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GotSpeech Guy Under attack

Marshall Harrison - "the gotspeech guy" — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:26:00 GMT

Some low life has been using the contact form on my blog to flood me with email spam. In the last 2 days I have received well over 200 emails all with pretty much the same content - bogus links to sites that sell prescription drugs. I'm pretty sure Read More......(read more)

The same with TPT

Matthieu MEZIL — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:08:00 GMT

I will now do the same than my last sample with TPT.

I will add this in ssdl:

<EntitySet Name="Managers" EntityType="TestModel1.Store.Managers">
    <DefiningQuery>
        SELECT DISTINCT EmployeeManager
        FROM EmployeesWithManager
    </DefiningQuery>
</EntitySet>

<EntityType Name="Managers">
    <Key>
        <PropertyRef Name="EmployeeManager" />
    </Key>
    <Property Name="EmployeeManager" Type="int" Nullable="false" />
</EntityType>

Then, I just need to create Manager entity type, add inheritance between it and Employee entity type, mapp EmployeeManager ssdl view with EmployeeId property and it's all.

It's too easy to use Entity Framework, isn't it?

ssdl view and TPH

Matthieu MEZIL — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:31:00 GMT

This post uses the same idea than my last one: “Entity Framework: How to use Entity Splitting with different PK?”.

We have a table Employee with 3 columns: EmployeeId (PK), EmployeeName and EmployeeManager (FK to EmployeeId).

In my EDM, I want 2 entity types: Employee and Manager with Manager which inherits Employee.

How to do this?

The idea is to use a ssdl view to use TPH.

I just need to add this code in ssdl:

<EntitySet Name="EmployeeWithManagerStatus" EntityType="TestModel.Store.EmployeeWithManagerStatus">
    <DefiningQuery>
        SELECT EWM2.EmployeeId, CAST(CASE(EWM2.SubEmployeesCount) WHEN 0 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END AS BIT) AS IsManager
        FROM
        (SELECT EmployeeId, (
        SELECT count(1)
        FROM EmployeesWithManager
        WHERE EmployeeManager = EWM1.EmployeeId) AS SubEmployeesCount
        FROM EmployeesWithManager AS EWM1) AS EWM2
    </DefiningQuery>
</EntitySet>

<EntityType Name="EmployeeWithManagerStatus">
    <Key>
        <PropertyRef Name="EmployeeId" />
    </Key>
    <Property Name="EmployeeId" Type="int" Nullable="false" />
    <Property Name="IsManager" Type="bit" />
</EntityType>

When I did it, I just need to add a Manager entity type, add inheritance between it and Employee and then, mapp Manager entity type with my ssdl view. Then, I just need to add a condition on Manager entity type: “IsManager = true”.

And it’s all. Cool isn’t it?

Slipstreaming IE 8 into Windows Vista

Erik Rozman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:00:05 GMT

WIM images provide huge amounts of flexibility. Personally, I was very disappointed
to find out that SP1 could have not been slipstreamed into Vista. After a long wait
we can finally feel that it has been a worthwhile wait. IE8 (at Beta1) can be slipstreamed
into WIM images!

Matt Hester, shot a short video describing the whole process. The video can be found at
the following link.

Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar

Erik Rozman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:46:55 GMT

Who said that the sidebar is a boring place?

Tore Lervik wrote a gadget that will enable you to view your Hyper-V systems and their
status (and even connect to them). Check it out at:
http://mindre.net/post/Hyper-V-Monitor-Gadget-for-Windows-Sidebar.aspx

BitLocker and Hyper-v

Erik Rozman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:43:42 GMT

Slowly but surely BitLocker is starting to creep into our lives. Soon enough we will
be convinced that it was there all along. Microsoft have released a document describing
how BitLocker and Hyper-V can and should work together to provide a secure virtual
environment.

Download it here.

IRM in Outlook 2007

Erik Rozman — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:37:17 GMT

These days I find myself using Outlook as the main tool I use to communicate. Thus,
the more I know about it, the better. Information Rights Management enables us to protect
our data to some extent. When used in conjunction with Outlook, in addition to protecting
our data it can also help us shape the way our communication is used.

One useful example is the ability to prevent the dreaded ‘Reply to all’ button…

The Outlook team has decided to publish a series of posts regarding IRM with Outlook,
this is the first one:

http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/06/17/irm-in-outlook-2007.aspx

Here's to the death of the amateur consultant

bradley — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:41:00 GMT

http://smallbizthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/07/last-leg-for-sbs.html

If this is the sign of the death of the amateur consultant, good. You heard me. Good. Because customers deserve better than some guy or gal doing networking on the "side" and screwing it up.

