection monitoring and filering take place. 

  1. Please  make sure you are logged in with or can elevate permissiont to Administrator to conduct the install.
  2. Then use one of the links below to downoad the approprate installer:

    ZoomText - Offline Installer
    Fusion - Offline Installer 
      
  3. It is impost that the version downloaded matches the license, you can check the ILM product licensee.  If the product came with a USB dongvle you can check USB dongle license instead.

Run product installer

  1. Launch the installer and follow the on screen prompts to complete installation.
  2. When prompted to restart please do so and log in again as Administrator to finish setup.
  3. ZoomText/Fusion will launch automatically and may prompt for certain choices to be made, the most important of which are auto-start up options.  If ZoomText/Fusion does not start automatically launch it from the desktop item to continue.
  4. Once started a prompt may appear to update authorisation, please click Update Authorisation to begin the authorisation process.
  5. On the next screen click to authorise ZoomText/Fusion product manually to avoid problems with firewalls during activation.
  6. Click ZoomText or Fusion menu, then choose Help > About ZoomText/Fusion in the main window.  Check the dialogue shows the correct product serial number, if 801 or another 3 digit code is shown it may indicate authorisation was not successful or is insufficient to support the currently running product version.  
  7. Once authorisation is complete you may then be prompted by the Start Up wizard, please refer to JAWS Start Up Wizard screens for reference.
  8. During the start up wizard pay particular attention to any start up options.  Most other options will be for user preference that can be set later without Administrative access.  However, start up cannot be configured without Administrative elevation.
  9. Before handing over the system do a test restart to ensure that the product starts automatically or to the end user's preference for auto start. 

Further information

  1. Freedom Scientific JAWS installation guide

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