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Azure Virtual Machines and JFW
by Andrew Hodgson 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Hi, I need to do some heavy lifting with DB migrations in a few weeks and I want to run this on a VM in Azure using JFW with RDP. I haven't done this in a while as any Windows VM stuff I run uses DSC and outputs data out elsewhere or I can just test the web services etc without logging onto the box at all. When I last did this I had trouble starting JFW on some of the VMs and when contacting Sight and Sound (UK dealer) about this they believed the issue was because of lack of video RAM on the cheaper VMs. Does anyone have any VM SKU they know JFW runs on ok? I will be keeping the VM stopped in most instances to reduce cost. Thanks. Andrew.

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DVS Movies to trade?
by John G. Heim 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

I've been starting a project to rip the sound track of the old VHS tapes I have with DVS. DVS is an extra audio track where a voice describes what is happening on screen. The way I've been doing it is to connect the audio out on the VCR to the line-in on my computer (Linux). Then I use darkice to create a stream service. Then I use streamripper to rip the sound track to an mp3 file. It might seem like extra steps but I already have the darkice stream set up because I use it to listen to regular TV broadcasts. Then I also have a shell script to record a program so I can just type something like, "startRecording GameOfThrones 60" and it will rip whatever is coming in on the line-in for the next 60 minutes. Put it in a cron job and I can record any time. I am wondering if anybody else has any VHS DVS tapes they'd like to trade. I could rip them and send you the mp3 file. The 4 movies I have right now are these: 1. To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Star Trek: Wrath Of Khan 4. Star Trek: The Voyage Home -- John G. Heim, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu 608-263-4189

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Azure portal shortcut pane not reading all items
by Andrew Hodgson 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

Hi, Has anyone seen an issue where the Azure portal is not reading all items in the shortcut pane on the left hand side of the window? An example is going to the portal, Azure Active Directory, I want to manipulate the App Registrations node. JFW doesn't see that with a find or by arrowing, its like half the view is missing from that panel. Another example is key vaults, I can't get into the secrets or certificates node. Thanks. Andrew.

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PowerShell Ise.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Hello, Looking through the archives, I notice that Caroline Ford asked a similar question three years. The PowerShell Ise application seems to have seriously considered accessibility. The text in the console is readable but a number of keyboard acrobatics must be used before this is possible. Has anyone a better way of accessing this? I'm writing something a little more complicated and having the ability to select set parts of the code and run this would be a great advantage. Currently, I'm going into the touch cursor, going into the text reading layer with numpad slash then reading the output. This works but it means that I cant route the mouse to specific text to copy it. I know I can copy from the virtual buffer of course but it's nice to be able to show people looking over my shoulder during training etc what's happening. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Performing, Promoting and Sharing traditional Irish music Performance: www.darraghpipes.ie<http://www.darraghpipes.ie> Music at the Gate: www.musicatthegate.ie<http://www.musicatthegate.ie> Ceol FM: www.ceol.fm<http://www.ceol.fm> Tel: 00353(0)877670464 Email: darragh(a)ceol.fm

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Has anyone tried this multiboot tool?
by David Mehler 25 May '20

25 May '20

Hello, I just heard about this, has anyone tried it? If so what are your impressions? https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html Thanks. Dave.

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GNS3 Accessibility
by Billy Irwin 13 May '20

13 May '20

Hi All, Could anyone share their experiences using GNS3 for experimentation. I am having to build out a large network for a client that has over 100 routers. I haven't messed with any of the simulators since my sight deteriorated a few years ago. Thanks, Billy

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teams and phonesystems
by mattias 07 May '20

07 May '20

i have a office e5 contaiing functions for conferenses and calls but seems my organisation dont have licenses i can only aply licenses for users not the full organisation and the google are not my frend here

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Microsoft Teams losing focus
by Andrew Hodgson 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hi, Is anyone else finding they are losing focus in Microsoft Teams using JFW? I am getting it more often now where pressing tab in the Teams chat window gets no response, eventually I do land in a text box but as soon as I tab out of that it goes back to silence. I had this yesterday in the middle of an incident and had to do weird combinations using the mouse and copying and pasting chat messages to the clipboard which was no fun. Any suggestions? Thanks. Andrew.

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SPF/DKIM
by Andrew Hodgson 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Hi, Apologies I didn't even have SPF on the domain, its now doing SPF and DKIM, I will investigate DMARC later on after this has bedded in. Andrew.

