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Mouse Issue in Win 10
Hi All, My wife has a new Dell 8940 desktop running Win 10 Home 20H2. It’s running NVDA and Magnifier to let me see things on screen. I set the mouse pointer to a yellow color so it’s always fairly vi
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Hi All, My wife has a new Dell 8940 desktop running Win 10 Home 20H2. It’s running NVDA and Magnifier to let me see things on screen. I set the mouse pointer to a yellow color so it’s always fairly vi
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Bill Powers
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The Sys Tray Chevron Is Missing
Thanks Quentin, I don’t recall putting all my icons in the notification area but now I have the step-by-steps on making sure that little Chevron is there. The area just looks funny without it. Thanks,
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Thanks Quentin, I don’t recall putting all my icons in the notification area but now I have the step-by-steps on making sure that little Chevron is there. The area just looks funny without it. Thanks,
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Bill Powers
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The Sys Tray Chevron Is Missing
Bill, Thanks for the steps to return the Notification Chevron. I don’t know why I called the area the SysTray, I guess that’s old school terminology that sticks in the brain. Good set of step-bys for
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Bill, Thanks for the steps to return the Notification Chevron. I don’t know why I called the area the SysTray, I guess that’s old school terminology that sticks in the brain. Good set of step-bys for
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Bill Powers
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The Sys Tray Chevron Is Missing
How do I get the Chevron back that’s supposed to appear to the left of icons in the systray in Win 10? Thanks, BP
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How do I get the Chevron back that’s supposed to appear to the left of icons in the systray in Win 10? Thanks, BP
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Bill Powers
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Log-On Question
Brian, One of the odd things about the computer I’ve been setting up for my wife is that when I first turned it on and for the next 2-3 reboots, no request for account info came up. On a subsequent re
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Brian, One of the odd things about the computer I’ve been setting up for my wife is that when I first turned it on and for the next 2-3 reboots, no request for account info came up. On a subsequent re
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Bill Powers
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Log-On Question
Tim, You brought up a good point about setting up a computer before training a user, and turning on Narrator. I start out with NVDA probably because some time back I had a horrible experience with Nar
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Tim, You brought up a good point about setting up a computer before training a user, and turning on Narrator. I start out with NVDA probably because some time back I had a horrible experience with Nar
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Bill Powers
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Log-On Question
Brian, Thanks for your info about log-ins. Good advice. I will take a look tomorrow when I do some more work on my wife’s PC. I’ve spent so much time on it today that I need a break from it. You are c
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Brian, Thanks for your info about log-ins. Good advice. I will take a look tomorrow when I do some more work on my wife’s PC. I’ve spent so much time on it today that I need a break from it. You are c
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Bill Powers
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Is additional malware protection needed when using Windows Security (or most modern security suites)?
Brian, I did look all over the dialog box to see if there was an option to revert to the free version but none was available. There were only two options – “End free trial” or “Buy Now” and nothing el
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Brian, I did look all over the dialog box to see if there was an option to revert to the free version but none was available. There were only two options – “End free trial” or “Buy Now” and nothing el
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Bill Powers
· #50406
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Log-On Question
I just started setting up a brand new Win 10 desktop for my wife (Win 10 Home) and am still putting all the programs on that she wants to use, but I am writing with a question about log-on. I noticed
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I just started setting up a brand new Win 10 desktop for my wife (Win 10 Home) and am still putting all the programs on that she wants to use, but I am writing with a question about log-on. I noticed
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Bill Powers
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Is additional malware protection needed when using Windows Security (or most modern security suites)?
