Cynic Vicar ST - My review

Well guys I don't know if anybody is expecting a review from last night concert but I'm gonna spend few words for it.

A kiss to my son and my wife and I left the house at around 19:00. I was walking towards Thomas street and the emotion was starting to build up: "What they will play?" "Will I be able to be close enough to the stage?".
I reached my destination at 19:15 and despite my shaved hair and my age I didn't feel out of place: as a matter of fact if you are a metal fan you will always feel part of a big family.
A quick look around and I quite liked the place, and the environment was warm enough; a quick beer at a bar (Fuck me 5.50 for a bottle of Miller!) and I'm ready to enjoy the show: the Ocean start quite well but after 10 minutes of the same riffs I get bored and I just sit in the back. I stay alienated until they announce their last song (finally): that's when I prepare myself for a jump in the past, a moment I dreamed for 15 years. I walk close enough to the stage and I manage to get a second row; the guys behind me don't mind to have me in front since I'm quite short. Cynic are setting up their gears and I'm setting up my vocal chords ready for an epic performance. My heart skip a bit during the soundcheck hearing the introduction of "How could I", I'm nearly in tears when the show start with "Nunc Fluens" followed by "The Space For This".
I barely realize what is going on when they start playing "Evolutionary Sleeper" and I close my eyes while singing the refrain, but there's not time for my orgasmic happyness : Paul announce that they are about to play some songs from Focus, "Veil of Maya", "Uroboric forms", "Textures" are just spectacular, I try to concentrate on Sean drumming, I try to figure it out what his hands and feet are doing while I hear the melody but these musicians are definitely from another planet. A bit of sadness fill my heart when they announce their last song and is the one I prefer the most from Traced In Air : "Integral Birth".
I leave my place under the stage inebriated with their majesty and I head straight for the door: not that I care about Opeth but I wanted to keep my memories vivid while they were still fresh.
I walk home thinking about how lucky I was to attend a concert of one of the best group of musicians in the world.

DMCA takedown notification

So it happened.
I received the (in)famous notification.
To be honest I don't give a shit.
Everything posted in this blog is just for fun, I don't do it to earn any money or to fuck the bands income.
Apparently there are individuals, somewhere in this planet, thinking that if somebody download an album instead of purchasing it will destroy the world of music.

I want just to tell these individuals that every single album posted in this blog was part of my personal collection; this just to tell you that if before I was willing to buy a new record now you will not see a dime from me.

When i was 20 I could buy a vinyl for 15.000/16.000 italian lira (7/8 euros) and a CD for 20.000/22.000 (10/12 euros) : I didn't have much money but enough to afford 4/5 albums every month. I bought records of unknown bands, I spent my money on worthless shit but what the fuck I WAS SUPPORTING THE SCENE!!

Slowly the prices started to increase and within 2/3 years they were DOUBLED!! Now you fucking piece of shit who killed the music? Who made me pay 20 euros for a fucking piece of plastic (CD) or for a bloody spit of petrol (vinyl) ?

It was the fucking greed of the major labels, you brainless sharks: you don't deserve my money nor my attention.

Since the reported post was regarding the album Human from Death I wonder who could have done such thing and I came to a conclusion:

Can't be Chuck (R.I.P.) may God bless yor soul
Can't be Sean or Paul since the albums of THEIR band are posted as well
I don't believe that Steve Di Giorgio spend his day looking for links of his former bands

So here you are you fucking Roadrunner: you were one of my favourite labels I'm sorry that you got so low.

Anyway I hope to see your name posted since:

"The notice that we received, with any personally identifying information removed, will be posted online by a service called Chilling Effects at http://www.chillingeffects.org/"

At least show us some fucking balls.

One last thing:

If there is some content here that somebody has a valid objection to, all they need to do is contact me and the content shall be immediately removed!

Borland Delphi 7 Lite Full setup - V 7.3.1.3 Build 24/9/08

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DELPHI 7 LITE FULL EDITION v7.3
[SP1.1 Integrated] [Optional D2007 RTL/VCL] [Green Edition Integrated]
Build:2008-9-24
===============================================================

Welcome to Delphi 7 Lite, a mod of Delphi 7 that is mini enough.

1. WHAT IS DELPHI 7 LITE.
2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
3. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE HELP.
4. WHAT DESIGN TIME PACKAGES ARE INCLUDED IN DELPHI 7 LITE.
5. HOW TO GENERATE GREEN EDITION.
6. RESTRICTIONS AND WARNING.

