Sunday, August 23, 2015

What's new in Windows Server 10 Preview Jump Start

Nano Server is kind of like Server Core but more stripped down as various features Server Core has are absent in the Nano Server and there's no way you can switch it back to Server Core or Server with GUI. From what I saw was that after booting up Nano Server, you got presented with the login screen along with the menus that looked easy to explore and configure. That would probably bring you back to MS-DOS days when it comes to full screen text interface and it should be quite comparable to Linux server OSes where you start off with nothing but full screen command line interface. I don't know if Nano Server is less difficult to use but needless to say, you may need to use Putty or Powershell to remotely access the Nano Servers and you can't even use the Remote Desktop thing at all. Funny imagination is, there should be the full screen text interface mode in Windows 10 client OS as grounded mode for kids as punishment but that may sound pointless to happen when there's already such a thing as domain policy or parental control. I guess that domain policy is more advanced and powerful than parental control but that will require all home computers to be part of the home domain powered by some home server running Windows Server. Another problem against the imagination is how do you adjust the corporate-like policies on kids' mobile devices as parental controls at an advanced level? With standard parental controls enabled on every device at home, I'm sure that the kids may freak out on that.
Next was the containers and this new technology will be available in Technical Preview 3 of Windows Server 10 and some third-party app called Docker allows the support of Windows Server containers. A container is none other than a mini-computer within a physical host or virtual machine. The computer part is at the base with the applications and various services being above that. It should be a handy feature for Nano Servers because server reboots can make a serious impact to the business environment. The workaround against server reboot is the live migration taking place between clusters.
Speaking of clusters, there are already server and storage clusters but the upcoming feature is the Hyper-V cluster which is basically the virtual machine cluster. Of course, people already compared the container stuff with VMWare Thinapp and App-V but I felt like the container is starting to become a different or superseding feature.
Other features mentioned included the server virtualization and automation via Powershell. It was a tedious stuff when it comes to Powershell probably due to so much scripting going on during the demo in the Jump Start and System Center Virtual Machine Manager was mentioned as well in addition to Hyper-V when it comes to server virtualization. However, there was one tool I was highly curious from the demo I saw. It wasn't Hyper-V or Remote Desktop as the top interface was black, simple and different but the host was able to switch between virtual machines from some drop-down menu at the top.
Lastly, I was trying to get the presentations at the end of the Jump Start but the network running the unknown site the presentations were held in was behaving like a technical idiot on me so screw that technical stupidity. I may as well get those presentations when the Jump Start is available on demand.

Preparing your enterprise for Windows 10 as a service Jump Start

There's really not much to say about this Jump Start other than the fact that I already have MDT 2013 Update 1 for deploying Windows 10 like I'm already doing right now after having sufficient solutions. I had already anticipated the newest deployment tools like the Windows 10 ADK which should have Windows 10 PE as well as the final version of MDT 2013 Update 1 which at that time, it still had yet to be finalized while Windows 10 ADK was already finalized. New to Windows 10 ADK is the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer and somehow, it is like Windows System Image Manager or something where you can customize the answer file component by component which can be useful for automatic specification of the information during Windows Setup. Also, the existing versions of today's System Center Configuration Manager are already supporting Windows 10 deployment via some updates provided that you have the latest service packs and cumulative updates needed for that.
Unfortunately, at that time, other things still had yet to be finalized as well such as RSAT for Windows 10, Windows 10 IOT or something and of course, Windows Server 10 which is now at Technical Preview 3. That server variant may be based on Windows 10 but at a later build and especially when it has all the latest features of Windows 10 RTM like the new login screen, new wallpapers, new event sounds, etc. However, there are still older stuffs intact when I checked out the Windows event sounds from default sound scheme in Sounds properties. I could have called that tab, Event Sound tab because when a message box occurs, there should be an event sound for instance. From there, not all event sounds are new in Windows 10 as if even at the RTM stage, they still have yet to work on in adding and improving features in Windows 10 as if they're milking it for years and especially that there's a post-RTM build for insiders.
Other stuffs I saw included the migration of the user settings between Windows 8.1 and 10 and it was why the prototype Windows 10 wallpaper was migrated along when I installed Windows 8.1 trial the last time probably due to the fact that one of the Insider Preview builds was unbootable on various physical machines unless some options in the BIOS were turned off. However, its later build solved those reboot-loop problems as tested on booting up from that build's setup DVD in which I was able to see the setup screen.

Deployment Progress

The Enterprise edition of Windows 10 has full security opt-out options unlike the other editions of Windows 10 in which some of the features cannot be disabled. Also, the Pro and Home editions downloaded from Microsoft via Media Creation Tool or whatever cannot be imported straight to MDT or SCCM for deployment. Regardless of prototype or final stage, it's not going to work that way. I already have the reference image of the Enterprise Edition evaluation in the MDT with various things configured with the help of the external sources found on the net. The next phase will be to do the same thing for the server variant as well as Windows 8.1 with Update.
The recent problem I have is regarding the domain user account policy that should be applied to the clients in the domain. How do I apply the Windows 8.1 and 10 policies to those accounts including the new ones?

