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Important steps to secure Active Directory-
# Rename or disable the Administrator account (and guest account) in each domain to prevent attacks on your domains.
# Physically secure all domain controllers in a locked room.
# Manage the security relationship between two forests and simplify security administration and authentication across forests.
# To provide additional protection for the Active Directory schema, remove all users from the Schema Admins group, and add a user to the group only when schema changes need to be made. Once the change has been made remove the user from the group.
# Restrict user, group, and computer access to shared resources and to filter Group Policy settings.
# Avoid disabling the use of signed or encrypted LDAP traffic for Active Directory administrative tools.
# Some default user rights assigned to specific default groups may allow members of those groups to gain additional rights in the domain, including administrative rights. Therefore, your organization must equally trust all personnel that are members of the Enterprise Admins, Domain Admins, Account Operators, Server Operators, Print Operators and Backup Operators groups.
# Use global groups or universal groups instead of domain local groups when specifying permissions on domain directory objects replicated to the global catalog. For more information, see Global catalog replication.
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Overview of FSMO Roles-
There are five different FSMO roles and they each play a different function in making Active Directory work:
PDC Emulator – This role is the most heavily used of all FSMO roles and has the widest range of functions. The domain controller that holds the PDC Emulator role is crucial in a mixed environment where Windows NT 4.0 BDCs are still present. This is because the PDC Emulator role emulates the functions of a Windows NT 4.0 PDC. But even if you’ve migrated all your Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers to Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003, the domain controller that holds the PDC Emulator role still has a lot to do. For example, the PDC Emulator is the root time server for synchronizing the clocks of all Windows computers in your forest. It’s critically important that computer clocks are synchronized across your forest because if they’re out by too much then Kerberos authentication can fail and users won’t be able to log on to the network. Another function of the PDC Emulator is that it is the domain controller to which all changes to Group Policy are initially made. For example, if you create a new Group Policy Object (GPO) then this is first created in the directory database and within the SYSVOL share on the PDC Emulator, and from there the GPO is replicated to all other domain controllers in the domain. Finally, all password changes and account lockout issues are handled by the PDC Emulator to ensure that password changes are replicated properly and account lockout policy is effective. So even though the PDC Emulator emulates an NT PDC (which is why this role is called PDC Emulator), it also does a whole lot of other stuff. In fact, the PDC Emulator role is the most heavily utilized FSMO role so you should make sure that the domain controller that holds this role has sufficiently beefy hardware to handle the load. Similarly, if the PDC Emulator role fails then it can potentially cause the most problems, so the hardware it runs on should be fault tolerant and reliable. Finally, every domain has its own PDC Emulator role, so if you have N domains in your forest then you will have N domain controllers with the PDC Emulator role as well.
RID Master – This is another domain-specific FSMO role, that is, every domain in your forest has exactly one domain controller holding the RID Master role. The purpose of this role is to replenish the pool of unused relative IDs (RIDs) for the domain and prevent this pool from becoming exhausted. RIDs are used up whenever you create a new security principle (user or computer account) because the SID for the new security principle is constructed by combining the domain SID with a unique RID taken from the pool. So if you run out of RIDS, you won’t be able to create any new user or computer accounts, and to prevent this from happening the RID Master monitors the RID pool and generates new RIDs to replenish it when it falls beneath a certain level.
Infrastructure Master – This is another domain-specific role and its purpose is to ensure that cross-domain object references are correctly handled. For example, if you add a user from one domain to a security group from a different domain, the Infrastructure Master makes sure this is done properly. As you can guess however, if your Active Directory deployment has only a single domain, then the Infrastructure Master role does no work at all, and even in a multi-domain environment it is rarely used except when complex user administration tasks are performed, so the machine holding this role doesn’t need to have much horsepower at all.
Schema Master – While the first three FSMO roles described above are domain-specific, the Schema Master role and the one following are forest-specific and are found only in the forest root domain (the first domain you create when you create a new forest). This means there is one and only one Schema Master in a forest, and the purpose of this role is to replicate schema changes to all other domain controllers in the forest. Since the schema of Active Directory is rarely changed however, the Schema Master role will rarely do any work. Typical scenarios where this role is used would be when you deploy Exchange Server onto your network, or when you upgrade domain controllers from Windows 2000 to Windows Server 2003, as these situations both involve making changes to the Active Directory schema.
Domain Naming Master – The other forest-specific FSMO role is the Domain Naming Master, and this role resides too in the forest root domain. The Domain Naming Master role processes all changes to the namespace, for example adding the child domain vancouver.mycompany.com to the forest root domain mycompany.com requires that this role be available, so you can’t add a new child domain or new domain tree, check to make sure this role is running properly.
