March 2008 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Remote monitoring of systems/on call work
by Andrew Hodgson 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi, Very quiet here at the moment, and there are plenty of members. Just kicking off a topic which I have had to deal with recently. Has anyone used any remote monitoring/diagnostic software, that if a specific problem (possibly using an API to communicate with a bespoke application to trigger events) occurs, that it will email or send an alert? How successful have these been? The other issue, have any of you worked any on call system, and if so, how did you arrange transport to work if required? I am trying to avoid it now, but we may have to go down this road, using remote VPN where possible. Thanks. Andrew.

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novell
by Vincent van Itallie 14 Apr '08

14 Apr '08

Hi all, It has been quiet in here. Could someone please explain how accessible working in a novell environment is from a blind administrators point of view? My employer is considering putting me in a project where novel and zenworks administration needed to be done. Hope someone can shed a bit of light on this. Vincent. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
by JoeY 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

It technically works with more phones than what the Blackberry website is listing, so check your service provider to make sure that it's supported. http://www.blackberry.com/ap/products/connect/symbianOS.shtml The OS on the N91 is "Symbian OS v9.1, Series 60UI 3rd Edition." ~Joe Sorry about any confusion yesterday. I was in meetings all day, and was checking email with my Blackberry handheld. It's not condusive to writing long or well thought out replies due to the lack of speech output or tiny thumb board. But it's portable, and works [with some effort] when typing short replies.

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Blackberry / Windows Mobile
by vjoey＠comcast.net 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

It technically works with more phones than what the Blackberry website is listing, so check your service provider to make sure that it's supported. http://www.blackberry.com/ap/products/connect/symbianOS.shtml The OS on the N91 is "Symbian OS v9.1, Series 60UI 3rd Edition." ~Joe Sorry about any confusion yesterday. I was in meetings all day, and was checking email with my Blackberry handheld. It's not condusive to writing long or well thought out replies due to the lack of speech output or tiny thumb board. But it's portable, and works [with some effort] when typing short replies.

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Just joined today
by Bobo, Greg 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

I am happy to have stumbled across this list. I am looking for accessible remote control software. I don't have the ability to install Jaws on every computer I touch, so any help would be appreciated. I used Jaws and Window eyes for access. Thanks in advance, Greg Bobo

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Accessible lan messaging client
by Mario Percinic 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

Hey all. I'm looking for some accessible messaging client which supports comunication thru private network because i need it for comunication inside the company between the employers ... something like direct comunication from computer to computer. One option is to setup something like windows messsenger or skype but as i said, i would like to disable usage of comunication thru internet if possible. I know for one client called winmessenger which allows the user to see all the computers inside private network as well as chat comunication but it didn't show up to accessible so i'm looking for something similar. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks Mario

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about Ghost Backup
by sunil jose 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

hi dear friends i don't know how to make a ghost network Dos bootable floppy/cd for windows to creating this which are the files requird, please tell me what are the steps for creating CD and Floppy i already i have some ' .Dos' files if i don't have from where i can find in that system Thanks & Regards Suniljose -- with Best Regards, Sunil jose

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Vista ultimate/business downgrade rights/Generic SATA driver
by David Edick 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hello list, Has anyone ever used the vista downgrade rights before? How does that work? Also, I have a Toshiba laptop with vista business and I want to downgrade it to XP pro. Toshiba does not provide an XP sata installation driver. Is there a generic sata driver I can use so that the XP install will recognize the sata controller/hard drive? Thanks again, /David?

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just joined
by Philip Hall 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi. I just discovered this list, and am very glad of it too. I have been asking some of my jaws and sysadmin questions on the jfw mailing list without much success. A year ago, the job of windows sysadmin was dumped into my lap. I am trying to learn as I go without any formal training. I am the entire I.T department. I hope no one will mind if I ask a few of my current crop of questions. 1. has anyone used avg internet security network with either jaws,windoweyes or system access? 2. how accessible is Microsoft share point? 3. Is there a way to get jaws or windoweyes to say whether something under add/remove windows components is unchecked, partially or fully checked? 4. has anyone used an accessible pc inventory program? I have many more questions as I said before. At the moment, I am trying to find some place to get some training. What I have been able to learn is mostly from playing with a test server, and using google to find documents on the internet. Phil

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