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anyone in the states using or used CAVI?
by David Mehler 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Hello, I think the subject says it. I'm looking for persons in the States who are using or have used CAVI to take a course or courses and who have got or are planning to get a certification. I am interested in doing so, but I'd like to ask some questions in a phone context. Thanks. Dave.

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anyone in the states using or used CAVI?
by David Mehler 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

Hello, I think the subject says it. I'm looking for persons in the States who are using or have used CAVI to take a course or courses and who have got or are planning to get a certification. I am interested in doing so, but I'd like to ask some questions in a phone context. Thanks. Dave.

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facebook hacking app
by David Mehler 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hello, Do we have any facebook users on this list? I've been hearing something twice these past week that there's an app maybe a phone based one Android or IOS based or maybe on the computer where a facebook account can be hacked despite the password. I don't know of such an app and doubt there would be one, but I've been hearing about it. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks. Dave.

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grml or vinux for laptop backup
by David Mehler 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hello, I've got a laptop here running xp home sp3, that it's owner in a fit of cleaning files deleted something that seriously corrupted windows. It hits the xp logo screen and freezes. It will not boot in safe mode or last known good configuration, gives the same results, I'm assuming the owner nuked something out of the windows directory or let an uninstallation program remove something that he shouldn't have done. I have his original disk and will be reinstalling the OS, since a repair of the system didn't work either. I've got to deal with data backups though and these will be filenames with windows naming conventions. He knows he needs his profile area backed up, but I'm going to do a complete system backup. The machine has a wireless card and I've got a network attached hard disk to receive the backup data, but I'm not sure of whether I should use something like grml or vinux to do the backup. Restiration of profile files will be done from the reinstalled and working windows. So my questions are vinux or grml? And one of them hopefully has a utility that'll read and backup ntfs in a format that a windows reinstalled box can read. Suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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grml or vinux for laptop backup
by David Mehler 13 Dec '11

13 Dec '11

Hello, I've got a laptop here running xp home sp3, that it's owner in a fit of cleaning files deleted something that seriously corrupted windows. It hits the xp logo screen and freezes. It will not boot in safe mode or last known good configuration, gives the same results, I'm assuming the owner nuked something out of the windows directory or let an uninstallation program remove something that he shouldn't have done. I have his original disk and will be reinstalling the OS, since a repair of the system didn't work either. I've got to deal with data backups though and these will be filenames with windows naming conventions. He knows he needs his profile area backed up, but I'm going to do a complete system backup. The machine has a wireless card and I've got a network attached hard disk to receive the backup data, but I'm not sure of whether I should use something like grml or vinux to do the backup. Restiration of profile files will be done from the reinstalled and working windows. So my questions are vinux or grml? And one of them hopefully has a utility that'll read and backup ntfs in a format that a windows reinstalled box can read. Suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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ntfs partition image?
by Ibraam Wahib 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

hello friends please, need your quick advice what's the accessible way to make windows-xp image and install it without sighted assistant? partition is ntfs. thanks beero

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facebook hacking app
by David Mehler 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Hello, Do we have any facebook users on this list? I've been hearing something twice these past week that there's an app maybe a phone based one Android or IOS based or maybe on the computer where a facebook account can be hacked despite the password. I don't know of such an app and doubt there would be one, but I've been hearing about it. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks. Dave.

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linux email servers antispam
by David Mehler 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hello, I'm in the market for a new antispam solution. I've got one deployed and it's not working, it's not even tagging let alone stopping. I was wondering from those who use linux-based email servers, Postfix prefered but sendmail/exim will work as well, what are you using for your antispam measures? I'd prefer something that's not very resource intensive and if it can do antivirus that would be a plus. Also, anyone using any apps for groupware support? Thanks. Dave.

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Corrupt ISO
by Greg B. 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello Everyone, Does anyone have a good utility for recovering corrupt ISO's. I have had to do retro builds of Windows 2003 and SQL server 2005 but my images are corrupt. If I can just get the files from the ISO instead of being able to burn it that would work. Greg B.

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linux email servers antispam
by David Mehler 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello, I'm in the market for a new antispam solution. I've got one deployed and it's not working, it's not even tagging let alone stopping. I was wondering from those who use linux-based email servers, Postfix prefered but sendmail/exim will work as well, what are you using for your antispam measures? I'd prefer something that's not very resource intensive and if it can do antivirus that would be a plus. Also, anyone using any apps for groupware support? Thanks. Dave.

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Fixing The MBR
by Ben Mustill-Rose 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hey all, As the subject implies, I'm wondering if anyones found an accessible way of fixing the mbr on a xp drive? I have to fix a computer that was powered down incorrectly and I'm hoping that its just a case of the mbr becoming corrupted - its getting a no boot device message at the moment. I can fix the ntldr type errors by just replacing the files with the drive slaved to another box, but the only way I know of fixing the mbr is to run fixmbr which is meant to only be available in the recovery console. Does anyone have any creative solutions? I'm hoping that there is a way that I can run it within windows and get it to fix the slaved drive - I really don't want to have to do a reinstall. Thanks for any input and heres to hoping that it isn't a dead drive given the current prices. Cheers, Ben.

