Windows
Using Group Policies in Windows XP
In Windows XP professional check out this following procedure to see the what you can on the local machine.
To set Terminal Services policies settings for a particular computer or for users of that computer, open the Group Policy snap-in to edit the Local Group Policy snap-in.
The Terminal Services group policies are not configured by default. You can configure each Group Policy to be either disabled or enabled.
From the Start menu, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.
On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click Add.
In the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box, click Group Policy, click Add, and then click Finish.
In the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box, click Close.
In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, click OK.
In the console pane, you can see total new world of settinsgs you can make for the administration on the workstation, I am damn sure these settings can be done using the scripting or registry changes. But not necessary you have to use the scripts for all the purpose. I kinda liked this user interface. For somebody who want to check what happened when he executed the script. Here is the cool interface.
I searched it when I had about 100 servers to remember so wanted to device a list of all RD Connections in my single console for the mmc where I control all the snap ins like MQ, IIS, Computer management, .Net Framework configuration and Biztalk server. Still searching for it.
Using this Group Policy snap-in, you can change and configure the settings of all the components at computer level or at user level for Internet Explorer, Network settings, Software restrictions, Windows Components, desktop control panel. It is really cool to have everythign setup in a single screen.
Windows
In the development, more important is to choose a language. In Microsoft .NEt technologies, it really does not matter, the laguage you are programming. Still there some features and briliances of individual languages. Visual C#.NET and VC++.Net have pointers where as the VB.NET does not.
We're always going to have a half a million or 50 million religious VB programmers. But guess what? We have VB in .NET. And now we have Java language in .NET. We've even got COBOL!" – Tim Huckaby, President and CEO, Interknowlogy
Programming languages are an inherently personal choice, one based on a number of factors. Rather than force programmers to adopt one language over another, Microsoft provides a platform on which a number of languages—C++, Objective-C, Fortran, COBOL, Visual Basic®, Perl—can each flourish and enjoy full access to the power and flexibility of the .NET Framework.
For its part, Microsoft offers four programming languages and associated development environments, each designed to appeal to a particular school of programmer:
Visual Basic .NET, the latest version of the world's most popular development tool and language. Visual Basic .NET delivers unsurpassed productivity and unique language features for task-oriented developers building solutions with the .NET Framework.
Visual C++® .NET, the tool of maximum power and control. With the C++ language, power-oriented developers can bridge platform technologies and build both native Windows-based and .NET-connected solutions with maximum performance characteristics and enhanced functionality.
Visual C#® .NET, the modern and innovative programming language and tool. Introduced in 2001, C# offers a familiar syntax, that is attractive to C++ and Java developers, along with unique language constructs that offer code-focused developers a more elegant experience when developing applications for the .NET Framework.
Visual J#® .NET, the Java-language tool for Microsoft .NET. Visual J# .NET gives Java-language and existing Visual J++ developers complete access to the .NET Framework and the industry's most advanced XML Web services platform, while maintaining a familiar language and syntax.
For full-packaged Visual Studio .NET 2002 customers, Microsoft's $29 upgrade to Visual Studio .NET 2003 ends September 30. See how you can take advantage of this offer before it expires.
[via MSDN Just Published]
Learn about migrating from PHP to ASP.NET. Learn about the features, functionality and architecture of both systems.
This article can be useful for all who use still PHP as one of the major dynamic pages scripting language. The article focuses on
* Architecture Comparison
* Feature Comparison
* Comparing Syntax and Common Tasks
* Data Caching and Page Caching
* Recommended Next Steps
It would be great to have a tool which can directly convert the PHP source code to ASP code. There are plethora of tools available on internet most of them are free downlaodables that convert ASP to PHP. The idea is to migrate those applications which are facing the reverse evolution.
[via MSDN Just Published]
w.blogger
With the wBlogger, you can check add the entries like this
A wonderful resource on Microsoft C# and especially launched by Pune people, Satish Talim or Amit Karmakar.
Here they list a few articles too. Though I was searching something on Visual C++ .NET, and the dumb Google search braught me here. Anyways accidentally I happened to see a resourceful site.
Check the new articles here.
Windows
Microsoft VirtualPC is going to be one of the very revolutionary and powerful software virtualization. This can allow you to run mulitiple operating systems on ONE box.
This VPC baught by MSFT from Connectix, the concept is being enhanced by MS and will eb available for all during fall this year.
I had a chance to install it on my machine and run a couple of images around like Windows Server 2003 with BTS 2004 and also Winodws XP Pro. Could not add that to my office domain due to secrity reason but we can create the netted IP addresses with Virtual Switch for the same. Then you have a network running on your machine. All of the images running on your machien will have same IP Address so it is really confusing but they work well with the DNS names. Even they allow the connectivity on all ports like 139 means I could map the drive to host machine.
The major one I faced in the BIOS for the images, is that the ACPI aware OS option. Yopu have to set this to "YES", trying to figure out why?
What is ACPI?
Newer computers feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), which extends the APM concept to enable the OS to selectively control power. ACPI supports a variety of power states. Each state represents a different level of power, from fully powered up to completely powered down, with partial levels of power in each intermediate state. Power states include:
Power State Description
S0 - On and fully operational
S1 - System is in low power mode (sleep mode). The CPU clock is stopped, but RAM is powered on and being refreshed.
S2 - Similar to S1, but power is removed from the CPU.
S3 - Suspend to RAM (standby mode). Most components are shutdown. RAM remains operational.
S4 - Suspend to disk (hibernate mode). The memory contents are swapped to the disk drive and then reloaded into RAM when the system is awakened.
S5 Power off
Some newer ACPI aware operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows* 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP*, only support remote wake-up from standby or hibernate mode (S3 and S4). Remote wake can be initiated by a variety of user selectable packet types and is not limited to the Magic Packet format. For more information about supported packet types, see the operating system settings section.
I will write more when I will find more. But seems like to have the operating system images run better we have to say "YES" in the settings.
Aspiring president of India the legend in himself talks about his memories, visions and for media, a positive attitude eye opener, if at all they learn.
Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr.Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why ? this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self- reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 years old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is: She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.
Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours. YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world, and mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name -YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS.
Definitely a great speech and also for a person who has his heart open.