Small Basic - Development for Beginners - MSDN

If you are like me and have no background in programming but the desire to learn and itching and raring to go ahead, start here, this is where I would begin, consider yourself as the kid and start programming.

Microsoft for all its flaws and faults, does do a lot of good work, one of them is this.

Small Basic - Development for Beginners - MSDN:

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Rugby World Cup 2011

Hey Guys, its almost time, 2 weeks to go for the official Rugby World Cup 2011 XBOX 360 game release.

The game looks pretty awesome in the promos, but they all do don' t they?

Developed by top studios developers HB Rugby, Rugby World Cup 2011 is the first studio rugby game on this generation of consoles and take full advantage of available materials to create a game that reflects the prestige of the third world biggest sporting event.

World Cup 2011 will challenge players to choose from 20 of the 2011 Rugby World Cup participating countries, and try to lead his team to advance the stage of the pool to the final and the possibility of raising the prestigious Webb Ellis Cup .

National rivalries, places and characteristics of the players are perfectly captured as participants fight for the pride of their nation in the game, either alone or with up to three friends in multiplayer games locally. For the first time, studios of HB will give players the chance to fight for the glory of his country on line to challenge other players one on one matches on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.

Well nothing beats the thrill of watching a live Rugby match in a stadium packed with equally emmotional supporters, but if you cant make it to the matches this summer, and still want to be in the thick of the action, be sure to check out this game.
GO ALL BLACKS!!!!!!

Check it out the XBOX version here

The Microsoft Platform: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2546250)

The Microsoft Platform: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Web Access Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2546250)

‪Manna Dey & Lata - Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi - Chori Chori [1956]‬‏ - YouTube

A musical gem by Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar, such talented artistes and the haunting music by Shankar Jaikishan, pure Gold.

‪Manna Dey & Lata - Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi - Chori Chori [1956]‬‏ - YouTube

Tiger Population on the Rise

This piece of news, really stoked me, one of the very first articles on this blog was about, saving the Tigers, and to hear this news http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2302956.ece has really made my day, 20% increase though not much is better than nothing, what do you say guys? Save our Tigers and well done Tigers keep it up :)

Paan Khaaye Sanyaa Hamaro by Arya Ambekar

Another of those rising talents, and I love the fact that Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs (Marathi Version) is so much more better and does not comprise of all the hype, drama and the focus is on talent. Arya Amberkar is an up coming talent as well, she has been training under her mom Shruti Ambekar who is also an established classical singer in her own right. Heres wishing her all the very best :)

Chafa Bolena :)

She is so talented kid and her rendition of Chafa Bolena is awesome, everyone thought that since the 1st antra is a bit easy to sing, Pallavi Samant asked her to sing the 2nd which is more difficult and she sang it much better. So much talent, GOD bless and may she prosper in the future and sing more melodious songs.

Transformers 3 Welcome to the Dark Side in 3D

So Guys did you Enjoy the 3rd installment of the Transformers Franchise??


Guess what I did, not the story as much, which in a way has become predictable, but if you are like me and love watching action, fast cars, high flying jets and ROBOTS well you are in for a surreal treat, put on your 3D glasses, strap you seat belts and hold on to the thrill a minute ride, do read the storyline below, but watching it at the movies is a must!!!!!

