Post #2489218
2026-02-18 19:09 UTC
@NikJov@mastodon.social Huh. Wonder what they're checking for, like whether it's a case of looking whether narrator.exe is running or something else. The next logical steps would be either figuring out what process is doing this and how, then making an app to spoof it, or contacting Lenovo to have them check for other screen readers.
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@NikJov@mastodon.social 2026-02-18 19:13
@pitermach@dragonscave.space Awesome ideas. I took the much less optimistic one of trying to contact them and tell them about it, which is leading me through the rabbit holes of AI chat bots, irrelevant departments about servicing my laptops or the community forum.
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@NikJov@mastodon.social 2026-02-18 19:15
@pitermach@dragonscave.space The process that does this is "FnHotkeyUtility.exe". And, yep, it seems to be a simple narrator.exe check. I renamed a random application to narrator.exe, and that was enough to convince it Narrator is running, so not all that hard.