March 2009 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Reminder: Coming Up on Main Menu in a Little Under 9 Hours - CAPTCHA!
by Darrell Shandrow 13 Jun '10

13 Jun '10

Hello Everyone, This announcement represents a friendly reminder for all of you to listen to an important, two hour live Main Menu coming right up later today. Coming up on an exciting two hour live program, we hear from a panel of technology industry experts all about CAPTCHA (visual verification) and other forms of visual authentication, accessibility challenges to existing visual verification systems, the balance between human rights and security, existing solutions for providing reasonable accomodations to visual authentication and emerging accessibility solutions. We are proud to introduce an impressive panel of experts and their primary areas of focus: * Matt May from the Adobe Systems Accessibility Team will discuss his 2005 W3C note on the inaccessibility of CAPTCHA. * Luis von Ahn from ReCAPTCHA at Carnegie Mellon University will describe their accessible solution. * Steve Dispensa from PhoneFactor will tell us all about an innovative, telephone based two-factor authentication system. The accessibility of CAPTCHA (visual verification schemes on the web) and other similar forms of visual authentication is a topic of utmost importance to the blind, visually impaired and others with print reading disabilities. Real, universally accessible solutions are going to require significant amounts of effort, good will and out-of-the-box thinking. We encourage active participation by the blind community, members on all sides of the issue from the mainstream technology industry and those sighted people who care about what happens to us. Here is how to participate in the show: The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You may email your questions to: mainmenu(a)acbradio.org You may also interact with the show via MSN (Windows Live) Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID to add is: mainmenu(a)acbradio.org Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is: main-menu-subscribe(a)googlegroups.com Come join an already lively group of users. Would you like to subscribe to podcast feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are: Main Menu - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu Main Menu Live - http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive Main Menu can be heard on Tuesday evenings at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal (GMT) on Wednesday mornings on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel. Follow this link to listen to the show: http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_… Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow The Main Menu Production Team

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition
by Frank Ventura 25 Apr '10

25 Apr '10

Thanks, I did download the demo and it will not install on Server 2003. I also tried reinstalling the OS in a RAID 1 configuration, as opposed to the RAID 0 I tried last time. The same thing happened. There are two 250gb drives in the array. Disk management reports the C partition as being 231.8gb, which would be correct (this being the "DM disk view in disk management). The properties of the C drive as reported by Windows Explorer shows the capacity as 5gb and I cannot use any of the rest of the space (226 or so GB). I found the drivers for the Dell 5ir controller on the support.dell.com site. I installed them with no difference. I could not find the ISO image of the latest Dell setup disk. After identifying it as a SC440 and a 5IR controller I don't see any links to disk images. I was thinking of installing the drivers onto a floppy and hitting F6 after booting from the Windows disk. How can I set up the drivers on the floppy or can I just copy the .exe files onto the floppy? Thanks for all of your suggestions. Frank -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:41 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition Hi, It used to only work with desktop OS versions because they sold a server version, but I think the later ones should work. Download a demo and see. However, I will send another message, as this is not expected behaviour. Thanks. Andrew. ________________________________________ From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Shugart [rshugart(a)pcisys.net] Sent: 05 January 2009 02:21 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition Frank: As a general rule, if it runs on XP it should work on Server 2003 as well. There are acceptions for things like high end video and gaming hardware, but I would imagine Partition Magic wouldn't have a problem on 2003. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:05 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition Thanks, I tried to reinstall it again this afternoon with the same results. This time I used RAID 1 instead of RAID 0. Properties of the C: drive as shown by Windows Explorer shows 5GB. Disk manager reports the C: partition correctly as 231.8 GB. Disk manager also reports the Utility partition correctly as a 39mb ISA configuration partition. The Dell set up utility only seems to give me disk options to change from RAID 1 or 0 and the type of file system which I have selected NTFS both times. I wanted to try partion magic, however I went to www.partitionmagic.com and it said it only was for XP and Windows 2000. Is there a version that can be purchased for Windows 2003? I am really out of ideas on this and any would be appreciated. Thanks Frank -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 11:07 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition Hi Frank, Partition Magic will resize active partitions. It'll batch the process and reboot to perform it and then auto reboot back into Windows once complete. Partition Magic I always found was one of those products that worked better with Jaws than Window Eyes. Rare but it happens. smiles Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> To: "Blind sysadmins list" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition > Hi, > > Not diskpart, Partition Magic or try again with the latest Dell utilities, > these give you the later driver versions as well. > > Do you know which version of the Dell utilities you were using? > > The other thing is just live with it - most servers I build have two > partitions - one for OS, and one for data, though I think 5GB may be a bit > tight for W2k3. > > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Frank Ventura > Sent: 04 January 2009 13:15 > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition > > Thanks, is there a diskpart.exe command to expand the partition? Here is > the results of CHKDSK, the size of the allocation units seems incorrect > me but I don't think the Dell utility gives me an option to change that. > Frank > Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790] > (C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>chkdsk > The type of the file system is NTFS. > Volume label is . > > WARNING! F parameter not specified. > Running CHKDSK in read-only mode. > > CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... > 28096 file records processed. > File verification completed. > 1584 large file records processed. > 0 bad file records processed. > 0 EA records processed. > 0 reparse records processed. > CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... > 91069 index entries processed. > Index verification completed. > 5 unindexed files processed. > CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... > 28096 security descriptors processed. > Security descriptor verification completed. > 1824 data files processed. > CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal... > 8401456 USN bytes processed. > Usn Journal verification completed. > > 5004215 KB total disk space. > 3061291 KB in 24657 files. > 7156 KB in 1825 indexes. > 0 KB in bad sectors. > 66118 KB in use by the system. > 27072 KB occupied by the log file. > 1869649 KB available on disk. > > 512 bytes in each allocation unit. > 10008431 total allocation units on disk. > 3739299 allocation units available on disk. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ch > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Andrew Hodgson > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:33 AM > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition > > Hi, > > Buy default, the Dell management software will create an initial > partition for the OS, but leave the remainder of the disk blank. Older > versions of the software (up to 4.5 I think) used to allocate 5GB by > default, whereas from 4.5 that went up to 12GB. > > Thanks. > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Frank Ventura > Sent: 04 January 2009 01:50 > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Problems with a size of the C partition > > Hi all, I am currently rebuilding a Dell SC440 with a RAID controller > and two attached SAS 250gb drives. Originally we had these configured as > a mirrored pair. Now that we are reinstalling we ran the Dell setup > utility (with a borrowed pair of eyes) and configured it as a stripped > pair of drives. We installed Windows Server 2003 and the install went > well. We now have a huge problem that I can't seem to find a cure for > with Google. In either Disk manager or Diskpart.exe the size of the > drive is reported at around 470GB, all allocated to the C partition, > which is what I would expect to see. Howegver, the properties of the C > drive as reported in Windows Explorer show the C drive with only a > capacity of 5gb! I tried converting from Basic to Dynamic with no > change. When trying to install anything I get an out of disk space error > since it is only recognizing the first 5gb of the C partition. Does > anyone have any ideas on what to go so that Windows 2003 will see the > entire size of the C partition? > Thanks > Frank > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1873 - Release Date: > 1/3/2009 2:14 PM > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 3735 (20090104) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1873 - Release Date: 1/3/2009 2:14 PM _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.2/1874 - Release Date: 1/4/2009 4:32 PM

