Accessible live Windows PE environment for visually impaired users
Dear developers, I would like to inform You about several fully accessible live projects, which are based on Windows PE and can be used for performing many system administration tasks. I have intensively tested those projects for system stability and reliability and i can safely recommend those projects for all users and system administrators. For universal sound support, it is necessary to buy USB headsets. Only this sound driver can be reliably used with this sound devices with all projects. The best tool for creating live Xp project with NVDA support is according to my opinion project awailable for direct downloading here. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15279728/LXC.102011.exe This project is self install package, run it and after finishing, prepare The blang folder and copy AYours Windows XP installation CD or extract previously prepared .iso image. Warning!! This project and other PE based project which are using XP operating system as installation source are not able to cooperate with OEM XP operating systems awailable on some machines in C:\i386 folder. It is not possible to use those sources, only standard installation CDS can be used. Even if You will add special files with zero byte lenght with .sp1 .sp3, it will not work. Very probably because of other form of crucial .sif file. When You will have this folder prepared with extracted installation CD, You can press The play button after running winbuilder.exe, after choosing The source TAB, after specifiing The right folder with installation files. To activate play button, find The graphical object, which MSAA identifi as ToolBar1 It is The first object of this type one object righzt from The treewiev, You must simulate left mouse click on this object and before this click, You must move The mouse pointer to this object. Patiently wait, till The project will be executed. It is complex project which is completing many file copy and other operations. When The project will be finished, exit winbuilder and rather restart Yours computer, because winbuilder.exe is doing somethink at The background with RAM and it can in some cases cause system slowdown or even hangup. When Yours project execution will be successfull, You will be able to find The iso folder inside The project subfolder. Find those folders on The target installation folder of The project. .iso image can be directly burned to The CD, or You can even transferr it to The bootable USb stick. For beginning, I AM recommending You to normally burn The .iso image to The CD. Prepare USB stick, it can store many files and folders, it do not have to be empty. Try to create drivers folder. drivers Drivers folder must contain Yours sound drivers. Because special integrated program for importing drivers to The live PE can not have The same results, like using plug and play capability from runned XP system, You must buy USB headsets and You must include The necessary drivers to The drivers folder on Yours USB stick. Other sound drivers can work, but The best results are expectable while adding sound drivers for various integrated sound chips on motherboards of desktops or notebook. Do not expect, that sound will work automatically, if You will try to add drivers for Creative sound blaster PCI based sound carts or if You would try to even support PCMCIA Sound blaster AUDIGI SZ notebook. It will not really work. Bestly supported sound device is really USB headsets, for example, USB headsets from Logitech company. USB headsets must have sound chip for generating sound, USB load speakers will not work too, because they are not containg necessary sound chip. USB sound carts are requiring to add special drivers and it would not work too. To extract Yours USB headsets sound driver, plug in Your USB headsets while running normal XP installation and use SmartDriverBackup2.12 This driver backup tool is excellent and it's GUI is totally MSAA compatible. You can get it from The various Internet sources. Try to run this program, and find The USB audio driver and extract this driver to The Drivers folder. USB headsets is excellent sound device standard and it is also compatible with Windows7 or Windows8. This phynancial investition to this device is really good and You can use this device from standard installed Windows operating systems, from specially prepared live PE environments and many Linux distros are fully compatible with USB headsets. When You will have necessary driver files extracted to The drivers folder, You can extract The folder name to The driver folder which represents The name of Yours USB headsets device, it will work. Now is The time to extract The NVDA portable to The root of Yours USB stick. Yes, it is all. Yours USB headsets and may be also other sound devices, if there will be less than 10 driver files, it is very probably, that this sound device will work, but The fact, if it will work or no is much more complex than The fact, how many driver files is included in The drivers folder. The one disadvantage of visually impaired user is, that You can not get welcome sound which will inform You, that system have been executed. User with quite laptops can listen The sound of integrated circuits or YOu can use non cheap very sensitive radio reciever to detect The special sounds of The computer. You can wait 2 minutes or 3 and You will be sure, that The system is ready. Very important, plug in The USB headsets after starting Yours live CD, in other case, sound device will not be autodetected. It is also important to no, that You must know The first word letter of The classic start menu item run in Yours native XP language to run NVDA. Press The start button or CTRL+ESC Press The first letter of The run command. I Am writing nonsense, it is not The first letter of The word represents The run command, Try to find The right letter Yourself. Type d:\nvda.exe Press enter. NVDA should be automatically loaded from USB stick. Very important. It is possible to run regedit remotely to edit Windows registry of The NTFS volume, which is containing installed XP operating system. I Am working on implementing other remote administration tasks, aspecially to use system restore feature. You can also use specially created Clamwin portable antivirus program awailable from http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/portableapps/ClamWin%20Portable/Add... The virus database contains more than one million 100000 virus signatures. You can use it from live PE projects for virus detection and even virus removal process. Clamwin is fully NVDA compatible. I wisch You many nice experiences with those projects.
Janusz,
Well done. This is really good work.
I'll probably get around to testing this later in the week.
Regards
Darragh Ó Héiligh
Fujitsu
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From: "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel"
Janusz,
Well done. This is really good work.
I'll probably get around to testing this later in the week.