To summarize then, the Schema Master and Domain Naming Master roles are found only in the forest root domain, while the remaining roles are found in each domain of your forest. Now let’s look at best practices for assigning these roles to different domain controllers in your forest or domain.
To summarize these three rules then and make them easy to remember:
Forest root domain – Schema Master and Domain Naming Master on the same machine, which should also host the Global Catalog.
Every domain – PDC Emulator and RID Master on the same machine, which should have beefy hardware to handle the load.
Every domain – Never place the Infrastructure Master on a machine that hosts the Global Catalog, unless your forest has only one domain or unless every domain controller in your forest hosts the Global Catalog.
…PORT NUMBERS USED IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY SERVICES-
53 TCP Enable DNS TCP 53
53 UDP Enable DNS UDP 53
88 TCP Enable Kerberos TCP 88 (AD)
88 UDP Enable Kerberos UDP 88 (AD)
123 UDP Enable NTP UDP 123 (AD)
135 TCP Enable RPC TCP 135
135 UDP Enable RPC UDP 135
137 UDP Enable NetBIOS Name Service
138 UDP Enable NetBIOS Datagram Service
139 TCP Enable NetBIOS Session Service
389 TCP Enable LDAP TCP 389 (AD)
389 UDP Enable LDAP UDP 389 (AD)
445 TCP Enable SMB over TCP
464 TCP Enable K Password TCP 464 (AD)
543 TCP Enable K Login TCP 543 (AD)
544 TCP Enable K Shell TCP 544 (AD)
1025 TCP Enable MSRPC TCP 1025 (AD)
1026 TCP Enable 1026 TCP (AD)
3268 TCP Enable Global Catalog TCP 3268 (AD)
3268 UDP Enable Global Catalog UDP 3268 (AD)
53211 TCP Enable AD Replication TCP 53211 (AD)
53212 TCP Enable File Replication Service TCP
…Basic Questions about ADS 2003.
What is active directory?
Active Directory is the directory service included in the Windows Server 2003 family. Active Directory includes the directory, which stores information about network resources, as well as all the services that make the information available and useful. Active Directory is also the directory service included in Windows 2000.
Active directory database-
NTDS.Dit located in C:\Windows\ntds\
.Dit – Directory Information Tree.
Active Directory Schema-
The Active Directory schema defines objects that can be stored in Active Directory. The schema is a list of definitions that determines the kinds of objects and the types of information about those objects that can be stored in Active Directory. Because the schema definitions themselves are stored as objects, they can be administered in the same manner as the rest of the objects in Active Directory. Normally called schema object or metadata .
Structure of Active Directory-
1)Physical structure - Sites, Domain Controllers
2)Logical structures – Forest, Tree, Domain, OU
Domain functional levels in Active directory 2003?
1)Mixed mode
2)Native mode
3)Interim mode
What is Global catalog and GC server?
The global catalog is the central repository of information about objects in a tree or forest. By default, a global catalog is created automatically on the initial domain controller in the first domain in the forest. A domain controller that holds a copy of the global catalog is called a global catalog server.
Functions of GC-
A)It enables a user to log on to a network by providing universal group membership information to a domain controller when a logon process is initiated.
B)It enables finding directory information regardless of which domain in the forest actually contains the data.
Active directory database engine name?
ESE (Extensible Storage Engine)
Partitions available in AD-
i)Schema partition
ii) Configuration Partition
iii) Domain Partition
iv)Application Partition
Types of replications-
Inter-site(Site to site) and Intra-site(With in site) replications.
About KCC-
KCC is called Knowledge Consistency Checker. The KCC is a built-in process that runs on all domain controllers. The KCC configures connection objects between domain controllers. Within a site, each KCC generates its own connections. For replication between sites, a single KCC per site generates all connections between sites.
The 2 trust protocols 2003 using -
Kerberos V5 and NTLM
Types of Trust relations available in 2003-
Tree-Root , Parent- Child , Shortcut, Realm, Forest trust , External trust
What is the hierarchy of applying Gpo(Group Policy Object) in 2003?
It is applied from parent level to child level in AD.
i) Local GPO
ii) GPOs linked to sites
iii) GPOs linked to domains
iv) GPOs linked to OUs
Protocols used on replication-
RPC over IP (Used for synchronies transfer), SMTP over IP (Asynchronies transfer)
What is the default time delay on replication?
Intra site – 15 min ( KCC automatically create the topology for Replication)
Inter-site – 1 hrs.
Security related changes replicated immediately across sites.
