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2013-09-02T15:12:00.001+05:00

Mount NFS Share Server 2008R2

2012-12-25T10:45:00.000+05:00

Mount NFS Share Server 2008R2

if you’re either stuck in the dark ages, or just Prefer Linux to windows, this blog is for you, how to mount a NFS share on Server 2008R2

On server 2008, go to the Server manager, and Add/Remove Programs

for my example, i already have file services installed on this server, if it’s not, install it as a role, and add this feature, services for NFS

install the role

from there it’s time to open up a command line

type the following:

mount ip-of-nfs-server:/NFS-Share W:

mount command, nfs server info, and the Local Drive Letter, it should look like so:

from there you should get a successful confirmation, check your computer to see if it mounted

Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End

2012-12-09T13:44:00.001+05:00

Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End

11.13.12

Beyond 2012: Google+ Hangout with NASA

Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know, however, it will be another winter solstice.

Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the claims behind the end of the world quickly unravel when pinned down to the 2012 timeline.

Below, NASA Scientists answer questions on the following 2012 topics:

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A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA's Suomi NPP satellite. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.

Answer (A):The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.

Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?

A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.

Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?

A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.

Q: Is NASA predicting a "total blackout" of Earth on Dec. 23 to Dec. 25?

A: Absolutely not. Neither NASA nor any other scientific organization is predicting such a blackout. The false reports on this issue claim that some sort of "alignment of the Universe" will cause a blackout. There is no such alignment (see next question). Some versions of this rumor cite an emergency preparedness message from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. This is simply a message encouraging people to be prepared for emergencies, recorded as part of a wider government preparedness campaign. It never mentions a blackout.
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Q: Could planets align in a way that impacts Earth?

A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. One major alignment occurred in 1962, for example, and two others happened during 1982 and 2000. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.
› More about alignment

"There apparently is a great deal of interest in celestial bodies, and their locations and trajectories at the end of the calendar year 2012. Now, I for one love a good book or movie as much as the next guy. But the stuff flying around through cyberspace, TV and the movies is not based on science. There is even a fake NASA news release out there..."
- Don Yeomans, NASA senior research scientist
Q: Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?

A: Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.

Q: What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the Earth's crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?

A: A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia.
› More about polar shift

Q: Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a meteor in 2012?

A: The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. All this work is done openly with the discoveries posted every day on the NASA Near-Earth Object Program Office website, so you can see for yourself that nothing is predicted to hit in 2012.

Q: How do NASA scientists feel about claims of the world ending in 2012?

A: For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012.
› Why you need not fear a supernova
› About super volcanoes

Q: Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?

A: Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.
› Video: Solar Storms
› More about solar storms

Swift Codes or BIC Codes for all the Banks in the world. You can find it here!

2012-01-04T18:46:00.001+05:00

http://www.theswiftcodes.com/

AC and DC power

2012-01-02T18:54:00.002+05:00

AC stands for alternating current, which is an electrical current that frequently reverses direction. AC electricity is measured according to its cycles, with one complete cycle being counted each time a given current travels in one direction and then doubles back on itself. An electrical current is able to complete many cycles per second, and is then given its frequency rating based on that number; for example, the typical frequency in North America is 60 hertz (Hz), which indicates that the current is performing 60 cycles per second. AC power is the type of electricity most commonly used in homes and offices, and is extremely versatile because its voltage can be changed through a transformer to suit a variety of transmission needs.

DC is the abbreviation for direct current, which is a type of electrical current that travels through a circuit in only one direction. Direct current is the type of electrical power that is produced by fuel cells, batteries, and generators equipped with commutators. While DC power was the first type of electricity to be commercially transmitted, it has been widely replaced by alternating current (AC) electricity, and is now used primarily in electrochemical and metal-plating applications.

