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USB linux versions with speech out of the box
by David Mehler 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for a linux distro or one I can use that can be put on to a thumb drive, booted from same, and then comes up with either cli or graphical speech. All information appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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USB linux versions with speech out of the box
by David Mehler 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Hello, I'm looking for recommendations for a linux distro or one I can use that can be put on to a thumb drive, booted from same, and then comes up with either cli or graphical speech. All information appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Win7 64 bit install, gigabyte motherboard, uefi
by David Mehler 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, I'm trying to install via unattend.xml a win7 x64 version on a machine with a gigabyte motherboard. I'm wanting to use gpt partitions and do the install in uefi mode not bios. I've set up in my unattend partitions efi and msr as well as my primary ntfs partition for the install. I'm getting an error from win7 setup that the disk can not be installed in gpt mode. I'm speculating this is because the setup was started in bios not uefi mode. This is a new board and I'm wondering if anyone has had this and has a fix? To get the setup I have in bios boot order CD/DVD is second on the list, and I press c to boot from CD. Thanks. Dave.

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Win7 64 bit install, gigabyte motherboard, uefi
by David Mehler 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hello, I'm trying to install via unattend.xml a win7 x64 version on a machine with a gigabyte motherboard. I'm wanting to use gpt partitions and do the install in uefi mode not bios. I've set up in my unattend partitions efi and msr as well as my primary ntfs partition for the install. I'm getting an error from win7 setup that the disk can not be installed in gpt mode. I'm speculating this is because the setup was started in bios not uefi mode. This is a new board and I'm wondering if anyone has had this and has a fix? To get the setup I have in bios boot order CD/DVD is second on the list, and I press c to boot from CD. Thanks. Dave.

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Time / holiday / absence tracking and management?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Good morning, In my new role I'm managing a small team of people. I need a way of tracking absences sick leave, holidays and other scheduling things like this. I have sharepoint installed. I also have Exchange 2010. What would you suggest I use that would integrate with these two systems to meet this requirement? In my last job they had a great leave management system. It probably cost a fortune though as it was managed globally by Fujitsu. Now I'm in a company with at most 16 employees and only eight of us are full time! I've gone from system administrator to manager, support person, project scheduler, code patcher and database tuner in the space of two months. It's such a huge change from managing hundreds of servers. I think managing a small company is a lot harder even though the availability of hundreds of servers resting on my shoulders seemed hard at the time. I kind of miss it actually! Darragh

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Time / holiday / absence tracking and management?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 30 Jul '13

30 Jul '13

Good morning, In my new role I'm managing a small team of people. I need a way of tracking absences sick leave, holidays and other scheduling things like this. I have sharepoint installed. I also have Exchange 2010. What would you suggest I use that would integrate with these two systems to meet this requirement? In my last job they had a great leave management system. It probably cost a fortune though as it was managed globally by Fujitsu. Now I'm in a company with at most 16 employees and only eight of us are full time! I've gone from system administrator to manager, support person, project scheduler, code patcher and database tuner in the space of two months. It's such a huge change from managing hundreds of servers. I think managing a small company is a lot harder even though the availability of hundreds of servers resting on my shoulders seemed hard at the time. I kind of miss it actually! Darragh

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Rim verses teamviewer?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello, Has anyone used RIM by serotek? How does it measure up when compared to teamviewer? Are there any advantages by using Rim? I cant install a screen reader on any remote machines I need to connect to so this is a huge problem for me. RIM won't get around this I'm quite sure. Any ideas? Darragh

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Rim verses teamviewer?
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

Hello, Has anyone used RIM by serotek? How does it measure up when compared to teamviewer? Are there any advantages by using Rim? I cant install a screen reader on any remote machines I need to connect to so this is a huge problem for me. RIM won't get around this I'm quite sure. Any ideas? Darragh

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Using a PPTP VPN with EAP / Paep.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Has anyone attempted to use the RRAS role in Windows 2008R2 to provide a basic VPN solution? I've been doing this for ages using a username and password but I need to extend the solution by authenticating with a cert. I'm running into a problem on the NPS side of things I think. Can anyone offer a fresh perspective please? I've been working on this for 2 hours now and I'm getting nowhere. Even a suggestion as to where I'd find logs would be beneficial. Thanks Darragh

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Using a PPTP VPN with EAP / Paep.
by Darragh Ó Héiligh 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Has anyone attempted to use the RRAS role in Windows 2008R2 to provide a basic VPN solution? I've been doing this for ages using a username and password but I need to extend the solution by authenticating with a cert. I'm running into a problem on the NPS side of things I think. Can anyone offer a fresh perspective please? I've been working on this for 2 hours now and I'm getting nowhere. Even a suggestion as to where I'd find logs would be beneficial. Thanks Darragh

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