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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi George, Afraid not. It would be too much downtime. I agree with you. Where I'm working we haven't got allot of IT policies like this in place. This would be my preferred route as well. Regards, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 16 November 2012 11:08 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by George Bell 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Is a re-format out of the question, Barry? Personally I always feel it's safer to do a full re-format, and indeed if it has contained sensitive information, I use a special re-formatter which does multiple passes to US Military standards, albeit this can take a very long time. George -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 16 November 2012 10:47 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Changing Windows 7 registered owners name Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Changing Windows 7 registered owners name
by Barry Toner 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi folks, This is driving me up the wall. I'm running an install and it keeps picking up on the name of a previous user on this computer. I suspect it was the original person who installed Win7. I've changed it to myself and the name of the organisation I work for in the Registry under, "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" Rebooted, and confirmed the entry I put in is still there. However, when I start the installer it's showing the previous data. Can anyone tell me where this is located to change? Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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parts inventory spreadsheet or database and web site
by David Mehler 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hello, If this is off topic please respond privately. I've got an influx of computer parts, towers, printers, drives, stuff, as well as some assistive technology items. I want to categorize them probably keep some sell or donate most, but I want to know what I have. Spreadsheet or database? My second item, is I want to put these inventory lists on a web page and have the information be sortable and viewable by chosen criteria, that says database and sql. I thought about hand coding this part then I thought about drupal. I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Dave.

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parts inventory spreadsheet or database and web site
by David Mehler 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hello, If this is off topic please respond privately. I've got an influx of computer parts, towers, printers, drives, stuff, as well as some assistive technology items. I want to categorize them probably keep some sell or donate most, but I want to know what I have. Spreadsheet or database? My second item, is I want to put these inventory lists on a web page and have the information be sortable and viewable by chosen criteria, that says database and sql. I thought about hand coding this part then I thought about drupal. I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks. Dave.

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disabling SD Card access & optical Access
by Barry Toner 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hi folks, I'd love to be able to do this with a GPO, but these are for machines who won't be connecting to Active Directory. I've managed to disable USB Storage access by omitting everyone but Admins from usbstor.inf and usbstor.pnf. The laptop has an SD Card slot. Is there a way to disable this at a local level? I could log as Admin then delete the driver, but Plug n play would only re-install it again after a reboot? I'm waiting on confirmation from the Net Admin about disabling access to the DVD drawer as well. Basically these laptops are being used as a temporary device for presentations. The users log-in through their Citrix session and access their presentation files from their Network drive. Going forward we'll be using iPads. Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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disabling SD Card access & optical Access
by Barry Toner 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Hi folks, I'd love to be able to do this with a GPO, but these are for machines who won't be connecting to Active Directory. I've managed to disable USB Storage access by omitting everyone but Admins from usbstor.inf and usbstor.pnf. The laptop has an SD Card slot. Is there a way to disable this at a local level? I could log as Admin then delete the driver, but Plug n play would only re-install it again after a reboot? I'm waiting on confirmation from the Net Admin about disabling access to the DVD drawer as well. Basically these laptops are being used as a temporary device for presentations. The users log-in through their Citrix session and access their presentation files from their Network drive. Going forward we'll be using iPads. Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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Telephony systems
by Andrew Hodgson 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi all, Our current Call Manager 4.x servers are creaking under their age, and we are looking at replacing this either with a new Cisco telephony system or a completely new system altogether. The system has to use IP as the connection to the handsets, as we don't want to add in more cables. Has anyone any experience in deploying a new Call manager setup, or a similar telephony system, and how was the accessibility? Thanks. Andrew.

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