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BitLocker or TrueCrypt for thumb drive encryption
by David Mehler 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

Hello, Does anyone encrypt their thumb drives? I do for traveling purposes, if I'm going through an airport security point if I loose one the finder only gets a thumb drive not my data. Previously I've used TrueCrypt but have just learned BitLocker in 7 pro and up can also do this. Does anyone have any opinions pro or conn for a comparison between BitLocker and TrueCrypt? Thanks. Dave.

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BitLocker or TrueCrypt for thumb drive encryption
by David Mehler 14 Aug '13

14 Aug '13

Hello, Does anyone encrypt their thumb drives? I do for traveling purposes, if I'm going through an airport security point if I loose one the finder only gets a thumb drive not my data. Previously I've used TrueCrypt but have just learned BitLocker in 7 pro and up can also do this. Does anyone have any opinions pro or conn for a comparison between BitLocker and TrueCrypt? Thanks. Dave.

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c++
by Ibrahim Mahsoub 13 Aug '13

13 Aug '13

hello my name is ibrahem mahsoub i will take my place in a c++ course with sighted students would any one share good information to understand the lectures. any scripts needed and things thank you and sorry for my english at all -- ibrahem mahsoub blind computerest

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windows 8 self install for the blind
by Isaac 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Hi, if anyone is interested, I can give full instructions on how to install windows 8 with out sighted assistance, and with out using a silly live disk, and also how to create and restore system images as a complete guide, if interested please say so on the list and I'll be happy to help. This is a pretty much fool proof method, and can also be used to install windows 7 and xp multi boot right a long side windows 8. I can also bring back windows mail in windows 8, although some discourage this because you have to use files from windows 7 and vista, but it works flawlessly. We can also get back sapi four voices in windows 8 and the windows 7 sounds and so much more, so if you guys need help, I've been working on this for a while and am ready to share. Thanks: isaac

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win7 power and not waking up with wireless keyboard or mouse
by David Mehler 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Hello, I've got a new win7 64 bit machine. It's not working power wise, when it goes to sleep, it does not shut down it's fans, nor can I get wireless devices, I've got a wireless keyboard/mouse attached to it, and neither will wake it up. Currently, i've got a usb wired mouse hooked up and it takes that to get it to come back. I was thinking it has something to do with the system's power plan, and not sure why though it won't shut down fans, nor why wired keyboards and mice can get it to wake up, but wireless same can not. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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win7 power and not waking up with wireless keyboard or mouse
by David Mehler 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Hello, I've got a new win7 64 bit machine. It's not working power wise, when it goes to sleep, it does not shut down it's fans, nor can I get wireless devices, I've got a wireless keyboard/mouse attached to it, and neither will wake it up. Currently, i've got a usb wired mouse hooked up and it takes that to get it to come back. I was thinking it has something to do with the system's power plan, and not sure why though it won't shut down fans, nor why wired keyboards and mice can get it to wake up, but wireless same can not. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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grml from usb
by David Mehler 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, I've got a system relatively new that my grml 2011.05 CD doesn't like. I'm getting an error about mount squashfs does not exist. I'm assuming my hardware is either to new, or 64 bit system and a 32 bit disk. In any case it isn't working. I am downloading the grml96 2013.02 iso and I'm going to write it to a usb stick. To those who have done this I'm wanting to use grml2usb so I can pass some boot parameters to the process. I do have a virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.04 so hopefully can run the grml2usb from that. Comments so far? What I'm wanting to know is is the option swspeak still available from the boot prompt in the latest 2013.02 iso for loading speakup with software speech? If so i'd like to pass that as a boot option so that I will get automatic speech. Comments welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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grml from usb
by David Mehler 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Hello, I've got a system relatively new that my grml 2011.05 CD doesn't like. I'm getting an error about mount squashfs does not exist. I'm assuming my hardware is either to new, or 64 bit system and a 32 bit disk. In any case it isn't working. I am downloading the grml96 2013.02 iso and I'm going to write it to a usb stick. To those who have done this I'm wanting to use grml2usb so I can pass some boot parameters to the process. I do have a virtual machine running Ubuntu 12.04 so hopefully can run the grml2usb from that. Comments so far? What I'm wanting to know is is the option swspeak still available from the boot prompt in the latest 2013.02 iso for loading speakup with software speech? If so i'd like to pass that as a boot option so that I will get automatic speech. Comments welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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c++
by Ibrahim Mahsoub 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

hello my name is ibrahem mahsoub i will take my place in a c++ course with sighted students would any one share good information to understand the lectures. any scripts needed and things thank you and sorry for my english at all -- ibrahem mahsoub blind computerest

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USB linux versions with speech out of the box
by David Mehler 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for a linux distro or one I can use that can be put on to a thumb drive, booted from same, and then comes up with either cli or graphical speech. All information appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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USB linux versions with speech out of the box
by David Mehler 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for a linux distro or one I can use that can be put on to a thumb drive, booted from same, and then comes up with either cli or graphical speech. All information appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Win7 64 bit install, gigabyte motherboard, uefi
by David Mehler 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, I'm trying to install via unattend.xml a win7 x64 version on a machine with a gigabyte motherboard. I'm wanting to use gpt partitions and do the install in uefi mode not bios. I've set up in my unattend partitions efi and msr as well as my primary ntfs partition for the install. I'm getting an error from win7 setup that the disk can not be installed in gpt mode. I'm speculating this is because the setup was started in bios not uefi mode. This is a new board and I'm wondering if anyone has had this and has a fix? To get the setup I have in bios boot order CD/DVD is second on the list, and I press c to boot from CD. Thanks. Dave.

