After a tiring day, as I was sitting down to read my news after dinner, a sudden thought comes to my mind.
Do you have such experience:
At the age of 10, you would run around with other boys who you might not even know his name, only knowing he'll be here the next day at the same time.
At the age of 12, you would hurry home after class, get change and rush your lunch. Then sprint out to your friends' house. Shouting for their names as you reached their gates. What happens next, no one knows...
At the age of 15, hogging the public telephone was a norm, leaving those behind you frustrated. Either you're chatting with your classmates, or to the sweet looking girl you're hoping to date.
At the age of 16, roaming around the streets in bikes with friends was the proudest things to do. While boasting of everything in school.
At the age of 19, dating with the college belle was the ultimate goal. One who took their studies seriously are deemed as nerds, only good when the exam is near.
However, all these happy days just zap to oblivion the moment we started our working days.
So, do you still remember your childhoods?
Cheers,
Ansy 'Shackks' MH Ooi
Lack of important feature in Windows Server 2003
It's quite surprising to know that the system administrator are not able to view the history of the user's activity on the domain's resource effectively and easily. The administrators has to take several beaten path and weave it's way full of confusing settings and configurations before it's able to see the information it wanted, after filtering from the lots of useless information from the pool resulted from those settings and configurations.
I've been looking for a solution on this matter after the HOD of OSSD Department aka "My Lady Boss" asked me to do so. Using a Windows Server 2003 built from Virtual Machine 2007, I discovered that getting such information wasn't easy, or inaccessible to laymen. Scouring the internet made me understand that more than half of the world's System Administrators are looking for solutions on this matter, as early as 2004. Basically, I've no access
Why??
With the capability of being a Domain Controller of a massive network configuration, Windows Server 2003 (various edition) should be able to have various tools to made the System Administrator's life easy, enable them to access to information easily. But then, somehow, they decided to made it hard, as thou life is easy as it seems. I just couldn't understand why. Is that so hard to track activities on the Active Directory or the share resources the server has rolled out?
I just can't fathom the mind of those brilliant developers in Microsoft. They took assumptions that life are supposed to be so... err.... have they been in the shoes of System Administrators prior to their attachments in Microsoft, I asked myself sometime, every time I hit a bug in the system. Life as a System Admin aren't easy, they have to cope with the temperament machines who would just black out out of no reason, and those users who just loved to mess with those settings we meted out for their benefits. Above all, those outside factors, vendors, customers, business partners etc.
Anyway, enough of my rant, through the span of days of scouring the net for answers and solutions, I've seen scripts, utilities and various third party software, which some would work perfectly but most wouldn't. This is because our network environment are somewhat different from other typical Domain setup. We used more of workgroups and only logged on to the Domain to share the network resource aka Shared Folders, Shared Printers. Therefore, the users and workstation don't really log on to the Active Directory in the Domain Controller locally, rather through the network resource. So until now, I've nothing to reply to my boss and I'm getting quite anxious already.
For anyone who do have any idea or solutions for my scenario above, I truly appreciates your kindness to share with me.
Back to the net, hopefully for a solution...
Cheers
Andy 'Shackks' Ooi
2011 >> I've got a pet in the office!!!
Happy Belated new Year 2011!!!
Was kinda late to greet my new year wish this year. All due to this job, which I've hanged on for almost a year already, left me quite breathless and tired when I reach home. Even weekends were not spared as Saturday was usually family activities out of the house when either or both Mummy or Penny are working. And Sunday is left for washing both cars, or groceries shopping. The rest of the free time was occupied on Facebook or PSP already. hehehe
Anyway, the year 2010 was quite a mix of everything, adventurous but frustrating, fun yet quiet, peaceful almost boring. Worst of all, every month are face with financial difficulties, even we tried to save no matter what. Sadly, I've faced with 2 accidents on my car, one during 2Q of 2011 and second one, a hit and run causing minor dents, a few week before 2011. So now I'm actually waiting for a windfall so that I'll have some extra money to repair the dent. Hopefully, before the Chinese New Year.
Anyway, I has been 12 days in 2011, and it seems the same as in 2010. Same environment, same people, same shit and same routine, everyday. The only thing that has change is the time and the date on the calendar. Kind of bored of the environment already, but then, I'm unable to make any drastic moves now as we've got plans for the Chinese New Year and for something big mid of 2011. So have to grit my teeth and bear with whatever comes my way. Telling myself that everything that was thrown to me was a challenge, taking them, and learnt as days goes by.
Today was quite a plain day, with the lost of directions on what to do to start my morning. Browse for some solutions and thought of installing a workstation which was requested a few months ago. But the clerk has left, therefore, the computer was brought back to the office once again. So tired.
After all those have been settled, whatever was moved, are right in it's place. I'm back to my desk, and with delight, saw a lil' black spider. Without any thoughts on it, I used a small plastic container and caught it. Now, upon the suggestion from my colleagues, it's my pet. In that container on the wall socket by the side of my desk. Ridiculous, isn't it?
Somehow, I don't really know what to feed it. Hopefully, the ants will be a delight to it.
I wishes everyone, to any follower(if any) those who actually chanced upon this quiet and lonely blog, a very prosperous 2011 and may this year be a great year for everyone.
Cheers
Andy "Shackks" Ooi
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