[nabs-l] what's going on with the NFB site? I can't access it!

[Patrick Molloy]

Chris,
Another problem may be in how you are accessing the internet with your
BrailleNote. If you're doing it wirelessly, then you'll want a
wireless network. That in turn will involve usernames and passwords.
Patrick

On 1/6/12, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Chris,
>
> Something must be wrong with your Braille Note. Just as I finished reading
> this email message, I quickly pressed windows+R to get to my run dialog box
> and typed in www.nfb.org. My internet explorer came up, and the page loaded
> ordinarily, correctly, and without flaws of any kind. Try pressing reset on
> your Braille note, see if this works.
> Also if the problem persists, try pressing reset with dots 1-2-3 keys held
> down together until you hear the Humanware music. This reset clears out the
> memory, and any ram used up by your files and programs. If this reset does
> not solve the problem, then try doing a hard reset. This reset is design for
> wiping out the contents of the keysoft system disk modified by the user,
> which means it will delete anything that you have saved there, so you should
> be careful on when to do it. However, this type of reset also eliminates all
> your temporary internet files, saved cookies, and downloaded data and
> passwords for KeyWeb, the internet browser. This reset involves holding down
> dots 4-5-6 and then pressing reset while still holding those keys. After
> hearing the official Braille Note Humanware music, release them. You should
> now be fine of any errors on your internet web visits.
>
> I know, this used to happen with mine, and I even got memory usage errors.
>
> Hope this helps you.
>
> Humberto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 7:15 PM
> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org; NFB Blind Talk list; NFB NABS list; BrailleNote
> list
> Subject: [nabs-l] what's going on with the NFB site? I can't access it!
>
> Hi all,
>
> For some reason, I can't access the National Federation of the
> Blind (NFB) site, nfb.org, with my BrailleNote.  Whenever I go to
> it, it comes up with a "enter network password" dialog, like the
> ones that appear when you log into NLS Web Braille.  Username and
> password? Um...  I don't have any username or password to access
> the NFB site, and have never needed one.  So what's going on? Is
> there something going on with the NFB site or is it a problem
> with my BrailleNote? Can someone on the BrailleNote list test
> this and make sure it's not just me? Thanks!
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
> nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
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