April 2020 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Ubiquiti and/or PFSense access
by Andrew Hodgson 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Hi all, I have a new flat and with it comes a 1GBPs Ethernet connection as part of the building service. The router they have given me is causing me a lot of issues so I want to upgrade it. I have been looking at different models and I have discount a lot due to the 1GBPs connection. I have a Sophos router from a previous job, but it doesn't support IPV6. At this point I am looking at potentially going with a Synology router, the Unifi kit or a PFSense build. has anyone used any of this and can comment on the usability with JFW? i know the Synology will be pritty much the same as the NAS, though they don't have a demo site for the router. I am going to check out the Ubiquiti demo site next but I know people on this list were using it. 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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JAWS ANO365 admin centers
by Troy Hergert 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

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. 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] _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org

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Map drive to 1 drive
by Troy Hergert 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Hi all, Has anyone needed to map network drives to your staff's personal one drive folder or their OneDrive for business folders? I need to do this for all users. After googling it, I found a utility called the onedrivemapper which contains a power shell script. I'm not good with power shell so I'm not sure if this is the appropriate way to accomplish this. Has anyone else had to map drives to OneDrive for your employees? Thanks. ###

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Which SIP solution do you recommend?
by Can Kırca 25 Apr '20

25 Apr '20

Hi, I have some numbers that registered to my account. Now looking for a SIP solution to manage these numbers for communication. Which software/solution do you recommend? I can deploy any linux server. Thank you.

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Moving quickly between servers in server manager.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Is there something I'm missing? How can I move quickly between servers in server manager? I'm trying to administer several remote desktop servers and I'm really finding it hard to do this from one central administration interface as it doesn't seem possible to easily jump between servers in the server manager UI. Thanks. Note, I could be missing something really obvious. I have been at this computer for nearly 24 hours as a service just died on me yesterday at 1:37pm. 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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OT: Consistency
by John G. Heim 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

heard this today. Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds; unless you are a computer nerd in which case it is more like a solar. A rare Dungeons and Dragons slash computer nerd joke. -- John G. Heim, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu, 608-263-4189

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email server being contrary
by David Mehler 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

Hello, This is to anyone who has setup and operates their own email server rather than relying on a cloud provider. If you do can you email me privately? I've got an email server that is being contrary. It runs Dovecot for Imap, Postfix for Smtp, apache as webserver, and roundcube as an email frontend. The short version is about two days ago about the same time as I put in the google two factor authentication plugin for roundcube the latest version of Chrome and just found out Firefox latest will no longer log in. I don't see anything in the logs it's as if there is no login atempts at all. The problem I am having with this and the contrary part of this is that IE11 works just fine, logs in great. It is quite prplexing. Please suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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determining power supply output
by David Mehler 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

Hello, I'm trying to put a new power supply in a computer. I'll spare the details but basically I try to put in a new 500W and it doesn't work, along with the three other ones I've tested that are known good. I can get just one to work with this box, apparently it's tricky, it's an hp desktop and I'm wondering if the amps are not right? Anyway, I need to know if it's possible for me to determine how many wats the working supply is putting out? Sighted help doesn't see anything on the back of the supply indicating that and I don't have a talking multimeter. Is there another way to determine this information? Thanks. Dave.

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