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NVDA with various program categories?
by Zameer Mahomed 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hi guys, I'm really no system-admin and appoligise for off-topicness here. I'm sure as a system administrator, you often get to sort out pc's where files that are corrupted need to be replaced, cleaning viruses, installing operating systems etc. I'd appreciate your input if you could perhaps, please tell me if you use NVDA as a screenreader? If yes, what program/s along with NVDA do you use for the following categories?: disk partitioning? file recovery? anti-virus/spyware? In a normal windows installation, I have no problem with this but, i'm thinking of trying to make a windows pre-environment and using NVDA as it doesn't rely on video-hooking as jaws and window-eyes does. Your help would be much appreciated, Regards

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security essentials installation unattended
by David Mehler 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Hello, Does anyone know if it's possible to do an unattended installation and update and configuration of security essentials? I'd like to get that working if possible. Help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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installing firefox 3.6 unattended?
by David Mehler 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello, Does anyone have a procedure for installing the latest firefox 3.6 unattended? I had firefox 3.0 going that way, but the switches don't appear to work anymore. It's time to update my unattended dvd so firefox is on the list. If anyone has this info i'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dave.

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MySQL
by Greg B. 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Is anyone using MySQL and can give me a little bit of information of how it does with Jaws? Thanks, Greg B.

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MMS 2011
by Ryan Shugart 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

So, for those who are interested, I was at the Microsoft Manage Summet in Las Vegas last week. I won't go into details, but the big new announcements are as follows. The biggest was Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2. I've not played with the new beta, but beta 1 was not very accessible at all. Microsoft has also announced their System Center Advisor product, which is free for all software assurance customers. Unfortunately, this is also inaccessible, it's a silver light app. Beyond that, Microsoft is really pushing their hibred cloud stratigy, where some of your apps are on your own servers and some are hosted by Microsoft, using their Assure platform or some other cloud platforms they provide. VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, is becoming a very big thing that MS believes will take off in the next few years. This is already being implemented where I work so I can buy this one. They're introducing a new product code named Concero that supposedly allows non system administrators to provision cloud resources according to set IT policies, think Microsoft's equivalent to VMWare's VCloud Director. All in all, there's a lot of new cool stuff coming out, I just hope accessibility improves, as it stands now we won't be using any of it. Ryan

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MMS 2011
by Ryan Shugart 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

So, for those who are interested, I was at the Microsoft Manage Summet in Las Vegas last week. I won't go into details, but the big new announcements are as follows. The biggest was Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 beta 2. I've not played with the new beta, but beta 1 was not very accessible at all. Microsoft has also announced their System Center Advisor product, which is free for all software assurance customers. Unfortunately, this is also inaccessible, it's a silver light app. Beyond that, Microsoft is really pushing their hibred cloud stratigy, where some of your apps are on your own servers and some are hosted by Microsoft, using their Assure platform or some other cloud platforms they provide. VDI, or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, is becoming a very big thing that MS believes will take off in the next few years. This is already being implemented where I work so I can buy this one. They're introducing a new product code named Concero that supposedly allows non system administrators to provision cloud resources according to set IT policies, think Microsoft's equivalent to VMWare's VCloud Director. All in all, there's a lot of new cool stuff coming out, I just hope accessibility improves, as it stands now we won't be using any of it. Ryan

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team viewer
by David Mehler 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hello, Team viewer was mentioned on another list as a remote control method. My information on it however was inaccurate and I was wondering if anyone has used it to take control of another's computer remote in basically, with a screen reader on their local machine? Thanks. Dave.

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Blind Sys Admins website is taking shape.
by Darragh OHeiligh 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Greetings, I just wanted to briefly let you know before I run out the door to go home that the www.blindsysadmins.com website is really starting to take shape. There are three documents relating to system administration tasks. There's an accessible applications page there that's a working progress. You can write your own documents when you log in. They are unpublished until their reviewed and I'll shortly ask one or two people to come on board as reviewers. If your interested in that let me know. The forum is there as well and it's ready to be used. We have thirteen users. Not all of these are administrators so I really need more administrators to register. As I say, the entire thing is a work in progress. Some parts such as painstakingly creating categories and writing the accessible applications page take time but I'm fitting it in between everything else. The next step will be to tidy up the main page and make it much more appealing and interesting. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Fujitsu Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559 Email: darragh.oheiligh(a)oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie

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Blind Sys Admins website is taking shape.
by Darragh OHeiligh 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Greetings, I just wanted to briefly let you know before I run out the door to go home that the www.blindsysadmins.com website is really starting to take shape. There are three documents relating to system administration tasks. There's an accessible applications page there that's a working progress. You can write your own documents when you log in. They are unpublished until their reviewed and I'll shortly ask one or two people to come on board as reviewers. If your interested in that let me know. The forum is there as well and it's ready to be used. We have thirteen users. Not all of these are administrators so I really need more administrators to register. As I say, the entire thing is a work in progress. Some parts such as painstakingly creating categories and writing the accessible applications page take time but I'm fitting it in between everything else. The next step will be to tidy up the main page and make it much more appealing and interesting. Regards Darragh Ó Héiligh Fujitsu Offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Fredrick Building, South Fredrick Street, Dublin2 Telephone: +353 (1) 618 3559 Email: darragh.oheiligh(a)oireachtas.ie Internet: http://www.oireachtas.ie

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best antimalware
by David Mehler 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello, I've got a machine that has best antimalware on it. That is a fake security tool, it's actually a trojan and virus a lot of nasty things. I'm wondering i've googled and have seen a lot of sites with removal instructions, but nothing from reputable AV companies AVG, avast, etc. I'm wondering does anyone have a utility or instructions that will kill this? I'd prefer a free standalone utility. Thanks. Dave.

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