Archive for September, 2008

Doyle & My New Lens 1

I got a new lens from Amazon, it’s the Canon 14-40mm F/4 L. I love how the L lenses produces great quality pictures, very sharp and colorful. Here are 2 test shots with Doyle. Looking forward to another photoshoot soon!

 

How Appointment Works 0

Main Entry: ap·point·ment             Pronunciation: ə-ˈpint-mənt               Function:  noun

1 a: an act of appointing : designation b: the designation by virtue of a vested power of a person to enjoy an estate2: an arrangement for a meeting : engagement <an appointment for an interview>3: equipment, furnishings —usually used in plural <expensive homes with luxurious appointments>4: a nonelective office or position <holds an academic appointment>

The purpose of an appointment is to arrange and meet up in a spcific time. Why are people in the corporate environment thinks it’s OK to respond or show up 40 minutes later? Stupid retards! I’m going to change that, I will prospond a day for each minute of them being late.

Pic of the day: Hard Working Guy 0

I admire hard working people, specially when they have to deploy a hundred PCs in a day.

Disable Windows Firewall Remotely 1

Being domain administrator in a complex network, you don’t want to walk around to fix issues or to install a software. You rely on remote desktop solutions to get into other devices. I use the admin share (\\node\x$) command very often. However, when the devices you’re working with has Windows firewall enabled, you’re out of luck. 

Turning off Windows firewall remotely seems to be impossible in enterprise networks. Of course, in a network with 20 desktops, you could just simply walk over and do it. I’ve done a lot of searches and tried various of methods, the conclusion is: No Go!

A guy once wrote an au3 script, some people confirmed it works. But when I tired it recently, it works only if the target client is yourself. When I tried the script targeting another node, it does nothing. The way I see it: If windows firewall blocks incoming ICMP packets, it’s pretty much it. I have to walk over to the node and manually turn WFW off.

Maybe, creating a global policy on the domain controller would be the way to go…