What Different tables available in NTDS database?
i)Schema table
ii)Link Table
iii)Data table
iv)Configuration Table
Where is the FRS logs stored in and what is the database engine name?
C:\Windows\ntfrs\jet\log ,The engine used is jet database engine. Ntfrs.jdb.
What is tombstone object in AD? What is it’s life time?
Any objects deleted from Active directory will not removed from Database immediately. That object is called tombstone object. The default life time for that object is 60 days.For win 2k3 SP1 180 days
What are the FSMO roles in AD and what are the functionalities of those roles?
Every Active Directory forest must have the following roles:
1) Schema master 2) Domain naming master
These roles must be unique in the forest. This means that throughout the entire forest there can be only one schema master and one domain naming master.
Schema Master Role
The domain controller assigned the schema master role controls all updates and modifications to the schema. To update the schema of a forest, you must have access to the schema master. At any time, there can be only one schema master in the entire forest.
Domain Naming Master Role
The domain controller holding the domain naming master role controls the addition or removal of domains in the forest. There can be only one domain naming master in the entire forest at any time. Domain-Wide Operations Master Roles Every domain in the forest must have the following roles:
3)Relative identifier (RID), or relative ID, master
4) Primary domain controller (PDC) emulator
5) Infrastructure master
These roles must be unique in each domain. This means that each domain in the forest can have only one RID master, PDC emulator master, and infrastructure master.
RID Master Role
The domain controller assigned the RID master role allocates sequences of relative IDs to each of the various domain controllers in its domain. At any time, there can be only one domain controller acting as the RID master in each domain in the forest. Whenever a domain controller creates a user, group, or computer object, it assigns the object a unique security ID. The security ID consists of a domain security ID (that is the same for all security IDs created in the domain) and a relative ID that is unique for each security ID created in the domain. To move an object between domains (using Movetree.exe: Active Directory Object Manager), you must initiate the move on the domain controller acting as the RID master of the domain that currently contains the object.PDC Emulator
Note: For all Active directory administration, troubleshooting and Changes; please refer this link-
…Advantages of Windows 2003
1. Domains can be renamed or moved to a different level in an AD tree.
2. Schema attributes can be deleted as well as added.
3. Any Domain Controller can cache the Global Catalog thus preventing user logon problems if no Global Catalog server is available.
4. AD Replication can be set not to use compression.
5. Cross-Forest Transitive Trusts can be created.
6. Many administrative tools allow drag-and-drop and there are more configuration and management wizards.
7. Most services are disabled by default in 2003 instead of enabled as in Windows 2000.2003
allows partial synchronizations of the Global Catalog 2000 had always to have full synchronizations.
8. Support for IPv6. Ping and Tracert have extra IPv6 options.
9. Supports XML web services.
10. A new service called Volume Shadow Copy takes periodic snapshots of a hard drive making it easier to take backups and recover deleted files. Users can even be allowed to recover previous versions of files by themselves by using the Previous Versions client.
11. A Global Catalog server can be built from backup media instead of by replication.
12. IPSec Nat Traversal – NAT-T – allows IPSec VPN clients and servers to pass through NAT firewalls. This is likely to lead to the wider adoption of L2TP VPNs.
13. Distributed File System DFS has had significant improvements made to it. For example DFS replicas can now be prestaged to avoid excessive initial file replication.
14. Multiple DFS Roots per server can be created (Enterprise and Datacenter editions only).
15. Print queue redundancy can be achieved by storing them on multiple servers.
16. Active Directory Migration Tool v.2.0 can now migrate users, computers, groups and passwords from an NT domain and can also perform the cross-forest migration of objects.
17. Terminal Server allows clients to map their local drives and printers
18. The FTP server allows different default directories to be assigned to different users.
19. There’s a Security Configuration and Analysis tool to check a server’s security settingsDNS AD-integrated zones are stored in the Application Partition of a forest so aren’t replicated to domain controllers which aren’t DNS servers.
20. Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe have been amalgamated into a single utility which takes the best features of each. Both files still exist but run the same utility.
21. The DNS server has added flexibility with the new options of stub zones and conditional forwarding.
22. Internet Information Server 6 (IIS 6) has the ability to keep worker processes from different websites and web applications separate so that if one application crashes then other websites running on the same server remain unaffected.
…IIS SMTP not available in IIS Snap-in-
Please make sure IIS SMTP is installed in the server. If you find it’s installed but not visible in IIS Snap-in can be fixed by registering the dll using this code-
regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\smtpsnap.dll
or
regsrv32 %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\smtpsnap.dll
Once done IIS SMTP virtual server node will be listed in IIS Snap-in.
