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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Mouse commands
by Jackie McBride 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

U might find either autohotkey or autoit more useful. I think both have macro recording facilities. On 6/24/11, Vincent van Itallie <vincent(a)vanitallie.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > The company I am working for has implimented a new release of the service > support tool we're using. > > I can use80 % of this webbased application, the other 20 is useless because > there are some commands I can only process with a mouse click. > > Is there a tool which can help me record the mouse movements and clicks > with a sighted co-worker, and let me reproduce those actions by pressing a > keystroke? > I've looked at jfw hotspotclicker, although that seems a bit complicated to > me. > > I hope to hear from one of yours. > > All the best, > Vincent. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > -- Blame the computer--why not? It can't defend itself & occasionally might even be the culprit Jackie McBride Jaws Scripting training materials: www.screenreaderscripting.com homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net

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Mouse commands
by Vincent van Itallie 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

Hi all, The company I am working for has implimented a new release of the service support tool we're using. I can use80 % of this webbased application, the other 20 is useless because there are some commands I can only process with a mouse click. Is there a tool which can help me record the mouse movements and clicks with a sighted co-worker, and let me reproduce those actions by pressing a keystroke? I've looked at jfw hotspotclicker, although that seems a bit complicated to me. I hope to hear from one of yours. All the best, Vincent.

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RDP over VPN
by Negoslav Sabev 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hello, I'm back with more questions. I want to run remote desktop connection over VPN for security reasons. I use xp PRO sp3 as a controlled system and Windows7 PRO as a controlling system. I successfully establish VPN connection between the machines. I have using of default gateway on the controlled system disabled so I am able to use internet on the controlling system. Here comes my question. When I initiate RDC, How can I be sure that the remote connection is running through the VPN channel and is not exposed on packet sniffing? Is there a way to check this? Negoslav

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jaws in full screen command window?
by John G. Heim 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

I submitted a bug report to Freedom Scientific regarding the behaviour of jaws in a full-screen command window. The problem is that if you make a command window full screen by pressing Alt+Enter, jaws cannot read the text. AFAK, this has been the case since jaws 9. And it is a problem I've seen in jaws 11 and 12. But Freedom Scientific tech support tells me that they can't reproduce the bug. Can anyone confirm this bug? Or does jaws work in a full screen command window for you? To try to duplicate my problem, do the following: 1. Open a run dialog box by pressing Windows+r. Enter "command" into the box and press enter. 2. When the command window opens, press Alt+Enter to make the window full screen. 3. Check if jaws can read the screen by typing a command like dir or helpYour keystrokes will be echoed but, in my experience, the text displayed by these commands is not read and there is no way to get jaws to read it.

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Never mind found RSAT
by Billy L. Irwin 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Never mind... I found RSAT. I used it in my 70-640 class and dang just forgot.. That is what stress will do to ya.

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deployment of an image to different systems?
by Zameer Mahomed 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hi Listers, I've been pondering about this question for sometime, and would really like to know how, as a blind-sysadmin you accomplish such a thing. given the following scenario, you have a server with an image which you must deploy to a number of computers, how do you go about doing it? Also, would the process differ, if you were deploying a windows or linux image? I know the regular sighted people could do the following: 1. boot to a pre-environment with network support so that they could access the image from the server and restore it to the system. 2. Use PXE or something like that, where the computer which will get the image, boots from the network card to the server where the image is then accessed. not sure exactly on this one as I'm no sysadmin, but merely just someone trying to learn. I know about deploying applications through sccm since I've heard Daragh's podcast on the deployment of jaws. Thanks for reading, and any reply on how you manage to do such things would really be welcome as I'm such a newbe, it is one of my dreams to learn how sysadmins do the things they do. Regards,

