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USB External Server Backup Drives
by George Bell 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Does anyone know of, and perhaps even use, a make and model of UEB external drive which will allow backup of SBS 2011/Server 2008 R2. Ideally I need 2. There appears to be a very limited range of such drives, and certainly the likes of the Seagate Backup Plus (2 TB) do not work. It needs to be something I can remove one from the premises, without getting a hernia in the process. George.

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Jaws network installation
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Hi all, I'm trying to get a jaws network license setup for the company i work at. I'm not very familiar with this, but here is my understanding. The basic concept is that if a machine (physical or virtual) can be pinged, it should be possible to install the jaws license server on this, so that other clients can take the tokens. I would be installing this server on a virtual machine, but here is my question. A virtual machine can only be used by one user at a time, so when jaws retrieves the token, is the connection kept open or after the token is received the connection also closes? Could someone please explain to me how this token exchanging takes place? Would a server work if it is installed on the virtual machine? would appreciate any help with this. Regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Jaws network installation
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Hi all, I'm trying to get a jaws network license setup for the company i work at. I'm not very familiar with this, but here is my understanding. The basic concept is that if a machine (physical or virtual) can be pinged, it should be possible to install the jaws license server on this, so that other clients can take the tokens. I would be installing this server on a virtual machine, but here is my question. A virtual machine can only be used by one user at a time, so when jaws retrieves the token, is the connection kept open or after the token is received the connection also closes? Could someone please explain to me how this token exchanging takes place? Would a server work if it is installed on the virtual machine? would appreciate any help with this. Regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Need help with a while loop
by Scott Granados 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

I’m trying to write a small script in bash and it’s not working. I want to count from 0 to 65535 and put that number, 1 per line in a flat file I was trying something like this COUNT=0 while [$COUNT -lt 65536] do echo $COUNT >> /home/netflow/etc/0-65535.txt COUNT=`expr $COUNT + 1` done I keep getting a bash “0 invalid command” Anyone know how to write this expression correctly so it populates the file? Thanks Scott

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connect remotely
by Ibraam Wahib 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

hello sirs please, i need to access a friend disktop to install some programs like jaws and so on, how i access it remotely, is teamviewer can do this task? he is using windows-xp and i'm using windows7 thanks for your help

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connect remotely
by Ibraam Wahib 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

hello sirs please, i need to access a friend disktop to install some programs like jaws and so on, how i access it remotely, is teamviewer can do this task? he is using windows-xp and i'm using windows7 thanks for your help

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Screen reader solution for BIOS settings
by vikas＠techvision.net.in 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Hello all, is there any solution to accessing the BIOS settings via screen reader? If yes, could someone post here? Your help is highly appreciated. With best regards, Vikas Waghmare, System Administrator, NAMV, Skype:vikas.waghmare1

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Vmware Workstation9, Linux vms, and no audio, Solved!
by David Mehler 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, I was having an audio problem with my Linux* virtual machines. They had worked previously, but after upgrading to workstation9 at least I am assuming that's when they broke, no audio in existing or new Linux virtual machines. This included Arch, and Ubuntu, for sure. So I googled and found this link: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di… I checked my .vmx files for each of the effected virtual machines and didn't find a sound.virtualDev entry, even though in the graphical configuration editor, (settings), I sound a sound card installed in the vm, connected at vm startup and set to the host sound card. So going on the article I added in the es1371 sound.virtualDev entry, no good. I then changed the config to: sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" restarted the vm and it worked great! If you find a vm whose audio isn't working give this a try. Hth Dave.

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Alternative solutions for Cisco Jabber
by Chamandeep Singh Grover 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hi all, I am working within a company where they have recently rolled out Cisco Jabber for instant messaging, video chat, teleconferencing and desktop sharing. I am blind and make use of Jaws for windows version 15 and this is not compatible with Cisco at all; it is impossible to navigate around the interface. As a short-term solution, i am using Instantbird for instant messages. This is an XMPP client only. Whilst this solves some of my problem, i am still unable to get access to the Active directory to search for and find users; instead i'm having to manually search my outlook address book and find their extension numbers to add them. This is because the Instantbird application does not support the LDAP protocol. The other problem i face is not being able to tell who is calling me on my cisco desk voip phone. So my question to the group really is have any of you faced this situation and if so how did you manage to get around it? I have already raised requests to the service team within my company who have raised this matter with Cisco and it has been escalated quite high within Cisco. I have also spoken to Sight and Sound here in the UK who offer a script development service, has anyone tried this for Jabber? does it work? I want to be sure that there are no alternative solutions before going into the lengthy process of a government access to work application and the development of the actual scripts. If anyone has an alternative application or a set of applications that would solve my problems, i would be very grateful to hear from you. My top priorities are the instant messsaging with AD access and being able to read the caller display on my voip phone. Regards, Chamandeep Singh Grover

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Ubuntu Accessibility down
by David Mehler 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hello, Is anyone using a Ubuntu 14 or Ubuntu with Unity Desktop system? If so, how? I've got a project that requires Ubuntu 14.04 lts desktop, I've got that now I can't even do the simplest tasks, running a program. The Unity documentation is for me at least a lesson in frustration, click this, lense that, irrrrk! I'd like to go to gnome which I know, but gnome3 even has changes. Help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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