1. WHAT IS DELPHI 7 LITE
-------------------------

Delphi 7 Lite is a standard installation of Delphi 7 Enterprise in which:

- Applied all the official updates.

- All the setup options have been discarded EXCEPT source code.

- Included programming font Consolas (recommended size 10 with ClearType enabled).

- Editor color settings of Delphi 2006.

- Replace the D7 RTL to D11(Delphi 2007) RTL(FastMM and FastCode Core) (Optional).

- All the setup options have been discarded EXCEPT source code.

- Update 1.1 has been installed (version of the IDE is 7.0.8.1), these patches are applied:
Update ActionBar to 7.01

- Unneeded files have been removed.

- Can import ActiveX Componets

- Supports MIDAS development.

- Supports CLX Design development.

- Supports IntraWeb 5.0 development.

- Supports RaveReport 5 development.

- Installation do not copy of any files to system directory.

- Green Edition Integrated,you can copy the entire delphi directory to other place directly ,run file D7LiteReg***.exe to register easily, It also can register other delphi7 edition ,such as DELPHI 7 SECOND EDITION v7.2.

- Dynamic Compile after Installation to generate RTL/VCL and other components .DCU Files,thus minish size of the installation file.

- [Optional] Every Components(Except Standard/Database Components).

- [Optional] install Project Templates(Objrepos).

- [Optional] install IDE Design Pckages(Known IDE Packages).

- [Optional] install the delphi IDE and command-line compiler(dcc32, brcc32, convert, Make, Tasm32)

- [Optional] install the Source files.

- [Optional] install the Help files.

- [Optional] Replace the D7 RTL to D11(Delphi 2007) RTL(FastMM and FastCode Core).

- [Optional] install Want builder tool instead of the Make

- [Optional] install FastMM 4.84 IDE Optimize-Compiled DLL

- [Optional] install the Expert GExperts 1.32.

- [Optional] install the Expert CnWizards 0.8.8.445.

- [Optional] install the Expert DelforExp 2.4.2.

- [Optional] install the Expert UnitExpert.

- [Optional] install the IDE plugin DelphiSpeedUp 2.78 to speed up IDE.

- [Optional] install the IDE plugin DDevExtensions 1.6.

- [Optional] install the Tweak DelphiDistiller 1.51, that allows to decide which packages will be loaded
when the IDE starts.

- [Optional] install Delphi build-in Tool Image Editor(imagedit.exe).

- [Optional] install Delphi build-in Tool Windows and Message Viewer(WinSight)(WS32.EXE).

- [Optional] install Delphi build-in Tool Web App Debugger(webappdbg.exe).

- [Integrated] Green Edition Register(D7LiteReg.exe), It also register other delphi7 edition ,such as DELPHI 7 SECOND EDITION v7.2.

- All installed Expert/Tweak/plugin are Freeware.

2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
----------------------

* Pentium¢ó 500 or higher.
* Windows 98 or higher.
* 256MB of RAM or higher.
* Approximate hard disk space required about: 80MB(a compact install) - 250MB(a typcial install) - 370 MB(a full install)
* VGA or higher resolution monitor
* Mouse or other pointing device

3. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE HELP.
-------------------------------

- [Optional] The help system only includes the reference materials. These are:

* Developing Database Applications
* Delphi Object and Component Reference
* Delphi Language Guide
* Delphi Compiler Messages and Warnings
* Delphi Compiler Options and Directives
* Microsoft Win32 Programmer's Reference
* Glossary
* [Optional] DBExpress
* [Optional] Indy 9
* [Optional] InterBase Express Reference
* [Optional] InterBase Controls Help
* [Optional] TeeChart v4 VCL version
* [Optional] Rave report Help

4. WHAT DESIGNTIME PACKAGES ARE INCLUDED IN DELPHI 7 LITE
----------------------------------------------------------

Delphi 7 Lite includes the following designtime packages:

IDE packages
- Borland Module Diagram Editview
- Borland Editor Script Enhancements
- Borland Editor Emacs Enhancements
- Borland SQL Explorer UI Package

IDE Components
IDE\Components\Standard
- Borland Standard Components

IDE\Components\Database
- Borland Database Components

[Following is optional]
IDE\Components\ActionBar
- Borland ActionBar Components

IDE\Components\Database\ADO
- Borland ADO DB Components

IDE\Components\Database\BDE (NOTE: No BDE engine installed!)
- Borland BDE DB Components

IDE\Components\Database\DBX (NOTE: Only DBExpress drivers installed, not relational DB drivers - exclude mysql 4.0.27!)
- Borland dbExpress Components

IDE\Components\Database\InterBase (NOTE: No InterBase installed! Just Components Only!)
- InterBase Data Access Components

IDE\Components\Database\IBEvent
- Borland Interbase Event Alerter Component (NOTE: No InterBase installed! Just Components Only!)

