Yesterday i had installed Windows 7. I had good experience, since it just took me 17 mins to complete the installation and the performance of ma machine also increased... The microsoft applications are funtioning well and till now havent faced any problems...
Some of the features i liked in Windows 7 are (My First Experience):
-> Simple and cute!!!
-> Start up is damn fast
-> Browsing through the task manager. Thumbnail.
-> Auto repair for any errors and feedback providing...
-> Aero Options - "Aero Shake", "Aero Snap", "Aero Peek
Good job Microsoft team... Atlast you did it :)
Cheerz,
Jij
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Microsoft IE8 brings you inprivate browsing
Now we could b
rowse whatever we want whether it is mails, shop or any unautorised site ;) without getting tensed of someone knowing what we have browsed. Windows IE 8 brings to you inPrivate browsing that will not leave any trail of what we have browsed.
rowse whatever we want whether it is mails, shop or any unautorised site ;) without getting tensed of someone knowing what we have browsed. Windows IE 8 brings to you inPrivate browsing that will not leave any trail of what we have browsed.
You can start InPrivate Browsing by opening a new tab and selecting Browse with InPrivate or selecting it from the Safety button on the top right corner of the browser window. Once you complete this action, Internet Explorer 8 will launch a new browser session that won't record any information, including searches or webpage visits. To end your InPrivate Browsing session, simply close the browser window.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
What is Thumbs.db? How to remove?
Thumbs.db is a cache file for thumbnails shown in Windows Explorer, and they litter your hard drive.
How to Remove????
From “My Computer” click on the “Tools” menu item
Click on “Folder Options”, and the folder options dialog will appear
Click on the “View” tab
Check the “Do not cache thumbnails” option
You may also want to search your hard drive for “Thumbs.db” and delete all of them.
Click on “Folder Options”, and the folder options dialog will appear
Click on the “View” tab
Check the “Do not cache thumbnails” option
You may also want to search your hard drive for “Thumbs.db” and delete all of them.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Survival in year 2009.. Plan now!!!
1: Make a specific plan
I’m not talking about making a wish list which, like New Year’s resolutions, will be forgotten by the third week of January. You want a plan that has specific goals for your job (what’s the best role for you next?) and your income (exactly how much would you like to be making by the end of 2009?). Writing down your plans makes them concrete, and it’s more likely you will attain them.
2: SWOT yourself
Be honest with yourself. Review your strengths — like what you’ve got that can move you ahead; weaknesses — like those things you have or do that are holding you back; opportunities — things you can pursue at the company or in the industry; and threats — things that can derail you or sabotage your career advancement.
3: Update your resume
Smart careerists are always ready for the next opportunity. Taking time to review and modify your resume before you want to send it to someone makes it a better product. This is often your first introduction to a new employer or boss — so make sure it’s topnotch.
4: Invest in your career
Most people forget they really have two jobs. The first is to do what you get paid for and do it better than others. The second is to do what’s required to ensure that your career isn’t left to someone’s wrong opinions that were made in your absence. Be in the office when your boss is. It gives you additional opportunity to let him or her get to know you for things other then the job you’re currently filling.
5: Get financially smart
Get involved with managing your financial affairs. Paying attention to money matters is one of the smartest and easiest ways to improve your personal balance sheet. There are many books and online courses on the subject of money management basics. Looking after your financial health doesn’t take a lot of time; but it could save your life.
6: Develop a sense of urgency
Many people think that working hard, being busy, and burning a lot of energy is equal to managing their career and life. It’s not. Developing a sense of urgency means knowing how to pick through all those “to-do’s” and focusing your time and energy on just the ones that count.
7: Look up, not down
When downsizing is the operative word, developing your team is no longer the smartest way to ensure success. Spend less time with your staff members and more time looking after your boss’ needs. When you show that you’re working hard to make him or her look good, you’ll stand out from the crowd. And your boss will be more likely to provide you with the resources that you and your team need to do the job better.
8: Update your skill set
It pays to demonstrate that you are interested in “upgrading” yourself — and in 2009, your ability to grow may be more important than ever. With unemployment now at record highs, demand for jobs greatly exceeds supply. Not staying on par with colleagues and those vying for your job will be a death knell. Take seminars, do coursework, or leverage other vehicles to get on the leading edge and thus, maximize your personal value to the organization.
