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Adding a Windows 10 System to Small Business Server 2011
by George Bell 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Since this is very likely to come up sooner or later here, does anyone know of any detailed (and plain English) documentation which advises precisely what needs to be added or changed in SBS 2011 to have a Windows 10 Pro system working fully? Policies are one thing which appears to be an issue. George W F Bell Managing Director Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 76 Bunting Road Ind. Est. NORTHAMPTON NN2 6EE, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 160 479 2777 Fax: +44 (0) 160 479 2726 Email: George(a)techno-vision.co.uk<mailto:George@techno-vision.co.uk> Web: http://www.techno-vision.co.uk

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ftp server
by Negoslav Sabev 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Hello, I have used the native ftp server for Windows server 2012 r2 and also Filezilla server. The problem in the IIS is that if there are too many ftp users, there should have to bee the same number of OS users. Filezilla is better with user management, but seems very unreliable to me, because it works for awhile and then responds with the 425 error - unreachable network. So I am looking for something reliable that really works. Forgot to say that the server is in the Azure cloud. Negoslav

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using HPSM portal
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Hello All, The company i am working for uses the Hp service manager to log all service requests and other insidents. The portal section of this seems to be entirely in flash and totally unusable, whilst the console side is hardly used by anyone and therefore it is not possible for me to independantly log tickets. I wanted to ask whether there is actually a solution available for this? Regards, Chamandeep singh

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using HPSM portal
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Hello All, The company i am working for uses the Hp service manager to log all service requests and other insidents. The portal section of this seems to be entirely in flash and totally unusable, whilst the console side is hardly used by anyone and therefore it is not possible for me to independantly log tickets. I wanted to ask whether there is actually a solution available for this? Regards, Chamandeep singh

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baum supervario2 firmware
by mattias jonsson 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Sorry for ot but must ask Are it possible to update firmware on a supervario2 display?

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baum supervario2 firmware
by mattias jonsson 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Sorry for ot but must ask Are it possible to update firmware on a supervario2 display?

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Latest MacBook ProMac
by George Bell 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

For some of you Mac enthusiasts, this may serve as a warning. If you have already come across the problem, and solved it, I'd love to hear from you. I needed a new laptop, and as I require access to administer our server from abroad, I wanted one with Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate. I also require access to a Mac to test and show people a newly developed version of some software. So, the MacBook Pro with dual boot using Boot Camp, was about my only choice. I'll spare the details of a completely wasted day, which concluded with a call to Apple UK, only to be told that the latest hardware and Boot Camp no longer supported Windows 7 - period! So that's the warning if you are considering a dual book Mac. Have therefore acquired a month trial version of VMware Fusion Pro, I do at least have Windows 7 installed, though it sure balked at having to install 321 Windows updates, reporting that memory was low. (The machine itself does have 8 GB of RAM and a 500 GB SSD drive) I'll spare details the specific problems I'm having, and simply ask if anyone has found themselves in a similar position, and might be will be chat off list about all this. Regards, George W F Bell Managing Director Techno-Vision Systems Ltd 76 Bunting Road Ind. Est. NORTHAMPTON NN2 6EE, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 160 479 2777 Fax: +44 (0) 160 479 2726 Email: George(a)techno-vision.co.uk<mailto:George@techno-vision.co.uk> Web: http://www.techno-vision.co.uk

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NVDA OCR addon and vmware screens
by David Mehler 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hello, Has anyone used the NVDA OCR addon to OCR a VMware screen? I've got a vm that I'm trying to boot which I'm sure is giving some error because it isn't working, I don't have sighted assistance so can't figure out what's up, and was thinking I might try the OCR addon on it. Has anyone done this? If so, I'd appreciate a procedure. Thanks. Dave.

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FreeBSD vps
by David Mehler 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hello, Can anyone recommend an accessible FreeBSD vps provider? I'm looking for reasonable prices, accessible control panel and accessible web site the ones I'm looking at their sites aren't accessible so not interested in giving them my business. Thanks. Dave.