IDE\Components\Database\MyBase
-Borland MyBase DataAccess Components

IDE\Components\Database\MyBase\SimpleDataset
-Borland SimpleDataset Component (DBX)

IDE\Components\Database\MyBase\DataSnap
-Borland DataSnap Connection Components

IDE\Components\Internet
-Borland Internet Components

IDE\Components\Internet\Explorer
-Internet Explorer Components

IDE\Components\Internet\Express
- Borland InternetExpress Components

IDE\Components\FastNet
- NetMasters Fastnet Tools

IDE\Components\SOAP
-Borland SOAP Components

IDE\Components\WebSnap
-Borland WebSnap Components

IDE\Components\Indy
-Internet Direct (Indy) for D7 Property and Component Editors

IDE\Components\TeeChart
-Borland TeeChart Components

IDE\Components\ShellCtrls
- Shell Control Property and Component Editor

IDE\Components\Compatibility31
- Delphi 1.0 Compatibility Components

IDE\Components\ImportX
-Borland Sample Imported ActiveX Controls

IDE\Components\OfficeXP
-Microsoft(R) Office XP Controls Wrapper Components

IDE\Components\IntraWeb
-IntraWeb 5. Design Packages

IDE\Components\QuikReport
-QuickReport Components

IDE\Components\RaveReport
-RaveReport 5 Components

5. How to generate Green Edition.
------------------------------------
5.1.
Install Delphi 7 lite use Setup-Edition,the proposed installation of full install.If you want to restore instlled componets register,you need to install Third-Party Expert CnWizards.

5.2 Run start menu Delphi lite ->CnWizards->IDE Config Backup->Restore Tool,backup IDE settings to a file.

5.3 copy the entire delphi directory to new folder i.e D:\XXX.

5.4 run D7LiteReg***.exe under folder of you i.e D:\XXX,after run will be create the menu for delphi,you can run the delphi lite now. D7LiteReg***.exe only list Setup-Edition installed components automatic.

5.5 Run start menu Delphi lite ->CnWizards->IDE Config Backup->Restore Tool,restore IDE settings from you saved file.

OK,An Delphi development available now,reset IDE Environment Options or reinstall BPL unnecessary,Just as well as previously installed.If you want to restore installed BPL components register,remembr to checked Third-Party Expert CnWizards. Before step 5.5,remembr to run delphi onece time first.

6. RESTRICTIONS AND WARNING.
-------------------------------
WARNING:
Do not re-patch any of third-party BPL file after installed, otherwise it might raise unexpected errors.

WARNING:
On the replacement for the original RTL D2007 RTL / VCL, although the D2007 uses FastMM RTL memory management, faster and better than the D7 RTL, but carefully chosen to use, if the replacement RTL, all from the base of the VCL began to re-build, and some No source file may be unable to compiled and used, the use of the process of possible instability. Replacement after the installation of third-party Components, please do not use the built-in tools, or use the command line to compile, open and compile to install dpk from the IDE menus. Not all users recommended to replace,
Only recommended for the component of the Delphi compile & installed very skilled and all installed component have the sources. If you just want Delphi7 support XP / Vista API and the new properties, select the "Replace Windows's pas(Supports New Vista API & Attribute) only (Maximum compatibility)" Instead of "Replace with Delphi2007's RTL / VCL" to ensure maximum compatibility.

=========================================

TIPS:
delphi32.exe -rYourSavedDesktopName hould your own packages.


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Cynic in concert

Yes I have it! I bought the ticket for their concert here in Dublin! Unfortunately they will only play as guest for Opeth (sucks) but I can't keep my excitement for the upcoming event. It's been a long way since I dreamed to see their performance, I hope I will not get too emotional...for fuck sake 15 YEARS!



I will try to bring my handycam but I would rather prefer just to enjoy their show: their performance will always be recorded in my mind.