9: Self promote
Face it: Often, decisions are made affecting who gets moved upward and who gets downsized without your involvement. It’s important that the decision makers know you and what you are doing. Have regular meetings with your boss or send regular e-mails to update those in charge about your contributions.
10: Look after your loved ones
One way or another, when 2009 is done and over, you’ll still be here and you’re going to want those you care about to still be with you. While it’s important to look after your job and career, don’t neglect those who make life most worthwhile. Tell them you care and spend time with them “just for fun.”
So plan it now... Do not be late... If you are just worried and waiting for your number then you need to think again...
Cheerz,
Jij
I’m not talking about making a wish list which, like New Year’s resolutions, will be forgotten by the third week of January. You want a plan that has specific goals for your job (what’s the best role for you next?) and your income (exactly how much would you like to be making by the end of 2009?). Writing down your plans makes them concrete, and it’s more likely you will attain them.
2: SWOT yourself
Be honest with yourself. Review your strengths — like what you’ve got that can move you ahead; weaknesses — like those things you have or do that are holding you back; opportunities — things you can pursue at the company or in the industry; and threats — things that can derail you or sabotage your career advancement.
3: Update your resume
Smart careerists are always ready for the next opportunity. Taking time to review and modify your resume before you want to send it to someone makes it a better product. This is often your first introduction to a new employer or boss — so make sure it’s topnotch.
4: Invest in your career
Most people forget they really have two jobs. The first is to do what you get paid for and do it better than others. The second is to do what’s required to ensure that your career isn’t left to someone’s wrong opinions that were made in your absence. Be in the office when your boss is. It gives you additional opportunity to let him or her get to know you for things other then the job you’re currently filling.
5: Get financially smart
Get involved with managing your financial affairs. Paying attention to money matters is one of the smartest and easiest ways to improve your personal balance sheet. There are many books and online courses on the subject of money management basics. Looking after your financial health doesn’t take a lot of time; but it could save your life.
6: Develop a sense of urgency
Many people think that working hard, being busy, and burning a lot of energy is equal to managing their career and life. It’s not. Developing a sense of urgency means knowing how to pick through all those “to-do’s” and focusing your time and energy on just the ones that count.
7: Look up, not down
When downsizing is the operative word, developing your team is no longer the smartest way to ensure success. Spend less time with your staff members and more time looking after your boss’ needs. When you show that you’re working hard to make him or her look good, you’ll stand out from the crowd. And your boss will be more likely to provide you with the resources that you and your team need to do the job better.
8: Update your skill set
It pays to demonstrate that you are interested in “upgrading” yourself — and in 2009, your ability to grow may be more important than ever. With unemployment now at record highs, demand for jobs greatly exceeds supply. Not staying on par with colleagues and those vying for your job will be a death knell. Take seminars, do coursework, or leverage other vehicles to get on the leading edge and thus, maximize your personal value to the organization.
9: Self promote
Face it: Often, decisions are made affecting who gets moved upward and who gets downsized without your involvement. It’s important that the decision makers know you and what you are doing. Have regular meetings with your boss or send regular e-mails to update those in charge about your contributions.
10: Look after your loved ones
One way or another, when 2009 is done and over, you’ll still be here and you’re going to want those you care about to still be with you. While it’s important to look after your job and career, don’t neglect those who make life most worthwhile. Tell them you care and spend time with them “just for fun.”
So plan it now... Do not be late... If you are just worried and waiting for your number then you need to think again...
Cheerz,
Jij
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Lets Start Blogging
Its quite sometime now i havent been an active blogger... So i am back now... Lets Start Blogging!!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Why to upgrade from MOM 2005 to SCOM 2007?
I was also wondering about this, why to upgrade if we are on MOM 2005. Lemme share my understanding with all of you. There are a lot of additional features that will reduce the effort and the time taken for configuration and administration of the IT infrastructure. Few features which i found interesting are:
1) Command Shell to automate the routine tasks. Windows Powershell is integrated along with the product that helps our life easier.
2) Client Monitoring is supported in SCOM 2007. It also supports Agentless Exception Monitoring which does not require an agent to sit on the client machine but instead will route the alerts to the SCOM server instead of sending it to MS.