As the story goes, In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft transporting a creation capable of ending the war involving the Autobots and Decepticons, crash lands on the far side of the moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft. In 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon to look into the craft.
In the existing, the Autobots assist the US military in preventing conflicts around the globe. On a mission to Chernobyl to take a look at suspected Alien know-how, Optimus Prime locates a fuel cell from the Ark, it had its journey from Cybertron. The Autobots are attacked by Shockwave who manages to evade. Just after learning of the top-secret mission to the moon, the Autobots travel there to discover the Ark. There they uncover a comatose Sentinel Prime - previous Autobot leader - and his creation, The Pillars, a means of developing a Space Bridge between two points to teleport matter. After coming back to Earth, Optimus uses the energy of his Matrix of Leadership to revive Sentinel Prime.
In the mean time, Sam Witwicky is disappointed that he is unable to work with the Autobots and failing to find a career. He also becomes envious of the close relationship between his new girlfriend, Carly Spencer, and her boss Dylan Gould. Just after finding work, Sam is furnished information by his co-worker Jerry Wang about the Ark before he is assassinated by Laserbeak - a condor-like Decepticon. Sam contacts the now-retired Seymour Simmons, and together they know that Megatron and the Decepticons are murdering individuals linked to the American and Russian space missions to the Ark. They locate two surviving Russian cosmonauts who expose satellite images of a whole bunch of Pillars being stockpiled on the moon. Sam realizes that the Decepticons raided the Ark long before the Autobots mission and intentionally left Sentinel and five Pillars behind to appeal the Autobots into a trap - Sentinel being a solution to activating the Pillars and the Decepticons lacking the means to revive him. The Autobots rush to return Sentinel to their base for his protection but Sentinel betrays them and eliminates Ironhide, revealing he had made a deal with the Decepticons to make sure the Cybertronian Race lived on.
Sentinel works by using the Pillars to transport hundreds of concealed Decepticons from the moon to Earth and Carly is captured by Gould, who is unveiled to be in the Decepticons' service. The Autobots are exiled from Earth at the demand of the Decepticons to stop war but as their ship leaves Earth it is destroyed by Starscream, apparently killing the Autobots. The Decepticons, led by Megatron and Sentinel, seize Chicago as their agents put Pillars around the world. Gould reveals to Carly that the Decepticons plan to transport their homeworld of Cybertron to the Milky Way to use the resources and enslaved humans of Earth to reconstruct their world. Sam teams with Robert Epps to go into Chicago and save Carly, but they are nearly killed by Decepticon forces just before the Autobots intervene; revealing they concealed themselves during the launch of their ship to convince the Decepticons they ended up destroyed.
Functioning together, the Autobots and human soldiers manage to rescue Carly and destroy Soundwave, Barricade, Starscream and Shockwave with Optimus making use of Shockwave's arm-cannon to blast the Control Pillar, disabling the Space Bridge. Sam confronts Gould as he reactivates the Control Pillar. Sam knocks Gould into the Pillar, electrocuting him. Bumblebee and Ratchet show up and destroy the Control Pillar, for good disabling the Bridge and causing the partially transported Cybertron to implode. Optimus and Sentinel fight while Carly convinces Megatron that he will be replaced as leader of the Decepticons by Sentinel. Sentinel severs Optimus's right-arm and prepares to execute him when Megatron intervenes, incapacitating Sentinel. Optimus attacks Megatron, decapitating and killing him. Sentinel pleads for his life but Optimus destroys him. With the Decepticons defeated, Carly and Sam are reunited and the Autobots accept that with Cybertron gone, Earth is now their home.


And BumbleBee OMG isn't he the coolest man I need to buy this TOY!!

Kinect Sports Season2 woohoo!! coming soon

Go to the plate, grab your driver to tee off, or serve an ace as the most popular sports series returns with Kinect "Kinect Sports: Season Two" - only on Xbox 360. With six new and exciting sports to jump, run, kick serve abd basically enjoy, "Kinect Sports: Season Two" pulls the whole family off the couch and turns your living room into a world-class sports arena, where intuitive gameplay and friendly competition prevail. After the best-selling and award-winning "Kinect Sports, "the second season amps up the action and gameplay Play your favourite sports like you've never seen, felt or played - before! Keep them muscles PumpinEEY!!!

Available from 28th Decemeber, but you can pre-order yours at Fishpond!!

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Do you love BOXING, wish you could unwind after a stressed filled day at work by kicking the wind out of someone or may be just build up your stamina, and gain some muscle strength and build those biceps just to impress!!! Go ahead...Check this game out!! Keep PummpinEey!!

Requires Xbox 360 Kinect

Set personal goals and achieve concrete results with unmatched mixed martial arts (MMA) fitness program designed by experts certified by MMA and the UFC and the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). UFC Personal Trainer offers players a full range of effective and hard-MMA-inspired exercises, both predefined and customizable routines to build strength, increase endurance, burn calories and get results. Personalized instruction and advice from MMA coaches guide players to stay motivated to follow, format and keep their goals with a game useful journal. In addition, the Ultimate Game Players mode of training to participate in agility drills with high-impact opportunities to earn rewards and have fun with friends in a multiplayer competitive.

Authentic experience of fitness  Certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the UFC Personal Trainer designed by leading experts MMA della Mark Cave, Greg Jackson and Javier Mendez to provide a stimulating and UFC motivating fitness that includes the best and most effective exercises used by today's UFC fighters famous.

More than 70 free fight MMA and NASM certified exercises as moves in disciplines such as wrestling, kickboxing and Muay Thai, which is designed to improve strength, endurance, and conditioning through the use of different procedures. Every game is a routine specialized to target specific muscle groups, and the author of individual skills and fitness goals.