Kevin On THe Bike

Graphic Files Library

Being a developer (Oh no, I'm not!!) I always struggle to find the right icon for my project or that cute bitmap for my button. I decided to collect most of the nicest files free on the net and share them with you.
This package contains more than 15.000 icons and bitmaps so you should have no trouble to find the right one for you.

Obviously it's quite annoying to preview 15.000 files until you find the one you want: but darconio thought about our poor sight and included into the package a nice application (Created with Delphi) to preview this huge library.




Enjoy!!


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Password : darconio

Ping Pong

Today I'm posting another Delphi project called Ping Pong
With this program you can ping a single or a list of ip addresses/hostnames and connect to the succesfull ones via windows explorer.





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Easy Service Management

Another Delphi project: nothing major, this is a simple program to manage windows services.

Edit: I made few improvements to this project and I uploaded a new version. I realized that the progress bar and the traffic lights were not changing when modifying the status of a service: I created a thread to manage it. (Interesting isn't it?? :-)) )

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Delphi 7 Components & Tools Collection

SMExport Suite 4.77

SMExport for Delphi&C++Builder is a native VCL component
suite for data export from TDataSet or TDBGrid or any other VCL control
(TStringGrid, TListView etc) into the Paradox and DBase tables or
into a text file (fixed or comma-delimited), HTML, XML, MS Excel,
MS Word, PDF, MS Access, SQL-script, Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro, SYLK, DIF,
LDAP DIF and others

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EMS Advanced Export Component Suite 3.41

The Set of Native Delphi Components for Borland Delphi
versions 5, 6, 7, 9(2005), 10(2006_) and Borland C++ Builder 5 & 6
to export data to most popular formats.

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SMImport Component Suite 2.27

Components from SMImport suite allows to import a data from external file formats:
1. MS Excel spreadsheet (directly without OLE/DDE)
2. text delimited file
3. text fixed width file
4. XML file
5. HTML file
6. MS Access database
7. MS Word document
8. Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet
9. QuattroPro spreadsheet
10. Paradox table (directly without BDE)
11. DBase table (directly without BDE)
12. any ADO connection
13. any Advantage database
14. any DBISAM table
15. some dataset component

The wizard component from suite (like wizard in MS Office) allows
to define a settings of import process visually. Most components
allow to load data from streams (memory, blobs, cgi etc)

To add the import component is simple way to expand the own
application. Give a nice feature with ultimate performance for
your end-users.

SMImport is a native VCL engine with multilanguage support.

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EMS IBManager 3.8.0.4

What is IB Manager?

EMS IB Manager is a high-performance tool for administering InterBase and FireBird. It provides an easy-to-use graphical interface for maintaining databases and database objects, managing table data, building SQL queries, administering users and their privileges, extracting, printing, and searching metadata, etc. IB Manager has a lot of unique features, such as: SP Debugger, Visual Query Builder, Export Data to 15 available formats and Import Data from most popular formats, BLOB Viewer/Editor, SQL Script processor and many more…

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Delphi Tips Explorer 2007

A collection of hints&tips for delphi developers

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RX Library 2.75

Rx Library is a set of components and classes for Borland Delphi and C Builder. Originally developed by Fedor Koshevnikov, Igor Pavluk and Serge Korolev, it has become a widely used and respected addition to the Borland VCL.

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ReportBuilder Enterprise 10.02

ReportBuilder is the defacto standard for Delphi reporting solutions. Delphi developers have consistently voted ReportBuilder Product of the Year (1999 - 2002) and Best Reporting Tool (1999 - 2003). The genesis of ReportBuilder was the desire to deliver a product that does for Reporting what Delphi has done for Windows programming. In that spirit, ReportBuilder provides both a RAD environment and an object-oriented platform for solving the reporting equation.

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QuickReport 4.04

QuickReport is a set of Delphi components designed to let you produce
database output quickly and easily. As well as allowing you to fling
together printed reports, QuickReport lets you create print previews where
the user can check the result of a printout without wasting paper, and
export data to other file formats, such as plain ASCII, comma separated
values (CSV) and HTML.

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KStringGrid

TKStringGrid is a grid control (descendant of standard VCL TStringGrid) with some extra features like columns, sorting, multiline cell values, etc.

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Interbase 6.0.1 Client & Server

InterBase is a relational database management system (RDBMS) currently developed and marketed by CodeGear. InterBase is distinguished from other DBMSs by its small footprint, close to zero administration requirements, and multi-generational architecture.InterBase runs on the Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris operating systems.