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Fixing The MBR
by Ben Mustill-Rose 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hey all, As the subject implies, I'm wondering if anyones found an accessible way of fixing the mbr on a xp drive? I have to fix a computer that was powered down incorrectly and I'm hoping that its just a case of the mbr becoming corrupted - its getting a no boot device message at the moment. I can fix the ntldr type errors by just replacing the files with the drive slaved to another box, but the only way I know of fixing the mbr is to run fixmbr which is meant to only be available in the recovery console. Does anyone have any creative solutions? I'm hoping that there is a way that I can run it within windows and get it to fix the slaved drive - I really don't want to have to do a reinstall. Thanks for any input and heres to hoping that it isn't a dead drive given the current prices. Cheers, Ben.

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Network Admin Tools for iPhone
by Alex Coleman 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Is anyone familiar or experienced with any iPhone apps that will allow one to remotely perform routine network maintenance via an IOS device running VoiceOver? I need to be able to take care of basic issues like restarting servers, managing services, resetting passwords/unlocking user accounts, etc. We are running Win 2008 R2 and Win 2003 servers, SBS 2011, and Active Directory. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, and have a great day. Alex Coleman

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webmail and screen readers
by David Mehler 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hello, Has anyone used either of the following webmail packages with a screen reader? Screen reader being jfw, window eyes, NVDA, system access, and open-source webmail packages being squirrelmail and roundcubemail? I'm particularly wondering about roundcubemail, but thought I'd throw the others out as well. Thanks. Dave.

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webmail and screen readers
by David Mehler 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

Hello, Has anyone used either of the following webmail packages with a screen reader? Screen reader being jfw, window eyes, NVDA, system access, and open-source webmail packages being squirrelmail and roundcubemail? I'm particularly wondering about roundcubemail, but thought I'd throw the others out as well. Thanks. Dave.

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webmail recommendation
by David Mehler 13 Nov '11

13 Nov '11

Hello, Does anyone have Linux servers running email services? If so, I'm looking for a webmail recommendation. I've got a Postfix virtual mailbox setup with a mysql backend going and want to add in a webmail component to it. The two I know of are squirrelmail, (which I believe uses php4 said on their site which is a no no for me), and roundcubemail (which is not at a 1.0 release uneasy). If anyone has any pro conn for either or recommendations for another that they're using I'd love to know about it. Thanks. Dave.

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webmail recommendation
by David Mehler 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hello, Does anyone have Linux servers running email services? If so, I'm looking for a webmail recommendation. I've got a Postfix virtual mailbox setup with a mysql backend going and want to add in a webmail component to it. The two I know of are squirrelmail, (which I believe uses php4 said on their site which is a no no for me), and roundcubemail (which is not at a 1.0 release uneasy). If anyone has any pro conn for either or recommendations for another that they're using I'd love to know about it. Thanks. Dave.

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plesk/qmail
by David Mehler 12 Nov '11

12 Nov '11

Hello, Does anyone have any tips for dealing with a plesk control panel? Also and related does anyone have qmail experience? I don't on either and need to learn it in a crisis. Thanks. Dave.

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tteraterm
by David Mehler 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, Is anyone using tteraterm for telnet/ssh connections to remote computers? If so, what version? I'm looking to install on another machine for a client who does not want to pay for something like SecureCRT and so was looking for tteraterm. I found the original site but that's from over 12 years ago. I've heard rumors of an updated version but came up empty in my search. If anyone has any information i'd appreciate it. Oh, this client will be using the latest snapshot of NVDA as the screen reader. Thanks. Dave.

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plesk/qmail
by David Mehler 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Hello, Does anyone have any tips for dealing with a plesk control panel? Also and related does anyone have qmail experience? I don't on either and need to learn it in a crisis. Thanks. Dave.

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FW: [Cavi-announce] IPV6 presentation Friday Morning 9AM Perth Australia time
by Christopher McMillan 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

Dear Blind IT Admins: Sorry for the late posting. Thanks Blind IT List Owner for your approval. If you have any questions, please e-mail Kerry(a)ciscovision.org. This topic will be recorded and available for rebroadcast within 24 to 36 hours. Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology CAVI Student 2007 till 2009 -----Original Message----- From: cavi-announce-bounces(a)ciscovision.org [mailto:cavi-announce-bounces@ciscovision.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Hoath Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:15 AM To: cavi-announce(a)ciscovision.org Subject: [Cavi-announce] IPV6 presentation Friday Morning 9AM Perth time on Friday Morning 9AM Perth time there will be a cavicast on tt.cucat.org on how to get IPV6 running on your local network. We will discuss transition mechanisms, tunneling, configuration and other setup issues. I will also discuss address length, subnetting, stateless autoconfiguration and DHCPV6 along with neighbour discovery. Looking forward to have plenty of people there to learn about the new protocols that will allow the internet to continue functioning now we are out of publically allocatable ipv4 blocks. Regards, Kerry. _______________________________________________ Cavi-announce mailing list Cavi-announce(a)ciscovision.org http://www.ciscovision.org/mailman/listinfo/cavi-announce

