I just tried it, works fine. A couple of things I'd check are. 1. Did your friend allow it through Windows Firewall? As soon as I connected, this was running it on a machine for the first time,

Thank you. Since I am not a bear, I never hibernated on older systems. Now that I know that's what fast start basically is, I made sure it was turned off. Travis On 12/31/2018

Thank you Brian. That does explain things clearly, and gives me a lesson in what fast start really is. Off to make sure it's disabled. Travis On 12/30/2018 9:15 PM, Brian Vogel

Are you using thelatest nvda remote add on? If not try updating and see if you have any errors. Take care

Hi, I tried connecting to a friend’s computer. F11 no longer works to give me remote keyboard control. Is this a bug? Can it please be fixed if it is? Josh Sent from Mail for Windows 10

What surprise I heard nothing but a happy new year speech

Agreed. That was cool.. I took 2 ties to dl the add on but I finally got it and all updates I needed.

Which I had to do, download manually from the NVDA’s AddOns page. When updated it via the app itself, it gave me the error of Write/protected or disc full. Any ideas?

Yes, and I clicked that button and heard the surprise!  Thanks Joseph for all you have done with nvda and its ad ons over the years! Roger

Nice. Is there a way to include a list of locations? I normally check 3-5 locations for weather to keep an eye on my friends and family in said locations. I just grabbed the add on and will install

Hi Travis, First happy new year to you. I thank you for replying to my request. I found the Battleship game on the Ian Humphreys' web page. As for the memory game, I believe it was written by

Thanks to both Isaac and Brian.  I think I'll go ahead and run the utilities. George

Not sure I like addon developers adding personal messages to their addons. This one is harmless but others could not be.

Hi, Nope, that’s not the surprise – that feature’s been there since the add-on’s early days. Cheers, Joseph

Hi all, The "surprise" will show up only once. Also, "to let the cat out of the bag" (as they say), the "surprise" is not the text itself. If you listen to the dialog content carefully, you'll notice

Yeah, I mean when does this end?! -- They Ask Me If I'm Happy; I say Yes. They ask: "How Happy are You?" I Say: "I'm as happy as a stow away chimpanzee on a banana boat!"

Good morning and happy new Year to every one, Changes in this version: #Changes in the Weather Plus Settings window: •Added new checkbox; "Use only weather effects"; This allows you to filter out

Not sure if this is the surprise, but you can now tell which add ons to never update in the add ons settings, which can be found under the NVDA settings. hit here to see my latest writing update.

Write to me off list with emails and stuff. Or, write to our advocacy group below. We mostly plan action, not discuss accessibility tutorials or similar. There's other lists for that. We have a

Hopefully it doesn’t tell me happy New Year again tomorrow And announces that each time you restart your screen reader Regards Ian