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Remote access.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 17 Dec '13

17 Dec '13

Good morning, What are you all using for remote access? As I've said here before, my company are currently using teamviewer but their not particularly happy with it. I tried RIM from serotek but I couldn't justify the cost of it. I'd love it to be accessible of course but I've given up on that. Here's what we need: · Fast access. · File transfers · Clipboard access · Remote sound would be great. · Support for windows 7 and 8 is escential. Any suggestions? Thanks Darragh

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Looking Windows useage monitoring and reporting software
by Barry Toner 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Hi guys, I've been asked to find this. Are any of you in work or home using software that works well with a Screen Reader. I don't' really have allot of time to download and trial. Cheers, Barry. Barry Toner IT Assistant IT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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Alternative to Whats up gold.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Good morning, Again. I’m moving away from Nageos here. I know it’s great but I don’t have time to configure the whole thing from scratch. It just takes too much time in my experience. Probably actually likely because I haven’t bothered to take enough time to learn about it. I’m about to buy Whats up gold for €1475 but I@m just wondering, Are there any better / more accessible alternatives out there? Requirements are: · Windows service monitoring · Support for VBScript execution · Support for SSH script execution. · Support for WMI monitoring · Great graphical dashboard · An iPhone / android interface. · Switch monitoring · Email alerting · SMS alerting Probably more that I’m not thinking about at the moment.

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Alternative to Whats up gold.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Good morning, Again. I’m moving away from Nageos here. I know it’s great but I don’t have time to configure the whole thing from scratch. It just takes too much time in my experience. Probably actually likely because I haven’t bothered to take enough time to learn about it. I’m about to buy Whats up gold for €1475 but I@m just wondering, Are there any better / more accessible alternatives out there? Requirements are: · Windows service monitoring · Support for VBScript execution · Support for SSH script execution. · Support for WMI monitoring · Great graphical dashboard · An iPhone / android interface. · Switch monitoring · Email alerting · SMS alerting Probably more that I’m not thinking about at the moment.

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Remote access.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 16 Dec '13

16 Dec '13

Good morning, What are you all using for remote access? As I've said here before, my company are currently using teamviewer but their not particularly happy with it. I tried RIM from serotek but I couldn't justify the cost of it. I'd love it to be accessible of course but I've given up on that. Here's what we need: · Fast access. · File transfers · Clipboard access · Remote sound would be great. · Support for windows 7 and 8 is escential. Any suggestions? Thanks Darragh

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Scale Computing's HC3
by Scott Wheat 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Hello, Have any of you used Scale Computing's HC3 virtualizing solution? If so, and if you got it to work, what screen reader / web browser did you use? We are considering purchasing one of their clusters to virtualize several of our existing servers. I was given access to one of Scale's test domains and have looked at the interface a bit. It is not very friendly to Window Eyes using either Firefox or IE. I will be trying Voiceover and Safari on a MAC later today to see if that is any better. We may go with VM Ware, but are currently leaning toward Scale but I need to figure out how I will be able to use it. Thanks for any comments! Scott

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VMware vSphere Client
by Scott Wheat 10 Dec '13

10 Dec '13

Hi again, Another virtualization question. Once the VMware HyperViser has been installed on a machine, has anyone had luck using the vSphere Client to manage virtual machines? Thanks, Scott

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VM Under Windows
by Steve Matzura 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Has anyone had experience setting up a virtual machine on a system already running Windows 7? I may have the need to do this for purposes of running labs for an online class a group of folks for whom I consult might be setting up. I have two choices for doing so--Microsoft Virtual PC, or Oracle VirtualBox. Would be keen to hear of your experiences with either of these, especially with regard to using them with screenreaders. TIA

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Recommendations for blind people to repair laptops
by Katherine Moss 24 Nov '13

