July 2011 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Telephony systems
by Andrew Hodgson 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Hi all, Our current Call Manager 4.x servers are creaking under their age, and we are looking at replacing this either with a new Cisco telephony system or a completely new system altogether. The system has to use IP as the connection to the handsets, as we don't want to add in more cables. Has anyone any experience in deploying a new Call manager setup, or a similar telephony system, and how was the accessibility? Thanks. Andrew.

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let's talk Backup Exec
by Ryan Shugart 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

Hey everyone: I just got a promotion at work, and with the goodness of a promotion comes more responsibilities. I'm now in charge of our backup infrastructure. We run Backup Exec 12.5, and have 16 or so media servers in various branch offices around the world. While Backup Exec used to be very accessible, over the last two versions accessibility seems to have gone into something of a decline, I already use scripts just to read the main table of jobs, and might need more just to get around the scheduling window so I can actually schedule a job. I'd consider the rest of the program accessible but clunky, tabbing doesn't always bring you where you think it will, on some screens tab order seems to be dynamic. Backup Exec also has an odd way of bringing up alert windows and grabbing your focus, even when you tell it specifically not to. While clunkyness is OK on one server, when you have fifteen individual servers to manage and no way to do it in a centralized fashion clunkyness is less acceptable. This is also less than a quarter of my new responsibilities as well. The current admin has the remote desktop console setup with all the Backup Exec servers in his favorites, stays logged into each server with a Backup Exec window open, and flicks from screen to screen and can easily glance at the output from each job. For us screen reader users, that doesn't work well. I've already got e-mail alerts set up and am using some Outlook rules to sort failure jobs out from successes, but was wondering if there's anything else I can be doing? I'd think people in really large environments with hundreds of media servers aren't logging into each server on a daily basis, so there has to be better ways to handle this. Any ideas? Thanks. Ryan

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How to perform fully unattended Windows 7 installation
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 09 Nov '11

09 Nov '11

Good morning, I would like to inform You about excellent program, which is able to modifi Windows7 CD so it can be used for performing fully unattended installation. The name of The program for creating fully unattended bootable Windows 7 iso images is RT 7 Lite This program can be really used for creating fully unattended Windows 7 installations. Drivers can be integrated while using this program. I AM recommending all visually impaired users to use latest awailable Supernova screen reader for using this program. Because Supernova is able to automatically report The name of editable fields while using RT 7 Lit. The program is even offering The feature to copy customized Windows7 installation to USB flashdisk and program is making this flashdisk bootable, It can even format this flash drive. The created flash disk can be used even for performing fully unattended installations if user is running Windows XP and user is running The installer inside this operating system with his favourite screen reader. Bootable flashdisk and bootable DVD can be ofcourse used also for performing unattended installation if harddrive is empty and user is booting from The bootable DVD or USB flashdisk. The disadvantage of this procedure is, that some older computers are requiring user to load some harddrive drivers, so for example, i have been able to perform unattended installation of Windows 7 Ultimate edition only, if i have been executed The installer from running Windows XP. After reboot, installer worked fully automatically. The issue is, that eventhough Windows7 is containing many sound drivers, in some cases, one integrated sound chip can be recognized by using two drivers and The sound chip is not working properly, so NVDA or other screen readers can not be used. I have been using IBM Thinkpat model 2668 for this test. Te name of integrated sound cart is Soundmax integrated digital audio. I had to please my sighted mother to choose The right sound cart, drivers are included for this sound chip in The WIndows7, but user must choose The right detected cart. If somebody of us would like to perform fully unattended installation of Windows 2000, 2003, XP, I AM strongly recommending YOu to use The excellent program Windows Unattended CD creator. Do not be afraid, eventhough it is signed as A BETA application, is working excellently. Please also do not forget, that installer of WIndows XP is automatically browsing The floppy drives for finding The diskette with file winnt.sif extension. If installer will find The required file, installer can work in The fully unattended mode by using original not customized WIndows XP installation CD. Ofcourse, winnt.sif must contain required lines of text to instruct The installer how to work in fully unattended mode. The only issue is, that user can not automatically install required drivers, because installer anticipants, that The driver folder $OEM$ will be located on The installation media. So installing drivers can be performed only, if user will use customized WIndows XP media. There is also Nlite application, which is integrating The drivers to The .cab files. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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Address book in windows live mail
by Troy Hergert 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut for opening the contacts or address book in Windows live mail 2011? I tried control shift b which doesn't work. Control shift c worked in wlm 2009 but now in 2011 that starts a new contact. I can't even find the option to go to the address book from the ribbon bar. Any ideas? Thanks.