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importing public self signed certificates via GPO
by Dave 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

Hello, This might be a simple question, but googling hasn't revealed the answer. I've got a web server that uses ssl to protect areas. This ssl is enabled by a self signed certificate that i issued from my own CA. I can manually import the CA's public certificate in to each machine then each system will trust the site and not pop up a warning dialog box about an untrusted cert. What i was wondering is if it would be possible for a GPO to be able to distribute the public cert to all domain computers. Thanks. Dave.

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recommended soundcards for use on a server
by David Edick 22 May '09

22 May '09

Hello system administrators, I have two super micro servers with no soundcards in them as of yet. I am using a USB soundcard for the moment on the one I am using regularly. what sound card do people use with their servers that is a reliable driver signed card that will not break the bank? any help would be appreciated. Thank you very kindly, /David

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WSUS 3.0sp1 accessibility?
by Dave 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had setup and was using windows server update services v3.0sp1? I was using 2, then the update to 3 happened and it's wizard seems very unaccessible. I was wondering if anyone had workarounds? This is with jfw9. Thanks. Dave.

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windows system administrator
by romance's prince 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

hello members: I need to study windows system administrator could you suggest for me some e-books? sites? I am new in this field. how can i start? thanks ibraam.

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renaming multiple files
by Troy Hergert 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hi everyone, Can anyone recommend an accessible utility that will allow me to adjust the names of multitple files in a folder? I am basically trying to remove the first 6 characters of every file in a bunch of folders. Using Windows explorer won't acomplish this. Thanks. Troy Hergert

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Windows 7 Copy Oddity-Possibly seen in Vista as well?
by Barry Toner 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

I am attempting to copy a data backup from a USB SATTA Caddy to a USB Caddy drive. Using Windows 7 and Windows Explorer the copy calculates the source size and targets free space then gives me a dialog with try Again and Cancel claiming there's not enough free space on the drive to perform the copy. I need to free up about 80GB or so on the target. There's no options for replace files whilst copying in this instance it seems. NB. The source is a few gig smaller than the target's overall directory and the targets volume has 146GB free. My next step was installed Windows Resource Kits Tools with the intention of using robocopy. The installer did warn me of known conflicts but I thought, push on and see. When i try and execute robocopy it generates a bunch of on-screen garbage and lands me back in the c:\program files\windows resource kits\tools directory. I don't want to delete the target because it has some newer files than the source. However, one way i could work round it is copy the target to the source, delete the target then copy the source to what was the target, it seems very long-winded and wil take probably an additional six hours because this is USB to USB, both powered and USB 2.0, but still will take a while. Any suggestions for an alternative? I could probably use rsync, but don't want to drag this out as I'd have to read-up on it's syntax as it's been a few years. Thanks, Barry. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3957 (20090324) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com