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FW: [Cavi-announce] IPV6 recording posted
by Christopher McMillan 11 Nov '11

11 Nov '11

For Those Interested: Thanks again to Blind System Admin List Owner for Posting this information. Sincerely, Christopher McMillan, CIO CEEK Technology Blog: http://blinditandnetworkadmin.blogspot.com Web Site: http://www.ceektechnology.com chrismcmillan(a)ceektechnology.com (Instant Messager and E-mail) -----Original Message----- From: cavi-announce-bounces(a)ciscovision.org [mailto:cavi-announce-bounces@ciscovision.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Hoath Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:47 AM To: cavi-announce(a)ciscovision.org Subject: [Cavi-announce] IPV6 recording posted The recording of the ipv6 presentatio has been posted to http://www.cucat.org/cavicasts/ in the 2011 folder. It is called 20111111 ipv6.mp3 If there is further interest another presentation will be run to answer any questions raised. Regards, Kerry. _______________________________________________ Cavi-announce mailing list Cavi-announce(a)ciscovision.org http://www.ciscovision.org/mailman/listinfo/cavi-announce

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tteraterm
by David Mehler 10 Nov '11

10 Nov '11

Hello, Is anyone using tteraterm for telnet/ssh connections to remote computers? If so, what version? I'm looking to install on another machine for a client who does not want to pay for something like SecureCRT and so was looking for tteraterm. I found the original site but that's from over 12 years ago. I've heard rumors of an updated version but came up empty in my search. If anyone has any information i'd appreciate it. Oh, this client will be using the latest snapshot of NVDA as the screen reader. Thanks. Dave.

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How to perform fully unattended Windows 7 installation
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Good morning, I would like to inform You about excellent program, which is able to modifi Windows7 CD so it can be used for performing fully unattended installation. The name of The program for creating fully unattended bootable Windows 7 iso images is RT 7 Lite This program can be really used for creating fully unattended Windows 7 installations. Drivers can be integrated while using this program. I AM recommending all visually impaired users to use latest awailable Supernova screen reader for using this program. Because Supernova is able to automatically report The name of editable fields while using RT 7 Lit. The program is even offering The feature to copy customized Windows7 installation to USB flashdisk and program is making this flashdisk bootable, It can even format this flash drive. The created flash disk can be used even for performing fully unattended installations if user is running Windows XP and user is running The installer inside this operating system with his favourite screen reader. Bootable flashdisk and bootable DVD can be ofcourse used also for performing unattended installation if harddrive is empty and user is booting from The bootable DVD or USB flashdisk. The disadvantage of this procedure is, that some older computers are requiring user to load some harddrive drivers, so for example, i have been able to perform unattended installation of Windows 7 Ultimate edition only, if i have been executed The installer from running Windows XP. After reboot, installer worked fully automatically. The issue is, that eventhough Windows7 is containing many sound drivers, in some cases, one integrated sound chip can be recognized by using two drivers and The sound chip is not working properly, so NVDA or other screen readers can not be used. I have been using IBM Thinkpat model 2668 for this test. Te name of integrated sound cart is Soundmax integrated digital audio. I had to please my sighted mother to choose The right sound cart, drivers are included for this sound chip in The WIndows7, but user must choose The right detected cart. If somebody of us would like to perform fully unattended installation of Windows 2000, 2003, XP, I AM strongly recommending YOu to use The excellent program Windows Unattended CD creator. Do not be afraid, eventhough it is signed as A BETA application, is working excellently. Please also do not forget, that installer of WIndows XP is automatically browsing The floppy drives for finding The diskette with file winnt.sif extension. If installer will find The required file, installer can work in The fully unattended mode by using original not customized WIndows XP installation CD. Ofcourse, winnt.sif must contain required lines of text to instruct The installer how to work in fully unattended mode. The only issue is, that user can not automatically install required drivers, because installer anticipants, that The driver folder $OEM$ will be located on The installation media. So installing drivers can be performed only, if user will use customized WIndows XP media. There is also Nlite application, which is integrating The drivers to The .cab files. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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migrating imap messages to new server
by David Mehler 06 Nov '11

06 Nov '11

Hello, I've got two imap servers one old, one new. The old one has messages on it that i'd like to get on to the new one for several users. Both servers are using open source software, postfix for the MTA and Dovecot for the imap server. If anyone knows how to pull this off I'd like to know about it. I would try copying them,but doubt it's that simple, I want to preserve their dates, times, and attributes. Thanks. Dave.

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