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some one sighted able to help
by Marvin Hunkin 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Nay one sighted and able to remote into my machine. Using vm ware player and need to turn on audio for four vms, using windows server 2012 for an assignment. My main trainer is on vacation now. And need to get this assignment done this week. Can any one help who is sighted. Just need the audio on for this. Have tried command prompt and have researched. But no way to turn it on. Can any one help. Or is there a script or another way, maybe via power shell. Do have a power shell script and sets the audio services for my host machine, not the guest vms. Any help. Tearing my hair out. Thanks.

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script to to turn on windows narrator audio
by Marvin Hunkin 21 Dec '20

21 Dec '20

Hi. How do you turn on audio services, when you are blind. And have tried command prompts but not turned it on. So do you then need some one to remote in and turn it on. This is for windows server 2012 r2, and 2019. Any ideas. Thanks.

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windows server
by Marvin Hunkin 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Okay, main issue. Do understand about windows server and learnt and watched a ton of videos. My issue, not able to get the audio turned on. And is disabled by default. That's the major issue. How do I do that. Tried the commands but not working in vm ware workstation player. So that's the issue. How to do that without sighted help. Any one got around this issue. Thanks.

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can ryan contact me off list
by Marvin Hunkin 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Hi. Can ryan contact me off list. I just read his blog about his journey to Microsoft. Will schm or any accessible help me with my issue. Don't have head set, just speakers, when I launch a windows 2012 , 2016, 2019. No audio. Just hear caps lock on and off when I go to then host audio with my real tech speakers, so hear that, but windows narrator does not come on. Will window-eyes help me out. Or is there any scripts, did try the Sc config audiosrv start= auto and it does not turn audio on. So have tried that. Did try Dev Man View, but did enable audio and did save it as the same name for my speakers. So is there any way to turn on audio, except having to have sighted help. Has ryan ever ran into this issue. Running windows 10 2009 pro. Got 8 gb ram, and allocating 4 gb for vms, for my networking course. Had to get sighted help to do a whole bunch of vms, for windows 2019 , and this was my trainers versions and he gave me the keys for this. And now using windows server 2012 r2, and running into the same issue. If I go with my default audio. Windows narrator does not come on. Just got a standard ear bud heaphones. Don't have a head set. Any ideas. Have tried googling and trying a whole bunch of things, and don't want to have to rely on sighted help all the time. Have contacted enterprise disability and in Australia and waiting for a reply have tried to do things and get it to work. So any scripts. Think the last version of window eyes works with windows 10. But not sure, maybe 2004. Got 20 h 2 or 2009. And got a intel I 7 3 2.3 quad core or duel core up to 6 cores ghz processor, 500 gb solid state drive and a Samsung 2 inch solid state drive external drive 512 gb. So any ideas. This is stupid. Either a oversight with accessibility for Microsoft or they have deleiberatley done this so not to have extra resources. Any ideas and please be civil, no snide reamrks or be sarcastic. Have been polite to you guys. And have not rambed. Just explained my situation as best as possible. This is stupid. Know how to install windows 10 without sighted help and able to run windows narrator. Cannot do this in server. So, will the scm or a terminal by pass this. Any ideas. Do have putty. Marvin..

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windows server
by Marvin Hunkin 20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20

Hi. Is there a batch file to turn it on inside vm ware player. This is stupid. Did get the Net Start AudioEndpointBuilder and got beeps. But narrator would not turn on then tried net start audiosrv. But would not turn on. What am I doing wrong. The vm ware tools in the vm, would not install. Any ideas. Frustrating. Just want to turn on the audio. Or do I need sighted help. This is so frustrating. Marvin.

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server core
by Marvin Hunkin 19 Dec '20

19 Dec '20

Hi no have not used it yet. Maybe may need to use that in my next networking course. Just using the gui windows server and server manager with nvda and windows narrator. Don't have a jaws remote licence but will purchase one next year. Thanks.

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enable audio windows server
by Marvin Hunkin 18 Dec '20

18 Dec '20

Hi totally blind using jaws, nvda, windows narrator. Able to do this in vm ware player, able to get narrator on the initial install screen. But when it reboots, no audio, and did try the Sc.config audiosrv start= auto. Does not turn it on. So is there a script or a way to turn on audio, when you are blind. Have you done that with windows server 2012 r2, 2016, 2019, and have you played with the insider version of server 2020, and if so, have they addressed this issue, some way to detect when a screen reader is running, then enable audio. So annoying. Marvin.

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server core and accessibility
by Ryan Shugart 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Hi everyone: I wanted to throw a question out to those of you who regularly work with Windows servers. When setting up a new server, do you go for server core or the full desktop experience? Are your reasons accessibility based at all, AKA would you use server core more if you could run a screen reader directly on the server, even built in AT such as Narrator? If you need to use servers running Server Core in your job, how do you do so today and what are your concerns around this method? Is remote access through tools like Powershell, server manager, Windows Admin center enough for day to day use or is not having normal console access an issue? Do you use Emergency Management Services<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-comm…> to get serial console access or is that approach you’d take if you needed it? Thanks a lot for your help. Ryan

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Re: Virtual machine access.
by Ryan Shugart 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Unfortunately, Hyper-V on the desktop still presents some challenges. Namely at this point, there is no audio passthrough during the initial install phase so getting an OS up and running is still a challenge. I recommend sticking with Workstation for the immediate future. Thanks. 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: Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 7:59 PM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Virtual machine access. Thanks Ryan, What about HyperV? I'm very happy with moving over to HyperV for this if it has improved. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Shugart <rshugart(a)ryanshugart.com> Sent: Saturday 12 December 2020 07:12 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Virtual machine access. Hi: I haven't used VMWare Workstation in a number of years, but back when I used it I didn't have any problems. I don't know if things have changed since though. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Darragh Ó Héiligh <d(a)digitaldarragh.com> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 7:17 AM To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Virtual machine access. Hello, I probably know the answer to this before I even ask it. Bu ton the off chance something changed in the past year, How is Jaws with VMware workstation? Specifically, while using a laptop, am I going to be able to pass through the capslock, insert and control keys to the guest VM? Or every time I press the caps lock key, is the local running instance of Jaws going to tell me the capslock is enabled? Thanks _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Virtual machine access.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 13 Dec '20

13 Dec '20

Hello, I probably know the answer to this before I even ask it. Bu ton the off chance something changed in the past year, How is Jaws with VMware workstation? Specifically, while using a laptop, am I going to be able to pass through the capslock, insert and control keys to the guest VM? Or every time I press the caps lock key, is the local running instance of Jaws going to tell me the capslock is enabled? Thanks

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