So Karl this isn't the last leg in my opinion now that I've had more chance to think about this. Again the key here is how this is deployed and monitored...if done with an agreed upon SLA with a specific call back, then a tech can plan the event.

And Karl? You didn't link to this post... http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/07/02/calming-down-the-support-incident.aspx

Broadcasting from the 405

bradley — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:33:00 GMT

On the way down to LA to pick up my Sister's new convertible mini cooper and there's still a lot of SUVs and gas guzzlers driving on the 405 today. I am hearing that more and more firms are doing alternative work hours and allowing remote technology. Now obviously with Remote Web Workplace, a small business network is all set, but what other ways are you making firms "be green". I need to set back up Remoe Web Workplace wake on LAN as right now all of my machines, including at the office and at home are on and burning energy.

Gas may be more than $4 a gallon but the 405 is still a mess near the airport and a near parking lot.

For those interested.........Pepper White, convertible. And while we're down here picking up Karen's ....I'll be placing an order for a hardtop Mini myself :-)

Quick tip: Enabling Hyper-V disables Sleep

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:23:24 GMT

Thanks to Philip Richardson for posting this tip that I’m sure will help out a myITforum’er. Read More......(read more)

El origen de mi nickname

lopez — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:13:00 GMT

Este año cumplo treinta años con el desarrollo de software, así espero me permitan algunos posts nostálgicos, y algo personales. Hoy me da pie a escribir este post, una pregunta que me hicieron: ¿cómo surgió lo de Angel "Java" Lopez? ¿y por qué "ajlopez"?

Es simple. En los noventa, yo no tenía teléfono (en general no lo uso) en casa. Pero veía que cada vez más aparecían BBS. Mi primera visión de un modem fue en alguna Byte de los ochenta, y en el clásico film "Juegos de Guerra" (que habré visto varios veces en el mismo día). Así que comencé a comprar Boardwatch, contraté un teléfono para mi cubil, alguna placa o algo así para mi PC, y me sumergí en el mundo de los BBS. Recuerdo la FidoNet de aquel entonces. ¿Recuerdan los ASCII art de presentación? ¿Y el ruido del modem conectando? Eramos tan pobres... .;-)

El BBS más popular de aquel entonces para el tema de programación, por aquí en Argentina, resultó ser el de MP Ediciones. ¿Cómo se llamaba? ¿Feedback? Ya no recuerdo. La cuestión que para inscribirme tuve que ir a la editorial misma, en la calle Moreno, acá en Buenos Aires. Me preguntaron el nombre completo, y en aquel entonces, habituaban a poner como nick las iniciales y el apellido del usuario. Así quedó mi código de usuario: ajlopez.

En ese BBS, en 95/96, participaba yo en foros de programación, en general. Yo estaba viendo y estudiando Java, que acababa de aparecer. Para mí, Java fue un avance: un lenguaje que llevaba garbage collector y una librería de clases para las masas. Le faltaba un golpe de horno (AWT era para mí Asqueroso Windows Toolkit...;-), pero pintaba interesante.

De tanto predicar sobre Java en el BBS de MP Ediciones, y al ser firmar como ajlopez, Angel J Lopez, el bueno de Sebastián Barraza, otro usuario activo del BBS, me bautizó Angel "Java" Lopez.

De ahí el origen de ese nick más completo.

A partir de la actividad de MP Ediciones, se formó el Club Byte, que en algun momento se escindió, y se formó el Microsoft User Group, que ya va para los 13 años de existencia, creo.

¿Tienen algún recuerdo de esos tiempos?

Nos leemos!

Angel "Java" Lopez
http://www.ajlopez.com/

Office Live Small Business

Patrice BONNEFOY — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Bonsoir tous, Pas trop chaud ?? Voici une info Microsoft pour Office Live Small Business un des services web dont la croissance est la plus dynamique du marché... Moins de deux ans après son lancement en novembre 2006, ce service en ligne de Microsoft a dépassé dans le monde le million d'abonnés. Paris, le 3 juillet 2008. Microsoft Office Live Small Business ( http://www.smallbusiness.officelive.com ) a été choisi par plus d’1 million d’entrepreneurs...(read more)

Eric "Iceman" McMahon, thanks for the laugh.....

NickWhittome — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:30:46 GMT

OK, just so that another few thousand people get to see this video…

Eric, I needed a laugh today, and these two videos of you in the Yak over Morton Bay Queensland, Australia…… certainly gave me that! The tacky music just finished them off.

YOU! no……. YOU!