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I Want To Hear Video Verifications Where Should I Press:
by Mubanga Chipalo 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Dear Listers, Kindly help me where to press on the google website in order for me hear video verifications. I want to create an E-mail account on the google website independently. When I press on picture link according to the instructions Iam getting nothing. Regards, mubanga Chipalo.

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ssl certificate question
by David Mehler 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

Hello, I've got to secure some services using an ssl certificate. Each is operated on a different subdomain for example: www.domain.com pop.domain.com smtp.domain.com svn.domain.com etc. It's now time to renew the certificates, I wasn't the one who purchased the original batch, but the client has a separate certificate purchased at the same time for each service. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to do a wildcard certificate such as: domain.com or: *.domain.com in the cert's commonname field? I'd prefer to only use one certificate for all services if possible and it also saves a considerable amount of money. Thanks. Dave.

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ssl certificate question
by David Mehler 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

Hello, I've got to secure some services using an ssl certificate. Each is operated on a different subdomain for example: www.domain.com pop.domain.com smtp.domain.com svn.domain.com etc. It's now time to renew the certificates, I wasn't the one who purchased the original batch, but the client has a separate certificate purchased at the same time for each service. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to do a wildcard certificate such as: domain.com or: *.domain.com in the cert's commonname field? I'd prefer to only use one certificate for all services if possible and it also saves a considerable amount of money. Thanks. Dave.

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Windows 7 terminal program or Mac?
by Scott Granados 18 Jul '11

18 Jul '11

Hi there, I have a new computer (my first win 7 netbook) and the fine folks at Microsoft no longer include hyperterm. Is there a good suggestion for a term program? Putty seems like it may work but maybe something more full featured? I need something where I can definitely send a break for password recovery. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks Scott

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Cisco Jobs position available
by Sean Murphy 16 Jul '11

16 Jul '11

Hi All. If you or if you know of someone in the USA, or you are willing to move to the USA. There is some jobs going in the TAC for network engineers. Please send your reply off line using my gmail address and I will provide the info. Sean

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linux live CD?
by Ibraam Wahib 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

hello friends: my pc has infected by a strange virus it can't be removed at all, even its name unknown. can I find live CD for Linux help me to clean it, specially my flash card infected too and it contains very important files I can't format it anyway. please help me as you can. always find: user/local setting/temp/svchoost.exe and many files *.tmp in user application data, also CMD running in task manager. each time make scan the program detect different warm/trogen, and the problem still not solved. pc is so slow, all anti virus sites not open, also sometimes search engine. am sorry if it off topic, but hope find solution. thanks ibraam

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network cables, do you make your own?
by Zameer Mahomed 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Hi listers, ok, if this is inappropriate, you have all the right to boot me off this list. But I write this because I'm just burning with curiosity, I have no other visually impaired person to ask, and wanted to know if any visually impaired people can do this in someway or another. So, do you make your own ethernet cables? I'm doing N+ and I know we'd have a problem when it comes to putting the colours in the right pairs but what about cutting, crimping etc? Unfortunately I'm studying this thing by myself so no practical assistance here. Hence one of the many reasons for asking. regards,

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How Do I fill my E-mail address In Reach Edit:
by Mubanga Chipalo 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Dear Listers, I need your guidance on the following questions: First of all When I come across an e-mail address with reach edit, I don't know how to fill my E-mail address; Therefore I would like to know how you do it. secondly, Kindly provide me with E-mail addresses where to find computer braille books so that I can buy them.

