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Assessing staff technical skill level
by Troy Hergert 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

As IT Manager, I have been asked to conduct an assessment of our staffs technical skill level. I need to come up with a way to assess their core computer skill level, then make recommendations as to what training they would need. Have any of you found any tools that would help assess your staffs technical skill level?

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Wetting up Windows VMs with Vagrant boxes.
by Jen Bottom 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi all, Now and then I need access to Windows VMs, for testing customer stuff, or sometimes for evaluating different solutions to an accessibility problem I am having at work, with our ever growing horrible tool set :) I just found that there are Windows boxes for Vagrant here: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search?provider=virtualbox&q=windows&sort… I am installing one now. Just wondering if anyone else has used these boxes and has any tips for provisioning them with NVDA etc. I was planning to install something like LinuxTools or Chocolaty on them/it, then use 'wget' or similar to download NVDA. I am assuming that NVDA has an installer that can be run from the command line, but I have never investigated this. Any advice appreciated. Cheers, Jen.

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UK ISP Static IP tip
by Barry Toner 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi, I signed up to www.plus.net<http://www.plus.net> the other week and we went live in the house on Monday. The staff so far seem to be quite techy and are all UK based. I thought this wasn't happening anymore with the shortage of IPv4 addresses , but for a one of off £5 charge I was able to get a static IP of them. Remember back in the day when you could get one for free? Still though, I was quite pleased with this. Useful to know, if any of you need a static IP for home or work stuff. Barry

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UK ISP Static IP tip
by Barry Toner 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi, I signed up to www.plus.net<http://www.plus.net> the other week and we went live in the house on Monday. The staff so far seem to be quite techy and are all UK based. I thought this wasn't happening anymore with the shortage of IPv4 addresses , but for a one of off £5 charge I was able to get a static IP of them. Remember back in the day when you could get one for free? Still though, I was quite pleased with this. Useful to know, if any of you need a static IP for home or work stuff. Barry

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Assessing staff technical skill level
by Troy Hergert 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

As IT Manager, I have been asked to conduct an assessment of our staffs technical skill level. I need to come up with a way to assess their core computer skill level, then make recommendations as to what training they would need. Have any of you found any tools that would help assess your staffs technical skill level?

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RDS, Remote App, and Window-Eyes
by Katherine Moss 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hello all, A few questions. I know that some of this at least is addressed in the AISquared knowledge base, but it seems that either I or they are missing something. I'm attempting to run Window-Eyes 9.2 remotely on a server, for administration for one, and I've enabled virtual channel, and then when I go into the Window-Eyes settings to set up the Virtual Terminal services voice, it never actually activates and my settings always tend to revert back to the default. I hit activate on Virtual Terminal Services for Remote desktop, and at that moment, Window-Eyes stops speaking ... so there's sort of a caveat there isn't there? Anyway ... onto my second question. We're trying to set up remote app (my friend says he's got it working for his Active Directory site), and I'm wondering whether anyone has gotten Remote App working with Window-Eyes? (the KB article does not discuss it specifically when referring to Terminal Services, only to ZenWorks Presentation server ...) But I'd assume the procedures for configuration are the same whether referring to remote app or to VDI? Thanks for input and suggestions, guys!

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git servers for Windows
by Jad Wauthier 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Does anyone know of a good git server for Windows? Jad Wauthier

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Virtual desktop access and screen readers
by Mario Perčinić 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hi all. My gf just informed me that her employer is planning to change their desktop access solutions from rdp, to VDA, or for those who don't know, desktop virtual access. I've bean researching it if any windows screen readers support this new protocol, and have found none of the info about it. Has anyone tried it and with what results? -- Mario Percinic Accessibility consultant mario.percinic(a)gmail.com Skype: acousticman Twitter: @MarioPercinic GSM: +385922630259

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Generation II virtual machines
by Katherine Moss 28 Dec '15

28 Dec '15

Hey all, Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas ... I'm rather curious about something ... I've been having to create my virtual machines as generation I because I can't seem to get them to boot automatically,, or at all, on my current server (it would be interesting to see how my laptop handles them in client-side Hyper-V) as gen II. Any attempts at booting gen II VM on my server results in a "no OS device found, press any key to continue" error (happens on my laptop as well when trying to switch his boot type from legacy bios to UEFI). I'm wondering whether anyone has any insights, because my friend's older (bios-based) T300 and 2900 servers perform this task just fine with no modifications to any of the components. Is there something I have to do in order to make this work so that I don't have to babysit the boot process for UEFI? As I said, my friend has no problems, so I'm wondering whether the issues reside with the unit (another representation of possible defects, maybe?) Thanks for any feedback ... need to know how best to proceed.

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Generation II virtual machines
by Katherine Moss 27 Dec '15

27 Dec '15

Hey all, Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas ... I'm rather curious about something ... I've been having to create my virtual machines as generation I because I can't seem to get them to boot automatically,, or at all, on my current server (it would be interesting to see how my laptop handles them in client-side Hyper-V) as gen II. Any attempts at booting gen II VM on my server results in a "no OS device found, press any key to continue" error (happens on my laptop as well when trying to switch his boot type from legacy bios to UEFI). I'm wondering whether anyone has any insights, because my friend's older (bios-based) T300 and 2900 servers perform this task just fine with no modifications to any of the components. Is there something I have to do in order to make this work so that I don't have to babysit the boot process for UEFI? As I said, my friend has no problems, so I'm wondering whether the issues reside with the unit (another representation of possible defects, maybe?) Thanks for any feedback ... need to know how best to proceed.

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