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote desktop
by Andrew Hodgson 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Hi, WindowEyes in my experience, it needs sighted help to get going initially as it is best to do it without the speech install. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Vincent van Itallie Sent: 07 June 2011 13:37 To: 'Blind sysadmins list' Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote desktop HI, Thanks for the info, but besides the money, which screenreader has the less impacton a server. And which package offers the best rdp support? Thanks and take care, Vincent. -----Original Message----- From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: dinsdag 7 juni 2011 13:15 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote desktop Hi Vincent. Unless you have the money to pay $200 for JAWS Professional as well as $200 for the Remote Access option, go for Window-Eyes. The RDP support is available at no additional charge. Even demo versions have this feature available. Take care. Chris Hallsworth Sent from Thunderbird On 07/06/2011 11:47, Vincent van Itallie wrote: > Hi, > > Other rdp question:Which screenreader is at this moment, the best to > have when working in a rdp session? > > I have to chose one soon, and I am still wondering with whcich to go. > > Any thoughts please. > > Vincent. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Matthew White > Sent: dinsdag 7 juni 2011 2:43 > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote > desktop > > When establishing your Remote Desktop Connection, go to Options, > select the Local Resources Tab, click More, and select the C drive > under Drives. > This will make the C drive of the machine you are connecting from show > up as a drive under My Computer of the remote machine.On > 6/6/2011 12:44 PM, Negoslav Sabev wrote: >> Thanks for all the answers. Ctrl+alt+break is what I needed. >> >> What do you mean by browsing using c$. If I use >> \\computername\d\foldername in the run dialogue on the remote PC, >> would I be able to transfer files and folders across computers? >> By the way the controlling system is win7, and remote is XP so this >> is what prevents me from copying freely. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Negoslav >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" >> <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> >> To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >> desktop >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think the issue may be XP on the remote computer doesn't support >>> the new RDP protocols found in Vista and later. That being said, I >>> am able to do the copy and paste thing in both directions between >>> Win >>> 2003 R2 SP2 machines and my Win7 pro machine at work. >>> >>> I tend not to use the drive mapping thing in RDP as I prefer to >>> browse to the remote file share (c$, d$), even if it means opening >>> up another hole in the firewall. I don't like the idea of a remote >>> machine having full access to an internal systems drive. >>> >>> Andrew. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf >>> Of Negoslav Sabev >>> Sent: 05 June 2011 16:27 >>> To: Blind sysadmins list >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>> desktop >>> >>> Thank you! It works perfectly. But I still can't copy and paste. >>> I use windows7 starter on the local system and xp sp3 on the remote >>> computer. I still haven't find a way to make xp remember that I want >>> to mount some drives automaticly. >>> Also I have some keys sticking down. and causing trouble. >>> Negoslav >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Andrew Hodgson"<andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> >>> To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 4:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>> desktop >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I do this by pressing ctrl+alt+pause (also called the break key but >>>> that probably shows my age :)) >>>> >>>> When you do this, you will be in the remote desktop still, but the >>>> screen won't be maximised, so you can alt+tab and you will be on >>>> the local machine again, and can copy and paste stuff to and from this. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> Andrew. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>>> [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf >>>> Of Negoslav Sabev >>>> Sent: 05 June 2011 13:59 >>>> To: Blind sysadmins list >>>> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>>> desktop >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm using Remote desktop connection. What I need is to copy files >>>> between the local and the remote computer. I want to easily switch >>>> between the RDP and the local desktop using the keyboard. >>>> Does anybody here knows the secret? >>>> >>>> Negoslav >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote desktop
by chris hallsworth 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Hi Vincent. Unless you have the money to pay $200 for JAWS Professional as well as $200 for the Remote Access option, go for Window-Eyes. The RDP support is available at no additional charge. Even demo versions have this feature available. Take care. Chris Hallsworth Sent from Thunderbird On 07/06/2011 11:47, Vincent van Itallie wrote: > Hi, > > Other rdp question:Which screenreader is at this moment, the best to have > when working in a rdp session? > > I have to chose one soon, and I am still wondering with whcich to go. > > Any thoughts please. > > Vincent. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of > Matthew White > Sent: dinsdag 7 juni 2011 2:43 > To: Blind sysadmins list > Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote desktop > > When establishing your Remote Desktop Connection, go to Options, select > the Local Resources Tab, click More, and select the C drive under Drives. > This will make the C drive of the machine you are connecting from show up as > a drive under My Computer of the remote machine.On > 6/6/2011 12:44 PM, Negoslav Sabev wrote: >> Thanks for all the answers. Ctrl+alt+break is what I needed. >> >> What do you mean by browsing using c$. If I use >> \\computername\d\foldername in the run dialogue on the remote PC, >> would I be able to transfer files and folders across computers? >> By the way the controlling system is win7, and remote is XP so this is >> what prevents me from copying freely. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Negoslav >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Hodgson" >> <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> >> To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 11:46 PM >> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >> desktop >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I think the issue may be XP on the remote computer doesn't support >>> the new RDP protocols found in Vista and later. That being said, I >>> am able to do the copy and paste thing in both directions between Win >>> 2003 R2 SP2 machines and my Win7 pro machine at work. >>> >>> I tend not to use the drive mapping thing in RDP as I prefer to >>> browse to the remote file share (c$, d$), even if it means opening up >>> another hole in the firewall. I don't like the idea of a remote >>> machine having full access to an internal systems drive. >>> >>> Andrew. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>> [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of >>> Negoslav Sabev >>> Sent: 05 June 2011 16:27 >>> To: Blind sysadmins list >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>> desktop >>> >>> Thank you! It works perfectly. But I still can't copy and paste. >>> I use windows7 starter on the local system and xp sp3 on the remote >>> computer. I still haven't find a way to make xp remember that I want >>> to mount some drives automaticly. >>> Also I have some keys sticking down. and causing trouble. >>> Negoslav >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Andrew Hodgson"<andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> >>> To: "Blind sysadmins list"<blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 4:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>> desktop >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I do this by pressing ctrl+alt+pause (also called the break key but >>>> that probably shows my age :)) >>>> >>>> When you do this, you will be in the remote desktop still, but the >>>> screen won't be maximised, so you can alt+tab and you will be on the >>>> local machine again, and can copy and paste stuff to and from this. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> Andrew. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: blind-sysadmins-bounces(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org >>>> [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf >>>> Of Negoslav Sabev >>>> Sent: 05 June 2011 13:59 >>>> To: Blind sysadmins list >>>> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] switching between local and remote >>>> desktop >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm using Remote desktop connection. What I need is to copy files >>>> between the local and the remote computer. I want to easily switch >>>> between the RDP and the local desktop using the keyboard. >>>> Does anybody here knows the secret? >>>> >>>> Negoslav >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins >

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switching between local and remote desktop
by Negoslav Sabev 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Hello, I'm using Remote desktop connection. What I need is to copy files between the local and the remote computer. I want to easily switch between the RDP and the local desktop using the keyboard. Does anybody here knows the secret? Negoslav

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unattended install of server 2008?
by David Mehler 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

Hello, Does anyone have a tutorial or procedure for an unattended install of server 2008? Also, how would one unattendedly enable sound? In server 03 I never got sound going without assistance, I'm hoping this issue has a fix in 08. Thanks. Dave.

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vmware server version 2?
by David Mehler 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

Hello, Is anyone using vmware server version 2? I was under the impression it was not as accessible as the 1.x server version? Host OS would be windows xp/vista x86 or x64. Thanks. Dave.

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wrt54g2 also e1000 wireless router separate issues
by David Mehler 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

Hi, Does anyone have this particular router? I've got the Linksys wrt54g2 router v1 with firmware 1.0.3. I'm having a problem that I first thought was radio interference from one of the two wireless networks near me. I'm in an apartment and the wireless laptop is approximately 40 feet away from the router and although the path is a straight line it passes through a restroom and a kitchen assuming it's like a laser and doesn't spread out. My issue is that wireless performance has been steadily worsening over the past few weeks. I didn't realize how bad until a machine out nearer the router got a file off bard in just over 5 minutes while the laptop takes over an hour assuming it doesn't time out. I'm not sure how to diagnose a channel conflict issue as I'm not sure what channels the two wireless networks near me are on. This wireless network is protected by a wpa psk. Last night I unplugged the router and left it down for about a minute before replugging it in. Performance improved noticeably, not perfect by any means but not as sluggish as it was. It's not great, but it's at least working. Has anyone seen this or has any suggestions? On a separate router issue also a linksys this one an e1000 a friend of mine got it and we cabled up a machine to it via ethernet. Wireless is working, though it's an open network, the windows 7 laptop connects automatically to it without requiring a key. Thus far working by remote I have not been able to find where on this e1000 router how to enter a WPA key and then doing that how to configure the windows 7 box to provide that key for internet access. Thanks. Dave.