Overseas Pakistani Population

2011-12-26T18:37:00.002+05:00

Statistics

Continent / Country	Articles	Overseas Pakistani Population
Asia		74,391
Hong Kong	Pakistanis in Hong Kong	20,000^[9]^{[dead link]}
Japan	Pakistanis in Japan	12,500^[10]
Malaysia	Pakistanis in Malaysia	10,000, expected to increase to 100,000 by end of 2010^[11]
South Korea	Pakistanis in South Korea	7,000
Thailand	Pakistanis in Thailand	1,980
Singapore	Pakistanis in Singapore	1,600
Philippines		1,000
China	Pakistanis in China	653
Kazakhstan		500
Brunei	Pakistanis in Brunei	300^[12]-500
Indonesia	Pakistanis in Indonesia	400
Sri Lanka	Pakistanis in Sri Lanka	369
Kyrgyzstan	Pakistanis in Kyrgyzstan	1500^[13]^{[dead link]}
Bangladesh	Pakistanis in Bangladesh	310
Turkmenistan		243
Azerbaijan		200
Maldives		100
Uzbekistan		75
Myanmar		51
Nepal		46
Tajikistan		30
Vietnam		25
Mongolia		15^[14]
Europe		2,200,000^[1]
United Kingdom	British Pakistanis, Pakistanis in London	1,200,000^[1] England: 1,100,000 (2010)^[15] Scotland: 90,000 (2010)^[16] Wales: 9,000 (2010)^[17] Northern Ireland: 1000 (2010)^[18]
Italy	Pakistanis in Italy	100,000^[1]
Greece	Pakistanis in Greece	80,000^[1]
France	Pakistanis in France	60,000^[1]
Spain	Pakistanis in Spain	47,000^[1]
Netherlands	Pakistanis in the Netherlands	40,000^[1]
Norway	Pakistani Norwegians	36,400^[19]
Germany	Pakistanis in Germany	35,081^[20]-52,668(2005)^[21]
Denmark	Pakistanis in Denmark	31,000^[1]^[22]
Belgium	Pakistanis in Belgium	14,500
Turkey	Pakistanis in Turkey	2,000
Ireland	Pakistanis in Ireland	5,000
Portugal		6,000
Sweden	Pakistani Swedish	5,250
Austria	Pakistanis in Austria	3,500
Switzerland	Pakistanis in Switzerland	2,415
Ukraine	Pakistanis in Ukraine	1,612
Russia	Pakistanis in Russia	1,500
Cyprus		1,100
Romania		710
Finland		525
Poland		180
Hungary		45
Bosnia and Herzegovina		16
Bulgaria		16
Moldova		10
Serbia		2
Croatia		1
Others		1620
Americas		851,385
United States	Pakistani American	210,245^[23]
Canada	Pakistani Canadian	90,000^[24] - 124,730
Cuba	Pakistani Cuban	1000^[25]
Peru		250
Chile		200
Brazil		180
Mexico		150
Bolivia		50
Argentina		30
Paraguay		12
Colombia		10
Suriname		3
Africa		37,964
Libya	Pakistanis in Libya	30,000
South Africa	Pakistanis in South Africa	2,500
Kenya		1,862
Tanzania		950
Egypt	Pakistanis in Egypt	700 (2011)^[26]^[27]
Zimbabwe		400
Nigeria		292
Sudan		200
Botswana		160
Ghana		152
Niger		62
Mauritius		43
Morocco		38
Algeria		34
Djibouti		30
Senegal		26
Comoros		11
Madagascar		11
Seychelles		5
Others		773
Oceania		25,000
Australia	Pakistani Australian	20,000^[28]
New Zealand	Pakistani New Zealander	5,000^[29]
Middle East	Pakistanis in the Middle East	1,893,373
Saudi Arabia	Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia	1,100,000
United Arab Emirates	Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates	1,200,000
Kuwait	Pakistanis in Kuwait	100,000
Oman	Pakistanis in Oman	85,000
Qatar	Pakistanis in Qatar	52,000
Bahrain	Pakistanis in Bahrain	45,000
Iran	Pakistanis in Iran	11,500
Jordan	Pakistanis in Jordan	8,000-10,000^[30]
Israel	Pakistanis in Israel	1,000
Lebanon	Pakistanis in Lebanon	700^[31]
Yemen	Pakistanis in Yemen	700
Syria	Pakistanis in Syria	600-700^[30]
Iraq	Pakistanis in Iraq	456
Palestine		10
Others		500
Total Overseas Pakistani Population		7,000,000+^[3]

How to Transfer Photos to iPad from PC

2011-12-25T17:24:00.002+05:00

If you have newly bought an Apple iPad, you may be wondering how to transfer photos to iPad from computer. The process to transfer photos to iPad is really simple but you need to install iTunes onto your computer. Lets see how to transfer photos to iPad from computer using iTunes.

Tip: If you are Mac users, it's easy to transfer photos to iPad without iTunes. Just free download the iPad to Mac Transfer software. And the step-by-step guide to use the software is here: How to Copy Files from Mac to iPad?