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Codebank 1.0

A collection of hints&tips for delphi developers

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TeeChart Pro 7.06

TeeChart Pro VCL / CLX is a leading charting and graphing tool that has been developed through an
interactive process of response to customer requirements and innovations since 1997. TeeChart Pro offers hundreds of Graph styles in 2D and 3D, 40 mathematical and statistical Functions for you to choose from together with an unlimited number of axes and 22 Palette components.

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SMComponent library v3.39

A freeware collection of amazing components

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Delphi 7 Lite Full Edition v3.0.7.6

If you are into development you know what we are talking about. Delphi 7 was the last decent version of this great tool released by Borland (before turning it into a bad copy of VB). This is a Lite version with several tools and improvements:

WHAT IS DELPHI 7 LITE
-------------------------

Delphi 7 Lite is a standard installation of Delphi 7 Enterprise in which:

- Applied all the official updates.

- All the setup options have been discarded EXCEPT source code.

- Included programming font Consolas (recommended size 10 with ClearType enabled).

- Editor color settings of Delphi 2006.

- Replace the D7 RTL to D11(Delphi 2007) RTL(FastMM and FastCode Core) (Optional).

- All the setup options have been discarded EXCEPT source code.

- Update 1.1 has been installed (version of the IDE is 7.0.8.1), these patches are applied:
Update ActionBar to 7.01

- Unneeded files have been removed.

- Can import ActiveX Componets

- Supports MIDAS development.

- Supports CLX Design development.

- Supports IntraWeb 5.0 development.

- Supports RaveReport 5 development.

- Installation do not copy of any files to system directory.

- Green Edition Integrated,you can copy the entire delphi directory to other place directly ,run file D7LiteReg***.exe to register easily.

- Dynamic Compile after Installation to generate RTL/VCL and other components .DCU Files,thus minish size of the installation file.

- [Optional] Every Components(Except Standard/Database Components).

- [Optional] install Project Templates(Objrepos).

- [Optional] install IDE Design Pckages(Known IDE Packages).

- [Optional] install the delphi IDE and command-line compiler(dcc32, brcc32, convert, Make)

- [Optional] install the Source files.

- [Optional] install the Help files.

- [Optional] Replace the D7 RTL to D11(Delphi 2007) RTL(FastMM and FastCode Core).

- [Optional] install Want builder tool instead of the Make

- [Optional] install FastMM 4.78 IDE Optimize-Compiled DLL

- [Optional] install the Expert GExperts 1.32.

- [Optional] install the Tweak DelphiDistiller 1.33, that allows to decide which packages will be loaded
when the IDE starts.

- [Optional] install the Expert CnWizards 0.8.4.407.

- [Optional] install the Expert DelforExp 2.4.2.

- [Optional] install the Expert "Find Unit Expert".

- [Optional] install the IDE plugin DelphiSpeedUp Experts 2.76 to speed up IDE.

- [Optional] The help system only includes the reference materials. These are:

- Developing Database Applications
- Delphi Object and Component Reference
- Delphi Language Guide
- Delphi Compiler Messages and Warnings
- Delphi Compiler Options and Directives
- Microsoft Win32 Programmer's Reference
- Glossary
- [Optional] DBExpress
- [Optional] Indy 9
- [Optional] InterBase Express Reference
- [Optional] InterBase Controls Help
- [Optional] TeeChart v4 VCL version

- All installed Expert/Tweak/plugin are Freeware.

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DBOX 2 Images collection

Here a list of images for DBOX2 found around the net

Andromeda_V2.0_Nokia_2x

Blade-Quad-2x

Blade_Trinity_Revisited_Nokia_2x

CableFerret_v1.6_2x

Commando_9.25__x2

Commando_9_2x

pacino-trilogy-2x-AUFixed

Sportsters1.73_2x

Sportsters1.75_2x



And here the nagrarom

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Lotto Numbers Generator

I enjoy messing up with delphi and this is my latest creation.
It generates a randow row of numbers chosen from the specified range.
In case you use it and you win don't forget to send me a little present...





