August 2011 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

NVDA remote to windows 7
by David Mehler 12 Aug '11

12 Aug '11

Hello, I've got a Dell Inspiron Desktop 64 bit running Windows 7 home Premium. It's got NVDA 2010.2 on it and it is several hundred miles away from me. That's the back story, bad news is this box is having a problem that I need to remote to to correct. I'm wondering if I can do this NVDA to NVDA also any machine I would use from this end is only 32 bit. Some urgency! I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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Diagnosing local or isp issue
by Ben Mustill-Rose 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

Hey all, I don't really like speaking with my isp's tech support, so I was wondering if anyone could suggest a few things to try in my situation to try and determin if the below is a problem at my end or the isp's? I have a fairly old (DG834G bought in 2006) modem / router / access point combo which has been working very well up until now. Every few days, the wan connection will get dropped and I have to reboot it until it comes back up; this can take quite a few reboots. It always shows as connected in the web interface - I can see upload and download speeds, but I don't get an ip from the isp. I've tried flashing the firmware, new cables and different micro filters all with no affect which has taken quite a while since it might work fine for days then all of a sudden fail. I considered using a computer with a usb modem and internet connection sharing connected to a switch to see if the issue goes away, but I'm really reluctant to have a windows box facing the internet on my network so I'd rather not. Using a different line is possible but would require quite a bit of rearranging, so unless people think it might help, again, I'd rather not. >From reading other peoples posts on forums, it seems like my isp is a bit reluctant to help with this sort of thing until you can proov that its not a problem at your end - they walk you through a troubleshooting document and then they ask bt to run a test on the line which takes 30 days. Does anyone have any ideas about what I could try? Cheers, Ben.

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Wireshark again.
by Darragh OHeiligh 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

This wireshark stuff is brilliant. I've had a reason to read up on it over the past while however it's accessibility leaves a lot to be desired. It seems to be using non standard colors or something for menus. When I add them to the custom highlight assignment then sometimes they read reasonably well but it's still not usable. I know that someone better with Jaws scripting would have a lot more luck very quickly with this and I also know that it would benefit many a blind sys admin so I'm asking if someone would mind trying to make it speak? Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Fujitsu Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559 Email: darragh.oheiligh(a)oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie

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Diagnosing local or isp issue
by Ben Mustill-Rose 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

Hey all, I don't really like speaking with my isp's tech support, so I was wondering if anyone could suggest a few things to try in my situation to try and determin if the below is a problem at my end or the isp's? I have a fairly old (DG834G bought in 2006) modem / router / access point combo which has been working very well up until now. Every few days, the wan connection will get dropped and I have to reboot it until it comes back up; this can take quite a few reboots. It always shows as connected in the web interface - I can see upload and download speeds, but I don't get an ip from the isp. I've tried flashing the firmware, new cables and different micro filters all with no affect which has taken quite a while since it might work fine for days then all of a sudden fail. I considered using a computer with a usb modem and internet connection sharing connected to a switch to see if the issue goes away, but I'm really reluctant to have a windows box facing the internet on my network so I'd rather not. Using a different line is possible but would require quite a bit of rearranging, so unless people think it might help, again, I'd rather not. >From reading other peoples posts on forums, it seems like my isp is a bit reluctant to help with this sort of thing until you can proov that its not a problem at your end - they walk you through a troubleshooting document and then they ask bt to run a test on the line which takes 30 days. Does anyone have any ideas about what I could try? Cheers, Ben.

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Wireshark again.
by Darragh OHeiligh 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

This wireshark stuff is brilliant. I've had a reason to read up on it over the past while however it's accessibility leaves a lot to be desired. It seems to be using non standard colors or something for menus. When I add them to the custom highlight assignment then sometimes they read reasonably well but it's still not usable. I know that someone better with Jaws scripting would have a lot more luck very quickly with this and I also know that it would benefit many a blind sys admin so I'm asking if someone would mind trying to make it speak? Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Fujitsu Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559 Email: darragh.oheiligh(a)oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie

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