Guide: How to Transfer Photos to iPad

Step 1: Connect your iPad with PC using data cable that comes with iPad. Download and install iTunes, Run iTunes and select your device from left panel under "Devices" section.

Step 2: Click on Photos tab, Check the "Sync Photos from" checkbox and select "Choose Folder…" option from drop-down menu. Locate the pictures folder from computer and hit "Select Folder" button.

Step 3: When folder listed in iTunes, select all pictures that you want to copy in iPad and hit Sync/Apply button from bottom right corner.

Public Holidays around the World

2011-12-25T13:05:00.003+05:00

This is the home of Q++ Studio, the diary and calendar publishing software system, used by the world's foremost diary and calendar publishers, and the home of the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays database, the professional, industry standard, source of international public holidays, updated daily and used by professionals worldwide for accurate public holidays listings, long-term forecasts and date calculations.

http://www.qppstudio.net/index.htm

Boot Camp (Software)

2011-12-21T18:07:00.001+05:00

Boot Camp is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers. The utility's Boot Camp Assistant guides users through non-destructive disk partitioning (including resizing of an existing HFS+ partition, if necessary) of their hard disk drive and installation of Windows device drivers. The utility also installs a Windows Control Panel applet for selecting the boot operating system.

Initially introduced as an unsupported beta for Mac OS X Tiger,^[1]^[2] the utility was first included with Mac OS X Leopard and has been included in subsequent versions of the operating system ever since. Previous versions of Boot Camp supported new installations of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. However, with the release of Boot Camp 4.0 for Mac OS X Lion, only installations of Windows 7 are officially supported. Users have also installed Linux using the utility, although Apple has not listed support for Linux operating systems.^[3]

What is spam?

2011-12-14T12:50:00.002+05:00

Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender.

There are two main types of spam, and they have different effects on Internet users. Cancellable Usenet spam is a single message sent to 20 or more Usenet newsgroups. (Through long experience, Usenet users have found that any message posted to so many newsgroups is often not relevant to most or all of them.) Usenet spam is aimed at "lurkers", people who read newsgroups but rarely or never post and give their address away. Usenet spam robs users of the utility of the newsgroups by overwhelming them with a barrage of advertising or other irrelevant posts. Furthermore, Usenet spam subverts the ability of system administrators and owners to manage the topics they accept on their systems.

Email spam targets individual users with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scanning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching the Web for addresses. Email spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive. Many people - anyone with measured phone service - read or receive their mail while the meter is running, so to speak. Spam costs them additional money. On top of that, it costs money for ISPs and online services to transmit spam, and these costs are transmitted directly to subscribers.

One particularly nasty variant of email spam is sending spam to mailing lists (public or private email discussion forums.) Because many mailing lists limit activity to their subscribers, spammers will use automated tools to subscribe to as many mailing lists as possible, so that they can grab the lists of addresses, or use the mailing list as a direct target for their attacks.

HP Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)

2011-12-12T18:34:00.002+05:00

Integrated Lights-Out, or iLO, is an embedded server management technology exclusive to Hewlett-Packard but similar in functionality to the Lights out management (LOM) technology of other vendors.
iLO is useful as an out-of-band management technology. The physical connection is an Ethernet port that can be found on most Proliant servers of the 300 and above series. This port can be enabled using the set-up utility which can be accessed with the F8 key during POST. In this screen an IP can be assigned via DHCP or static. It is also important to create a user so this utility can be accessed. Once the configuration has been done it has to be saved and the server needs to be restarted. To access the utility, be sure that a cable is connected to the iLO port on the back of the server. The iLO IP can be entered in the address bar of any web browser and a login screen will be shown; enter the username and password that has just been created.

iLO makes it possible to perform activities on an HP server from a remote location. The iLO card has a separate network connection (and its own IP address) to which one can connect via HTTPS. Possible options are:
reset the server (in case the server doesn't respond anymore via the normal network card)
power-up the server (possible to do this from a remote location, even if the server is shut down)
remote console (in some cases however an 'Advanced license' maybe required for some of the utilities to work)
mount remote physical CD/DVD drive or image.
access the server's IML (Integrated Management Log)
can be manipulated remotely through xml-based Remote Insight Board Command Language (RIBCL)
Full CLI support through RS-232 port (shared with system).
iLO provides some other utilities like virtual media (CD, floppy), virtual power and a remote console. iLO is always embedded on the System Board.

