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Windows XP live CD with sound support again
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Dear members of this conference, I would like to inform You about The possibility for creating Windows XP live CD. I have been also tried The WIN PE based on WIndows Vista core, i have tested excellent tool for sighted users named JUDE USB wizard. Unfortunately, sound support is not included in WIndows PE based on WIndows Vista, and i think, that sound support will not be awailable also while using WIndows PE based on Windows 7 kernel. But there is other choice. Using Windows XP and Bardspe and, and this is very important, try to use The following project. It is awailable on The following address. http://www.llanelly.com/downloads.html If You will download The following .zip archive http://www.llanelly.com/downloads/file/11-xpebuilder.html And if You will finish The installation, You will find The file msaudio.inf in The following folder: \XPEBuilder\Plugin\300_drivers\oem-ms-drivers The task is, where to add .inf and .sys drivers, on which folder? And if it is simply possible to add new device driver to The msaudio.inf file. NVDA latest development and all released version are fully compatible with Windows PE environment, there is also braille device directly supported by NVDA without need to installing it's driver. So if somebody would have The time, I AM suggesting to integrate some sound driver to The .inf file from The XPE Builder v0.1.0.146 project. There are many various preconfigured and preinstalled plugins, i AM only wondering, if visually impaired users will be able to use included alternative shell. Powermenu is perfectly accessible, it's whole start menu, so this would be a perfect shell alternative, which would be used in The resulted XP live media. There is also ammazing solution, visually impaired system administrator could buy The USB sound cart, which can be detected by WIndows XP and this driver could be incorporated to The resulted WIndows XP live CD. Because integrating many sound drivers would consume many space and i AM afraid, that algorithms for searching The sound hardware and triing to include so many drivers would break The load process of The live environment. Brltty will not be easy to integrate, because services feature is not simply to setup in live mode. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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Question
by Greg B. 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello everyone, Has anybody taken courses from the Cisco Academy for the Visually Impaired? If you have, can you tell me what the course was like such as content, instructors, accessibility, etc. Thanks, Greg B. email: gbobo(a)woh.rr.com

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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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