…12 Best things to say if you are caught sleeping at ur desk-
#12. I’m in the management training program. I’m actually doing a Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP) that I learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend.
#11. I wasn’t sleeping. I was trying to pick up my contact lens without hands.
#10. They told me at the blood bank this might happen.
#9. This is just a 15-minute power nap like they raved about in that time-management course you sent me to.
#8. Whew! Guess I left the top off the White-Out. You probably got here just in time.
#7. I wasn’t sleeping. I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm.
#6. I was testing my keyboard for drool resistance.
#5. I was doing a highly specific yoga exercise to relieve work-related stress. Are you discriminating against people who practice yoga?
#4. Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our company’s biggest problem.
#3. The coffee machine is broken…
#2. Someone must have put decaf in the wrong pot…
And the #1 best thing to say if you get caught sleeping at your desk:
#1. And, finally, I pray for the future of our company. Amen.
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Blue – Rahman’s Bluish composition
Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai – Though Sukhwinder Singh had done a good job but it’s Shreya scored well with her cool voice and Rahman for his piano tunes.
Bhoola tujhe – Cool melody by Rashid Ali and hunky violin tones in the background which keeps you listen again and again.
Blue Theme – Blaaze, Raqeeb Alam, Sonu Kakkar, Jaspreet Singh, Neha Kakkar, Dilshad. It’s drummer Sivamani’s excellent turn. Surely it will pumps up your adrenaline and keeps you listen again and again.
Chiggy wiggy – Aussie pop icon Kylie Minogue’s voice is metallic and it’s her first song in indian cinema. Indian western type.
Fiqrana – A different beat with many instrumental tones in the background.
Rehnuma – Peculiar Rahmanish tune with Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal. Likable and lovely.
Yaar mila tha – Typical folk number by Udit Narayan and Madhushree. Nothing different.
Enjoy!!
Overall rating:
…Never compromise your values and beliefs,
even if it means riksing ridicule and rejection.
Be true to yourself.
Live your own life.
and don’t allow others
to decide what is best for you.
If you do you will be unhappy
because you are untrue to yourself.
…English to tamil java program translation-
public class Project
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
int a;
string b;
if(a==0)
{
b = “Zero”;
}
else
{
b = “Non-Zero”;
}
return;
}
}
Translated to Tamil-
பொது வகுப்பு கூடிகும்மிஅடிப்பு
{
பொது நிரந்திர ஒன்னும்மில்லா முக்கிய (கம்பி வாக்குவாதங்கள் [])
{
எங்கள் அ;
கம்பி அ;
ஒருவேளை (அ == 0)
{
அ= “பூஞ்சியம்”;
}
இல்லன்னா
{
அ= “பூஞ்சியம் இல்லை”;
}
போடா டேய்;
}
}
…class Indian_Bachelor_female_professional
{
double styles;
short skirts;
long time_to_understand_problems;
float mind;
void knowledge();
char non_co_operative;
};
class Married_female_Software_Professional
{
double weight;
short tempered;
long gossips;
float hopes;
void work();
char unstable;
};
class Female_Engaged_software_professional
{
double time_on_phone;
short attention_on_work;
long boast;
float on_cloud_nine;
void understanding();
char edgy;
};
class Indian_Newly_Married_software_professional
{
double dinner_invitations;
short time_at_work;
long lunch_breaks;
float talks;
void bank_balance();
char hen_pecked;
};
class Indian_husband_wife_software_professional
{
double income;
short temper;
long time_no_see;
float new_software_company;
void lov
};
Class Guy_who_wrote_this
{
Long time_on_bench;
Void work();
}
…There are two basic types of Yoga-
It takes years of practice to do this asana-
Look at this picture. It takes only 8 pegs of whiskey to do the above asana. This guy did it with no trouble-
…A girl talking to her Boy by the roadside-
Girl: Do I ever cross your mind?
Boy: No…
Girl: Do you like me?
Boy: Not really…
Girl: Do you want me?
Boy: Nope
Girl: Would you cry if I left?
Boy: Hell No…
Girl: Would you live for me?
Boy: Of coz no…
Girl: Would you do anything for me?
Boy: No…
Girl: What would you choose: your life…or me?
Boy: I choose My Life
The girl runs away with such shock and pain in her heart but the boy run after her and shouted loudly….
