May 2014 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

if you think your week has sucked
by Ryan Shugart 16 May '14

16 May '14

So, if you think your week as a systems admin has sucked, be glad you're not this SCCM administrator: http://it.emory.edu/windows7-incident/ You need to read from the bottom up to get the idea of what happened, but I can say this is an easy mistake to make. Ryan

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Windows8, 3TB drive, and unwritable partition under windows
by David Mehler 15 May '14

15 May '14

Hello, This is for a friend who has a problem that is perplexing both of us. He's got a Windows 8 box, it was windows 8, then 8.1, now 8.1 update 1 problem still persisting. He put in an internal sata 3tb drive for data storage not for booting purposes. He partitioned this drive in to a d: partition 1.5t, and an e and f partitions 750Mb each. He then copied data from another location to this drive. In windows only and only on the d: partition he can not write to it. He can read from it, but any write operations fails. The e: and f: partitions are fine, for both reading and writing. If he boots up any Linux distro from live media reading and writing to any partition on that drive works fine. He's run spinrite and other drive diagnostic software which all comes back normal. Under Linux live media he copied all the data off this drive then repartitioned it and formatted it again as per above, then recopied t he data back. The results are the same, Linux read/write works fine, windows read works great in all partitions, but windows writing only works on e: and f: the 1.5t d: partition no good. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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Windows8, 3TB drive, and unwritable partition under windows
by David Mehler 15 May '14

15 May '14

Hello, This is for a friend who has a problem that is perplexing both of us. He's got a Windows 8 box, it was windows 8, then 8.1, now 8.1 update 1 problem still persisting. He put in an internal sata 3tb drive for data storage not for booting purposes. He partitioned this drive in to a d: partition 1.5t, and an e and f partitions 750Mb each. He then copied data from another location to this drive. In windows only and only on the d: partition he can not write to it. He can read from it, but any write operations fails. The e: and f: partitions are fine, for both reading and writing. If he boots up any Linux distro from live media reading and writing to any partition on that drive works fine. He's run spinrite and other drive diagnostic software which all comes back normal. Under Linux live media he copied all the data off this drive then repartitioned it and formatted it again as per above, then recopied t he data back. The results are the same, Linux read/write works fine, windows read works great in all partitions, but windows writing only works on e: and f: the 1.5t d: partition no good. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave.

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Run as a different user with JFW
by Andrew Hodgson 13 May '14

13 May '14

Hi, I am doing an Exchange 2013 upgrade and came across an issue with ActiveSync as I am in the Domain Admins group. I know this is very bad practise, and I wanted to deal with this for a while, so I removed myself from the group, and for the most part am using an admin account to do admin tasks. The issue is with this is that when using one of the snap ins, for example, if I do a run as a different user with JFW, the program launches, but JFW can't read the contents of the window. I can sometimes use the review cursor to get the window, but it isn't reliable. I have been logging in as the separate admin account completely in order to run tasks. Any suggestions as to a better way? Thanks. Andrew.

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Run as a different user with JFW
by Andrew Hodgson 13 May '14

13 May '14

Hi, I am doing an Exchange 2013 upgrade and came across an issue with ActiveSync as I am in the Domain Admins group. I know this is very bad practise, and I wanted to deal with this for a while, so I removed myself from the group, and for the most part am using an admin account to do admin tasks. The issue is with this is that when using one of the snap ins, for example, if I do a run as a different user with JFW, the program launches, but JFW can't read the contents of the window. I can sometimes use the review cursor to get the window, but it isn't reliable. I have been logging in as the separate admin account completely in order to run tasks. Any suggestions as to a better way? Thanks. Andrew.

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Microsoft Server 2012R2 with JAWS, any tips?
by zoidarmy 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hello. I am trying to teach myself MS Server2012R2, using JAWS. I have books etc. Just wondering if anyone has any tips with navigating the Server Manager screen. I'm finding it quite confusing. At this stage, I don't know how to use PowerShell, hence using the gui. I'm using the server as a VM on VMWare, on a Windows 7 Proffessional system, with JFW 15. Best regards and thanks for any thoughts. Chris Turner

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team viewer accessibility
by curtis jackson 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hello: I am a blind computer technician. i am trying to be able to do remote support. Does anyone know how I can do this other than rim. I tried team viewer, but I could not get nvda to read what I was doing on the romote computer. Can anyone help me with this.

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telecommunications software
by Iaen Cordell 05 May '14

05 May '14

good afternoon list, just wondering if anyone has has used a program from tektronix called geoprobe, it is used for SS7 tracing of telephone calls, SMS messages and the like. most of the software works but, when selecting the probes to run the drop down menues do not talk with any of the major TTS programs, JFW, WE 8.4 and NVDA. the program is web-based and uses the Java envirement to run. thanks in advance IC -- Iaen Cordell Home: +61294197457 Mobile: +61412600466

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Windows 7 PE
by Michael Baldwin 04 May '14

04 May '14

Hi, Did a more permanent solution get figured out for the Windows7PE that was provided by, Isaac? I will be getting the rest of my parts to build my new PC, and will be installing Windows 7 64 bit. I will also be trying the one done by Bryan Smart, but I think this other will fit my needs better. Thanks, Michael

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