Accediendo al directorio activo de la organización desde .NET (III)

lfranco — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:45:18 GMT

En vista a que bastante gente me ha pedido si puedo publicar ya el código del proyecto de ejemplo, he decidido publicarlo ahora en lugar de esperar al último post de la serie. En caso que se realicen variaciones en el código, las publicaré posteriormente.

Aquí lo teneis, publicado en skydrive (*):

(*) En ocasiones, al realizar cross-posting a otros blogs desde el original de geeks.ms, tal vez no aparezca correctamente el enlace a skydrive. Si es así, os recomiendo que visitéis el post original en geeks.ms y realicéis la descarga desde éste.

En el post anterior, os dije que en el siguiente (este post) mostraríamos cómo realizar la suplantación (Impersonate) de usuario de Windows para ejecutar nuestra aplicación con otras credenciales. Sin embargo, como ésto ya lo mostré en otro post de una serie anterior, lo doy por explicado y así avanzamos un poco más.

System.Net.NetworkInformation

Antes de entrar al trapo, un pequeño apunte. Apuntaros este espacio de nombres, que hemos utilizado para obtener algunos datos básicos para el proyecto, y que contiene un montón de métodos que devuelven información muy interesante sobre el tráfico y estadísticas de red.

LDAPServices

Vamos a ir comentando algunas de los métodos que proporciona esta clase. Como os comenté son todos estáticos, por lo que no es necesario instanciar un objeto para invocarlos. Empecemos:

sIDtoString - Trabajando con el AD constantemente vamos a encontrarnos con los llamados SID (identificadores de seguridad). Este método se encarga de transformar un SID (array de bytes) en una cadena de texto que pueda ser mostrada al usuario.

public static string

    sIDtoString(byte[] sidBinary)

    SecurityIdentifier sid = new SecurityIdentifier(sidBinary, 0);

    return sid.ToString();

getNTAccountName - Devuelve el nombre del objeto dentro del AD a partir de su SID. Por ejemplo, a partir de un identificador de seguridad como {S-1-5-12-7623811015-3361044348-030300820-1013} retorna un string con formato: 'DOMINIO\NombreObjeto'.

public static string

    getNTAccountName(string wksid)

    SecurityIdentifier sid = new SecurityIdentifier(wksid);

    NTAccount account = (NTAccount)sid.Translate(typeof(NTAccount));

    return account.Value;

getADUserMemberOf - Devuelve un diccionario con los grupos a los que pertenece un usuario. Espera un argumento de tipo token de seguridad (habitualmente utilizaremos el WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Token) y el diccionario genérico devuelto es de tipo <string, IdentityReference>.

public static Dictionary<string, IdentityReference>

    getADUserMemberOf(IntPtr logonToken)

    Dictionary<string, IdentityReference> groups =

        new Dictionary<string, IdentityReference>();

    WindowsIdentity user = new WindowsIdentity(logonToken);

    IdentityReferenceCollection irc = user.Groups;

    foreach (IdentityReference ir in irc)

        groups.Add(getNTAccountName(ir.Value), ir);

    return groups;

(*) Al ir escribiendo el artículo me he dado cuenta de que esta función podría ser optimizada, aprovechando algunas de las nuevas características de C# 3.0, incorporadas en Visual Studio 2008. De modo que podría ser re-escrita del siguiente modo ¡en tan sólo 3 líneas!

public static Dictionary<string, IdentityReference>

    getADUserMemberOf2(IntPtr logonToken)

    WindowsIdentity user = new WindowsIdentity(logonToken);

    var groups = from g in user.Groups select g;

    return groups.ToDictionary(p => getNTAccountName(p.Value));

¿Menudo cambio, verdad? Observar el uso de:

Inferencia de tipos (var)
Palabras clave de consulta (from, in, select)
Expresiones lambda en la llamada al método extensor ToDictionary (p => getNTAccountName(p.Value))

La verdad es que en cuanto empiezas a usar estas mejoras te 'enganchan'. No sabeis la cara de bobo que se me queda cuando a veces abro el editor de VB6.0 (si, habéis oído bien) para realizar alguna modificación en aplicaciones que todavía no se han migrado a .NET (y lo que les queda... :-P).

Hasta aquí algunos de los métodos que contiene la clase LDAPServices. En el próximo post veremos cómo obtener la lista de propiedades de un objeto user dentro del directorio activo, así cómo realizar búsquedas de objetos dentro del directorio.

No vemos pronto,

** crossposting desde el blog de Lluís Franco en geeks.ms **

Moto Q9 Napoleon – COOL!!!

