[NFBCS] free virtual machines recommendations

[Timothy Breitenfeldt]

Hi, I understand your struggles with virtual machines. I personally
use VM Ware Player, however the drawback to this is that you can only
use one VM at a time in the free version, so if you are trying to run
multiple VMs for a networking lab VM Ware Player may not be your best
choice. I have found that VMWare is the most accessible with JAWS and
NVDA over Virtual Box. I was never able to get Virtual Box working
myself, I had the same issue you had with audio. I remember doing
research into it, and I remember that it had something to do with the
default settings in Virtual Box itself I think.

Anyways, to your question on the error about authorization credential
guard in vm ware. I just dealt with this recently, I not sure if I am
remembering the correct solution or not, but if I rmember correctly
you need to disable the Hypervisor in turn windows features on and
off. VM Ware has its own software that communicates to the OS, and I
guess that Hypervisor gets in the way when it is enabled.
To disable it, make sure you are logged in as an admin, and type turn
windows features on and off in to the start menu, then in the treeview
press h to jump to hyper v,expand it, arrow down to hyper v platform
and  expand that, then uncheck hyper v hyperviser, and finally you
will need to restart after that.
I have to toggle this on when using docker for windows, and off for
using VM Ware. There are some shell commands to do this that I don't
remember, I have been meaning to automate this process, just haven't
gotten around to it.

I hope this helps,

Timothy Breitenfeldt

On 3/31/20, Marvin Hunkin via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi. Using jaws 2020 , nvda 2019.3 windows 10 64 bit pro. On a assus laptop.
> Doing a network course from http://www.upskilled.edu.au. Got a free
> dedicated server for assignments  from http://www.heropa.com. But only for
> assignments and assessments. As their web tool is totally unuser friendly
> and not accessible. Looking to rebuild. So looking for a free vm. Did sign
> up for the vmware workstation education, but was rejected my application.
> Not sure. And also listening to videos from http://www.pluralsight.com and
> from http://www.linedinlearning.com. Vm ware player, asks for me to turn
> off
> credential guard manager and security settings, if people are familiar with
> that. Now, tried that and when trying to install windows server 2016 iso,
> could not turn that feature off. In vritual box, no way to turn the audio
> on, and it kept either crashing or powering off. Hyper v manager the same.
> So can any one doing a networking course, let me know. And Microsoft azure,
> trying to set up a free student account, would not recognize my landline
> voip phone. Don't have a mobile phone, credit card, paypal. And now, any
> one
> got any good recommendations for a free, accessible vm, that will work with
> jaws, nvda, windows narrator. And able to then install such server os as
> windows server 2008 r2, 2012, 2016, docker, etc.
>
> Any ideas or help. Want to get my hands dirty and learn how to install,
> configure and use networking. Any one got any ideas or in the same boat. My
> college does not have a dedicated online server. Doing this online and with
> about 11 other sighted students.
>
> Any ideas. Help.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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