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Valuable pleasment for tutorial how to use remote desktop like a visually impaired user
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

GOod afternoon, I AM very glad, that i can read somethink about using remote desktop with screen reader. Please, is there any tutorial about this how to work with this feature with screen reader? How to start remote desktop in WIndows 7 operating system? Jaws is using Tandem, but i expect, that this feature is usable only if other user is also having Jaws awith Tandem application and The best is also The same version of Jaws. Team wiever is not accessible while triing to browse The remote computer screen. Any link to some tutorial or kind message about is is very welcomed. Thank You very much. I AM very appreciating all member of this very kind mailing list. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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somethink about Windows operating systems and virtualisation
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Good afternoon, I would like to also inform You, that Vmwareplayer for Windows is supporting very excellent fully unattended feature. It is very simple to fill out all required information and original CDS can be perfectly installed to The virtual machines created by Vmware foR Windows. It is even possible to run those virtual machines from some Linux live CDS. Or by using some Linux live bootable USB stick. The disadvantage of this procedure is The need of big amount of RAM awailable, and, and this is very sad, user can not access The other harddrive than The virtual harddrive, YOu can not access NTFS internal harddrive and use my computer or Windows Explorer for files browsing. Vmware player will always prevent You from directly accessing The internal harddrives. To be more exact. You can for example use Ubuntu live CD and remastersys for creating remastered Ubuntu with Vmwareplayer on it. You can use external USB harddrive and You can put previously created virtual machine files, which have been created previously by using Vmwareplayer for Windows. The issue is, that if virtual machine will be successfully loaded, if You will use bootable USB flashdisk for loading Linux live system with preinstalled vmwareplayer for Linux on it, YOu will be able to run Windows XP virtual machine from USB harddrive by using Yours loaded bootable USB Linux live CD. You can even specifi on Vmwareplayer for Linux, that You want to share The whole root folder of Your NTFS harddrive with WIndows files on it. Yes, this will work, but Windows XP will recognize this device like a network drive, and You must use Linux live CD with NTFS-3G support to access NTFs volumes by using running Windows in virtual machine. The advantage is, that You can use WIndows Explorer for browsing NTFS volumes, The disadvantage is, that You will still USE Linux NTFS-3G for accessing NTFS, by The other words, WIndows core will not directly access Your harddrive. This is sad, because You can not use MIcrosoft disk defrag, or You can not use chkdsk /f /r c: command. Because disk is seen by WIndows XP like a network drive. If You will disable this feature in Vmwareplayer for Linux, so The folder will not be see like a network drive, YOu will not be able to see The drive on Windows at all. The advantages of Vmware solution. Theoretically, visually impaired user would run previously preinstalled Windows operating system by using many various computers, because Linux and Vmwareplayer for Linux will autodetect The required hardware. So if sound will be awailable in The Linux live distro with vmwareplayer, Windows will very probably work. Next advantage is, that user can browse The NTFS drive by using my computer or windows Explorer, can copy The files between NTFS folders from running WIndows. Disadvantages. The best results will be awailable while using computer equipped with modern CPU, which is supporting The virtualisation technology. There is also The issue with RAM and that You can not simply add Vmware related big files to The Linux live CD and simply compress it to The squashfs file system. Only while running it by using external USB harddrive, not USB flash drive, or by using IDE or sata harddisk will produce usable environment. If on future will exist some virtualisation solution which will enable users to access internal harddrives without using filesharing feature of Vmware, it will very probably be a next revolution. Ofcourse, there is licensing issue, but this can be solved. Linux live distros are able to autodetecd many various sound carts. Windows7 is including support for many sound carts, but if Microsoft will not allow us to officially use those drivers also by using Windows Pe, it will be only our dream. Wine is also not The solution, screnn reader can not interact with several applications running by using Wine. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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Oh, there is The download link for JUDE USB
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

http://sourceforge.net/projects/judeusb/files/JUDE%20RC2/RC2/JUDE.zip/downl… -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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JUDE USB wizard download link
by Mgr. Janusz Chmiel 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Dear users, I would like to provide You The download link for JudeuSB Wizard. IT is very sad, that integrated .exe application, which is displaiing The start menu is not supporting The keyboard shortcuts. The Tieman USB braille Voyager device driver is perfectly working in this environment. NVDA can be really started without error message and even NVDA shortcut for displaiing menu is accessible, also dialog windows created by using Wxpython Unicode are working perfectly. The task would be to please MR Jaunty Lovel, so he would modifi The source code of his application for creating start menu so keyboard shortcuts would be awailable for us. Next task would be try to run Brltty for Windows as a service, sure also place the needed Braille Python bingings so NVDA would communicate with Brltty for Windows. I think, that also special USB filters would be installed. Drivers can be added during The creation process of bootable USB. User must also download Microsoft Windows AIK. But everythink would work. BUt keyboard shortcuts are The big issue. -- Mgr. Janusz Chmiel

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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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