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Windows System Environment Variables

%SystemDrive% C:
%SystemRoot% C:\WINDOWS
%WinDir% C:\WINDOWS
%SystemDirectory% C:\WINDOWS\System32
%ComSpec% C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
%programfiles% C:\WINDOWS\Program Files
%Temp% C:\Documents and Settings\Usr\Local Settings\Temp
%HOMEDRIVE% C: The drive letter associated with the user's home directory
%HOMEPATH% The path to the user's home directory (excluding drive): \Documents and Settings\Guest
%OS% The operating system the user is running
%USERDOMAIN% The name of the domain that contains the user's account
%USERNAME% The user's name
%USERPROFILE% C:\Documents and Settings\Usr\
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop The user's desktop folder

Reverse bungee jump

What's next?

As you can see I don't have much to say!
I have 2 choices here:

1) Abandon this blog

2) Post some music

Guess what?

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life . . . But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who need reasons when you've got heroin?

Belly dancer

108 Testking Exam samples

Need help with your MCSE?
Find here 108 samples that will definitely help you!

10-184 US MS-03-010 Microsoft CRM Installation and Configuration v. 1.2
70-086 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
70-088 Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
70-089 Planning, Deploying, and Managing Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
70-121 Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume License Solutions to Small and Medium Organizations
70-122 Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume License Solutions to Large Organizations
70-123 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Software Asset Management (SAM) Program
70-210 Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
70-214 Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
70-215 Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
70-216 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
70-217 Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
70-218 Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Environment
70-219 Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
70-220 Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
70-221 Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
70-222 Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000
70-223 Configuring and Administering Microsoft Clustering Services by using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
70-224 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
70-225 Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
70-226 Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies
70-227 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server
70-228 Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
70-229 Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
70-230 Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
70-232 Implementing and Maintaining Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies and Microsoft Application Center 2000
70-234 Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
70-235 TS Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions by Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
70-236 TS Configuring Exchange Server 2007
70-237 Pro Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
70-238 Pro Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
70-240 Microsoft Windows 2000 Accelerated Exam for MCPs Certified on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
70-244 Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network
70-262 TS Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 - Implementing, Managing, and Troubleshooting
70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
70-271 Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a MS Windows XP OS
70-272 Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications
70-281 Planning, Deploying, and Managing Enterprise Project Management Solutions
70-282 TK's Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for a Small- and Medium-Sized Business
70-284 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
70-285 Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization
70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-292 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for a W2K MCSA
70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 AD Infrastructure
70-296 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for a W2K MCSE
70-297 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
70-298 Designing Security for a MS Windows Server 2003 Network
70-299 Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
70-300 Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
70-301 Managing, Organizing, and Delivering IT Projects by Using the Microsoft Solutions Framework
70-305 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
70-306 Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
70-310 XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual Basic.NET
70-315 Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET
70-316 Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET
70-320 XML Web Services and Server Components with C#.NET
70-330 Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
70-340 Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET
70-350 Implementing Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004
70-351 TS Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, Configuring
70-431 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance
70-441 Designing Database Solutions by Using MS SQL Serv 2005
70-442 PRO Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
70-443 PRO Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
70-444 Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution by Using SQL Server 2005
70-445 TS Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence - Development and Maintenance
70-446 PRO Designing a Business Intelligence Solution by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
70-447 UPGRADE MCDBA Skills to MCITP Database Administrator by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
70-500 Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 - Administering and Managing
70-501 TS Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments, Configuring, and Managing
70-510 TS Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
70-526 TS Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows-Based Client Development
70-528 MS.NET Framework 2.0-Web-based Client Development
70-529 TS Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development
70-536 TS Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Application Development Foundation
70-540 TS Microsoft Windows Mobile - Application Development
70-541 TS Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development
70-542 TS Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Application Development
70-547 PRO Designing and Developing Web-based Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
70-548 PRO Designing and Developing Windows-Based Applications by Using the
70-549 PRO Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications by Using the Microsoft
70-551 UPGRADE MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
70-552 UPGRADE MCAD Skills to MCPD Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
70-553 UPGRADE MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework Part 1
70-554 UPGRADE MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework Part 2
70-557 TS Microsoft Forefront Client and Server, Configuring
70-620 TS Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client
70-621 Pro Upgrading your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support
70-622 Pro Microsoft Desktop Support û ENTERPRISE
70-623 Pro Microsoft Desktop Support û CONSUMER
70-624 TS Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista Client and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops
70-630 TS Configuring Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
70-631 Configuring Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
70-632 TS Microsoft Office Project 2007, Configuring
70-633 TS Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Configuring
70-638 TS Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring
70-648 TS Upgrading Your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
70-649 TS Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
74-131 Designing a Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution
74-132 Designing Portal Solutions with MS SharePoint Products
74-133 Customizing Portal Solutions with Microsoft SharePoint Produ and Technologies
74-134 Pre-Installing MS Products using the OEM Pre-Install Kit
74-135 Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004
74-137 Developing Microsoft Office Solutions using XML with Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003
74-138 Planning and Building a Messaging and Collaboration Environment Using Microsoft Office System and Microsoft Windows Server 2003
74-139 Deploying Business Desktops with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Office 2003