TRAVEL DISTANCE CALCULATOR BETWEEN CITIES, COUNTRIES

2011-12-12T16:21:00.002+05:00

http://www.mapcrow.info/

Protectorate in Pakistan for Immigration

2011-11-10T17:40:00.002+05:00

THE WORLD'S BEST AIRLINES : 2011

2011-11-01T13:38:00.003+05:00

THE WORLD'S BEST AIRLINES : 2011
1	Qatar Airways
2	Singapore Airlines
3	Asiana Airlines
4	Cathay Pacific Airways
5	Thai Airways International
6	Etihad Airways
7	Air New Zealand
8	Qantas Airways
9	Turkish Airlines
10	Emirates

Smartphone

2011-10-13T20:30:00.000+05:00

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone^[1]^[2]^[3] that combines the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone. Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with high-resolution touchscreens, web browsers that can access and properly display standard web pages rather than only mobile-optimized sites, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and mobile broadband access. The term smartphone is usually used to describe phones with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone, although the distinction can be vague and there is no official definition for what constitutes the difference between them. The definitions also shift over time since many phones that are considered feature phones today can have capabilities that exceed those of phones that had been promoted as smartphones in the past.

Smartphones run mobile operating systems such as Apple's iOS, Google's Android, Microsoft's Windows Phone, Nokia's Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, andembedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. Such systems can be installed on many different phone models, and typically each device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime. Smartphones run third-party applications using advanced application programming interfaces (APIs),^[4] which can allow those applications to have better integration with the phone's OS and hardware than is typical with feature phones. In comparison, feature phones more commonly run on proprietary firmware, with third-party software support through platforms such as Java ME or BREW.^[1]

Google Fusion Tables

2011-10-08T16:38:00.001+05:00

Gather, visualize and share data online

Visualize and publish your data as maps, timelines and charts
Host your data tables online
Combine data from multiple people

Google Fusion Tables is a modern data management and publishing web application that makes it easy
to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online.

What can I do with Google Fusion Tables?

Import your own data
Upload data tables from spreadsheets or CSV files, even KML. Developers can use the Fusion Tables API to insert, update, delete and query data programmatically. You can export your data as CSV or KML too.

Visualize it instantly
See the data on a map or as a chart immediately. Use filters for more selective visualizations.

Publish your visualization on other web properties
Now that you've got that nice map or chart of your data, you can embed it in a web page or blog post. Or send a link by email or IM. It will always display the latest data values from your table and helps you communicate your story more easily.

Look at the Fusion Tables Example Gallery

Mughal Genealogical Table

2011-10-08T15:40:00.002+05:00

Taj Mahal

2011-10-08T15:17:00.004+05:00

Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman's words about Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T20:05:00.001+05:00

Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman: "The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
"Steve and I first met nearly 30 years ago, and have been colleagues, competitors and friends over the course of more than half our lives. The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor."

Powerplay tweaks and end of runners

2011-10-06T17:01:00.001+05:00

West Indies' tour of Bangladesh, which begins with a Twenty20 on October 11, will be the first international series under the ICC's revised playing conditions, which are effective from October 1. The amendments are only applicable to international cricket.

The ICC's cricket committee had made the recommendations after its meeting in London in May and they were passed by the executive board at the annual general meeting in Hong Kong in June.

Powerplays (ODIs only)
In a full ODI, the teams can take the bowling and batting Powerplays (five overs each) at the start of an over after 15 overs of an innings have been bowled. They must complete the Powerplays by the 40th over, which means the last block of fielding restrictions must begin in the 36th over. The first ten overs will comprise the mandatory Powerplay. This condition will not apply to innings reduced to fewer than 40 overs.

Under the previous playing conditions, teams were allowed to take the bowling and batting Powerplays at any time after the completion of the tenth over of the innings.

Runners (All formats)
A batsman will not be allowed a runner under any circumstances. The batsman can retire hurt and return to bat at a later stage in the innings.

Two new balls per innings (ODIs only)
Each fielding team will be given two new balls to be used in alternate overs, one at each end. The mandatory change of the ball after the 34th over of an innings will not take place anymore.

