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Active Directory, Exchange and IOS
by Barry Toner 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hi folks, The above mix is great when it works, but a pain when one breaks down. I cant' seem to find a way for a user with an IOS device to get the prompt to change their AD password after a reset. I'll try and explain ina brief scenario. Customer rings Helpdesk, have forgotten their password. Helpdesk resets the password in AD, and enables the pfor the user to change it upon their enxt log-in. This is fine if the user is in front of their computer they log-on to the domain, as Windows will prompt them. However, if they're accessing their emails through Exchange and IOS and the above scenario take splace they wont' get this change password prompt. Therefore the Helpdesk will have tos et a permanent password. Not good. Has anyone came across this and if so found either a workaround or a solution, on have any theories on this? Thanks, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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Active Directory, Exchange and IOS
by Barry Toner 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hi folks, The above mix is great when it works, but a pain when one breaks down. I cant' seem to find a way for a user with an IOS device to get the prompt to change their AD password after a reset. I'll try and explain ina brief scenario. Customer rings Helpdesk, have forgotten their password. Helpdesk resets the password in AD, and enables the pfor the user to change it upon their enxt log-in. This is fine if the user is in front of their computer they log-on to the domain, as Windows will prompt them. However, if they're accessing their emails through Exchange and IOS and the above scenario take splace they wont' get this change password prompt. Therefore the Helpdesk will have tos et a permanent password. Not good. Has anyone came across this and if so found either a workaround or a solution, on have any theories on this? Thanks, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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Seagate Goflex home 3TB drive?
by David Mehler 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hello, Has anyone dealt with this drive? I'm trying to hook it up to my network and let the various computers on the network see it and put files on to it. Thus far it is not working and if anyone has this drive i'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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Remote assistance
by Christian 05 May '13

05 May '13

Hi all, have just subscribed to this list and have done some searching, but just want to be sure that I am not missing anything here. I need to configure a Windows 7 based system remotely, but the person doesn't have JAWS or Window-Eyes, although he can install it. Are there any other alternative I should look into? I have read about Seroteks RIM, but are there any other solutions as of today? Many thanks for any info, Christian

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ram not right
by David Mehler 04 May '13

04 May '13

Hello Everyone, I've got a new machine and I maxed out it's ram. The board can take 32 GB of ram and that's what it has. It's running win7 professional 64 bit, (I checked Microsoft and that can take 192 GB of ram), and it's not showing ram right. In system information I'm seeing total physical ram 24 gb, a full 8 short, usable physical ram 16 GB, and available when I look is 14.7 GB. I don't think these numbers are right. The board is a gigabyte GA970-d3 rev 1.4. I believe it's dual channel. I took out the ram chips in pairs so instead of four the system had two, numbers were still not right, got 12 gb of total ram instead of 16. The ram is g.skill 1866 clockspeed I believe but in the bios that's only at 1333. I can't believe I've got four bad chips, or since this came in two separate orders one bad chip per order. I'm now wondering if it's a timing issue, if the ram can't clock down from 1866 to 1333 usually in my experience hardware can clock down one level but not two. I'm going to try a grml 64 USB disk when I return later today see what that shows, and I read it had a ram tester I'll give that a go. I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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ram not right
by David Mehler 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hello Everyone, I've got a new machine and I maxed out it's ram. The board can take 32 GB of ram and that's what it has. It's running win7 professional 64 bit, (I checked Microsoft and that can take 192 GB of ram), and it's not showing ram right. In system information I'm seeing total physical ram 24 gb, a full 8 short, usable physical ram 16 GB, and available when I look is 14.7 GB. I don't think these numbers are right. The board is a gigabyte GA970-d3 rev 1.4. I believe it's dual channel. I took out the ram chips in pairs so instead of four the system had two, numbers were still not right, got 12 gb of total ram instead of 16. The ram is g.skill 1866 clockspeed I believe but in the bios that's only at 1333. I can't believe I've got four bad chips, or since this came in two separate orders one bad chip per order. I'm now wondering if it's a timing issue, if the ram can't clock down from 1866 to 1333 usually in my experience hardware can clock down one level but not two. I'm going to try a grml 64 USB disk when I return later today see what that shows, and I read it had a ram tester I'll give that a go. I'd appreciate any thoughts or suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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SCCM 2012 SP1
by Ryan Shugart 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi: Who here has SP1 installed in their SCCM 2012 environments? Microsoft told me last month there were major accessibility improvements in this version, but its taken me a while to get a test environment up and going. Our production environment is still on 2007 for obvious reasons, so I had to start from scratch in a test domain. Anyway, I'm not seeing a huge improvement in 2012 SP1 and was wondering if it was just me? Some of the controls that were not labeled before are now properly labeled. The ribbon still doesn't work at all but Microsoft admitted that to me. Quite a few lists, such as the all systems list and the list of boundaries don't read at all now. However, I'm wondering if this is an issue introduced in Window-Eyes 8.2, as this works properly in Narrator. In fact, the only lists that don't read properly now in Narrator are lists with only one item in them. And, that's another thing Microsoft admitted still wasn't working. So, I'd like to hear from others, particular other screen reader users, as to their experience with this? I'm going to go to GWMicro and find out why this no longer works in 8.2 anyway, but if it works fine in other screen readers, that is more of a push to them to fix this. Again, the lists I've tested are the list of all systems under device collections, and the boundary list under hierarchy configuration. Thanks. Ryan

