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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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