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Win7 64 bit install, gigabyte motherboard, uefi
by David Mehler 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, I'm trying to install via unattend.xml a win7 x64 version on a machine with a gigabyte motherboard. I'm wanting to use gpt partitions and do the install in uefi mode not bios. I've set up in my unattend partitions efi and msr as well as my primary ntfs partition for the install. I'm getting an error from win7 setup that the disk can not be installed in gpt mode. I'm speculating this is because the setup was started in bios not uefi mode. This is a new board and I'm wondering if anyone has had this and has a fix? To get the setup I have in bios boot order CD/DVD is second on the list, and I press c to boot from CD. Thanks. Dave.

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Time / holiday / absence tracking and management?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Good morning, In my new role I'm managing a small team of people. I need a way of tracking absences sick leave, holidays and other scheduling things like this. I have sharepoint installed. I also have Exchange 2010. What would you suggest I use that would integrate with these two systems to meet this requirement? In my last job they had a great leave management system. It probably cost a fortune though as it was managed globally by Fujitsu. Now I'm in a company with at most 16 employees and only eight of us are full time! I've gone from system administrator to manager, support person, project scheduler, code patcher and database tuner in the space of two months. It's such a huge change from managing hundreds of servers. I think managing a small company is a lot harder even though the availability of hundreds of servers resting on my shoulders seemed hard at the time. I kind of miss it actually! Darragh

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Time / holiday / absence tracking and management?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Good morning, In my new role I'm managing a small team of people. I need a way of tracking absences sick leave, holidays and other scheduling things like this. I have sharepoint installed. I also have Exchange 2010. What would you suggest I use that would integrate with these two systems to meet this requirement? In my last job they had a great leave management system. It probably cost a fortune though as it was managed globally by Fujitsu. Now I'm in a company with at most 16 employees and only eight of us are full time! I've gone from system administrator to manager, support person, project scheduler, code patcher and database tuner in the space of two months. It's such a huge change from managing hundreds of servers. I think managing a small company is a lot harder even though the availability of hundreds of servers resting on my shoulders seemed hard at the time. I kind of miss it actually! Darragh

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Rim verses teamviewer?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello, Has anyone used RIM by serotek? How does it measure up when compared to teamviewer? Are there any advantages by using Rim? I cant install a screen reader on any remote machines I need to connect to so this is a huge problem for me. RIM won't get around this I'm quite sure. Any ideas? Darragh

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Rim verses teamviewer?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello, Has anyone used RIM by serotek? How does it measure up when compared to teamviewer? Are there any advantages by using Rim? I cant install a screen reader on any remote machines I need to connect to so this is a huge problem for me. RIM won't get around this I'm quite sure. Any ideas? Darragh

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Using a PPTP VPN with EAP / Paep.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Has anyone attempted to use the RRAS role in Windows 2008R2 to provide a basic VPN solution? I've been doing this for ages using a username and password but I need to extend the solution by authenticating with a cert. I'm running into a problem on the NPS side of things I think. Can anyone offer a fresh perspective please? I've been working on this for 2 hours now and I'm getting nowhere. Even a suggestion as to where I'd find logs would be beneficial. Thanks Darragh

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Using a PPTP VPN with EAP / Paep.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Has anyone attempted to use the RRAS role in Windows 2008R2 to provide a basic VPN solution? I've been doing this for ages using a username and password but I need to extend the solution by authenticating with a cert. I'm running into a problem on the NPS side of things I think. Can anyone offer a fresh perspective please? I've been working on this for 2 hours now and I'm getting nowhere. Even a suggestion as to where I'd find logs would be beneficial. Thanks Darragh

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Does VMWare Have an Accessibility Group or Specific People Working on Accessibility
by Mika Pyyhkala 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

Hi, We are actively using VMWare, and while I read (I think on this lists home page) that the VMWare admin client was quite accessible, we are wondering if VMWare has either an accessibility group, or some specific employees that are knowledgeable and/or work on accessibility? We will certainly test the tools ourselves, but we wanted to be connected to a resource within VMWare as well if possible who is familiar with accessibility. Best, Mika Pyyhkala ________________________________ This message contains information from Neighborhood Health Plan that may be confidential or privileged. This message is directed only to the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this email is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachments.

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Harddrive backup software
by Christian 12 Jul '13

12 Jul '13

Hi all on this list, Hopefully someone on this list can help me with this and I think this is the right place to ask. As my harddrive backup program, I have been using a program called Image for DOS and it's also available for Linux and Windows. Since I am experimenting with different operating systems and especially Windows 8, I have noticed that one cannot just restore the previous OS from an image using Image for Dos. So my question is, does anyone know of an accessible program that can backup the boot partition so that it can be restored later on and one do not need to use the Windows 7 DVD and ask for sighted help when this happens? Many thanks, Christian

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Looks like Technet's going
by Andrew Hodgson 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

Hi, This article and many others seem to suggest that Technet is going: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-shut-down-technet-subscription-service-70… Who here has an MSDN subscription and which one did you go with? Thanks. Andrew.

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Looks like Technet's going
by Andrew Hodgson 01 Jul '13

01 Jul '13

Hi, This article and many others seem to suggest that Technet is going: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-shut-down-technet-subscription-service-70… Who here has an MSDN subscription and which one did you go with? Thanks. Andrew.

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SCCM 2012 CU2
by Ryan Shugart 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Hey: I've installed this on a test machine. So far, the only change I've seen as far as accessibility goes is that the field names in the details paine now read properly. Is that all that has changed, or are other people seeing anything I'm not? Ryan

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SCCM 2012 CU2
by Ryan Shugart 28 Jun '13

28 Jun '13

Hey: I've installed this on a test machine. So far, the only change I've seen as far as accessibility goes is that the field names in the details paine now read properly. Is that all that has changed, or are other people seeing anything I'm not? Ryan

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