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NVDA OCR addon and vmware screens
by David Mehler 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hello, Has anyone used the NVDA OCR addon to OCR a VMware screen? I've got a vm that I'm trying to boot which I'm sure is giving some error because it isn't working, I don't have sighted assistance so can't figure out what's up, and was thinking I might try the OCR addon on it. Has anyone done this? If so, I'd appreciate a procedure. Thanks. Dave.

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FreeBSD vps
by David Mehler 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

Hello, Can anyone recommend an accessible FreeBSD vps provider? I'm looking for reasonable prices, accessible control panel and accessible web site the ones I'm looking at their sites aren't accessible so not interested in giving them my business. Thanks. Dave.

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Group Policy
by Fermin, German 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

I am starting to learn group policy at my school. I understand most of the concepts but get very confused when given instructions because what I'm told is there is not what I am seeing there exactly using jaws. Sometimes I have to click and other times I have to use the enter key and sometimes I just get taken out of the window completely. Any tips how others are navigating/using this? I am currently trying to learn on group policy management. HF

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Outlook 2010 not sending mails
by Barry Toner 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hi all, This has been puzzling me since yesterday. I visited a person’s house to set up their emails in Outlook. I created 3 profiles to house each mail account, as this is the way they are used to it being set up on 2003. There are two BT accounts and one GMAIL account. All the accounts are using IMAP. No accounts are able to send mail, but can receive fine. I have checked Windows Firewall, and even turne dit off. I have removed AVG that another person installed in case for some odd reason this was blocking. I’ve verified that the BT settings match those found on, http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44917/~/what-are-the-setting… I can confirm that the Outlook 2010 test in the email setup window completes by connecting to the outgoing server and sending a test mail. However, when we try and send an email to anyone the mails don’t’ go. I can confirm that another party outside of this scenario who shares the GMAIL mailbox can connect fine using Outlook 2010. I can also confirm that the BT IMAP accounts are sending and receiving mails and displaying the list of folders correctly on IOS. Is there something I could be missing? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Barry.

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NVDA remote with remote speech off but still usable
by David Mehler 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hello, I'm not sure if the subject is not confusing, here's my situation. I've got a portable copy of NVDA packaged as a self-extracting .exe file. It's got the remote addon configured with it so that on clicking the nvda.exe program it connects up to the nvdaremote.com server and remotely I can connect. I've got two situations where I do not want this copy of NVDA to speak on the remote side, one is the user is sighted and does not need to hear the speech, whereas I need the output channeled to me remotely. The second is the user has another screen reader running and two copies of speech would be confusing, and again only I need to hear the NVDA remote speaking. Are these situations doable? Second, though unrelated, does anyone know how to set up a control server? I'd rather not have to go through nvdaremote.com but would like to set up a control server on a server I manage. Thanks. Dave.

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NVDA remote with remote speech off but still usable
by David Mehler 20 Sep '15

20 Sep '15

Hello, I'm not sure if the subject is not confusing, here's my situation. I've got a portable copy of NVDA packaged as a self-extracting .exe file. It's got the remote addon configured with it so that on clicking the nvda.exe program it connects up to the nvdaremote.com server and remotely I can connect. I've got two situations where I do not want this copy of NVDA to speak on the remote side, one is the user is sighted and does not need to hear the speech, whereas I need the output channeled to me remotely. The second is the user has another screen reader running and two copies of speech would be confusing, and again only I need to hear the NVDA remote speaking. Are these situations doable? Second, though unrelated, does anyone know how to set up a control server? I'd rather not have to go through nvdaremote.com but would like to set up a control server on a server I manage. Thanks. Dave.

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Outlook 2010 not sending mails
by Barry Toner 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi all, This has been puzzling me since yesterday. I visited a person’s house to set up their emails in Outlook. I created 3 profiles to house each mail account, as this is the way they are used to it being set up on 2003. There are two BT accounts and one GMAIL account. All the accounts are using IMAP. No accounts are able to send mail, but can receive fine. I have checked Windows Firewall, and even turne dit off. I have removed AVG that another person installed in case for some odd reason this was blocking. I’ve verified that the BT settings match those found on, http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44917/~/what-are-the-setting… I can confirm that the Outlook 2010 test in the email setup window completes by connecting to the outgoing server and sending a test mail. However, when we try and send an email to anyone the mails don’t’ go. I can confirm that another party outside of this scenario who shares the GMAIL mailbox can connect fine using Outlook 2010. I can also confirm that the BT IMAP accounts are sending and receiving mails and displaying the list of folders correctly on IOS. Is there something I could be missing? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Barry.