Nuno Luz — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:28:00 GMT

I saw some great photos of the new Moto Q9 codename Napoleon. I am an assumed Q9 user and lover, so this seems really nice to me. Take a look at the photo line-up BGR has made and you will for sure start thinking like me: first you will notice the devices box and then check out the fingerprint reader.Oh! dont forget to see the image of the battery door wich seems to be metalic… Oh, oh, and best of all: Wifi! Then there is the great looking sliding panels made specificaly for this Q9 and the...(read more)

First myITforum.com post from Intel – Log Viewer for SCCM Logs

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:24:25 GMT

I was waiting to officially welcome the new blogging crew from Intel after their first post – and here it is… http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jhilliker/archive/2008/07/03/log-viewer-for-sccm-logs.aspx Josh Hilliker, Architect and Community Manager for Read More......(read more)

Full glory of Opera on a VGA screen

Nuno Luz — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT

I have been using the Opera 9.5 that comes with the X7510, and believe me when I say it rocks. To ilustrate my words I have made this small video from my Moto Q9 where you can see some great features of Opera like the scrooll, the beatiffull zoom, the tabs and the neet option that saves you access passwords to sites. All in full VGA glory, enjoy it!...(read more)

Does your modern processor SecurAble?

donna — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:52:05 GMT

Mine does!... a bit because I only have 32-bit.

Modern processors incorporate features beneficial to security. SecurAble displays the status of the three most significant security-related processor features:

64-bit instruction extensions,
Hardware support for detecting and preventing
the execution of code in program data areas, ... and
Hardware support for system resource “virtualization.”

Dell should locked it!

Adobe Reader 9 is there...

jubo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:34:53 GMT

A few days ago Adobe released version 9 of their Adobe Reader. It seems to add new capabilities, better performance and stronger security, according to Adobe Reader Weblog.

You can download the new version here. This download also comes with the new online product(s) Acrobat.com (Beta), which is possible to uninstall later if you don't need/want it...

The MVC framework – getting started

luisabreu — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:19:41 GMT

Today I’m going to start posting some personal rumblings about the MVC framework. In fact, I haven’t started developing real apps with it, so I’m starting this series to force me look at it since in my current job I’m no longer working with web apps.

One of things you should keep in mind is that the MVC framework relies heavilly on the new routing assembly. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then probably now is a good time to refresh your memory.

One of the first thing you need to do when building a new ASP.NET MVC application is define the available routes that exist on your application. As always, the global.asax file is a good place for setting up the route table. As you might recall from one of the post on the routing series, defining a route will result in associating an url pattern with a IRouteHandler. That’s all there is to it!

When you’re defining routes for a ASP.NET MVC application, you’ll normally end up using the default MvcRouteHandler introduced by the platform. That means that the following is probably the simplest route you’ll write when using this new platform:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes) {
            routes.Add( “default”, //route name
                new Route( "", new MvcRouteHandler() ) //pattern and route handler
                );
}

Ok, you might also define defaults, constraints, data tokens and even apply a name to the route (check the routing series for more info on that). Even though you can be explicit in the creation of a route, you’ll probably will like to know that the MVC framework introduces several extension methods that reduce the ammount of code you need to write when adding routes. You should use these methods when you’re using the MVC default route handler (MvcRouteHandler) or when you want to prevent access to a specific url (ie, when you use the StopRoutingHandler defined on the routing assembly).

In the current release (preview 3 at the time of writing), you’ll find several overloads of a MapRoute and IgnoreRoute methods. The first (MapRoute) tends to reduce the ammout of code you write when you need to create a new route. Obviously, the IgnoreRoute method should be used when you need to prevent access to a specific route.

So, that means that the previous example could look like this:

routes.MapRoute( "default", "");

It looks good to me!

Ok, now that we’ve set up the route handler, we’re ready to start discussing what happens after a request is dispatched to the MvcRouteHandler. We’ll leave the details for the next post. Keep tuned!