24 Nov '13

Hey guys, I'm big on the hardware side of the equation as well as the software side of it, so I'm wondering if you can provide some pointers on how visually impaired folks repair laptops with as little sighted assistance as possible? Desktops and servers I can usually do just fine with, though laptops are harder since every manufacturer is different, and I never want to just start taking screws out willy nilly, for I don't want to end up destroying something in the process. What do you guys usually do when a laptop has a hardware problem? Have any of you devised a method to be able to take apart laptops? I mean, sometimes it's easy to do without the diagrams by using common sense, though for example, take this Dell Latitude E6530 I have. Getting to the back of it is easily done; there is only a singular panel that needs to come off; gosh, I changed the ram out on this one without any help at all. But getting to the keyboard? I couldn't figure out that without sighted assistance if you paid me to. The manual instructs you to pry up on the medal framing around it (the entire keyboard is surrounded by aluminum), but they don't specify in a very good description where, and my CompTIA A+ certified friend can't even figure it out. And when he tried to, he had a sighted tutor with him, and the tutor couldn't figure it out without the manual. Another example is my CA. 2005 Toshiba laptop, and that thing had supposedly a dead clock battery and a dead hard drive. I'm not sure what happened, but the thing clearly died. I just had to throw it in the garbage today since it was giving off a burned electronics smell before I managed to figure out what else was wrong with it, and after replacing the clock battery and hard drive, the motherboard basically died of me and my sighted, though more hands-on than technical herself, friend and I handling it. Every sign was there, and I stopped worrying about a disconnection; since it was smelling, it had to be DOA when my friend returned it to me four years ago when it had been in his possession. But the point is, every laptop is different, and since those little wires in there are tiny, so how do we keep track of them? Those tiny slots and connectors; even my sighted friend was struggling with the Toshiba, probably part of the reason why the board fully died (before we had attempted to fix it, it was smelling bad, though the laptop was basically working, though the time was wrong and there was, of course, no OS installed). I mean, replacing a CMOS battery is of course a bigger deal on a laptop than it is on a desktop or server, so how do you go about it? Do you just leave the deep repairs to the sighted? If so, then we should change that.

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Recommendations for blind people to repair laptops
by Katherine Moss 23 Nov '13

23 Nov '13

Hey guys, I'm big on the hardware side of the equation as well as the software side of it, so I'm wondering if you can provide some pointers on how visually impaired folks repair laptops with as little sighted assistance as possible? Desktops and servers I can usually do just fine with, though laptops are harder since every manufacturer is different, and I never want to just start taking screws out willy nilly, for I don't want to end up destroying something in the process. What do you guys usually do when a laptop has a hardware problem? Have any of you devised a method to be able to take apart laptops? I mean, sometimes it's easy to do without the diagrams by using common sense, though for example, take this Dell Latitude E6530 I have. Getting to the back of it is easily done; there is only a singular panel that needs to come off; gosh, I changed the ram out on this one without any help at all. But getting to the keyboard? I couldn't figure out that without sighted assistance if you paid me to. The manual instructs you to pry up on the medal framing around it (the entire keyboard is surrounded by aluminum), but they don't specify in a very good description where, and my CompTIA A+ certified friend can't even figure it out. And when he tried to, he had a sighted tutor with him, and the tutor couldn't figure it out without the manual. Another example is my CA. 2005 Toshiba laptop, and that thing had supposedly a dead clock battery and a dead hard drive. I'm not sure what happened, but the thing clearly died. I just had to throw it in the garbage today since it was giving off a burned electronics smell before I managed to figure out what else was wrong with it, and after replacing the clock battery and hard drive, the motherboard basically died of me and my sighted, though more hands-on than technical herself, friend and I handling it. Every sign was there, and I stopped worrying about a disconnection; since it was smelling, it had to be DOA when my friend returned it to me four years ago when it had been in his possession. But the point is, every laptop is different, and since those little wires in there are tiny, so how do we keep track of them? Those tiny slots and connectors; even my sighted friend was struggling with the Toshiba, probably part of the reason why the board fully died (before we had attempted to fix it, it was smelling bad, though the laptop was basically working, though the time was wrong and there was, of course, no OS installed). I mean, replacing a CMOS battery is of course a bigger deal on a laptop than it is on a desktop or server, so how do you go about it? Do you just leave the deep repairs to the sighted? If so, then we should change that.

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