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NVDA remote VS Window-Eyes or JAWS remote access in a datacenter environment
by Ryan Shugart 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Hi all: I was wondering what the experiences here were using NVDA remote access as apposed to JAWS or Window-Eyes offering specifically in a datacenter environment managing remote servers. I have Window-Eyes set up on just under 200 servers, about 60 or so of which I access regularly and the others from time to time if ever (Window-Eyes is in our base image so its ready to go if needed.) With Window-Eyes, I know I can just RDP in, once a desktop comes up press ctrl+alt+w and am good to go. If I were to use NVDA in this same situation, I know it uses its own remote access protocol and not RDP, which is both good and bad, but was wondering what you have found the ideal setup for that is? Thanks a lot. Ryan

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Decent wireless headset.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello, Not strictly on topic for this list but in a round about way it is very relevant. I've just broken my lovely Zenhizer head set. I've had this for about three years. I use this headset for Jaws only. I've a few sound cards in this machine for various reasons. One is dedicated to Jaws speech. I'm looking for a new headset. Any recommendations? I had a wireless headset eight years ago. It lasted me about five years but I got sick of the battery constantly going down. I even bought two batteries for it but if I was working on something for a very long time and the battery went down and I kept working on the second battery, the first battery didn't have time to recharge before the battery in use went down. It would seem strange to some but sitting on a computer for up to 20 hours isn't an uncommon thing for me some days. That's the joy of working full time, keeping up with new technology and also keeping my own business going all at the same time. I would love it if this headset would also let me hear the phone as well. It's a Cisco VOIP phone. There's nothing as frustrating as trying to talk to someone with the handset pressed up to my ear with my shoulder and jaws talking on the other side. I currently have an incredibly cheap wired headset for the phone but the desk can get a bit crazy with wires all over the place. I'm of two minds to go with wireless or not. I gave up on it after a lot of years of frustration as I said eight years ago but maybe things have come a long way since then. Any suggestions? Thanks Darragh Company website: www.computersupportservices.ie<http://www.computersupportservices.ie>

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Decent wireless headset.
by Chris Nestrud 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

I've had good luck with the G930 7.1 Wireless Gaming Headset from Logitech. It has a small USB dongle which shows up as an additional sound card. The microphone works well enough in case using a softphone is an option. The battery is not removable, but the headset can be used while charging. I usually charge it if I'm going to be away from the computer or if I'll be sitting next to it for a while. Charging is done through Micro USB, so you could probably use a battery pack with a USB connector. http://gaming.logitech.com/en-us/product/g930-7-1-wireless-gaming-headset Chris On Tue, September 8, 2015 5:35 am, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote: > Hello, > > Not strictly on topic for this list but in a round about way it is very > relevant. > > I've just broken my lovely Zenhizer head set. I've had this for about > three years. > > I use this headset for Jaws only. > > I've a few sound cards in this machine for various reasons. One is > dedicated to Jaws speech. > > I'm looking for a new headset. Any recommendations? > > I had a wireless headset eight years ago. It lasted me about five years > but I got sick of the battery constantly going down. I even bought two > batteries for it but if I was working on something for a very long time > and the battery went down and I kept working on the second battery, the > first battery didn't have time to recharge before the battery in use went > down. > > It would seem strange to some but sitting on a computer for up to 20 hours > isn't an uncommon thing for me some days. > > That's the joy of working full time, keeping up with new technology and > also keeping my own business going all at the same time. > > > I would love it if this headset would also let me hear the phone as well. > It's a Cisco VOIP phone. > > There's nothing as frustrating as trying to talk to someone with the > handset pressed up to my ear with my shoulder and jaws talking on the > other side. I currently have an incredibly cheap wired headset for the > phone but the desk can get a bit crazy with wires all over the place. > > I'm of two minds to go with wireless or not. I gave up on it after a lot > of years of frustration as I said eight years ago but maybe things have > come a long way since then. > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks > > > > Darragh > > Company website: > www.computersupportservices.ie<http://www.computersupportservices.ie> > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > https://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins >

