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Active Directory auditing
by Troy Hergert 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Does anyone know of a tool, native to Server 2012 or third party that would allow me to generate a basic logon/logoff report by user? My organization isn't really having any issue since we are very flexable with people using VPN connections and working from home. HIPAA compliance requires that we at least be able to pull a report when necessary. Any recommended tools out there? Thanks.

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Virtual machine network, conflict with screen readers
by Paul O'Rahilly 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Hi there I have built a network of three virtual machines running on my home network, all on my laptop. Each vm has a static ip address and is running a separate application in a Ubuntu Linux environment, . Orca is enabled in each. My laptop is windows 7, running JAWS The virtual machines are bridged. JAWS is turned on when I am working inside the virtual machines. So I am getting feedback from both screen readers simultaneously. Problem 1 I wrote a .bat file to start up the machines automatically. echo Starting virtual machine . Press Enter pause "c:\Program Files\Oracle... the batch file is running successfully, and the machine starts up. But, I had expected the screen reader to read the echo command string. It doesn't. It does read out the c:\...etc line, however. How can I get the echo string to read out ? Problem 2 >From inside the virtual machine, There appears to be a conflict between screen readers. For example, while editing a file in the nano editor, Ctrl+x should exit the editor. However, this sometimes fails, and I get the audio feedback "There is nothing to select", as if JAWS has taken over from orca, and is trying to copy text.. Perhaps you guys have come across these "chesnuts" in the past, and can offer a solution. Thanks, Paul

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speculating on Hyper-V containers and accessibility
by Katherine Moss 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Hi, Hopefully, considering Microsoft's new fantastic stance on the subject of accessibility, this new marvelous technology will be taken into account. I'd think it would work, because the application deployed in the container would more than likely be web applications. At the current moment, I've got all web sites on my IIS server deployed on one server, though I eventually want to make each site run under its own container to achieve even greater isolation. Do you folks see any potential issues with accessibility with screen readers? You think it's going to invoke the same nightmare that VDI does?

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Virtual machine network, conflict with screen readers
by Paul O'Rahilly 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Hi there I have built a network of three virtual machines running on my home network, all on my laptop. Each vm has a static ip address and is running a separate application in a Ubuntu Linux environment, . Orca is enabled in each. My laptop is windows 7, running JAWS The virtual machines are bridged. JAWS is turned on when I am working inside the virtual machines. So I am getting feedback from both screen readers simultaneously. Problem 1 I wrote a .bat file to start up the machines automatically. echo Starting virtual machine . Press Enter pause "c:\Program Files\Oracle... the batch file is running successfully, and the machine starts up. But, I had expected the screen reader to read the echo command string. It doesn't. It does read out the c:\...etc line, however. How can I get the echo string to read out ? Problem 2 >From inside the virtual machine, There appears to be a conflict between screen readers. For example, while editing a file in the nano editor, Ctrl+x should exit the editor. However, this sometimes fails, and I get the audio feedback "There is nothing to select", as if JAWS has taken over from orca, and is trying to copy text.. Perhaps you guys have come across these "chesnuts" in the past, and can offer a solution. Thanks, Paul

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voice sem-card
by Ibraam Wahib 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

dears pls. advice me could i find USP device for voice mobile sem-card to dile and recieve calls via computer? thanks

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IT Pro TV with a Screen Reader?
by Barry Toner 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Hi all, I'm cramming for a Linux Cert this coming Monday and fancied a bit of relief from test questions, and The Urban Penguin playlist on Youtube. I grabbed a promo code & a monthly subscription for www.itpro.tv<http://www.itpro.tv> I can't get the videos to play though! I'm using NVDA under Windows and have tried Chrome, Firefox, IE. There's a bunch of unlabelled sliders but I think these are for rating the individual videos. I can skip back and forth from one video to another but they don't' auto-play. I believe the controls are in HTML5 as there's no embedded flash object being announced by NVDA. I've tried the IOS app, but when I go to play a video I'm asked to Link my Pro account. Tapping on Link Account does nothing, tapping/holding for the pass through gesture does nothing. Locating the button on the screen, turning VO off and tapping the area does nothing. Tapping on Continue Browsing in this screen on IOS however does work and returns me back to the topic list. IT Pro support have told me there is issues with the IOS side at the moment, which may be related. Maybe tapping Link doesn't' do anything and that's not an A11Y issue. However, I really want to get the videos to play some way or another. There's no option to Download the videos through a web browser only through the app, which of course brings up the Link issue. Has anyone gotten this service to work at all? Thanks, Barry.

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IT Pro TV with a Screen Reader?
by Barry Toner 06 Apr '16

06 Apr '16

Hi all, I'm cramming for a Linux Cert this coming Monday and fancied a bit of relief from test questions, and The Urban Penguin playlist on Youtube. I grabbed a promo code & a monthly subscription for www.itpro.tv<http://www.itpro.tv> I can't get the videos to play though! I'm using NVDA under Windows and have tried Chrome, Firefox, IE. There's a bunch of unlabelled sliders but I think these are for rating the individual videos. I can skip back and forth from one video to another but they don't' auto-play. I believe the controls are in HTML5 as there's no embedded flash object being announced by NVDA. I've tried the IOS app, but when I go to play a video I'm asked to Link my Pro account. Tapping on Link Account does nothing, tapping/holding for the pass through gesture does nothing. Locating the button on the screen, turning VO off and tapping the area does nothing. Tapping on Continue Browsing in this screen on IOS however does work and returns me back to the topic list. IT Pro support have told me there is issues with the IOS side at the moment, which may be related. Maybe tapping Link doesn't' do anything and that's not an A11Y issue. However, I really want to get the videos to play some way or another. There's no option to Download the videos through a web browser only through the app, which of course brings up the Link issue. Has anyone gotten this service to work at all? Thanks, Barry.

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speech friendly PST recovery tools
by Iaen Cordell 28 Mar '16

28 Mar '16

G'day list, I am after any recommendations on Microsoft outlook PST recovery tools, I have tried the tools built in to office and yes they are speech friendly they can not repair the damaged outlook 2003 PST files I have from an upset customer. Google offers up many results for this type of application but, as most of them are not try before you buy I do not want to take the risk. all help would be appreciated. cheers IC Iaen Cordell: Mobile: 0412600466. Email: ianc(a)optusnet.com.au

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win7 system stuck in a boot loop
by David Mehler 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

Hello, I've got a win7 system that had a problem reported to me. When checking it it is in a boot loop. It's a gigabyte board if that matters, uefi bios. I am wondering if there's a way to get it to boot last known good configuration, via a setable boot flag? I've got an external drive enclosure I can put it into, take it to another box, and work, so I can set anything there. This machine by default is not set up to boot from USB drives, and I do not have sighted eyes on hand to get it so, so booting off my thumb drive is out. I'd appreciate any suggestions, with one item, I can not reformat this machine currently. Thanks. Dave.

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win7 system stuck in a boot loop
by David Mehler 26 Mar '16

26 Mar '16

Hello, I've got a win7 system that had a problem reported to me. When checking it it is in a boot loop. It's a gigabyte board if that matters, uefi bios. I am wondering if there's a way to get it to boot last known good configuration, via a setable boot flag? I've got an external drive enclosure I can put it into, take it to another box, and work, so I can set anything there. This machine by default is not set up to boot from USB drives, and I do not have sighted eyes on hand to get it so, so booting off my thumb drive is out. I'd appreciate any suggestions, with one item, I can not reformat this machine currently. Thanks. Dave.

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