Mike, Yesterday, I set up a new W10 desktop for my wife with preinstalled software through a company called Boundless Assistive Tech. but here’s a first. After running the PC for about an hour, I saw
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Mike, Yesterday, I set up a new W10 desktop for my wife with preinstalled software through a company called Boundless Assistive Tech. but here’s a first. After running the PC for about an hour, I saw
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Bill Powers
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Narrator by Other Names
Mike, The only rationalization I can think of for the different name to “Narrator” is that it may well use the same channel of the audio mixer control as JAWS would if activated, so it’s just a generi
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Mike, The only rationalization I can think of for the different name to “Narrator” is that it may well use the same channel of the audio mixer control as JAWS would if activated, so it’s just a generi
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Bill Powers
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Keyboard
Sarah, I’ve heard the blue switches are noisier but then every time I think I know which color switches to go with or to avoid, I get more and more confused. There are blue, red, orange, yellow, brown
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Sarah, I’ve heard the blue switches are noisier but then every time I think I know which color switches to go with or to avoid, I get more and more confused. There are blue, red, orange, yellow, brown
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Bill Powers
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Chicken Nugget (accessible twitter client) 4.71 released
I just had an interesting bout with fixing up my wife’s Chicken Nugget after she attempted update to 4.71. when she thought she updated, I think it was her “mentions” (or could have been timeline) did
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I just had an interesting bout with fixing up my wife’s Chicken Nugget after she attempted update to 4.71. when she thought she updated, I think it was her “mentions” (or could have been timeline) did
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Bill Powers
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Keyboard
Sarah, The Corsair K60 runs about $79.95. not sure what your K67 runs though I think it’s replaced by the K68 now. I will say they seem to make good quality KB’s but truthfully I wish I could find one
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Sarah, The Corsair K60 runs about $79.95. not sure what your K67 runs though I think it’s replaced by the K68 now. I will say they seem to make good quality KB’s but truthfully I wish I could find one
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Bill Powers
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Keyboard
Sarah, Yes the KB works fine without the software, it’s only for the backlighting which can be changed to an array of colors for those who have sight to appreciate it. what I’m miffed at is their inst
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Sarah, Yes the KB works fine without the software, it’s only for the backlighting which can be changed to an array of colors for those who have sight to appreciate it. what I’m miffed at is their inst
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Bill Powers
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Keyboard
Sarah, I forgot if you have sight but if you do, can you tell me if there are written instructions on how to use the ICue software so I can map out colors on the keyboard? I have the K60 SE Pro which
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Sarah, I forgot if you have sight but if you do, can you tell me if there are written instructions on how to use the ICue software so I can map out colors on the keyboard? I have the K60 SE Pro which
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Bill Powers
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Why does my shutdown menu always have an option to "update and restart?"
Brian, I recently tried updating from 1909 to build 20h2 but had the same problem that I did last summer when trying to update to 2004 – couldn’t access start menu or Action Center, and likely other i
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Brian, I recently tried updating from 1909 to build 20h2 but had the same problem that I did last summer when trying to update to 2004 – couldn’t access start menu or Action Center, and likely other i
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Bill Powers
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Computer Cutting off Ends of Sounds
Brian, The Silencio app solved my clicking/cutoff problem. I am miffed that the sound cuts off at all on this AIO machine but at least the app provides relief with my situation. Let me throw this ques
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Brian, The Silencio app solved my clicking/cutoff problem. I am miffed that the sound cuts off at all on this AIO machine but at least the app provides relief with my situation. Let me throw this ques
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Bill Powers
· #49571
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Computer Cutting off Ends of Sounds
thanks for the link to that program. My need for it is to avoid the clicking when JAWS starts speaking and the subsequent click when there has been no JAWS speech for a while which happens with headph
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thanks for the link to that program. My need for it is to avoid the clicking when JAWS starts speaking and the subsequent click when there has been no JAWS speech for a while which happens with headph
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Bill Powers
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Dell Support Assistant Issue
Hi All, On my Dell OptiPlex 7460, there’s a utility called Support Assistant that ships with the PC which is free. I was prompted by Action Center to run the SA utility which I did, but the tests kept
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Hi All, On my Dell OptiPlex 7460, there’s a utility called Support Assistant that ships with the PC which is free. I was prompted by Action Center to run the SA utility which I did, but the tests kept
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Bill Powers
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