Updates.. that take all day...

Had updates to do this morning that took me all day to do. Well, actually I finished them in the normal time, which was about 2 hours. None-the-less, Mr. wonderfull was in today, So that caused me to not finish anyother duties that I had planned before I left, which would have been around 10ish. I got to work at 6am, which is normal for me when I do my updates (beats being there after 10pm).

So, the updates are done. I now head on to getting two new pcs for the sales desk managers, which I got running during the week and ready to exchange early today. But Nope, I was stoped right in my tracks by Mr Wonderfull to help him fix his new printer that he tried to install. Well, I was quickly able to figure out why it he couldnt. Apparently, you can't use Macintosh drivers and software for plug and pray on a windows xp workstation. Well after some battle to find the correct CD for the the printer, I then did a full install of the HP software (750mbs), I waited for the first 5 mins, then figured it was going to be awhile before it finished, this allowed me to get the other pcs up and running, I got up and told mr wonderfull not to touch his pc and to let it finish installing, and let me know when it was done. I wander off to finish the other workstations. Not too much time flys by when Im summoned back to his office.

MrW: "Chad, I finished the install. I click on finish. But the scann software isn't there."
Me: "I told you not to touch your pc until I came back.."
MrW: "Yes, it was finished so I clicked, Finish."
Me: "Did you see any other buttons or notices for installing anything else or something wasnt installed correctly?"
MrW: "No, said nothing that I know of."

Well, that was great. So i then proceed to figure out why it did not install the scanning software. Now, this isn't the first time I've had problems with multi-function printers not installing fully. So, I proceeded to look at the files on the cd to find if there is any setup for the scanner. Nope. So I looked around a little bit more and decided to uninstall the software and drivers and give it a clean install with the printer pluged in (I did the first install unplugged.. because of other printers like it that way). So, I started to install the software again while Mr wonderfull was in the office, to show him that I installed it to FULL compacity. Well then ending result was an installed printer that works, but the scaning feature. Thus, mr wonderful starting to complain about why this and why that and I've done this here and there and I can yadda yadda yadda. I then told him, Look, you watched me install it with Full Options, and I went through eveything I possibly could and still no scaning tool. I then told him to read about a book about a lil boy named manual or to call HP and that I had other things to finish so I could complete my duties and be on my way to start my .. [yes] .. vacation time. To make it short and nice, I didnt end up leaving until 2pm.

So yea, Im off for a week without work. Well, Im actually wondering how long it will be until he or someone else from work calls me. I was seriously thinking about starting a Football style Pool for my vacation time and see what dates and times I would be called on. Everyone at work knows I will not be in next week, so I should not get any calls.. Notice I said should not. But we will see my friend, we shall see. Even on my way out today, mr wonderfull stopped me and asked about getting something done on monday, I had to remind him I was not going to be in on monday. and he said.. "Oh." with a hmmm kinda tone to it. So with that said, Bid thee adu.

Comic....

Source: NetworkWorld.com

Microsoft patches .wmf vulnerablity

Microsoft has made a patch available for the .wmf vulnerablity. The patch was release yesterday after finishing testing, which was ahead of schedule. Their (MS) monthly patch will be out next tuesday. Mike Nash Corporate Vice President responsible for security at Microsoft wrote in the team blog that the decision to release ahead of schedule was driven by talking to customers and that they had indicated a preference to have the patch available out of cycle. Customers with automatic update turned on will automatically receive the update. At an enterprise level, Nash advised putting the patch through exactly the same testing procedures run on any security update before rolling it out. More information can be found on their website.

However, GRC.com put out a temporary patch to help protect Windows users from the exploitation of the WMF vulnerability. You can apply either patches, Do the GRC.com patch then microsoft's or just not update at all.

See, I told you. They always come back...

This is all I have to say...

Lunch Menu

Ok, I have two Beef and bean Burritos for Lunch today, and I forgot the Hot Sauce. So I went out on a quest to find some Hot Sauce. Now, I didn't find any regular hot sauce, However I found the following packets that read "Hot sauce".

• Habanero *Spicy* Ketchup (so it reads)
• KFC "Hot Sauce" (hmmm...)
• Ketchup (I know. its not Hot Sauce, but it is worth a try.)

Yea, this is pretty much gonna suck ass.

First up. the regular Ketchup. Which has an interesting flavor, but just doesn't workout.