Cirrus Design's The-Jet flies!

polypoke — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:51:19 GMT

Check out this video footage from AVWeb showing yesterday's first flight of the Cirrus Design The-Jet . In my opinion, this airframe is much more appealing in design than the Piper Jet . Does this mean we may see this plane fly at Oshkosh?? Who knows Read More......(read more)

Novedades TSQL en SQL Server 2008

Eladio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:44:36 GMT

hola, otra publicación: creo que sabes que Itzik Ben-Gan (gran compañero y mejor amigo), está preparando la serie de libros de Inside SQL Server para 2008: Inside Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008: T-SQL Programming http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/12805.aspx Inside Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008: T-SQL Querying http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/12804.aspx Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 T-SQL Fundamentals http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/12806.aspx Como aperitivo, tenemos esta publicación en...(read more)

Publicado White Paper de Database Mirroring en SQL Server 2005

Eladio — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:31:38 GMT

Hola, menuda alegría me he llevado: me han publicado un WP de Database Mirroring la gente de DELL en colaboración con la revista Window ITPro (los editores de SQL Magazine). Esta es la introducción al WP: "Databases hold the vital information that users need to do their jobs and that applications need to communicate with services and processes. So in many organizations, you need to ensure that your databases are up and running 24x7. These days, with database system design getting more and more...(read more)

Error de sintaxis en la instrucción INSERT INTO.

peplluis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:52:00 GMT

Este es uno de los textos de error que mas amenudo se enfrenta a los que intentan actualizar la informacion enlazada de un DGV’s y una MDB.

Aunque en muchos otros foros/post se advierte de debemos utilizar nombres de campo que no esten reservados, caemos y volvemos a caer en el error de usar nombres con caracteres no admitidos. Un simple espacio al nombrar el campo provocara una excepcion tanto en la operación de ‘INSERT’ Como ‘UPDATE’. Suerte que a grandes males… grandes remedios J

Ejemplo : el Nombre ‘Columna A’ generara una excepcion
Sin embargo el nombre ‘Columna_A’ no genera ninguna excepcion… asi de simple.

Os recuerdo el enlace con la lista de palabras reservadas que no pueden utilizarse para nombrar los campos de una MDB que posteriormente utilizaremos enlazada con un DataGridView y un ‘OleDb.OleDbCommandBuilder(Me.MiMdbAdaptador)’

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/248738

En caso contrario las únicas opciones disponibles para continuar utilizando dichos nombres, será construir el’INSERT’… ‘UPDATE’ commands de forma manual o utilizar la opción de ‘Origen de Datos’ generado por Visual Studio.

Saludos,
Pep Lluis,

SQL Server 2005 - How to compare content of tables without using third party tools?

SSQA.net — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:36:00 GMT

You may be aware about using Third party tools to compare the data between 2 tables. Using SQL Server 2005 you need not entirely dependant on such requirement, TABLEDIFF utility is the new addition to the SQL Server. This utility enables you to compare Read More......(read more)

The routing series

luisabreu — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:58:11 GMT

I’ve just noticed that I didn’t put up a resume of the routing series. Here’s the list of associated posts:

Patch Tuesday: Advanced Notification

jubo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:08:28 GMT

Last time I was a bit late to tell you about the Windows Updates, but this time we have an advanced notification. On July 8th, Microsoft is releasing 4 "important" updates.

For more detailed information check TechNet and the post at the blog of Microsoft Security Response Center: July 2008 Advance Notification.

If you want to get these advanced notifications by email, RSS or Messenger then signup at: Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.

Have a wonderful day...

Update for Windows Update

jubo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:27:54 GMT

Starting at the end of this month, Microsoft Update Product Team will be rolling out an update to the Windows Update agent. You can read all the information in the posting at their team blog: Upcoming Update to Windows Update.

What it means for you... is that unless you have chosen "Turn Automatic Updates Off", you will receive this update. Otherwise you have to check for updates and install it yourself manually.

Another year

vanDooren — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:25:00 GMT

3 days ago I got 'the email' again. I can call myself MVP for another year.

While I am glad I made it, I have to admit, the suspense and excitement are getting less and less. The first time I knew I was nominated, and the wait was like being a kid, waiting for Santa. And when I got the mail, I spent hours reading all the info, browsing the MVP site, reading private newsgroups...

The first time I was up for renewal, I was anxious to see if I made it again, and the wait was very uncertain.

This year I was a lot more relaxed, and when I got the mail I registered again, clicked 'next' a couple of times, and decided to call it a day when I was done.

Don't get me wrong, I still like being an MVP, doing MVP things as much as I did in the beginning, but this is a marathon, not a sprint. When you hear the starting signal, there is a lot of activity and excitement, but after that initial phase, you settle into your rythm and follow your own pace. A marathon runner doesn't accelerate every time he comes across a landmark. He just maintains his pace because that is the way to endure.

Anyway, YAAY me.

4th July - Storm Worm

donna — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:44:33 GMT

Happy Independence Day says Storm Worm.

16 malware scanners will reject that greetings (fireworks.exe) while others might not recognize it:
http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/55647539965950f1b3622ff8d95b9cd8

Screenshots at http://www.dozleng.com/updates/index.php?showtopic=18763

I hate pink!