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Exchange 2010
by George Bell 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Are any of you administering Exchange 2010 and had memory issues? Seems that store.exe goes off and grabs whatever memory it can. I'd be interested to know what solution (if any) you applied that actually worked. George.

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SCCM 2012 SP1
by Ryan Shugart 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Hi: Who here has SP1 installed in their SCCM 2012 environments? Microsoft told me last month there were major accessibility improvements in this version, but its taken me a while to get a test environment up and going. Our production environment is still on 2007 for obvious reasons, so I had to start from scratch in a test domain. Anyway, I'm not seeing a huge improvement in 2012 SP1 and was wondering if it was just me? Some of the controls that were not labeled before are now properly labeled. The ribbon still doesn't work at all but Microsoft admitted that to me. Quite a few lists, such as the all systems list and the list of boundaries don't read at all now. However, I'm wondering if this is an issue introduced in Window-Eyes 8.2, as this works properly in Narrator. In fact, the only lists that don't read properly now in Narrator are lists with only one item in them. And, that's another thing Microsoft admitted still wasn't working. So, I'd like to hear from others, particular other screen reader users, as to their experience with this? I'm going to go to GWMicro and find out why this no longer works in 8.2 anyway, but if it works fine in other screen readers, that is more of a push to them to fix this. Again, the lists I've tested are the list of all systems under device collections, and the boundary list under hierarchy configuration. Thanks. Ryan

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Cheapest Android handset that supports talkback
by Barry Toner 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hi, We are looking into replacing old Nokias with Android, for users who don't require iPhones. I am proposing we go for Android for cost. This will also allow me to have a platform that is supported by the Mobile Device Management system I have been implementing. I need to be able to support the handsets independently, hence why I've picked Android. I know next to nothing about Android. What price ranges do they live in, and if I were to by one today brand new from a phone supplier would they all come with the latest FW and Talk back either enabled or could be enabled by me straight from the handset independently? I am wondering how the other accessibility features of Android compare to that of iPhone? EG for people with vision impairments, learning disabilities, motor skills, hearing impairments? This would strengthen my argument to go for a smart phone over a feature phone as my organisation is Section75 compliant. I have other business reasons why I feel we should go for Android within our business context that I can push. Any information greatfully received! BTW. I'm hitting lists because time is very much a factor. Thanks, Barry. Barry Toner ICT Assistant ICT Department Clanmil Housing Northern Whig House 3 Waring Street Belfast BT1 2DX Tel: 02890 876000 Fax: 02890 876001

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