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IP phone recommendations?
by Can Kırca 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Hi, Before I start, I'd like to say thank you to mr. Irwin, he answered my basic questions about PBX. Finally I've completed my IVR setup and other tasks, and now I need a dec or wireless phone. For handsfree and speaker quality, maybe accessibility features and for other details, which models do you recommend? I'll make outbound and receive inbound calls. Also, is there a way to configure these phones without sided help to enter SIP/connection details? Thank you.

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Automation for HyperV VM's
by Billy Irwin 24 Nov '21

24 Nov '21

Hi All, Have any of you had any experience deploying Windows VM's over HyperV by automating the install for example using an answer file? I am now in charge of a Hyper-V cluster and would like to rapidly deploy VM's. I would like to avoid using sysprep because it will disable RDP during it's process. Thanks, Billy

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Recommendations for small tablet?
by John G. Heim 23 Nov '21

23 Nov '21

I've always owned both an iPod Touch and an iPhone. The reason is that I don't want to carry my phone around all the time. So I am doing yard work, home repairs, working out or whatever, getting my iPod wet and dirty and wearing down the battery. Meanwhile, my iPhone stays safe and fully charged. But recently, I've gotten more and more irritated with Apple. For example, they got rid of the feature in the MacOS iTunes app that allows you to sync your music library with your IOS devices. So now I no longer have a way to get all the music I ripped from my old CD-ROMS to my iPod Touch. I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for an Android device that is similar to the iPod Touch. How accessible is Android these days? I'm not too worried about getting used to a new operating system. But as a long time IOS user, am I going to be disappointed with the accessibility of Android? - ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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Is this list still active?
by Anatoliy Shudrya 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

For some reason I cannot find archived posts when googling it.

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Changing display name in Outlook/Windows Mail
by John G. Heim 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

I have a friend who is a Windows user. I do Linux support for a living and don't even have a Windows machine. The problem is that her email display name is "Admin Server". Obviously, that is not her name. I created a Windows VM and tried to figure out how to change the display name on an Outlook or Office365 mail account and it's not obvious. Googling hasn't helped. I need to learn how to do this so I can walk her through it while I am on my Windows virtual machine. Any ideas? -- ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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Application to keep scripts organized.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Greetings, About a month ago, I stumbled across on Readit in the Sysadmin forum. Some decent person had created an application to keep scripts in some kind of manageable form where they can also be easily executed. When I downloaded the application, I found that it was written using XAML and as normal with XAML, most of the buttons weren't accessible. I provided a commit yesterday that fixes this. All parts of the UI are now accessible. I am still not entirely happy with it. But that's mainly because I hate these UWP windows. It's nothing to do with this specific application. If this sounds interesting to you, grab it here: https://github.com/akshinmustafayev/EasyJob/releases/tag/1.1.6

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Fwd: Looking for Qualified candidate
by John G. Heim 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Folks, here's another job opening at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If you're at all interested, I suggest you apply. The initial interviews will be on-line unless you happen to be in Madison. And Madison is a wonderful place to live. The city and the university are very accommodating to the needs of the disabled. Get a job at the university and you're set for life. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Looking for Qualified candidate Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 15:11:27 -0500 From: JACOB WERLA <werla(a)wisc.edu> To: Tech Partners <techpartners(a)office365.wisc.edu> CC: JACOB WERLA <werla(a)wisc.edu> Good Afternoon Everyone! We are looking for a qualified candidate to apply for our open Systems Engineer position at the Waisman Center. Details can be found here: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/511057/it-systems-engineer <https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/511057/it-systems-engineer> Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested in applying. Thank you, Jacob Werla UW Waisman Center Computing Services Help Desk 1500 Highland Ave., Rm. 232 Madison, WI 53705 608-263-3467

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PlantUML iPad apps?
by Ben Mustill-Rose 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Hi all, I currently write architecture diagrams in PlantUML as part of my job as a software engineer although you'd be able to do the same for infrastructure as well. This works fairly well from an accessibility point of view. I was wondering if anyone knew of any accessible iOS apps that will let me view the diagrams though? I have access to iPads through work and I reckon that being able to explore them by touch on something like an iPad Pro would be quite an enjoyable experience. Does anyone have any pointers? Cheers, Ben.

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Any cups experts onlist?
by David Mehler 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