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Distributed Version Control System
by David Mehler 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hello, I'm looking for a version control system for a few up and coming personal projects, one already underway one to begin. Over the years I've tried tackling both cvs and svn as version control systems with no success. I'm therefor looking in to a distributed version control system I do plan to have other developers assisting or taking a machine away from my network and not allowing internet access to a server, so I'll need to go distributed. Things I need: Good Windows and Linux support I'm going to either be working in both environments or have developers who will. For the windows I'd prefer a gui app that integrates in to windows explorer. File and Directory renaming support I've read so much today my head is swimming but if I rename a file or a directory I want the version control system to track that. I know some do, some don't. Central server A network or internet accessible server that developers can pull a copy of the current files, go offline and work distributed, and then come back online and commit changes. Branching and merging Not sure about this one, but I've read that cvs and svn in particular make branching (cvs) and merging (svn) I hope I don't have those backwards difficult. I've looked at: 1. Git 2. Mercurial 3. Monotone I started out with many more, but those seem to be the ones that will best work. I was wondering after all that if anyone has any opinions pro conn on these three distributed version control systems? Or, others I might have missed that might work as well. I am preferential to open source. Thanks a lot. Dave.

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Copy & paste in Putty using keyboard
by Ben Mustill-Rose 20 May '11

20 May '11

Hey all, I need to paste some text into a file which I'm modifying via vi which resides on a machine that I'm connecting to using putty. For those of you that don't know, control v for paste won't work inside putty; it just sends the charactor that control + v represents. The idea is that you can right click anyware inside the putty window and the text will be pasted in. This isn't usually an issue, except I'm working on a system without a mouse. I did try using expan drive (A great product for mounting sftp locations as drives in explorer) to find the file that I want and then modify it in notepad, but doing it this way bash seems to see some strange charactors which are stopping the script from running - I think it might be the different way that windows and linux do linebreaks. I did think I'd found a way to paste; hal doesn't offer any form of cursor mooving as far as I'm aware, so I loded up narrator, told it to move the mouse to the active item, opened the putty window then used hal to perform a right click, but this doesn't seem to work. We're talking quite a few lines of code here so I don't really want to echo them to the file line by line if it can be avoided. As always, any solutions or tips will be gratefully received, but I think I'll be going into s3 soon since its just past 4AM in the uk. Cheers, Ben.

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JFW and event viewer (Windows 7)
by Andrew Hodgson 05 May '11

05 May '11

Hi, Has anyone else noticed that in JFW 12 the event viewer text is not reading out when using the event viewer in Windows 7? Andrew.

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Cisco Linksys Routers
by George Bell 02 May '11

02 May '11

This is an issue which has stumped us, but may be of interest generally. 1) Do you have access to Server 2003? 2) Do you have a Linksys WAG320N Router connected to that server? (That's the Dual Band Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Gigabit Router.) 3) Does your router have a static IP address? 4) Windows 7 pro or above? If the answer is yes to all four, are you able to VPN into your server, and retain Internet connection? The situation I have is that the Router's Firewall has to be off in order to get Windows 7's VPN to connect at all. I can then run Outlook 2003 from my laptop and (after a long delay) it will connect to the Exchange Server 2003, and I can send and receive mail. However I get a warning that the Internet is no longer connected - although the mail side is still working. Consequently, any external links in messages fail, and IE onbvioulsy doesn't work. I hasten to add that when I had the late, now defunkt, Draytek 2600G router all was well. I can VPN into one of our suppliers, and this Internet failure does not occur. Has anyone any ideas where to even begin looking here? I'm off to Iceland on Wednesday, and while at least I can get my e-mail, it's rather a pain to have to kill the VPN to get web access. George.

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Cisco Linksys Routers
by George Bell 02 May '11

02 May '11

This is an issue which has stumped us, but may be of interest generally. 1) Do you have access to Server 2003? 2) Do you have a Linksys WAG320N Router connected to that server? (That's the Dual Band Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Gigabit Router.) 3) Does your router have a static IP address? 4) Windows 7 pro or above? If the answer is yes to all four, are you able to VPN into your server, and retain Internet connection? The situation I have is that the Router's Firewall has to be off in order to get Windows 7's VPN to connect at all. I can then run Outlook 2003 from my laptop and (after a long delay) it will connect to the Exchange Server 2003, and I can send and receive mail. However I get a warning that the Internet is no longer connected - although the mail side is still working. Consequently, any external links in messages fail, and IE onbvioulsy doesn't work. I hasten to add that when I had the late, now defunkt, Draytek 2600G router all was well. I can VPN into one of our suppliers, and this Internet failure does not occur. Has anyone any ideas where to even begin looking here? I'm off to Iceland on Wednesday, and while at least I can get my e-mail, it's rather a pain to have to kill the VPN to get web access. George.