Nextup, the Habanero *Spicy* Ketchup. Has the flavor of Ketchup and some spicyness, but isn't the same as Hot Sause. (puts to the side...)

Lastly, the KFC "Hot Sauce". Ughh, Fantastically Terrible. I mean Horrible, All i tasted was vineger, and I hate vineger, Small hint of Hot Sauceness, but a tragic disappointment. Just by looking at the substance, its watery cloudyness red tint. I should have known coming from a Chicken fast food joint.

Well i guest it shall be the Spicy Ketchup for today.

Merry Christmas Everyone, And Happy Hoildays!

Ahh Yes, yet another christmas has past and the begining of a new 365 days to wait. I was success in being able to open my C-Jump board game, saddly I have no one to play it with at the current moment, DJ and Jess arenot here, and well Jessie would have no clue how to play, Although her math skills I might add for a 1st grader are great. Karen took one look at the board and said, "Wow that looks borring.", She's not much of a math person nor into as much geeky stuff as I or DJ are. So I shall wait till DJ gets back.

On another note its a fine day. We all made out pretty well. At about 4:30ish we'll be heading out to my parents house for Christmas Dinner.

Is it me?

I posted a question on a forum I frequent about changing the background color of a Cell or Range of cells. I got answer, but I don't believe it was what I asked. What I posted is a little long so see the link below for what I posted. Now, short and to the point this is what I asked, I asked about the script that is used or needed to change a Cell or Range of Cells, and what I would need and if anyone could point me in the correct direction and got this answer:

Check out Weekday()

Huh ?
But wait? I asked about Changing color of a cell not getting the weekday? I told him in the post I already have this, so i didn't need to know this.
Read the post and let me know if its just me or not.
http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=248405

So is it him or me? Did I not ask clearly? So I left the question unanswered, and went on trying to figure it out, until I found a site that was helpfull, It at least gave me an example as to what I needed to do. So i completed the project and decided to remake the project I was working on, but this time set it up so others can use it and change to what they needed to change it to being that I really couldn't find the information on it, I thought that someone could use it. Here's a link to my post for the public version. http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=248733
Which is the Excel spread sheet you see in the previous post below.

So, there are a few views before the guy posts again, and What? He says he helped me? Just because he said something about using a Select Case? But he never explained how to change the color of the Cell, notice that I did explain that I already had my project pretty much complete with the execption of the Cell Color change. The only time I see that he said something to use was to use a macro recorder? Didnt state how, just said to use it. Hhuh ok.. So anyways check out the final product and what he had to say, and my reply. http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=248733

Excel Spread Sheet

Ah.. one of the things I was working on here to make it easier on me and Mr Wonderful. Check out the post here.

"The phone fell off the table..." : : Part 2

Second part to this Post: The Phone fell off the table PART 1

Old Phone in Box

Well I finally had the chance to call 3com and get a new phone. And Yes, I got a New phone. It was harmless. Don't know why I thought it would be. When the rep asked whats wrong with it, I told him that It fell off a table in our service techs area, and that was that. Got everything I needed. Here's the New phone.

If I can figure out how to get my Recorded calls off the damn phone I'll post the call. If anyone knows how to get them off a Motorola i860, please let me know.

Yet another Bunch of Heap!

Just like Microsoft, Symantec reposts that a Flaw reported in Symantec anti-virus software give possibility that users could be open to an attack from a remote hacker thanks to a newly-discovered vulnerability. Independent security researcher Alex Wheeler found that Symantec Antivirus Library can be overwhelmed by "heap overflows" while decompressing a RAR file. The Symantec Antivirus Library provides file format support for virus analysis. During decompression of RAR files Symantec is vulnerable to multiple heap overflows allowing attackers complete control of the system(s) being protected. These vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely without user interaction in default configurations through common protocols such as SMTP (by Default is port 25). This vulnerability affects a substantial portion of Symantec’s gateway, server, & client antivirus-enabled product lines on most platforms. It's recommended to disable scanning of RAR compressed files until the vulnerable code is fixed.

Remember if you don't know the sender Don't Open it, Simply delete the email along with the file.

In the past Alex Wheeler has found other Heap Overflows with-in Panda, Sophos, KASPERSKY, Clamav, COMPUTER ASSOCIATES VET AV, and NOVELL ZENWORKS. Check out his website with his research at www.rem0te.com

The company plans to update the Antivirus Software Library to fix the vulnerability, and details about that update have been posted to Symantec's Security Response (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/security/SymantecAdvisories.html). No exploits using the vulnerability have been reported to Symantec as of midday Wednesday.