Hello, I'm looking for a cups expert. I'm trying to set up a raspberry pi 3b+ to act as a printserver for my folks. The printers they have are an Epson nx420 all-in-one I think it's a printer/fax/scanner, does photos too, and a Brother hl5240dw laser printer. My goal is to make this pi setup as plug and play as possible i.e they plug in the brother via USB to the pi and the pi in. At that point when they tell me it's plugged in I vpn in to it, because I will have set up a ddns domain which will update with there IP address so for example using openvpn vpn in to homeip.net once there I can go to https://ip-address:631 and set up the epson. To that end I'm trying it here, I've got an HP laserjet 4200 connected directly to my orbi, which cups sees, which is kind of strange, but it does see it. The other printer is connected via USB and it is an HP laserjet p4515 and it's not being seen at all. Any ideas to get these printers to show up or any more suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Cisco NetAcad Labs - Packet Tracer accessibility
by Luke Scholey 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Hello All > > Hope you’re well. > > I’m half way through a degree with the Open University and as part of that I am completing the CCNA course from Cisco. > > This course includes using labs in the network simulator software Packet Tracer. sadly, as far as I can tell, this is a drag-and-drop interface and isn’t usable enough with a screen reader for me to complete the labs independently. > > Does anyone know of a solution or work around to this? Has anyone ever done the CCNA before that can give me any advice? The NetAcad content itself is mostly fine, and in my opinion, works best with NVDA, it’s just the labs that are causing me problems. And of course, what with everything still be in virtual, I don’t think there is a possibility of me being able to physically complete the labs with Cisco equipment and instructors. > > Thanks for any help you can give. > Kind regards > Luke

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FW: Courses / labs
by Kieran Little 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Hi all, My manager has approached me with the opportunity to have a look at different courses to develop my skills and I'm a bit anxious about accessibility issues with what ever I choose. Background, I'm currently working in our security team, mainly responsible for our endpoint protection AV client and application deployments via config manager. I've previously been on an administering sccm training course; I've also done CompTIA security+, and CCNA 1 and 2. One aspect I have always struggled with is labs. With both sccm and CompTIA, the lab environment has been completely unusable, as it is accessing a hyperV host within a browser to start / use various pre-built VM's in various states. With CCNA, I did it in a classroom environment at college where we had access to physical networking equipment. The way I have sort of worked around these in the past is working on the labs with colleagues; with them basically doing all of the work, and I don't get much out of that. Exams are on the table also, however I'm apprehensive as I've been burned too many times by pearson vue completely ignoring / not understanding my extra accommodation requests. Does anyone have any solutions / workarounds? The course I was looking at is CompTIA CySA+, but I'm open to suggestions. Cheers, Kieran. Kieran Little Support Officer Solutions Design Assurance Information Services Northumberland County Council tel: 01670 623699 Mobile: 07966325130 Chat in teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=kieran.little@northumberland.g…> Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk<mailto:kieran.little@northumberland.gov.uk> Save Time Do It Online! We have made a few key improvements to our site to make our services easy to access. Now you can do everything from paying your council tax, to reporting a faulty street light online. Go to: www.northumberland.gov.uk and click 'pay, apply or report' to access the relevant forms. This email is intended solely for the individual or individuals to whom it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this email is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the email from any computer. All email communication may be subject to recording and/or monitoring in accordance with internal policy and relevant legislation. [Northumberland County Council Stay Home]

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Pirated Microsoft Software
by george＠techno-vision.co.uk 27 Sep '21

27 Sep '21

Does anyone have a phone number to make contact with Microsoft's fraud department? The web form they have asks for information which I don't wish to reveal at this point, but suffice to say the problem is within a Government department, and the external contractor is refusing to give passwords, unless paid a four figure sum. George

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Testing cheaper VPS host
by Andrew Hodgson 27 Sep '21

27 Sep '21

Hi, Just migrated to cheaper VPS host as it was a lot cheaper than what I was paying before and the traffic of these lists don't warrant the higher cost anymore. Andrew.

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Poor Man's KNFBReader
by John G. Heim 08 Sep '21

08 Sep '21

I discovered this morning that you can do a poor man's version of the KNFBReader app on a Linux machine. 1. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or Ipod to a Linux computer. 2. Mount the device with the ifuse command. mkdir -p /media/john/iphone/ ifuse /media/john/iphone/ 3. Open the camera app and take a picture of your document. 4. Run tesseract to recognize text in the picture. tesseract /media/john/iphone/DCIM/100APPLE/IMG_0001.jpg stdout -- ### John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu

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advice wanted: Reliable budget VPS providers? - Mozilla Thunderbird
by Mobeen Iqbal 07 Sep '21

07 Sep '21

Hello Everyone. We could really do with a VPS with root access for a project. Dedicated servers are not a requirement. I've been taking a look and have found that OVH and FastHosts have pretty decent VPS offerings. Hostinger don't seem bad either. The problem I have are the reviews for all of the above companies. OVH has the worst rating on trust pilot. FastHosts seem to be the highest rated out of the lot. Has anyone used the above companies for serious VPS use? If so, how have you found their downtime policy? I need a reliable server that isn't going to go down every 2 minutes. If you haven't used the above companies, are there companies you would recommend? Comments welcome on the quality of experience when contacting support. If I can get a decent VPS for between £4 to £8 a month, I'll be happy. FastHosts's VPS with 2GB of ram and 80GB SSD at £6 sounds very appealing. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading, Mo.