“The reason you never cross my mind is because you’re always on my mind…
The reason why I don’t like you is because I love you…
The reason I don’t want you is because I need you…
The reason I wouldn’t cry if you left is because I would die if you left me…
The reason wouldn’t live for you is because I would die for you…
The reason why I’m not willing to do anything for you is because I would do everything for you…
The reason I chose my life is because you ARE my life…”
…Ever seen Tom cruise starrer Speilberg’s ‘Minority Report’ where he manipulated images and other things on screen through his little device, projector, tags in his fingers and a glowing black gloves? Well, this has come to reality. Invented by Pranav mistry, indian researcher at Fluid Interfaces Group, MIT Media Lab. This little device is ‘Sixth sense’ called Wear Ur World(WUW), that can seamlessly channel Internet information into daily routines. Although the miniaturization of computing devices allows us to carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually connected to the digital world, there is no link between our digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures. ‘SixthSense’ frees information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.
The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user’s hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the user’s fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces. The maximum number of tracked fingers is only constrained by the number of unique fiducials, thus SixthSense also supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction. For example, the SixthSense system implements a gestural camera that takes photos of the scene the user is looking at by detecting the ‘framing’ gesture. The user can stop by any surface or wall and flick through the photos he/she has taken. SixthSense also lets the user draw icons or symbols in the air using the movement of the index finger and recognizes those symbols as interaction instructions. For example, drawing a magnifying glass symbol takes the user to the map application or drawing an ‘@’ symbol lets the user check his mail. For example, a newspaper can show live video news or dynamic information can be provided on a regular piece of paper. The gesture of drawing a circle on the user’s wrist projects an analog watch.
This is not much popular in India. Either our universal hero Kamal Haasan or mega budget director Shankar can try this in their upcoming films to create popularity 
.
Pricing??? $20000, $30000??? nah, it’s just $350
Clips from Minority Report-
…Do not dare laugh!!!
In U.S. they invented a machine that catches thieves they took it out to different countries for a test.
In U.S.A, in 30 minutes, it caught 20 thieves
In UK, in 30 minutes it caught 50 thieves
Spain, in 30 minutes it caught 65 thieves
Ghana, in 30 minutes it caught 600 thieves
India, in 15 minutes the machine was stolen.
I thought I told you not to laugh!!!
…A wife’s poem-
He didn’t like the curry
And he didn’t like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard…
Not like his mother used to make.
I didn’t prepare the coffee right
He didn’t like the stew,
I didn’t mend his socks
The way his mother used to do.
I pondered for an answer
I was looking for a clue.
Isn’t there anything I could do
To match his mothers shoe
Then I smiled as I saw light
One thing I could definitely do
I turned around
and slapped him tight
Like his mother used to!!!!
- Author unknown…
…The Best Moments in Life
1. Falling in love.
2. Laughing till your stomach hurts.
3. Enjoying a ride down the country side.
4. Listening to your favorite song while traveling.
5. Going to sleep listening to the rain pouring outside.
6. Passing your final exams with good grades.
7. Being a part of an interesting conversation.
8. Finding some money in some old pants.
9. Laughing at yourself..
10. Sharing a wonderful dinner with all your friends.
11. Laughing without a reason.
12. “Accidentally” hearing someone say something good about you.
13. Watching the sunset.
14. Listening to a song that reminds you of an important person in your life.
15. Having a great time with your friends.
16. Seeing the one you love happy.
17. Wearing the favorite shirt of a person you love.
18. Visiting an old friend of yours and remembering great memories.
19. Hearing someone telling you “I LOVE YOU”
…
A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, “I’ll have a C monkey please.”
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. He fit a collar and leash, handed it to the customer, saying, that’ll be $5000.” The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, “That was a very expensive monkey. Why did it cost so much?”
The shopkeeper answered, “Ah, that monkey can program in C very fast, tight code, no bugs, well worth the money.”
The tourist looked at the monkey in another cage. “That one’s even more expensive! $10,000!What does it do?”
“Oh, that one’s a C++ monkey; it can manage object- oriented programming, Visual C++, even some Java. All the really useful stuff,” said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read $50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper, “That one costs more than all the other put together! What on earth does it do?”
The shopkeeper replied, “Well, I haven’t actually seen it doing anything, but the other monkeys call him the project manager .”
Love..just another thought…
No topic has been discussed more than love. For ages we have been the audience to great love stories, some happy and some tragic. The mere mention of love puts a shine on some people’s face while a layer of sadness appears for those who failed in love relationships. People “fall” in and out of love every now and then.
I personally believe that love is a gift that we should enjoy to the fullest. But whenever I look around, I don’t see anybody enjoying it.
Some people feel upset, frustrated and irritated. They put all the blame on their partners, and soon they change their partners. The same thing happens again with the next partner. Eventually, the blame moves to love in general. If not love, then circumstances, situations, etcetera gets blamed. Have any of us ever tried to find out why love gives us so much pain? Let’s take some moments out of our so-called love lives, and see what’s really happening.