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text editor that handles multiple line edits
by Dave 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hello, I'm not sure if the subject is entirely accurate, but i'm looking for a new Windows text editor something with notepad's speed but with multiple line editing, a mark ability or a search and replace. For example, I've got a document converted from a word doc, with the original source unavailable, that has headers and footers in it. I want to strip those out. I was thinking of marking text then deleting everything between the marks, or a multiple line search and replace. Suggestions for an editor welcome. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCP,Network+,A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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packaging virtual machines
by rick watson 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Good morning list, I have a vm that was created using virtual server. Does anyone know if it is possible to package this machine up for distribution to other people. I realize that one could simply copy all of the files, but this seems rather a large bit of data. Thanks Rick

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JFW 10.1 with 64-bit support
by Andrew Hodgson 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Hi, It looks like the new JFW 10.1 will support Windows Server 2008 64-bit. Anyone got any kit to try this on? My systems are all virtual and I don't have a remote desktop license. Thanks. Andrew.

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JFW 10.1 with 64-bit support
by Andrew Hodgson 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Hi, It looks like the new JFW 10.1 will support Windows Server 2008 64-bit. Anyone got any kit to try this on? My systems are all virtual and I don't have a remote desktop license. Thanks. Andrew.

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getting started with vmware server
by rick watson 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Good morning listers, Two questions. 1. What is the url for the jfw scripts for vmware server. 2. What is a good getting started guide for creating virtual machines. Thanks Rick

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backing up a running system
by Dave 10 Mar '09

10 Mar '09

Hello, I've got a laptop running xp pro that i have to redo. It's that time. I've got an external terrabyte drive to back it up to. My problem is a product like ghost won't work as the drive is formatted NTFS and won't be read from the ghost CD. I need a product that works from a running windows or can reboot then work, and get all my files, i'll need also file selective restore. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCP,Network+,A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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microsoft virtual pc and adding a second hard disk
by rick watson 09 Mar '09

09 Mar '09

Good afternoon listers, I just found this list. I am currently working with Microsoft virtual pc 2007 and jaws. I have created a second virtual hard disk using the virtual disk wizard and set the second disk in my virtual machine to point to it. Why doesn't this disk show up under my computer. I have xp pro as the host and guest os. I am talking about showing up under the guest os. Thanks for any advice. Rick

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ip kvm switches
by Philip 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Has anyone had any experience using ip kvm switch that also passes audio? I need to admin 2 servers from a different building. I am not impressed with using jaws and remote desktop. System access works most of the time, but version 3 doesn't play nice with 3rd party screen readers. I sometimes need to use the jaws cursor for some tasks, and the virtual mouse in system access is a joke. At the moment, i have a four port usb/audio switch on my desk witht he servers in the same room. In April, the servers are moving to a different building. The buildings are going to be connected using fiber. If necessary, I can have a cat 5 cable pulled too, if cat5 kvm would work. >From the little I was able to find, ip kvm switches seem to send back a bit map for the video. Any help will be appreciated. Phil

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] ip kvm switches
by Andrew Hodgson 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Hi. So are the servers close to your desk, they aren't in another room? Thanks. Andrew. --- original message --- From: "Philip" <phall-eml2(a)earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] ip kvm switches Date: 7th March 2009 Time: 2:20:30 pm HI. Thanks for the info. unfortunately, I am not very proficient using window eyes as of yet. What I use currently is a 4 port usb plus audio kvm. We bought it from dell, but I think it might be a belkin under the hood. It has 4 buttons on the front. I have my work station plugged into one port, and our 2 servers in 2 other ports. I use the fourth port when I need to work on a computer that someone brings me to reformat or do other maintenance on. The switch has the ability of being controlled from the keyboard, but I have never gotten that to work. I use a usb sound device on one server since it doesn't have any normal pci slots. the other machine had one pci slot, so I installed a turtle beach sound card. I have my speakers plugged into the kvm switch. it also supports microphone, but I have no need of that feature. hope this helps. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> To: "Blind sysadmins list" <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:14 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] ip kvm switches > Hi, > > The ones we have in the server room don't do anything with audio, as most > servers don't have soundcards anyway, not sure how easy it would be to > plum all the cables through. > > Interested to hear a bit more about your KVM setup you have currently, it > sounds quite interesting. > > WindowEyes is the king currently with RDP access imho. > > Thanks. > Andrew. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Philip > Sent: 07 March 2009 02:19 > To: blind system admins > Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] ip kvm switches > > Has anyone had any experience using ip kvm switch that also passes audio? > I need to admin 2 servers from a different building. I am not impressed > with using jaws and remote desktop. System access works most of the time, > but version 3 doesn't play nice with 3rd party screen readers. I > sometimes need to use the jaws cursor for some tasks, and the virtual > mouse in system access is a joke. > At the moment, i have a four port usb/audio switch on my desk witht he > servers in the same room. In April, the servers are moving to a different > building. The buildings are going to be connected using fiber. If > necessary, I can have a cat 5 cable pulled too, if cat5 kvm would work. > From the little I was able to find, ip kvm switches seem to send back a > bit map for the video. > Any help will be appreciated. > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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