You can either download each single sample from the following RS folder:

OPEN RS FOLDER

Or download the whole lot

DOWNLOAD 108 PACKAGE PART 1
DOWNLOAD 108 PACKAGE PART 2


Password for everything : darconio

The guinness Surger!!!

Balance

I'm going to post now a piece of software I made to manage your expenses.
I'm quite proud of it since it required a lot of effort and it uses all the latest technologies (DLL, SQL, OLE)
I tried to make it bug-free but if you find anything wrong just let me know!

DOWNLOAD HERE

the default user to access the software is:

Username : admin
Password : admin

Here some screenshot

Let it snow let it snow let it snow

Happy Birthday!!

Easy Cd/DVD Cover Creator

This is one of my Delphi project

This simple software doesn't require any installation:

1. Extract the executable from the rar archive downloadable from the below link

DOWNLOAD Easy Cd/DVD Cover Creator

2. Double click on it :-))

3. Download your favourite cd or dvd cover

4. Define your Layout (horizontal,vertical,2 fronts or DVD)

5. Select your cover

6. PRINT!!!!!!

The good old time

Long time has gone since this picture was taken!
Long hair...gone!
Sepultura t-shirt....gone!
2.000.000 Neurons...gone!

Thank god things are a bit different now :-O

List of Special Folders

AllUsersDesktop
AllUsersStartMenu
AllUsersPrograms
AllUsersStartup
Desktop
Favorites
Fonts
MyDocuments
NetHood
PrintHood
Programs
Recent
SendTo
StartMenu
Startup
Templates

Example:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WSCript.Echo "My documents are in: " & WshShell.SpecialFolders("MyDocuments")

Output: C:\Documents and Settings\darconio\My Documents

Script To Create a shortcut on the desktop

Dim WSHShell, fs

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set fs = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Function MakeDesktopShortcut( name, target )

Dim Shortcut,DesktopPath,StartupPath

DesktopPath = WSHShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")

Set Shortcut = WSHShell.CreateShortcut(DesktopPath & "\" & name & ".lnk")

Shortcut.TargetPath = target

StartupPath = fs.GetParentFolderName( target )

If fs.FolderExists( StartupPath ) then

Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = StartupPath

End If

Shortcut.Save

End Function

MakeDesktopShortcut "Shortcut to Notepad", "%windir%\notepad.exe"

Map a network drive using a different username/password

net use drive letter \\computer_name\shared folder name or root folder /user:domain name or computer name password

Example:

net use * \\SERVER\Share /USER:darconio password /PERSISTENT:Yes

Using the star (*) will use the first available letter and with PERSISTENT:Yes the drive will be kept even after a reboot

To remove a mapped drive:

net use X: /del

Where X is the letter of the unwanted drive

Add a printer using TCP port

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set objNewPort = objWMIService.Get("Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort").SpawnInstance_
objNewPort.Name = "IP_(ip address of your printer)"
objNewPort.Protocol = 1
objNewPort.Queue = "(name of your printer)"
objNewPort.HostAddress = "(ip address of your printer)"
objNewPort.PortNumber = "9999"
objNewPort.SNMPEnabled = False


'prevents timeout WMI problem
On Error Resume Next
objNewPort.Put_
ErrCounter = 0
Do While (Err.Number <> 0) And (ErrCounter < 3)
newHour = Hour(Now())
newMinute = Minute(Now())
newSecond = Second(Now()) + 10
waitTime = TimeSerial(newHour, newMinute, newSecond)
Application.Wait waitTime
Err.Number = 0
objNewPort.Put_
ErrCounter = ErrCounter + 1
Loop
On Error GoTo 0

Sample script to update the proxy settings

set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WSHShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\AutoConfigURL", "(Your proxy here)"
WSHShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyEnable", 0, "REG_DWORD"
MsgBox "Proxy settings updated succesfully."

First Post

I've finally decided to open a blog for myself: everybody does so here I am!