I believe that love is becoming a synonym for infatuation. After a couple of meetings, both boy and girl declare that they are in love. Then, sooner or later, both of them are in “love” with somebody else! This cycle is just unending. The problem lies in labeling physical attraction as love. If love is a flower, then infatuation is a plastic flower. Both look like same but only the real flower can bestow its beauty on you. You can possess and keep the plastic rose for years. You can keep it to satisfy your mind but you can’t satisfy your heart with it.
We need to understand that we can’t make love happen. Just let everything go smoothly and it will happen by itself. I am not saying to avoid approaching those you like. Approach these people with pure heart and feelings, but only to be friends. Don’t think that you might be the ideal couple. Don’t confuse infatuation and love. After you get to know the difference between love and infatuation, only then you will be able to enjoy the love!
Love should be unconditional. We often put conditions in front of love, such as desiring someone who doesn’t talk too much or who is more social. It’s wrong to call this love. Love doesn’t need any conditions. We might not realize it but it’s these conditions that are responsible for our failures and pains in love. Always remember, if others love you or if you love others, love them as they are. If you try to change people in order to love them, then it’s not love. It becomes a deal. Love is very bad at doing business. It knows no dealings.
Consciously or subconsciously, we destroy our lives by demanding too much from our partners. Our mind is very calculating and very greedy. It never gets satisfied with anything. If our partner spends three hours with us, we want him to spend another two hours. If he eats breakfast with us, we want him to eat lunch and dinner with us. This creates irritation. We need to understand that we have to enjoy our time to the fullest. Even if it is 10 minutes, we can spend those minutes by caring and loving each other. But most of us spend those 10 minutes fighting and arguing over the fact that why the other partner has just 10 minutes to spend.
If not corrected early, it starts happening everyday. Every day there is an argument over the same thing, and very soon the relationship ends because of such senseless demands. Some people say that whenever they are with their partners, they talk about their job or themselves all the time. Maybe the job and family is where they find excitement. Just enjoy that moment. Keep one thing in mind-that the more demands you put in front of your partner, the more distance you are creating in your relationship. You may not realize it in the beginning, but by the time you realize it, it’s too late!
Something worth mentioning is possessiveness. Partners try to posses each other always. They need to understand that love is not a commodity that one can possess. We think that if we don’t possess each other, that means we don’t love each other. By possessing our partner, we prove our love! I suggest you to let your love fly like a bird. Put 100 percent trust in it. If it’s yours it will be with you always. If it’s not, then let it go. Let it beautify some other person’s life. Somebody else will beautify your life. Never forget that if you try to possess your love, then you are insulting your love. If you respect your love, then let it fly in the air. You will see its beauty when you actually start practicing it.
Last but not the least is jealousy, which I believe is the most harmful thing in any relationship. I have personally seen many beautiful and long relationships destroyed because of it. Jealousy arises when a partner can’t bear to see the other partner with some other person of the opposite sex. I believe love is all about making the other person happy. Do you think he will be able to be happy with you if you take him away from others? Absolutely not. Nobody likes to be enslaved. Let your partner be happy with others. If your love is pure, your partner will realize he can’t get the happiness that you give to him from others.
Jealousy also creates weird situations in the mind. We start suspecting every action of our partners and creating narratives and scenarios in our heads. We get jealous before anything even happens. Read the newspaper every day for a week and you will read at least one story regarding the murder of somebody due to jealousy. It’s bliss if you are not jealous by nature. If you do get jealous, I would suggest you to drop it right now before it ruins your life, as well as others’.
The topic of relationships is so vast that a whole book could be written on it. The point of writing this article is let you know the beauty of love and how to enjoy it to its fullest. We all need to revise our dictionaries. We have to stop using the phrase “fall in love.” Instead we all have to “rise in love.” Jealousy, possessiveness and demands are some of the ways to fall in love. Getting rid of them is the only way to rise in love. Just try to give more and more love to your partner. Don’t think you are getting less love. It’s not a stock market in which you have to get a bigger return on what you have invested. It’s love, which knows no such things. If you find it difficult or weird, it’s not your fault. I hope that after reading this article, at least half of Baruch would rise in love. You will see how beautiful it is. Good Luck! Enjoy!
…Not too long ago, the CTO at Dudley H.’s company had a startling revelation: there should never, ever be a need for technical support. If a client has an issue using one of their products, then the problem is most certainly in the product. Maybe the UI is a little confusing. Maybe it’s not documented enough. Maybe the documentation isn’t clear enough. Whatever the case, every client issue means that someone — be it the developer, tester, or helpdesk technician — didn’t do their job properly and should strive to improve themselves.
