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Anybody else interested in chiming in on my Microsoft conversations about Accessibility?
by Katherine Moss 20 May '14

20 May '14

Hi all, Possibly next week, I plan to call up the Microsoft Accessibility hotline and hopefully get some folks who know what they are talking about so that I can in a very systematic fashion, pour out all of the accessibility issues I see with as many products from Microsoft as possible, and I won't stop escalating the issues until every single one has a solution. Care to join me?

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Team viewer accessibility with screen readers
by vikas＠techvision.net.in 20 May '14

20 May '14

Hello members, TeamViewer supports to JAWS and NVDA. The things that you have to do: 1. If you have to use JAWS with TeamViewer, your system should have to install windows7 on the both the machines. (windows XP I am not sure). 2. Then rest steps are same. 3. With NVDA. Just download the NVDA addin which supports to TeamViewer. That will help you to access the machine via TeamViewer. I am attaching the Addin of NVDA for your reference. To install an add-on, go to the NVDA tools menu, then select manage add-ons. Then select install, navigate to the location where you saved the downloaded add-on and choose the add-on package you wish to install. Alternatively, if you installed 2012.3 or later on your computer, using file manager of your choice, navigate to the location where you stored the add-on, then press ENTER on the nvda-addon file you wish to install. Once you press Open or press ENTER on the add-on file, NVDA will ask if you really wish to install the add-on. As the functionality of add-ons is unrestricted inside NVDA, which in theory could include accessing your personal data or even the entire system if NVDA is an installed copy, it is very important to only install add-ons from sources you trust. Once the add-on is installed, NVDA must be restarted for the add-on to start running. With best regards, Vikas Waghmare, System Administrator, NAMV, Skype:vikas.waghmare1

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if you think your week has sucked
by Ryan Shugart 19 May '14

19 May '14

So, if you think your week as a systems admin has sucked, be glad you're not this SCCM administrator: http://it.emory.edu/windows7-incident/ You need to read from the bottom up to get the idea of what happened, but I can say this is an easy mistake to make. Ryan

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if you think your week has sucked
by Ryan Shugart 16 May '14

16 May '14

So, if you think your week as a systems admin has sucked, be glad you're not this SCCM administrator: http://it.emory.edu/windows7-incident/ You need to read from the bottom up to get the idea of what happened, but I can say this is an easy mistake to make. Ryan

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Windows8, 3TB drive, and unwritable partition under windows
by David Mehler 15 May '14

15 May '14

Hello, This is for a friend who has a problem that is perplexing both of us. He's got a Windows 8 box, it was windows 8, then 8.1, now 8.1 update 1 problem still persisting. He put in an internal sata 3tb drive for data storage not for booting purposes. He partitioned this drive in to a d: partition 1.5t, and an e and f partitions 750Mb each. He then copied data from another location to this drive. In windows only and only on the d: partition he can not write to it. He can read from it, but any write operations fails. The e: and f: partitions are fine, for both reading and writing. If he boots up any Linux distro from live media reading and writing to any partition on that drive works fine. He's run spinrite and other drive diagnostic software which all comes back normal. Under Linux live media he copied all the data off this drive then repartitioned it and formatted it again as per above, then recopied t he data back. The results are the same, Linux read/write works fine, windows read works great in all partitions, but windows writing only works on e: and f: the 1.5t d: partition no good. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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Windows8, 3TB drive, and unwritable partition under windows
by David Mehler 15 May '14

15 May '14

Hello, This is for a friend who has a problem that is perplexing both of us. He's got a Windows 8 box, it was windows 8, then 8.1, now 8.1 update 1 problem still persisting. He put in an internal sata 3tb drive for data storage not for booting purposes. He partitioned this drive in to a d: partition 1.5t, and an e and f partitions 750Mb each. He then copied data from another location to this drive. In windows only and only on the d: partition he can not write to it. He can read from it, but any write operations fails. The e: and f: partitions are fine, for both reading and writing. If he boots up any Linux distro from live media reading and writing to any partition on that drive works fine. He's run spinrite and other drive diagnostic software which all comes back normal. Under Linux live media he copied all the data off this drive then repartitioned it and formatted it again as per above, then recopied t he data back. The results are the same, Linux read/write works fine, windows read works great in all partitions, but windows writing only works on e: and f: the 1.5t d: partition no good. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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Run as a different user with JFW
by Andrew Hodgson 13 May '14

13 May '14

Hi, I am doing an Exchange 2013 upgrade and came across an issue with ActiveSync as I am in the Domain Admins group. I know this is very bad practise, and I wanted to deal with this for a while, so I removed myself from the group, and for the most part am using an admin account to do admin tasks. The issue is with this is that when using one of the snap ins, for example, if I do a run as a different user with JFW, the program launches, but JFW can't read the contents of the window. I can sometimes use the review cursor to get the window, but it isn't reliable. I have been logging in as the separate admin account completely in order to run tasks. Any suggestions as to a better way? Thanks. Andrew.

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Run as a different user with JFW
by Andrew Hodgson 13 May '14

13 May '14

Hi, I am doing an Exchange 2013 upgrade and came across an issue with ActiveSync as I am in the Domain Admins group. I know this is very bad practise, and I wanted to deal with this for a while, so I removed myself from the group, and for the most part am using an admin account to do admin tasks. The issue is with this is that when using one of the snap ins, for example, if I do a run as a different user with JFW, the program launches, but JFW can't read the contents of the window. I can sometimes use the review cursor to get the window, but it isn't reliable. I have been logging in as the separate admin account completely in order to run tasks. Any suggestions as to a better way? Thanks. Andrew.

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Microsoft Server 2012R2 with JAWS, any tips?
by zoidarmy 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hello. I am trying to teach myself MS Server2012R2, using JAWS. I have books etc. Just wondering if anyone has any tips with navigating the Server Manager screen. I'm finding it quite confusing. At this stage, I don't know how to use PowerShell, hence using the gui. I'm using the server as a VM on VMWare, on a Windows 7 Proffessional system, with JFW 15. Best regards and thanks for any thoughts. Chris Turner

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team viewer accessibility
by curtis jackson 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hello: I am a blind computer technician. i am trying to be able to do remote support. Does anyone know how I can do this other than rim. I tried team viewer, but I could not get nvda to read what I was doing on the romote computer. Can anyone help me with this.

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