Training programs customized to focus on your specific fitness goals the construction of a single routine for up to 12 different exercises. Each routine can be modified to increase or decrease the intensity of the pre-set game speed, which allows players to fully maximize their educational experience.

You also receive advice and encouragement throughout, the suitability of choosing a goal and work with a trainer for a personalized teaching MMA. MMA inspired players will learn training techniques and exercises and authentic healthy lifestyle, allowing them to burn calories, increase strength, lose weight and achieve the objectives through a complete fitness experience.

Training mode:
UFC is based on several popular UFC fighters and mimics theor training regime, their rhythms and timing based on agility drills that take advantage of punches and kicks sequences. Players can unlock a variety of exercises to earn rewards, each with increasing difficulty and challenge your friends in a multiplayer split screen.

A special program focused on three distinct goals, weight loss, increase strength and improve the performance, the players can choose from a default 30 or 60 days of the program that best meets their needs fitness. Selected program populates the game with a schedule of daily routine to follow and tracks user performance.

Monitoring Progress: Game players can view the complete schedule of their fitness activities, including specific procedures, time management and more. A calendar function constantly monitors the developments and makes recommendations, which allows players to meet the desired results.

UFC Trainer (Kinect)

 

Green Lantern (Laptop) I mean

Who said IT companies are not Green enough!!!!

Some of the colourful moments which happen in my otherwise co IT Job

Unblock & Streams

A look at how to unblock files and the use of streams in NTFS, although streaming is an old feature in NTFS, Powershell puts a new perspective on things.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/04/02/scripting-wife-learns-about-unblocking-files-in-powershell.aspx

VPN using Powershell

Goal here was to dial in to the work place VPN, map network drives (the user has access to), map the printers the user has access.

This is my first attempt at writing a script in Powershell, I am no programmer, I have little to very less knowledge about how to remember syntax, use the logic etc.  I wrote this little script using help from various sources and then tweaked it to achieve what I set out to.
The script begins after this line: -


#region main script
#Prompts for Credential and stores it in a variable.
#This piece of the script dials your VPN connection, based on the credentials supplied. Note your supplied credentials should have access to use VPN.
$credential = $host.UI.PromptForCredential("AnyName", "Please enter your domain User name and password to connect to the VPN", "", "domainname") 
rasdial "VPN Connection" $credential.GetNetworkCredential().UserName $credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password


#Maps the network drives
$objNet = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Network
$objNet.MapNetworkDrive("H:", "\\servername\sharename\" + $credential.GetNetworkCredential().UserName, $false, $credential.UserName, $credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password)
$objNet.MapNetworkDrive("V:","\\servername\sharename")
$objNet.MapNetworkDrive("G:","\\servername\sharename")
$objNet.MapNetworkDrive("K:","\\servername\sharename")
$objNet.MapNetworkDrive("", "\\printservername\ipc$", $false, $credential.UserName, $credential.GetNetworkCredential().Password) #for mapping IPC$ to ensure printers get mapped.


# Maps the Printer. Remember we need to pass the credentials to be able to map the printers. So we use the IPC$ to use the credentials already supplied.
#Main Script
$PrinterPath = "\\printservername\printersharename"
$net = new-Object -com WScript.Network
$net.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($PrinterPath)


$PrinterPath1 = "\\printservername\printersharename"
$net1 = New-Object -com WScript.Network
$net1.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($PrinterPath1)


$PrinterPath2 = "\\printservername\printersharename"
$net2 = New-Object -com WScript.Network
$net2.AddWindowsPrinterConnection($PrinterPath2)

End of Script.

This book has been a guide for me to get to know about the basics of Powershell 2.0

Grant or deny permissions to access a user's Exchange 2007 mailbox

Grant or deny permissions to access a user's Exchange 2007 mailbox

Nice, simple and easy way to assign permissions on mailboxes. EMS could not get simpler and powerful than this.

Sysinternals Utilities

A systems administrator must have.

If you are a Windows systems administrator and have been stuck as you will always be to find what the heck is going on under the hood of your beloved servers (OS only), keep these tools on you, (in a USB would do just fine) they dig deep in to the deep realms of Windows Server (Active Directory and all) and show you stuff which you cant see on the surface. Cheers and enjoy.

Sysinternals Utilities

Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

Well lets get started on my blog related to Information Technology.

To start off I will be sharing with you a link from Microsoft.com which gives you an overview of various changes made to the event id numbers in Windows Vista and onwards.

Keep this list handy whilst troubleshooting.

Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008