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Maintenance tools in Windows PE vs. live Linux nowadays
by Cleverson Casarin Uliana 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Hello all, I don't work as a sys-admin professionally, however I like doing maintenance on my own systems which I have installed on my machine. I'd like to know whether Linux live images continue to be the best tool to put on a USB pen to do maintenance when necessary, or Windows PE is already as good. Is there for example any WinPE image available which comes up talking and contains i.e.: a partitioner as good as Linux GParted, a partition imaging as good as FSArchiver, etc. Also, would it be possible to set the Windows default boot loader to make the PC speaker beep as it's possible with Grub 2? Greetings Cleverson

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On the Topic of Passwords
by vic.pereira＠ssc-spc.gc.ca 05 Aug '16

05 Aug '16

Many departments we support have several systems. These all require their own passwords that expire at different times. They also have different requirements for complexity. For some reason the people who develop policies around these issues feel that it is more secure keeping everything isolated than it is to have the tools in place to synchronise all the login accounts and passwords. The tech guys who are our boots on the ground keep saying that these behaviours have made their jobs a lot easier. When they need to troubleshoot and resolve issues often the person putting in the request is not at their workstation. Because of all the systems being stand alone, it is amazing how often it is possible to find user accounts and passwords on posted notes under people's keyboards. Vic Pereira Project Manager, Networks and End-Users Branch Shared Services Canada / Government of Canada vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tel: 204-781-5046 Gestionnaire de projet, Direction des réseaux et des utilisateurs finaux Services partagés Canada / Gouvernement du Canada vic.pereira(a)ssc-spc.gc.ca / Tél: 204-781-5046

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Extremely frustrated! error 500 when using WD sync on nas can anyone help?
by Mobeen Iqbal 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

Hello Everyone. I have just purchased a western digital nas, model EX2Ultra. I'm liking it in terms of accessibility so far but can't for the life of me get cloud sync to work to sync folders over my local lan which is my primary reason for the purchase. I've enabled cloud access on the device and made sure my user has cloud access enabled. I have not signed up for a my cloud account because every time I click sign up and enter my email and click save, I don't receive any emails from western digital. Do I need to sign up for an online account to use cloud storage? surely I shouldn't need to sign up to use it via a lan? When I install WD sync, the device is detected. I'm prompted to log in and the log in information is accepted. I then get the option to sync folders and by default, my user profile folders are checked. I click continue and at that point, I get the following error. wd sync The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error. Which doesn't tell me anything. Here's what I've done so far. * soft and hard restarted the device multiple times. * reset the device to factory defaults using a full reset. * Tried to contact western digital. I've received 2 confirmation emails which tell me to send them system logs and that the case is open, but no reply from them so far. * Tried adding other user accounts, same error. * Tried installing on another machine on the same lan, same error. Does anyone have any idea what's going on and why the server would be throwing an error 500? It doesn't really tell anyone anything. The dashboard is working fine. all the best, Mo.

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Ethical hacking courses
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hello, I'm thinking of doing an ethical hacking course. I'm interested in if others on this list have attempted such a course, have the exams been accessible and what provider has been good in terms of good material. I know I'll have to find a certification path locally. Thanks

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Ethical hacking courses
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hello, I'm thinking of doing an ethical hacking course. I'm interested in if others on this list have attempted such a course, have the exams been accessible and what provider has been good in terms of good material. I know I'll have to find a certification path locally. Thanks

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Hello !!!!!
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Is anybody listening ? The last two emails I have posted do not appear to have been circulated. Please explain. Thanks, Paul

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Mcafee SIEM and EPO
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Folks Has anyone any experience using Mcafee SIEM and / or EPO ? SIEM is a security manager, and EPO is an e-policy orchestrator. In particular, are they accessible ? I have no useful sight. Experience using JAWS / NVDA and orca. Interview coming up next week, with a company that uses these products. All input much appreciated. Thanks, Paul

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Hello !!!!!
by Paul O'Rahilly 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Hello Is anybody listening ? The last two emails I have posted do not appear to have been circulated. Please explain. Thanks, Paul

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Mcafee SIEM and EPO
by Paul O'Rahilly 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Hello Folks Has anyone any experience using Mcafee SIEM and / or EPO ? SIEM is a security manager, and EPO is an e-policy orchestrator. In particular, are they accessible ? I have no useful sight. Experience using JAWS / NVDA and orca. Interview coming up next week, with a company that uses these products. All input much appreciated. Thanks, Paul

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Accessibility in the work place
by Billy Irwin 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

Guys, I've had to write a report based on my job that I referenced earlier. Here is a very rough draft but I wanted to get this out to my fellow SysAdmins. Beginning on June 20th, 2016, I started an internship with VC3 Inc. who provides Information Technology services for various local governments and private companies in the Southeast U.S. These services include but are not limited to Virtual Desktop Interfaces and Physical Systems Administration. The internship promised to end with full time employment as a Systems Engineer with their South Carolina Team. This position was exactly what I was looking for long term. This position was responsible for Server Administration, Network Administration and Design for over 200 different agencies over 3 or so states. Unfortunatley, when I started the postion, accessibility became to be a large barrier in completing my dutires. I first started out by training in the First Call Resolution Team that is responsible for taking the initial calls from customers with their various technical issues like resetting passwords and creating user accounts. While in this team, I was t training on the billing and ticketing system known as ConnectWise. I found this software completely inaccessibile to JAWS and Zoomtext. I spent several days trying to use different techniques that I thought would work in order to allow me full access to this fotware. Eventually, I I found and App for the Apple IOS and tried it with no success. One application would allow for limited access to some features and the other wouldn't. While working through those issues I was introduced to another application called Labtech which is responsible for remotely administering all systems maintained by VC3. This software too was very inaccessible and was virtually useless to me. As before, I began experimenting with it's settings and with no luck again, found myself really struggling to do anything productive. During all this, I reached out to the software vendor along side VC3. At the end of the internship, we were unable to get the software vendor to see how important this issue is for my employment. The only good thing that came from this internship is networking with other individuals that are in my field. They were able to see that I am well versed in my field of Information Technology. Sadly at this time, I am unable to recommend others to attempt employment at VC3 who have a visual impairment.

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