(Image Source: http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/symc2.pdf)

Researcher: Alex Wheeler
Source: Techworld.com

Yea.. Fun Times...

Most of, well pretty much all of my day today has been editing excel spreadsheets for Mr. Wonderful. Yes, this gets in my way of doing my normal tasks. Because of this, things for others have to wait. Although, keep in mind that if it is urgent or at all someone called having an issue I took care of it, which is about 3 times, all of which were just simple things. Now when I first started here I had to wait because everything went through Mr. Wonderful. These small things he thought were not as important as his excel spreadsheet that calculated the time of day and the date. Now, in all honesty, I'll do these side thigns for him, no biggie, but See something that I do not understand about this man is this. He has me edit these spread sheets that HE has made and when I edit them he expects me to understand why this guy over here is getting 81% in sales and what he sold 2 weeks from last sunday. So I edit these spreadsheets to what he wishes, But upon receiving them back from me he is quick to call me back and ask why this doesnt match up with that and why Jim doesn't have the same sales as Bob but Bob's sales are at 91%, at which time he fixes them at the very moment in a few seconds. See unlike him, I was not born with ESPN, so I can not read his mind and even if I could I dont think I could read his thoughts, especially if he thinks the way he talks, that and I don't speak his first language.

It is about 3:45pm, and I have yet another spreadsheet to edit with his mistakes, Why can't he do them. It would get done faster. I don't call him and ask him to go see why dave can not print from a third party program to his printer. Thats not his job, it mine.

Snaggletooth Little Drum on the Far left of my chin.

Mythbusters...

A While back slashdot asked its readers for questions to ask the Hosts of Mythbusters. Well they have the answers now. Enjoy!

View the Article

This is one of my Favorite shows, I highly recommend sitting down and watching an episode.

Mythbusters Site

A Day In The Blog of My Life

A Day In The Blog of My Life

Yea, I blogged a blog again... My friend from NY. Enjoy..

Ahh.. Yea.. Corey, Fare-Thee-Well..

Corey Quit today. Yep. Handed in his Nextel and told the Service Manager, "I Quit", And left.
But He'll be back, they always are. Well, mainly because he has to turn in his work clothes.

And for this Corey... Kudos To you!

Mr. Wonderful is back in town...

Yea, My Oh so ever wonderfull boss is back in town and here to stay. Isn't it grand. (Thanks Kevin, i'm gonna have a great time.) So let the festivities begin!

I had a package awaiting me yesterday at my house...

Yea, There was a package waiting for me when I got home yesterday. It was my C-Jump game I ordered, My face and eyes lit up like a kid on christmas morning, or like the first time a boy see's his first pair of boobs. Well, I was then shot down by karen, Blast! It was ordered for a Christmas present for me and my son DJ. So, we have to wait until Sunday to open it and play with it. I'm saddened by this, but I can hold out. DJ on the other hand, could not, he was bugging all night to open it. So, C-Jump game, I'm sorry but you must wait til Saturday at 11:59:59 PM. Oh yes, it will be opened at 12:00am Sunday.

Sweet...

Just got an email stating that my C-JUMP game is on its way!

I know its just a freakin Board game but, its a Programing board game fun for the Whole Family!

Buy yours Today! or Tomorrow! [BUY IT ]

Just they way you like your infections, Plush!

I've always wanted to cuddle with a Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Clap/Gonorrhea). Just the perfect thing for me.

Found these guys.. er infections over at ThinkGeek.com ($ 5.99 each (US))

You too can get your Flesh eating virus plushee or even your own Stomach Ache. From a list of 16 different infectionous plushees.

Each 5-7 inch plush microbe comes with a instructional card that includes an actual picture of the microbe along with information about the microbe in its natural environment.

Flesh Eating Plush

Stomach Ache

Gotta Catch them All!
(Sorry about that....)

Yea.. a Day off is good sometimes.

Didn't work today. Yea. Was still called by work. Ha

I have nothing else to post at the moment. Just thought I would post. Yea, boring isn't.

Ah.. Let's see something to post about that more interesting.

Oh Wow.. My Kids' worst nightmare, This is freakin' cool. This gadget makes any T.V a Coin-Op machine that gives a parent full control over the TV. So cool. Check it out.
PlayLimit