3) One of the great features in that the Management Packs are in the XML format and in case we need to create our own MP we can and also we can customize the existing MP accordingly.
4) Audit Collection was one of the difficult task which is now done by ACS in SCOM 2007. Here it captures all the security event logs that helps us in analysing.
5) We can have our own threshold level set for various performance data. Both min and max threshold can be set in this case.
6) Reporting was also there in MOM 2005 but in SCOM2007 reporting is one of the main value add. It provides a variety of reports according to the customer needs and also customization can be done in this case. The data is collected from the Data Warehouse Server.
7) Two additional server roles Gateway Server and Root Management Server which helps in easier administration.
8) Connected Management Group. In MOM 2005 it was the data replication that happens between the two Management Server. Hence there are lot of duplication of tasks and the bandwidth and the resource used for data replication is high. In SCOM 2007 we are having a concept of connector framework where the 2 or more Management Servers will be connected using the connectors and the alerts, events, configurations etc can be viewed from a single console.
9) Another feature that is avail in SCOM 2007 is Role Based Security. Three roles: Administrator, Author and Operator, will have seperate access according to the options set. All the three roles can access a single console but the options are different.
10) SCOM 2007 provides a Consolidated console that helps in managing, monitoring and administering everything in IT from one place. It also provides various methods of alerting in case of outages.
11) AD integration has gone to such an extend in SCOM 2007 that the agent installation on the clients are much simpler than before.
There are many more advantages and will be listed out one by one on the later blogs... So now its time to upgrade to SCOM 2007 and make sure that our IT Infrastructure is safe...
1) Command Shell to automate the routine tasks. Windows Powershell is integrated along with the product that helps our life easier.
2) Client Monitoring is supported in SCOM 2007. It also supports Agentless Exception Monitoring which does not require an agent to sit on the client machine but instead will route the alerts to the SCOM server instead of sending it to MS.
3) One of the great features in that the Management Packs are in the XML format and in case we need to create our own MP we can and also we can customize the existing MP accordingly.
4) Audit Collection was one of the difficult task which is now done by ACS in SCOM 2007. Here it captures all the security event logs that helps us in analysing.
5) We can have our own threshold level set for various performance data. Both min and max threshold can be set in this case.
6) Reporting was also there in MOM 2005 but in SCOM2007 reporting is one of the main value add. It provides a variety of reports according to the customer needs and also customization can be done in this case. The data is collected from the Data Warehouse Server.
7) Two additional server roles Gateway Server and Root Management Server which helps in easier administration.
8) Connected Management Group. In MOM 2005 it was the data replication that happens between the two Management Server. Hence there are lot of duplication of tasks and the bandwidth and the resource used for data replication is high. In SCOM 2007 we are having a concept of connector framework where the 2 or more Management Servers will be connected using the connectors and the alerts, events, configurations etc can be viewed from a single console.
9) Another feature that is avail in SCOM 2007 is Role Based Security. Three roles: Administrator, Author and Operator, will have seperate access according to the options set. All the three roles can access a single console but the options are different.
10) SCOM 2007 provides a Consolidated console that helps in managing, monitoring and administering everything in IT from one place. It also provides various methods of alerting in case of outages.
11) AD integration has gone to such an extend in SCOM 2007 that the agent installation on the clients are much simpler than before.
There are many more advantages and will be listed out one by one on the later blogs... So now its time to upgrade to SCOM 2007 and make sure that our IT Infrastructure is safe...
Bangalore IT Pro 3rd Anniversary
Feb 23rd 08 was the day, we had the biggest event of BIT Pro UG... Around 150 odd users came for the event and it was a grand success. We had technical sessions on Unified Communications by Harpreet Rooprai, Windows Vista by Mr. Aresh Sarkari, Exchange 2007 by Mr. Mohammed Ismail and i took a session on SCOM 2007. I covered the advantages of upgrading to SCOM 2007 from MOM 2005 and the additional features. Also the focus of Microsoft IT on the development of the product. Explained the server roles that SCOM can have and its functions. A yummy lunch was also provided and we had sessions by different sponsors also. We had given away few goodies and also the Hall of Fame certificate to all the contributors. It was a grand event and expecting to do such successful event in the future.
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