"Haiku Poem" Windows Error Messages

In 1998,Salon Magazine ran a competition challenging readers to submit error messages
written as Haiku poems.

Haiku has strict construction rules. Each poem has only 17 syllables: 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third.

They are used to communicate timeless messages, often achieving a wistful,yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity. These are some of the results.

The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist. - Joy Rothke

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return. - Suzie Wagner

Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much. - Unknown

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams. - Peter Rothman

Your file was so big.
It must have been quite useful.
But now it is gone. - David J. Liszewski

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down. - David Ansel

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone. - James Lopez

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred. - David Dixon

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here. - Cass Whittington

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will. - Francis Heaney

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped. - Judy Birmingham

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. All is blank. - Ian Hughes

Exchange Server 2007 Installation Marathon Day 2 - Why does it only support 64bit OS?

Basically 4GB memory limitation is the bottleneck of 32bit OS. When the hardware become cheaper and cheaper, also users with faster network speed (are you still using dial-up internet?) need faster response from server side.
So in an enterprise environment with thousands clients, 4 GB RAM is much less than neccesary for spooling, scanning virus and filtering spams.

The future of OA under Micorsoft Windows Server and Excahnge Server

"Unified messaging is significant in Exchange 2007 because it is the foundation that
Microsoft will be using to provide unified communications across their entire product
line. Over the next few years, Microsoft will more tightly integrate instant messaging
(IM), voice over IP (VoIP) telephone integration, videoconferencing, data conferencing,
and so forth into a complete, centralized communications system. Today, Microsoft has
several new products they have introduced to the marketplace, including Office
Communications Server 2007, Office Roundtable, and SharePoint 2007, that integrate
technologies together in a unified communications backbone. Exchange 2007 is the first
system that is core to the unified communications strategy that Microsoft is setting
forward because Exchange is the point of connection for email, contacts, remote access,
mobile access, and, now, voice and fax communications."


-- <> Sams

Exchange Server 2007 Installation Marathon Day 1 - Windows Server 2003, AD and IIS

* Hardware Platform:
Core 2 Duo E6320 CPU,
Intel P965 Motherboard,
1GB DDRII 667 RAM,
250GB SATAII HDD,
Intergraded LAN/VGA

* Software Environment:
Windows XP Pro x64 (Host Operating Sytem)
VMWare Server 1.0.2
Windows Server 2003 x64 R2 (Guest Operating system)
Exchange Server 2007


Step 1 - AD, IIS installation

Computer Name: Server01
Domain Name: CONTOSO (just as same as in MSCE training course)
IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.8/24
Default Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.2 (which is controlled by VMWare to rout your network traffic to internet.)
Primary DNS Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.8 (Which is WinServer 2003, but firstly it isn't been configured. To setting this IP as primary DNS is to avoid error messenge during installing Exchange 2007)
Secondary DNS Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.2 (which is the real one)

After you install AD on your server, you need to raise the Domain functional level to "Windows 2000 native"

Step 2 - Exchange 2007 Installation

The instructuction of Exchange 2007 Installation Wizzard is very clear. Only thing I did is just follow it until get it done.

Freaking out!

Be aware using Samsung SATA HDD for your RAID

Last night I was helping my friends building two PCs. Both are using the same hardware parts and configuration:

Intel Core2Duo E6400
Intel Q965OTM Motherboard
2 x 512MB DDRII RAM
2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD in RAID1
Branded case and power supply unit

The problem was when we put anything into the case and powered up, it just get stuck on Intel Matrix HDD self testing. But if we unplug hard drives, it can pass and load WINXP installation procedure.

So we were wondering these Samsung hard drives were faulty. With new replacement -- Maxtor 320GB SATAII, new pc was just fine!

But it is not the end. On another PC, the other two hdds just did the same thing. Finally we found if changing the BIOS setup for HDD to normal IDE without connecting anything and shutdown, then reboot with two hdds and make sure they are recognized in BIOS. Now you can finally setup them as RAID and load Windows on.

My friend has some business clients and he just noticed there were several issues about Samsung hard drives in the past. Most of problems were losting RAID volume or couldn't boot up computer.

How nerdy are you?

After reading how to corrently configure Terminal Service the whole morning, I got this link and find myself is a



Can't believe it. I think I should be nerdier when I was in uni, since at that time I installed 5 different OSs on my first PC.

"netsh" Scripting -- Changing IP settings

"netsh" is a powerful command-line tool for network admin.

If you are tired to click your mouse button to open and close several windows to change IP settings on your laptop between your office and your home, then try this and save them into .VBS format on your desktop.

For network A (by manually assigned):

netsh int ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=static addr=192.168.0.xxx mask=255.255.255.0
netsh int ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=static gateway=192.168.0.xxx gwmetric=1
netsh int ip set dns name=”Local Area Connection” source=static addr=192.168.1.xxx

NOTE: you might need to check the name of your network connection.

For network B (by DHCP):

netsh int ip set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp
netsh int ip set dns name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp

Jokes from Geeks

No.1 From : http://www.theeldergeek.com/group_policy_editor.htm

>> CAUTION<<
Group Policy Editor is a very powerful tool.
Improper use may turn your computer into a paperweight.
On the bright side, paperweights don’t need feeding or a litter box.

........ to be continued........

Windows Server 2003 Overview Part I -- versions

Windows Server 2003 family includes :

■ Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
■ Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
■ Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
■ Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

Web Edition -- 2GB RAM, 2-way SMP ; specially designed for Web Services, not support Terminal Service, can't be a DC.

Standard Edition -- 4GB RAM, 4-way SMP robust; multipurpose server including MSDE, POP3/SMTP, Network Load Balancing.

Enterprise Edition -- 64GB RAM, 8-way SMP; a powerful server platform including eight-node clustering, MS Metadirectory Services, Hot-Add memory and Windows System Resource Manager.

Datacenter Edition -- 64/512GB RAM, 32/64-way SMP; For high-end server, only available in OEM.

May the Bandwidth be with you!

Now this blog starts from a funny picture, which I found in TechRepublic.

So enjoy everyday and to be a realy computer nerd.

May the Bandwidth be with you! ~Ahhmennnn~