Regards
Darragh Ó Héiligh
Fujitsu
Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas,
Fredrick Building,
South Fredrick Street,
Dublin2
Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559
Email: darragh.oheiligh@oireachtas.ie
Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie
From: "Mgr. Janusz Chmiel"
Dear Darak, The authors of this projects are concentrated around The rebootpro WEB site. I have triing to found The best awailable live PE projects usable by visually impaired users. I have found out, that You can add USB headsets sound drivers to The drivers folder previously created on A USB stick. MR Amalux is doing his best to support NVDA on his all XP and Windows7 PE based live projects. I have even found The way, how user can use add or remove control panel applets on The live XP host operating system while running live XPE PE based project. The issue is, that list of installed programs and all user interface buttons of The add or remove programs dialog box are not accessible by NVDA or other screen reader. I AM starting to develope a mechanishm, which would enable even to start WIndows installer service on The remote host to even remove or repair or modifi programs, which have been installed to The XP host by using Microsoft Windows installer service. My finish goal is to implement system restore feature while using restore points of The XP host. I will inform YOu about The results. Ccleaner in portable mode enable users to wiev and remove installed programs of The XP host from live XP PE environment. http://www.mediafire.com/?12nhnq55j1azzf6 Do not forget, that WIndows8 will include function to store installed operating system usable on USB stick, but i think, that live PE based projects will have a sense also when Microsoft will release this feature. Microsoft Windows to GO. But this will be never released for Windows XP. Here is special utility, which is using previously saved Windows registry files to The system volume information folder by using system restore feature. Executable will enable You to restore Windows registry files of XP host while using live XP PE environment. http://www.mediafire.com/?azfvffeadbla9us
Hello,
If anyone works with this I'd appreciate a podcast! I am going to try
it, but won't have time until either this weekend late or early next
week, but am very interested.
Thanks.
Dave.
On 3/20/12, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear Darak,
The authors of this projects are concentrated around The rebootpro WEB site. I have triing to found The best awailable live PE projects usable by visually impaired users.
I have found out, that You can add USB headsets sound drivers to The drivers folder previously created on A USB stick.
MR Amalux is doing his best to support NVDA on his all XP and Windows7 PE based live projects. I have even found The way, how user can use add or remove control panel applets on The live XP host operating system while running live XPE PE based project.
The issue is, that list of installed programs and all user interface buttons of The add or remove programs dialog box are not accessible by NVDA or other screen reader. I AM starting to develope a mechanishm, which would enable even to start WIndows installer service on The remote host to even remove or repair or modifi programs, which have been installed to The XP host by using Microsoft Windows installer service.
My finish goal is to implement system restore feature while using restore points of The XP host.
I will inform YOu about The results.
Ccleaner in portable mode enable users to wiev and remove installed programs of The XP host from live XP PE environment.
http://www.mediafire.com/?12nhnq55j1azzf6
Do not forget, that WIndows8 will include function to store installed operating system usable on USB stick, but i think, that live PE based projects will have a sense also when Microsoft will release this feature. Microsoft Windows to GO. But this will be never released for Windows XP.
Here is special utility, which is using previously saved Windows registry files to The system volume information folder by using system restore feature. Executable will enable You to restore Windows registry files of XP host while using live XP PE environment.
http://www.mediafire.com/?azfvffeadbla9us
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I will try to make MP3 potcast til 22 00 to night on Friday. Please promise me, that everybody of us will respect The licensing conditions supplemented with XP or WIndows7 operating systems. Aspecially, use OEM media to create only one live PE project and use this live CD or USB media only with The computer, for which You have obtained The licensed XP copy. I believe, that nobody of us want that Microsoft would totally break rebootpro community and their projects leaders. There are very few possibility for visually impaired users to work like a system administrator, so please, respect licensing conditions.
Dear Darak, I'm interested in the windows pe nvda accessible, if you can help me thank you, the link is not working> http://www.mediafire.com/?12nhnq55j1azzf6ATT Ramon J
Hello,
If anyone works with this I'd appreciate a podcast! I am going to try
it, but won't have time until either this weekend late or early next
week, but am very interested.
Thanks.
Dave.
On 3/20/12, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear Darak,
The authors of this projects are concentrated around The rebootpro WEB site. I have triing to found The best awailable live PE projects usable by visually impaired users.
I have found out, that You can add USB headsets sound drivers to The drivers folder previously created on A USB stick.
MR Amalux is doing his best to support NVDA on his all XP and Windows7 PE based live projects. I have even found The way, how user can use add or remove control panel applets on The live XP host operating system while running live XPE PE based project.
The issue is, that list of installed programs and all user interface buttons of The add or remove programs dialog box are not accessible by NVDA or other screen reader. I AM starting to develope a mechanishm, which would enable even to start WIndows installer service on The remote host to even remove or repair or modifi programs, which have been installed to The XP host by using Microsoft Windows installer service.
My finish goal is to implement system restore feature while using restore points of The XP host.
I will inform YOu about The results.
Ccleaner in portable mode enable users to wiev and remove installed programs of The XP host from live XP PE environment.
http://www.mediafire.com/?12nhnq55j1azzf6
Do not forget, that WIndows8 will include function to store installed operating system usable on USB stick, but i think, that live PE based projects will have a sense also when Microsoft will release this feature. Microsoft Windows to GO. But this will be never released for Windows XP.
Here is special utility, which is using previously saved Windows registry files to The system volume information folder by using system restore feature. Executable will enable You to restore Windows registry files of XP host while using live XP PE environment.
http://www.mediafire.com/?azfvffeadbla9us
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