Networking Rant

I still have some networking rants in my head against various Microsoft sub-domains and websites including Microsoft Virtual Academy as their networks are unspeakably sensitive compared to other websites which are working quite well. Maybe those networks running those sites are to blame for technical stupidity acts and I don't know what the hell are those setting up and maintaining those networks are doing. Scold them, or maybe those US ISPs! They don't know what the hell are they doing that affects the Microsoft networks in the US a lot that made me freak out over networking misbehavior. And why are some of the video players on MVA still using Adobe Flash. Are they lazy or something? Why isn't the MVA site using HTML5-only media players on all courses and Jump Starts? Maybe my feedback two years ago wasn't quite enough? I don't even know if the whole MVA website works well in Microsoft Edge. Lastly, if this is the way those networks I mentioned continued to work like that like a bunch of robotic idiots bought or designed by idiots from some idiotic companies, that will cause another major layoff to happen one day.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Kaspersky replaces files with fake ones infected with malware as part of competition

The security rant isn't finished here. The problem's still on-going for Lenovo and especially that I still have yet to find solutions for secure Windows 10 deployment but there comes another security betrayal, Kaspersky, which replaced certain files with the fake ones infected with malware on their accord out of their jealousy after knowing the fact that their idea or technology has been used by other companies. It's kind of like someone steals your idea for his stuff and it is more popular than your original stuff that you get angered even more when they make something based on his stuff. Or maybe, someone rips off the content from whatever you like for his own stuff and then he and his retarded fans defend the hell out of it despite the fact that the ripped off content isn't original that you get angered as well. Perhaps, Kaspersky went jealous about that but they denied the claim that they did all this shit out of jealousy and anger. This happened from 2009 to two years ago and what about the present and future, will they continue this jealous bullshit or something? Such jealousy like this for the sake of competition will backfire and it may become a disaster or land you in trouble like that once it goes viral. I admit that I already had the similar anger and rant about that F***** B*** thing the last time like I felt in having established something that was designed to bash the hell out of it. Unfortunately, that already landed me into trouble or something at the time due to the lack of official references until the time I finally specified them. Also, I still have yet to update that that reduces the trouble.

Blog Announcement
In the future of this blog, there will be product originality rants indicating on the amount of plagiarism put in unless you don't really care about that like a faggoted modern mobile user. Remember, cloning something spares you apart when you officially admit and know that you have made a clone according to your official description but of course, there should be official references of yours as well that can be stated in the blog, the interview or maybe some differences in the names to avoid infringement. Maybe that will sound like a truth of admittance that way.

Lenovo bloatware installs itself upon next boot

The previous discoveries of Superfish and its similar malware were really large that many users wondered if they were infected or not with that regardless of whichever computer manufacturer they're using but if that wasn't enough, there's another malware that was recently discovered that caused the Lenovo bloatware to be installed all by itself even if you uninstall itself. This surely happens in Windows OSes whether it's Windows 7, Windows 8 or whatever. I don't know if other Widnows OSes are affected as well on those affected Lenovo computers but this surely has annoyed Lenovo consumers again. Normally, a Windows OS on a computer doesn't come with those third-party bloat apps unless it is deployed for school, work or even by the OEM for consumers themselves. They can be removed unlike Android devices manufactured by those third-party brands where their bloatware can't be easily removed unless you root those devices which is a risky idea.
The deeper part of the security problem takes place at the BIOS level on those Lenovo computers and no matter how you remove the bloatware, it will surely come back again. However, the recent models of Lenovo computers manufactured from June onwards have the security protection at the BIOS level that removes any malware that tries to affect the BIOS. Worse of all, like the Superfish malware, this is another mysterious spyware that tries to steal your info and spy on your actions or something.
Bravos to Lenovo for messing up if they did all this bullshit on purpose and yet, this is the security situation way worse than the Superfish infection. If the users encounter another security problem that causes them to put the blame on Lenovo, perhaps, this is the future time that the users will either ditch the Lenovo brand or Windows on Lenovo computers in favor of Linux. Imagine this affecting the enterprise users using Lenovo computers like it's going to be a serious organizational problem because of this serious security problem. That will take a long time to change computers across the whole organization while leaving the data intact.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Windows 10 RTM opinion