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Mac Users?
by David Mehler 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Hello, If there are any Mac users on this list can you please write me offlist? I'd like to know your level of Mac experience. I've got the opportunity to get a used Mac and am wondering if it's a good deal or not, wanting to expand my knowledge in to Macs. Thanks. Dave.

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users of OpenDNS?
by David Mehler 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello, Anyone using OpenDNS? If so, when the client pops up in the task bar is there something special you have to do to get it to speak? It is not for me. I've got it installed and got the dns servers set, but am not noticing any reduction. Is there another step? Thanks. Dave.

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windows automatic installation
by John G. Heim 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

I'm trying to follow the instructions for creating an answer file with the Windows Automatic Installation Kit. When you install WAIK, it includes documentation including a step by step guide. Following the step by step guide, I have created an answer file but the installer doesn't seem to find it when I boot from the installation CD. I have tried it on two different computers. I have tried putting the answer file on a flash drive and on a diskette. I have tried nameing the anser file both Autounattend.xml and Unattend.xml. But no matter what I do, it always comes up at the page where it asks you to accept the license agreement. So its not doing an automatic install but I don't know if its not finding the answer file or if there is something wrong with the answer file. My answer file is reproduced below. Note that one of the keys is AcceptEula which I figure means "accept user license agreement". The value is true. Yet, it still asks me if I want to accept the license agreement. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Size>40000</Size> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Active>true</Active> <Label>system</Label> <Order>1</Order> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>00</DiskID> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <ProductKey> <Key>49JCX-4VFQC-9K8HX-XDDJ2-XMHDG</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>John G. Heim</FullName> </UserData> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Reseal> <Mode>Audit</Mode> </Reseal> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/tmp/install.wim#Windows 7 ENTERPRISE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>

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Extend wifi from ethernet with 1 ssid?
by Ben Mustill-Rose 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hey all, I'm looking to increase wifi coverage but I don't want to use a device that will broadcast an extra ssid. To give you an idea, the layout of the network at the moment is: modem router access point combo ethernet to another floor switch computers and new device I've installed WDS setups before which would solve my ssid problem, but that only works when your doing wifi > wifi as opposed to ethernet > wifi and my router doesn't support it anyway. I know that I could just plug in another access point to the switch and turn off dhcp, but that still leaves me with the problem of having 2 ssid's which I don't want. I'm not really looking to break the bank doing this; I just want to extend the wifi so that Its a bit more reliable in our garden for the few warm days we get a year and it just so happens that the room with the switch in it is quite high up and faces the garden. Anyone know what I should be looking to purchase? Cheers, Ben.

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orca with custom live cd's?
by Zameer Mahomed 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hi guys, for those of you who use linux, I have a question regarding integration of audio as well as speech in to existing live cds. Assuming you know or heard of a program called parted magic, or perhaps any program that uses linux for getting a job done, be it an anti-virus or utility program, Is it possible to have audio support so as to integrate orca? If perhaps these things can't be done, forgive my ignorance, I've really not used linux ever! Regards

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NVDA with various program categories?
by Zameer Mahomed 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hi guys, I'm really no system-admin and appoligise for off-topicness here. I'm sure as a system administrator, you often get to sort out pc's where files that are corrupted need to be replaced, cleaning viruses, installing operating systems etc. I'd appreciate your input if you could perhaps, please tell me if you use NVDA as a screenreader? If yes, what program/s along with NVDA do you use for the following categories?: disk partitioning? file recovery? anti-virus/spyware? In a normal windows installation, I have no problem with this but, i'm thinking of trying to make a windows pre-environment and using NVDA as it doesn't rely on video-hooking as jaws and window-eyes does. Your help would be much appreciated, Regards

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security essentials installation unattended
by David Mehler 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Hello, Does anyone know if it's possible to do an unattended installation and update and configuration of security essentials? I'd like to get that working if possible. Help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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installing firefox 3.6 unattended?
by David Mehler 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello, Does anyone have a procedure for installing the latest firefox 3.6 unattended? I had firefox 3.0 going that way, but the switches don't appear to work anymore. It's time to update my unattended dvd so firefox is on the list. If anyone has this info i'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dave.

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