Of course, the counterargument to the CTO’s revelation, lobbied primarily by the helpdesk staff, was that many users are simply lazy, stupid, or lazy and stupid, and no amount of improvement could ever change that. Not that it mattered, though. The CTO was determined and set a new policy that all client issues were to have “problem/improvement” reports written about them, and that all reports were to be reviewed at the higest level. Being the loyal employees that they were, Dudley and his fellow helpdesk technicians began developing these reports.
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ISSUE #88274
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Client Issue:
“Has ANY person in your company ever Looked at or tryed to READ any maniual man u all something like thet that it’s funney even after 7 years I still LAUGH any way some people like Ta know I mean Ya know!”
Problem Point:
We failed to provide the client with a version of their manual in garbled,
unpunctuated non-english.
Improvement Goal:
Many companies miss the garbled, unpunctuated non-english market segment completely, and we should not be one of them. It’s important to remember that for every client that understands “Click the ’submit’ button to save your changes”, there’s another that only understands “klik tHe summit butt on two SAVE yer changez ya know ya know”.
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ISSUE #88279
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Client Issue:
“I understand the issues are on our end, but at least try to make me laugh
while I am venting! THAT’S CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!”
Problem Point:
Our technician was not entertaining enough while the client complained about a matter unrelated to the company.
Improvement Goal:
Instead of being professional and courteous, the technician should have known that the client was upset before taking the call so that he could have answered the phone in a funny squeaky voice and punctuated the conversation with circus sound effects.
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ISSUE #88304
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Client Issue:
“I STILL have a problem with my Hotmail account. At the very least, tell them to e-mail me like they care and tell them to fix it. Maybee TECH SUPPORT lost it? mabee they need a coster or something to wipe there as**^^%? did I say that NA no way must have been a finger Slip? i get that a lot!”
Problem Point:
Our technician was unable to solve a problem with a product produced by a
different company, specifically Hotmail by Microsoft.
Improvement Goal:
Even though our technicians are not employees of Microsoft, they should have had the foresight to work for them for several years to become an expert on their products before gaining employment with our current company. Our technicians are cutting corners, and that’s just sad.
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ISSUE #88311
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Client Issue:
“I read on a website that your softweare had a security breach. (Provides a link to that website.) Whan are you planning on fixing this security breach, as I refuse to use your software until this is fixed.”
Problem Point:
The technician assumed the client would read the next sentence in the website’s article, which mentioned that the security breach in question was fixed less than two days after it was discovered… three years ago.
Improvement Goal:
Begin every email, support ticket and phone conversation with by shouting
“WELCOME TO (COMPANY), WHERE WE FIXED A MINOR SECURITY ISSUE SEVERAL YEARS AGO!”
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ISSUE #88318
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Client Issue:
“your getting than you used to be”
(That’s the entirety of the message from the client.)
Problem Point:
While it is unclear whether or not this is actually a complaint, what is clear is that the technician’s “getting” is in some way different than the technician himself was at some point in the past.
Improvement Goal:
Each technician should take better care of his “getting”, to ensure that it stops differing from how the technician used to be. That way, the technician will potentially be praised by the client with the commendation that, “your getting is now exactly the same as you are now”. And those are the type of praises that result in raises.
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ISSUE #88334
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Client Issue:
“You’re wrong, check with Bob Williams. I spoke with him last week, and his
answer contradicted what you’re telling me now.”
Problem Point:
Even though Bob Williams hasn’t worked for our company for two and a half
years, the technician should have the names, addresses and phone numbers
of all past employees committed to memory. This would allow the technician to contact Bob while the client holds. However, if Bob no longer works at the company because he is dead, then the technician will need to call upon his powers of transcending the mortal fabric of existence — which should have been covered during his first week of training — to contact Bob in an alternate dimension.
Improvement Goal:
Transport backwards in time and confront Bob regarding the contradicting
misinformation he has apparently been spreading to clients. Then pinch him
unmercifully.
Shortly after reviewing the first batch of reports, the CTO had another revelation: many users are simply lazy, stupid, or lazy and stupid, and no amount of improvement could ever change that.
Source – http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Support-Should-Never-Be-Necessary.aspx
Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a college life to strict professional life……
How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it gives lesssss happiness….
How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe
but then why there are less people to use them
How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less hunger…..
Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..
How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on
but then why there are less places to go on……
How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away…..
How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why there are less calls & more messages……
Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed…..
How a general class journey changed to Flight journey
But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment….
How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on……….
How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate
But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz.….