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RDP with speech?
by Will Estes 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

All, I've got a couple of MSWindows boxes to talk to over RDP. I come from the linux world where other methods are standard but those methods aren't available for this project. I see that NVDA has an RDP plugin, but is that the way to go? Is there a solution that is more linux focused? Thanks in advance! --Will

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Decent wireless headset.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello, Not strictly on topic for this list but in a round about way it is very relevant. I've just broken my lovely Zenhizer head set. I've had this for about three years. I use this headset for Jaws only. I've a few sound cards in this machine for various reasons. One is dedicated to Jaws speech. I'm looking for a new headset. Any recommendations? I had a wireless headset eight years ago. It lasted me about five years but I got sick of the battery constantly going down. I even bought two batteries for it but if I was working on something for a very long time and the battery went down and I kept working on the second battery, the first battery didn't have time to recharge before the battery in use went down. It would seem strange to some but sitting on a computer for up to 20 hours isn't an uncommon thing for me some days. That's the joy of working full time, keeping up with new technology and also keeping my own business going all at the same time. I would love it if this headset would also let me hear the phone as well. It's a Cisco VOIP phone. There's nothing as frustrating as trying to talk to someone with the handset pressed up to my ear with my shoulder and jaws talking on the other side. I currently have an incredibly cheap wired headset for the phone but the desk can get a bit crazy with wires all over the place. I'm of two minds to go with wireless or not. I gave up on it after a lot of years of frustration as I said eight years ago but maybe things have come a long way since then. Any suggestions? Thanks Darragh Company website: www.computersupportservices.ie<http://www.computersupportservices.ie>

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7 recovery tools accessible
by David Mehler 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Hello, I'm trying to fix a win7 pro machine that keeps entering a boot loop. The 7 startup repair comes up, tries to repair then says it can't fix. I've tried googling this and have come up with two commands which might work: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot I'm wondering if this is something that can be made to talk perhaps via a PE? I'd appreciate any other suggestions to fix this. I'd rather not have to reinstall. Thanks. Dave.

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7 recovery tools accessible
by David Mehler 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Hello, I'm trying to fix a win7 pro machine that keeps entering a boot loop. The 7 startup repair comes up, tries to repair then says it can't fix. I've tried googling this and have come up with two commands which might work: bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot I'm wondering if this is something that can be made to talk perhaps via a PE? I'd appreciate any other suggestions to fix this. I'd rather not have to reinstall. Thanks. Dave.

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Learning.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

I recommend that you take a look at www.lynda.com<http://www.lynda.com> This was mentioned here before. I find that I don't get a huge amount of time to study during the week but I love that I can dip in to different courses when ever I get a few minutes on the bus or train, while trying to take a break during lunch or when just thinking about something that I'd like to work on. So far, I've listened to courses on powershell, SQL, visual studio, ASP.net and MVC. I haven't listened to anything from start to finish but it's given me a some key information when I've needed it. For example, I've been scripting in Powershell for a while but I never really realized how brilliant the help system was until I listened to the Lynda video on Powershell last week. For a person working in tech this is becoming one of my most valuable resources. Well worth the money I payed for the subscription. Regards Darragh

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Learning.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

I recommend that you take a look at www.lynda.com<http://www.lynda.com> This was mentioned here before. I find that I don't get a huge amount of time to study during the week but I love that I can dip in to different courses when ever I get a few minutes on the bus or train, while trying to take a break during lunch or when just thinking about something that I'd like to work on. So far, I've listened to courses on powershell, SQL, visual studio, ASP.net and MVC. I haven't listened to anything from start to finish but it's given me a some key information when I've needed it. For example, I've been scripting in Powershell for a while but I never really realized how brilliant the help system was until I listened to the Lynda video on Powershell last week. For a person working in tech this is becoming one of my most valuable resources. Well worth the money I payed for the subscription. Regards Darragh

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