This one's a big story for me but some of the controversies are still intact for Windows 10 as if retarded people may think that we with security concerns don't care for anything else which is one of the stupid thoughts we know of. Even after Windows 10 had gone to RTM stage, there are some articles regarding Windows 10 security concerns but there are already options you can disable for privacy reasons as if Microsoft has done things right with Windows 10 security. However, it is not the same for other features of Windows 10 as well like bandwidth being overused without people's consent, updates are made compulsory like there's no way to turn them off in Home edition which may result in buggy updates breaking Windows 10 systems and the list goes on. There are already solutions on the way that put an end to those problems but even then, the rest of the technology has yet to be finalized for full support of Windows 10.
Through security concern of mine, I had decided to try deploying Windows 10 RTM but it backfired on me as something made the WIM format look unknown to MDT 2013 Update 1 preview so I couldn't import anything there. I don't know if the Update 1 will be finalized with that bolded problem solved for smooth deployment. The official announcement had already stated that the finalization of Update 1 is already on the way for release sometime this month. I don't know if the import works for Enterprise edition of Windows 10 RTM only or what. If that's the case, it's a controversial deployment of Windows 10 for OEMs unless they find other deployment solutions that will help them get through. The actual intention for image customization was to remove certain modern apps as well as to install some security-related ones before Sysprep but I guess that making use of the custom ISO file containing all those things needed for customization was what I missed out in the first place.
Needless to say, I already Syspreped the VM running Windows 10 RTM Pro with partial customization as the network and USB access are obviously disabled in Audit Mode but I don't know if I can move on to the next phase which is image capture

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Sound Voltex gameplay report at Century Square (Controversial trip?)

I may be lucky that I still prefer the Virtualand arcade at Bugis Junction than anywhere else as that place has all the Bemani games available there and especially that certain critical games are the latest. However, this was a request I shouldn't heed in the first place like having both lunch and dinner at Century Square with my aunts and uncles along with some home idiot related to them and during that time, I headed to the arcades there to find that there wasn't so much non-stop grinding whatsoever for rhythm games.
Progress-wise, there had been additional songs that were from Bemani X Touhou album CD as well as the upcoming Museca which is a controversial rip-off of Neon.FM. Those illustrated skill cards in Museca have different purposes and information that help during gameplay. Of course, those songs are already available by default and especially that they are already available in certain courses depending on the game. For Beatmania IIDX, there's already a Touhou course at Expert Mode. For Sound Voltex, some of the Skill Analyzer courses have some Touhou arranges from that album CD. I don't know much about other Bemani games so I don't know what their courses look like if there's a mode that's akin to IIDX Expert Mode. Lastly, the Virtualand arcade at Century Square was updated again with Maimai machines added and some old games were gone in favor of those active ones so the Beatmania IIDX Resort Anthem machine was moved elsewhere or some sort as we already know that IIDX Pendual is the current one.
Irritating thing is, I really feel uncomfortable with those idiots at home being with other families  related to us and it may look like they never admit their past offensive mistakes done to me back then. Thankfully, they don't know on where am I going at Bugis Junction like they don't know that there's a bigger arcade center there but the thing is, they don't have to know. I may worry that if they know that I'm there at Bugis Junction, I may imagine that they may make stupid guesses about where am I going there.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Qpronicle Chord and Step Up Mode controversies & Beatmania IIDX Copula

What the hell is up with Konami nowadays? This is what already happens when Konami goes way too far in milking the Beatmania IIDX series like that. The storylines in Qpronicle Chord and Step Up Mode in IIDX Pendual are already controversial from what I saw as if they are designed to make your Qpro avatar look like a spoilt nerd like he wants to have a hot spring with those boss characters from previous IIDX games or something that has angered one of the former boss characters who happens to be teaming up with him that she has blasted him out of the sky like she does that to you in her boss song when you make a mistake.
I may have liked Beatmania IIDX series because it comes out the earliest way before the rip-offs exist but the series as I know it is already made a little bit controversial. Beatmania IIDX Spada has already made things way out of place but the real controversy obviously takes place in Beatmania IIDX Pendual.
And who knows if Beatmania IIDX Copula won't have the same controversy or not but it seems that it is using the Train theme which is another out of place theme for rhythm game genre. Beatmania IIDX Gold and Resort Anthem fit well but I think the most out of place theme is Beatmania IIDX Spada anyway.
What's backported to IIDX Pendual is the Super Future 2323 as well as some songs from the upcoming sequel to celebrate the location testing of it although they're lazy enough not to make the UI completely yellow-ish. Nobody knows what the sequel is like until it is out but from what I saw, it will have Assist Easy which makes clearing requirement less strict and is useful in case there are killer patterns in the end as well as the Hell Charge Notes which may make people probably think of O2Jam or the BMS Charge Note courses. As the name suggests, it is already making hold note patterns more brutal but this is the challenge you should have in the future instead of using various options like Assist Easy and Expand Judge which stink and Expand Judge stinks even more like it tries to attract more players coming from various rip-off games in an useless way.