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sound in Windows server 2008r2 and 2012
by Philip Hall 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

I know that under Windows server 2003, sound is disabled by default. Should I assume that the same is true under Windows 2008r2 and windows server 2012? If so, Is there a relatively easy way to enable sound? Does the start menu behave more like XP, or windows 7? I will be attempting to install both operating systems under windows 7 using VMware player 5. Once I have learned a bit about them, I'll be installing them on some servers that I picked up. Thanks for any help. Phil

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Accessible network scanners
by Barry Toner 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

Hi folks, Do you know of any? I'm looking to get one for my desk that would allow me to scan documents to A. Keep electronic invoices B. Scan to sharepoint C. Have USB/Network scanning iff possible. I've looked at network scanners but most seem to have GUI touch panels, which for obvious reasons I'd like to avoid if possible. Cheers, 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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Measuring bandwidth home environment
by Ben Mustill-Rose 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

Hi, Can anyone suggest a simple way of monitoring bandwidth used by specific devices on a network? I know that some top end consumer routers support snmp so I could use this in combination with some form of monitoring tool on another box, but mine doesn't so it's not an option. The solution I was thinking of was to turn off dhcp on my router, configure a box with 2 nic cards and bridge them using ics - one that connects to the router with a static and one that runs dhcp and is also connected to the router, there by forcing all the trafic on the network to go through my box. I know that products like ISA can do this, but this is just a home environment so I'm thinking installing something like 2008 to get ISA would be a bit overkill. We're moving to an ISP where we'll have a limited amount of transfer a month and whilst I don't really want a big brother type environment where I can see exactly what everyones doing, I would like something that I can use for a couple of months so that I can get a rough idea of how much we use and what devices are responsible for the bulk of our usage. Does anyone have any suggestions? All thoughts are welcome. Cheers, Ben.

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Accessible network scanners
by Barry Toner 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

Hi folks, Do you know of any? I'm looking to get one for my desk that would allow me to scan documents to A. Keep electronic invoices B. Scan to sharepoint C. Have USB/Network scanning iff possible. I've looked at network scanners but most seem to have GUI touch panels, which for obvious reasons I'd like to avoid if possible. Cheers, 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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a plus again
by MIKE 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Hi, I had written in that I couldn't get the cbtdirect courses to work even though they said they worked with jaws. I found out that it is fully accessible if you check the webaccessibility box and have the java-access bridge installed and turned on. I doesn't work well under win8 but that is just a limitation to their course. You also need to turn off frames if you are using jaws as well. Figured I wood write in and let everyone no my findings as it seams like it wood be a good resource for the a plus.

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win7pro unattend file disk configuration error
by David Mehler 19 Dec '12

19 Dec '12

Hello, I'm trying to do an unattended install of win7 pro x64. I am getting an error that the answer file <disk configuration> section can not be applied. I've checked in bios and if disk0 matches sata0 channel 0 then it should work, unless there's an error in my unattend file. Here's the disk info block: <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>0</DiskID>  <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">  <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format>  <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Label>Windows 7</Label> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> This is the second pass with this file. I had atempted this yesterday, with only one change the extend line was set to true so I was thinking the partition would take up the entire physical drive. That gave an error about the extend line so I set it to false which is where it is now. And I'm getting the error about being unable to apply the disk configuration. I'd appreciateany suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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win7pro unattend file disk configuration error
by David Mehler 19 Dec '12

19 Dec '12

Hello, I'm trying to do an unattended install of win7 pro x64. I am getting an error that the answer file <disk configuration> section can not be applied. I've checked in bios and if disk0 matches sata0 channel 0 then it should work, unless there's an error in my unattend file. Here's the disk info block: <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>0</DiskID>  <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">  <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format>  <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Label>Windows 7</Label> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> This is the second pass with this file. I had atempted this yesterday, with only one change the extend line was set to true so I was thinking the partition would take up the entire physical drive. That gave an error about the extend line so I set it to false which is where it is now. And I'm getting the error about being unable to apply the disk configuration. I'd appreciateany suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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a+ training
by MIKE 19 Dec '12

19 Dec '12

Hi, Has anyone ever used cbtdirect for any training? If so what did you guys have to do if anything to make stuff accessible?

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WireShark
by Greg B. 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

Hi, I am beginning work on a masters of Cyber Security. I have spoke to the instructor for the class and was told that one of the principle tools that we will use in lab is Wireshark. Wireshark is a free network sniffing/monitoring tooll. Has any one worked with this tool? If yes can you tell me about some of the associated obstacles you faced. I'll be running Jaws 13 Greg B. Email: gbobo(a)woh.rr.com

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Connecting to Exchange
by Barry Toner 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Hi folks, Firstly let me thank you all for your feedback on my meeting I was due to have on Tuesday. I've saved these. The meeting hasn't taken place yet. I've just gotten a request to set a user's Out Of Office. How our Net Admin normally does this is RDP into Exchange. I don't' currently have any RDP licences for JAWS. Is there another way I can do this from my own computer? I'm trying to find a solution before I speak to my Manager. I'd rather bring him a solution than leave it in his hands to work out. I am being promised as soon as the Net Admin gets back I will be granted Administrator privileges. We do have Spiceworks installed on our servers, and I've found this article on how I can do it through there. http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/1044-modify-outlook-exchange -out-of-office-reply-for-another-user How would the rest of you Sys Admins go about this? Regards, 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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