Summary: PowerShell is a tool without a mission.
PowerShell is Microsoct’s Command Line tool for management and monitoring, circa 2007 onward.
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Thesis: Microsoft is innovating beyond their market relevance.
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Some fun things to occupy your time:
- Find the center of a circle
- Make some quiche
- Enumerate permutations of things
- Have some laughs here, here, here, here, or here.
Problem:
As of this writing, no correct, detailed instructions exist for integrating the WebSphere plugin in to Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.
iPlanet, originally a Netscape product, was acquired by Sun and renamed SunOne Web Server, and later Java System Web Server. After Sun was acquired by Oracle, the product was renamed to Oracle iPlanet Web Server.
WebSphere refers to iPlanet by the older name, SunOne Web Server, and the native integration scripts do not work correctly, necessitating a manual configuration (see procedure below). Once configured, the pluging works as expected.
Who is Dvorak, and why do we care?
Wikipedia: John C Dvorak
I read Dvorak through the late 80’s and early 90’s. This particular response refers to Dvorak’s principle of the “Killer App”
In response to:
“Downgrading your computer – Why less is more”
Scott Raymond, 8/18/2010 on zdnet.com
Thesis: You don’t need the latest and greatest hardware for most computing needs
(Comments and feedback welcome)
Just as with any industry, Information Technology has a common cultural basis. Just as doctors and lawyers from different parts of the country watch the same TV shows and read the same books, IT people have a common cultural basis.
IT culture is formed by movies (IT people generally watch a LOT of movies) and technology, and ironically, by movies ABOUT technology. The goal of this list (“required reading (movie) list”) is to expose a person to all the basic memes (A “meme” is a cultural element) common in IT culture. This is not a “all the cool movies in the universe” list, as numerous fanboys already have dozens of those, and spend countless hours presumably arguing about them.
Problem:
In Windows Server 2003 (SP2), a task is created, and the assigned “Run as” user has minimal privileges. Upon checking the log (“Scheduled Tasks” window, Advanced menu…View Log), the start reason (or lack thereof) is “Access Denied”.
Cause:
Plain users do not have access to cmd.exe. In this particular case, I was trying to run a batch file. Without an interactive session, the default permissions for cmd.exe did not allow the “RunAs” user to execute it.
Resolution:
Add the “RunAs” user to the local group: TelnetClients
By default, this group has permissions to cmd.exe
WORKAROUND
Problem:
Using Remote Desktop from MachineA to MachineB (B is the RDP host, A is the client)
On B (via RDP), you can normally browse or map a drive to \\tsclient\c in order to get to MachineA’s C: drive.
You can get to OTHER drives normally (e.g. \\tsclient\d is probably the CDROM drive)
Retrospect, 4/2013
I migrated my blog, and I’m reviewing older posts. In retrospect, Windows 7 was the best thing to happen to the Windows product line since XP SP2. The successor, Windows 8, has proven to be a complete disaster. The concepts are still relevant, and I think this post is still a good read. Enjoy.
This post is in response to the following article:
“Why 7” by Mike Nash, 10/14/2008
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/14/why-7.aspx
Summary of the article: The successor to Windows Vista will be called Windows 7 because it is the 7th generation of Windows operating system. The internal “OS Version” will be coded as 6.1 for compatibility.
Thesis of this rebuttal: Don’t blame the developers! Mis-matched product names and versions introduces needless complexity, and is a recipe for confusion and frustration.
-Forward-
I attempted to post this rather verbose response, and it was excluded as “potential spam” on submission.
I feel like the response needs to be heard, I think I am making valid points, and I thought this would make an excellent inaugural post for my “Business of IT” blog. Please read and enjoy… I welcome (appropriate) comments and feedback.
-Justin Parr
This post is in response to the following article:
Sharon Machlis, “Opinion: Let’s impeach e-voting”, ComputerWorld, 9/8/2008
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=325032
Article summary: “It’s time to outlaw any voting machine that doesn’t offer the possibility of a paper-based recount.”