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Updating windows8 to 8.1 update1
by David Mehler 07 Apr '15

07 Apr '15

Hello, This is probably an easy one to some, but I'm new to win8. I got a copy of it about a year or so ago got it in a vm, and then my VMware busted. Well, long story short got it fixed, and am now back with 8 learning, and I've been told that 8.1 is a major improvement over 8, is this so? Secondly, update1 is almost a must have. I'd like to get both of these, they're not coming through windows update. My screen reader if it matters is NVDA 2015.1. Thanks. Dave.

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install windows on mac
by mattias 03 Apr '15

03 Apr '15

how to it with speech?

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sql 2014
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Have any of you used SQL 2014 yet? IF so, what's the accessibility like? I need access to the usual things. 1. Can I read the results of updates and inserts. 2. Can I read the result grid view from a select? 3. Can I read the job viewer results? 4. Can I start a job at a specific test? 5. Can I create users and logins? 6. Can I modify agents such as the Email service?

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Citrix
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

I need a few suggestions to get accessible connections to machines over Citrix. I've tried using RDP but the RDP windows aren't accessible. I get into the VM and the keys aren't passed through. I cant configure the RDP options to fix this because.... The RDP application isn't accessible. What's going on? Any ideas? I have a call in 3 hours from now and I'm badly stuck. They need answers and I cant access their servers.

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Citrix
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

I need a few suggestions to get accessible connections to machines over Citrix. I've tried using RDP but the RDP windows aren't accessible. I get into the VM and the keys aren't passed through. I cant configure the RDP options to fix this because.... The RDP application isn't accessible. What's going on? Any ideas? I have a call in 3 hours from now and I'm badly stuck. They need answers and I cant access their servers.

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help modding espeak
by Josh K 29 Mar '15

29 Mar '15

hey anyone on here want to join me in modifying espeak to sound more like the jaws voice, eloquence? -- follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982

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Zenoss
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hi all, I've just had an interview for a role where part of my responsibilities will be dealing with Zenoss. Does anyone have any experience of its accessibility in terms of viewing alerts & general administration? They have a free version for personal use which I'll play with in due course but I was wondering if anyone uses their enterprise product. Regarding monitoring in general: the environment I'll hopefully be working in has a huge wall of monitors that gives an overview of the infrastructure & displays alerts when appropriate. The manager was (understandably) skeptical about how I'd be able to view alerts & the other output that Zenoss generates. I told him that I would most likely just use a Windows client or similar instead of using the wall. Does anyone do something similar? I notice that Zenoss has an API so if it makes the difference between me getting a job and not I'll just write something myself; he seems quite open to creative solutions to problems so there is some hope. Thanks, Ben.

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Zenoss
by Ben Mustill-Rose 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hi all, I've just had an interview for a role where part of my responsibilities will be dealing with Zenoss. Does anyone have any experience of its accessibility in terms of viewing alerts & general administration? They have a free version for personal use which I'll play with in due course but I was wondering if anyone uses their enterprise product. Regarding monitoring in general: the environment I'll hopefully be working in has a huge wall of monitors that gives an overview of the infrastructure & displays alerts when appropriate. The manager was (understandably) skeptical about how I'd be able to view alerts & the other output that Zenoss generates. I told him that I would most likely just use a Windows client or similar instead of using the wall. Does anyone do something similar? I notice that Zenoss has an API so if it makes the difference between me getting a job and not I'll just write something myself; he seems quite open to creative solutions to problems so there is some hope. Thanks, Ben.

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sql 2014
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Have any of you used SQL 2014 yet? IF so, what's the accessibility like? I need access to the usual things. 1. Can I read the results of updates and inserts. 2. Can I read the result grid view from a select? 3. Can I read the job viewer results? 4. Can I start a job at a specific test? 5. Can I create users and logins? 6. Can I modify agents such as the Email service?

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www.blind-sysadmins.com
by John G Heim 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

Is www.blind-sysadmins.com gone for good? If the people who were involved in that are still on this list, we could put that stuff on www.iavit.org instead. We could also re-register blind-sysadmins.com and point it to www.iavit.org. The IAVIT web site is on a ubuntu virtual server that we admin ourselves so we can set up anything that apache can do. -- John Heim, jheim(a)math.wisc.edu, skype:john.g.heim

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