January 2013 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Keeping stock levels, & identifying products
by Barry Toner 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi folks, As part of my role I've been asked to keep track of our printer Toners. I've created a Spreadsheet with column headings, Toners, Printers , Stock Level Keep in stock , Order I've created a formula that tracks Stock levels, and Keep In Stock to automatically link to the Order column. I've a list of companies to get quotes from for Toners and I am clear on the ordering process. When the post arrives in we have a reception that takes delivery and brings the items to members of staff. Now for the tricky part.... I need to be able to ideally, independently issue out the Toners on request. Have any of you suggestions on how I can identify the boxes I am handing out? I do have working eyes around me, but I want to cover myself as to not get pulled up for the 5 seconds it takes for me to ask a sighted person to read the Toner ID, eg. 2055 (05a). Bureaucracy being what it is this is bound to happen at some point. In due course I will be given an area to store the Toners, so I can organise these into shelves etc, but this still leaves me with the issue identifying the Toners by myself. I'm thinking possibly a barcoding app for my iPhone. Suggestions of apps to try welcomed, and any other methods most welcome! Thanks, 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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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Draytek Management Software
by Barry Toner 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi Andrew, I'd imagine it should be useable. I've a Vigger 2110 in the house, just thought I'd throw it out there in case someone said, noooo, it's a disaster! Thanks, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 10 January 2013 17:34 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Draytek Management Software Hi, Never used this myself though I always used Draytek equipment in the past as it was very usable with speech, the last product I used was the Draytek WAP. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 10 January 2013 09:45 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Draytek Management Software Hi folks, Most of our rotuers are Drayteks. We're considering the below software, have any of you experience with this with any Screen Reader, and if so what are your views on it generally speaking. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/acs-si.html Thanks, 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] Draytek Management Software
by Barry Toner 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi Andrew, I'd imagine it should be useable. I've a Vigger 2110 in the house, just thought I'd throw it out there in case someone said, noooo, it's a disaster! Thanks, Barry. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson Sent: 10 January 2013 17:34 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Draytek Management Software Hi, Never used this myself though I always used Draytek equipment in the past as it was very usable with speech, the last product I used was the Draytek WAP. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: 10 January 2013 09:45 To: blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Draytek Management Software Hi folks, Most of our rotuers are Drayteks. We're considering the below software, have any of you experience with this with any Screen Reader, and if so what are your views on it generally speaking. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/acs-si.html Thanks, 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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mounting a drive under windows
by David Mehler 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hello, This is on an xpsp3 pro system. I've got a second drive that I'm wanting to mount under the my documents folder area. I've copied everything from that folder on to the drive and gone to disk management, selected the needed drive, first removed the drive letter, second tried to mount it under a path vs. a drive letter. All I'm getting is by drive letter which is not what I want. I read this was doable. Thanks. Dave.

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Draytek Management Software
by Barry Toner 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi folks, Most of our rotuers are Drayteks. We're considering the below software, have any of you experience with this with any Screen Reader, and if so what are your views on it generally speaking. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/acs-si.html Thanks, 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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Draytek Management Software
by Barry Toner 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Hi folks, Most of our rotuers are Drayteks. We're considering the below software, have any of you experience with this with any Screen Reader, and if so what are your views on it generally speaking. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/acs-si.html Thanks, 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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wireless router testing?
by David Mehler 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hello, What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card. Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on. The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet. I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced. Thanks. Dave.

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Reset a Machine's SID without using sysprep
by Sean Randall 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm joining this list as I've recently started my undergraduate degree with a course on Microsoft Server Technologies at the Open University. In practical terms, this means I learn about configuring Windows Server 2008 network infrastructure, Active Directory etc, and I'm hoping to pick a few of your brains on issues as they relate to accessibility. First issue I have, I've got a bunch of virtual machines good to go but they're all clones. Is there a way of resetting their SIDs without using sysprep, so I don't have to go about re-enabling windows audio and so forth? NewSID seems to no longer be available. DO I even need to bother doing the SID reset thing? I don't know the entire scope of the university's course but am struggling to find a scenario where not doing this would cause a problem. Any help and advice gratefully received and, I hope to hang around on the list for quite some time. One day, maybe I'll be able to be of use to someone as new as I am! Sean. -- Sean Randall mailto:sr22473@my.open.ac.uk tel/sms::+44 (0) 7969662640 OUCU: sr22473 PI: C279004X

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Accessible Password and Data Vault Program for Windows and iOS
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Is anyone aware of an accessible password manager and data vault program that works both on a Windows PC and on an iPhone? I am looking for cross platform integration. I know Keeper works well on an iOS platform, such as the iPhone, however the Windows client appears to not be useable with text to speech software. Vic Pereira Infrastructure Operations | Operations des TI Shared Services Canada | Industry Canada | Services partagés Canada | Industrie Canada 400 St Mary Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 | 400, avenue St Mary, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 204-983-0653 Facsimile | Télécopieur 204-984-4205 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

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Accessible Password and Data Vault Program for Windows and iOS
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Is anyone aware of an accessible password manager and data vault program that works both on a Windows PC and on an iPhone? I am looking for cross platform integration. I know Keeper works well on an iOS platform, such as the iPhone, however the Windows client appears to not be useable with text to speech software. Vic Pereira Infrastructure Operations | Operations des TI Shared Services Canada | Industry Canada | Services partagés Canada | Industrie Canada 400 St Mary Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 | 400, avenue St Mary, Winnipeg MB R3C 4K5 vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca Telephone | Téléphone 204-983-0653 Facsimile | Télécopieur 204-984-4205 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

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