Here i am sitting in my office @ night…
Thinking hard about life
How it changed….. How it changed……..
…Many people are not sure of how to find the exact version of their MSSQL server. Here’s the query to be run on SQL Query Analyzer or SQL Server Management Studio thro’ new query-
Find out the version of SQL Server 6.5 -
SELECT @@VERSION
Find out the version of SQL Server 7.0 -
SELECT @@VERSION
Find out the version of SQL Server 2000 -
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(’productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (’productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (’edition’)
Find out the version of SQL Server 2005 -
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(’productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (’productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (’edition’)
Find out the version of SQL Server 2008 -
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY(’productversion’), SERVERPROPERTY (’productlevel’), SERVERPROPERTY (’edition’)
…To enable Full trust mode for ASP.NET sites please follow these steps-
Locate web.config file at C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG
or
%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG
Add the following entries at the top of the page before the entry ‘<location allowOverride=”false”>’ (Without quotes)-
<location path=”your website name here” allowOverride=”true”>
<system.web>
<trust level=”Full” originUrl=”.*”/>
</system.web>
</location>
Finally restart IIS.
***Note: Please take a copy of web.config before making the above changes***
Problem description-
Server Error in ‘/virtual directory name’ Application.
Error in File UNKNOWN.RPT:
The request could not be submitted for background processing.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Error in File UNKNOWN.RPT: The request could not be submitted for background processing.
Solution-
This is most likely a permission error in C drive. To fix this please follow these steps-
Open My Computer > Right click ‘C’ drive then properties > Security tab > Click Advanced > in ‘Permissions tab’ click ‘Add’ > Add ‘Network Service’ > in the ‘Apply onto’ drop down list make sure ‘This folder only’ is selected and no other should be selected > Make ‘Read Attributes’ and ‘Read Permissions’ are checked > Click Ok > Also make sure ‘Replace permission entries on all child objects’ is NOT checked.
***Note: If you incorrectly set to anything other than ‘This folder only’ in ‘Apply onto’ dropdown list will result in severe permission issues and all of your sites will prompt for authentication so handle withe extra care.***
Many of us have a dream of owning atleast one of the fastest cars in the world atleast for one day, only very few and lucky people does whatever to enjoy such magical machines. Here’s the top ten list of world’s fastest cars measured by their speed-
#1 Shelby SuperCars – Ultimate Aero
Manufacturer – Shelby SuperCars
Top speed – 270 mph (434.5 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 2.78 seconds
Pricing – $654,400 (INR 3.19 crores)
#2 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Manufacturer – Bugatti
Top speed – 253 mph (407 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 2.5 seconds
Pricing – $1,700,000 (INR 8.28 crores)
#3 Koenigsegg CCX
Manufacturer – Koenigsegg
Top speed – 250 mph (402.3 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.2 seconds
Pricing – $545,568 (INR 2.65 crores)
#4 Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo
Manufacturer – Saleen
Top speed – 248 mph (399 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.2 seconds
Pricing – $555,000 (INR 2.7 crores)
#5 McLaren F1
Manufacturer – McLaren
Top speed – 240 mph (386.2 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.2 seconds
Pricing – $970,000 (INR 4.7 crores)
#6 Ferrari Enzo
Manufacturer – Ferrari
Top speed – 217 mph (349 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.2 seconds
Pricing – $670,000 (INR 3.26 crores)
#7 Jaguar XJ220
Manufacturer – Tata Motors, India (Formerly owned by Jaguar)
Top speed – 217 mph (349 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.8 seconds
Pricing – $650,000 (INR 3.16 crores)
#8 Pagani Zonda F
Manufacturer – Pagani
Top speed – 215 mph (346 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.5 seconds
Pricing – $667,321 (INR 3.25 crores)
#9 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
Manufacturer – Lamborghini
Top speed – 213 mph (342.7 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.3 seconds
Pricing – $430,000 (INR 2 crores)
#10 Porsche Carrera GT
Manufacturer – Porsche
Top speed – 209 mph (336 Kmph)
0-60 mph – 3.9 seconds
Pricing – $440,000 (INR 2.15 crores)
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Thanks,
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To change Terminal Service/RDP port please follow these steps-
*****You are about to make changes in server’s registry so any incorrect changes will result in severe problem*****
1. Open registry editor by running this command in run – regedit
2. Locate for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp
3. Locate the ‘PortNumber’ subkey and find the value of d3d (in hexadecimal), change the ‘Base’ radio button to ‘Decimal’ and modify the port no. from 3389 to new one.
Note: If your server is behind hardware/software firewall please make sure to add this port in allow list so that you can establish connection from outside.
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