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advice wanted: Reliable budget VPS providers?
by Mobeen Iqbal 06 Sep '21

06 Sep '21

Hello Everyone. We could really do with a VPS with root access for a project. Dedicated servers are not a requirement. I've been taking a look and have found that OVH and FastHosts have pretty decent VPS offerings. Hostinger don't seem bad either. The problem I have are the reviews for all of the above companies. OVH has the worst rating on trust pilot. FastHosts seem to be the highest rated out of the lot. Has anyone used the above companies for serious VPS use? If so, how have you found their downtime policy? I need a reliable server that isn't going to go down every 2 minutes. If you haven't used the above companies, are there companies you would recommend? Comments welcome on the quality of experience when contacting support. If I can get a decent VPS for between £4 to £8 a month, I'll be happy. FastHosts's VPS with 2GB of ram and 80GB SSD at £6 sounds very appealing. Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading, Mo.

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windows server 2022
by Marvin Hunkin 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hi. Installed the 64 bit iso under vm ware player 16, and was able to bring up windows narrator and get speech while installing, setting up password, etc. then was then able to install nvda. Thanks. Ps: was just purely testing that process.

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Pearson testing accommodation horror stories
by Samuel Barnes 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Has anyone else had a hellish time with Pearson VUE's ADA accommodations process? It's a nightmare to get through, and most of the time the stuff I am granted doesn't work. ZoomText usually freezes and requires an hour or more of troubleshooting by the proctors at the testing center. For one exam I just zoomed out and squinted for half the test because the screen wouldn't pan with the mouse. Some of my requests are ignored altogether, despite being spelled out in the approved accommodations. Every time I go for an exam, I ask to have the monitor pulled up to the edge of the desk. It's simple, just loosen the power and video cables, and release the kensington lock if it's there. But nobody ever does that. I usually have to hunch over the desk for two hours to see the screen. I've taken several cert exams (2 for A+, 2 for CCNA, Linux Essentials, Security+, and Cisco CyberOps), and only one of them has gone smoothly. For my second CCNA exam, I was scheduled to take the exam at 9:15 AM, and didn't leave until after 5 PM because they weren't prepared for ZoomText. For my A+, I had to file an incident report for both exams because they had similar issues that couldn't be resolved. Last year it took months to run through their little accommodations gauntlet, and once again my monitor request wasn't honored. I can't bring myself to start studying for another cert knowing that futile struggle lies at the end.

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windows server 2022 and enable audio with windows narrator
by Marvin Hunkin 24 Aug '21

24 Aug '21

Hi. Have you installed the official release of windows server 2022. And under a vm? If so, is audio enabled if you use says windows narrator. Has any one tried this. Thanks.

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Accessible network IP scanner?
by Steve Nutt 14 Aug '21

14 Aug '21

Hi all, Subject line says it all. Does anyone know of an accessible network IP scanner for a LAN? I'm looking for IP conflicts. I've tried AngryIP and Advanced IP Scanner, and they don't appear to be accessible. Thanks for any help. All the best Steve -- To subscribe to our News and Special Offers list, go to <https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe> https://www.comproom.co.uk/subscribe Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW T: +44(0)1438-742286 M: +44(0)7956-334938 F: +44(0)1438-759589 E: <mailto:steve@comproom.co.uk> steve(a)comproom.co.uk W: <https://www.comproom.co.uk> https://www.comproom.co.uk

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new home network
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 10 Aug '21

10 Aug '21

Hi all, I am having some building work carried out at my house and since all the wiring is being redone, I wanted to take this opportunity to add a wired network. Essentially I am thinking to have a couple of connection points in each of the bedrooms on the 1ST floor and in the living and dining rooms as well as an office at the end of the garden. I am messaging here to get some guidance on accessibility of the network please. I have some basic networking knowledge and having discussed with some professionals, I have been advised to use patch panels, a central switch and ubiquiti wifi access points. In my family no one else deals with anything that relates to technology so I want to make sure that whatever I am having done is maintainable by myself in an accessible way. Does anyone have any experience with these access points and their admin panel accessibility? What are some other things I should be baring in mind to ensure an accessible and also an affective network? Perhaps the query isn't very clear above, but I'm basically looking for guidance on how to go about this and have a useful product at the end. Look forward to your replies. Kind regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Z OS Mainframe
by Billy Irwin 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Hi All, Just checking to see if anyone here has had experience with mainframes and emulation software like Humming Bird. If there is any tips and tricks, please share. Thanks, Billy

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java access bridge
by Isaac 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

Hi, can anyone tell me how to setup java access bridge for jaws and nvda and even windoweyes as I still run it on my machine. Thanks: Isaac

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Accessibility of Fortinet products
by Chris Nestrud 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Anyone have any experience with accessibility of Fortinet products, particularly FortiAnalyzer or FortiManager? Using latest versions of JAWS and Chrome, I find many issues: clickable items not identified as such, unlabeled buttons, and tables not coded as tables, to name a few. I'd appreciate any tips from anyone who has had experience with this company or these products. Thanks, Chris

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start the audioservice with a batchfile in windows server 2003 vm
by Armin Moradi 01 Jun '21

01 Jun '21

Hello, i have seen heere years ago an email, with a command, how i start the audioservice in windows server 2003 Heere is the content: config winaudiosrv start=auto shutdown /r /t 00 The VM restarts, but no audio is playing, a sighted person seen, that it says bad command or so? Please tell me the right command. Regards Armin Moradi

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