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Re: JAWS ANO365 admin centers
by Ryan Shugart 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Darragh: I'm sorry you're having issues with the O365 admin interface, I am able to get what I need done using JAWS and Edge Chromium, but agree the UI can be very confusing especially if you don't need to go into the admin interface much. I recently had to mess with the licensing on my personal tenant and while I got what I needed done the UI was laid out in a very confusing way. I've said this before, but everyone having problems with this, please email edad(a)microsoft.com if you haven't already. We need to get these bugs open for the O365 team, and the only way we can impress upon them that this is a problem is to get them user feedback. So don't hesitate and don't hold back. Make sure EDAD knows your frustrations. I'm really glad you are having a good experience, on the other hand, with Windows Admin Center, I've been personally working with that team quite a bit, and they still have some bugs to clean up, but honestly that product has come a long way from where it was a few years ago and I'm glad to hear the feedback from a customer, we don't hear much about that product. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Darragh Ó Héiligh <d(a)digitaldarragh.com> Reply-To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Date: Monday, April 27, 2020 at 3:54 PM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: JAWS ANO365 admin centers Andrew, Well done on providing such clear instructions. I use the various Microsoft portals daily and it annoys me to the point of rage the keyboard acrobatics that are required. Menus that can be expanded don't say. Some navigation is through a list view, some is through a tree view, some is through standard links. Sometimes buttons are incorrectly marked as tabs, the list goes on and on. But then Microsoft do really well in other areas. Such as the clean UI for the Windows admin centre. I just wish there was consistency. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hodgson <andrew(a)hodgson.io> Sent: Monday 27 April 2020 4:54 p.m. To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: JAWS ANO365 admin centers Hi, Just tested in latest Chrome and Chromium Edge: Go to admin.microsoft.com and log in. You are now in the admin portal of Microsoft 365, use down arrow and when you hear users etc press enter to go into the menu. You can now cursor up and down through the menu and expand the items as required, although it doesn't tell you whether it can be expanded, once you expand the item by hitting enter it will tell you its been expanded. At the bottom of the menu is a show more option which gives you a new menu, in there you can go into all admin centers. Once you do this you need to tab out of the menu where you can then find the link to the admin center you want. Hope this helps. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Troy Hergert <thergert(a)vision-forward.org> Sent: 27 April 2020 16:37 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] JAWS ANO365 admin centers Hi timmothy, This is Troy from the blind sys admins list. You've helped me before with jaws and the o365 admin centers. I'm taking an online course on O365 but have ongoing trouble getting jaws to navigate the O365 admin center. I need to be able to bring up the list of all my admin centers. I go to Admin.microsoft.com, log in as global admin. Expand the apps menu, locate admin in the apps list and hit space bar. That's supposed to present me with all my admin centers but jaws does not find that list. Can you advise me how to bring up the admin centers so Jaws can read it? Using jaws 2020 and IE. Thanks. Troy ### -----Original Message----- From: Timothy Spaulding <spaulding(a)icanbrew.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 12:07 PM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Screen sharing with Microsoft Teams Hi, You should send this issue to edad(a)microsoft.com to be sure they are aware of it; they may be able to suggest any additional workarounds to the below. -----Original Message----- From: Kieran Little via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 11:36 AM To: 'Mailing list for blind system administrators' <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Kieran Little <kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Screen sharing with Microsoft Teams I am getting this all the time with teams ATM, no matter what I am doing. Using both NVDA latest stable build and JFW 2020. I've found the way to get around it is to restore the window and then maximise it again. Started happening a couple of weeks ago. You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.3.00.4461 (64 bit). It was last updated on 09/03/2020. Kieran Little IT Apprentice (Solution Design Assurance) Information Services Northumberland County Council County Hall Morpeth NE61 2EF Service desk: 01670 627004 Direct: 01670 623699 Mobile: 07966325130 Email: kieran.little(a)northumberland.gov.uk Website: www.northumberland.gov.uk -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nestrud <ccn(a)chrisnestrud.com> Sent: 31 March 2020 16:01 To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Screen sharing with Microsoft Teams Lately I've been using screen sharing in Microsoft Teams so that one or more coworkers can watch what I'm doing. The actual sharing part works well, but when I go back into the Teams window to end sharing, I'm unable to tab to any controls. The only way that I've found to end sharing is to press alt+f4 which also ends the call. Has anyone else come across this problem? Versions: JAWS 2019.1912.19 You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.3.00.4461 (64-bit). It was last updated on 3/6/20. Chris _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org 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. 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