Obstructing the field (All formats)
If a fielding team appeals and the umpire feels the batsman has significantly changed his direction without probable cause, while running between the wickets, and obstructed an attempt to run him out, the umpire can give the batsman out for obstructing the field. It is not relevant whether a run out would have been affected or not. The on-field umpires are allowed to consult the third umpire in making the decision. The other circumstances in which a batsman can be out obstructing the field are still applicable.

Penalty time (All formats)
This amendment refers to the calculation of the time for which a player cannot bat or bowl because he or she was off the field.

If a player, who still has some unexpired penalty time remaining from a previous absence, is on the field when play is interrupted by bad weather, light or other reasons, the duration of the stoppage will be deducted from the remaining penalty time.

Bowler attempting to run out a non-striker before delivery (All formats)
Previously, the bowler could run out a non-striker backing up only if he did so before entering his delivery stride. This meant that as the bowler's back foot landed, the non-striker could move down the pitch before the bowler delivered the ball.

According to a new playing condition, 42.11, "The bowler is permitted, before releasing the ball and provided he has not completed his usual delivery swing, to attempt to run out the non-striker. Whether the attempt is successful or not, the ball shall not count as one of the over. If the bowler fails in an attempt to run out the non-striker, the umpire shall call and signal dead ball as soon as possible."

The umpires shall deem the bowler to have completed his delivery swing once his bowling arm passes the normal point of ball release.

Extra time to complete a match (Tests only)
According to clause 16.2.2 of the Test match playing conditions: "The umpires may decide to play 15 minutes (a minimum of four overs) extra time at the scheduled lunch or tea interval of any day if requested by either captain if, in the umpires' opinion, it would bring about a definite result in that session. If the umpires do not believe a result can be achieved no extra time shall be allowed.

"If it is decided to play such extra time, the whole period shall be played out even though the possibility of finishing the match may have disappeared before the full period has expired.

"Only the actual amount of playing time up to the maximum 15 minutes extra time by which play is extended on any day shall be deducted from the total number of hours of play remaining, and the following session of play shall be reduced by the amount of time by which play was previously extended under this clause."

Delay of lunch interval when nine wickets down (Tests only)
If a team is nine wickets down at the time of the lunch interval, the break will be delayed by a maximum of 30 minutes. Previously, only tea was delay-able, while lunch was taken even if a team was nine down.

Duration of interval between innings (ODIs only)
The minimum interval for an uninterrupted ODI match has been increased from 20 minutes to 30 minutes.

SQL Server Date Formats

2011-10-05T20:10:00.004+05:00

Standard Date Formats
Date Format	Standard	SQL Statement	Sample Output
Mon DD YYYY ¹ HH:MIAM (or PM)	Default	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(20), GETDATE(), 100)	Jan 1 2005 1:29PM ¹
MM/DD/YY	USA	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 1) AS [MM/DD/YY]	11/23/98
MM/DD/YYYY	USA	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 101) AS [MM/DD/YYYY]	11/23/1998
YY.MM.DD	ANSI	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 2) AS [YY.MM.DD]	72.01.01
YYYY.MM.DD	ANSI	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 102) AS [YYYY.MM.DD]	1972.01.01
DD/MM/YY	British/French	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 3) AS [DD/MM/YY]	19/02/72
DD/MM/YYYY	British/French	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 103) AS [DD/MM/YYYY]	19/02/1972
DD.MM.YY	German	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 4) AS [DD.MM.YY]	25.12.05
DD.MM.YYYY	German	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 104) AS [DD.MM.YYYY]	25.12.2005
DD-MM-YY	Italian	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 5) AS [DD-MM-YY]	24-01-98
DD-MM-YYYY	Italian	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 105) AS [DD-MM-YYYY]	24-01-1998
DD Mon YY ¹	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(9), GETDATE(), 6) AS [DD MON YY]	04 Jul 06 ¹
DD Mon YYYY ¹	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(11), GETDATE(), 106) AS [DD MON YYYY]	04 Jul 2006 ¹
Mon DD, YY ¹	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 7) AS [Mon DD, YY]	Jan 24, 98 ¹
Mon DD, YYYY ¹	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE(), 107) AS [Mon DD, YYYY]	Jan 24, 1998 ¹
HH:MM:SS	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 108)	03:24:53
Mon DD YYYY HH:MI:SS:MMMAM (or PM) ¹	Default + milliseconds	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(26), GETDATE(), 109)	Apr 28 2006 12:32:29:253PM ¹
MM-DD-YY	USA	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 10) AS [MM-DD-YY]	01-01-06
MM-DD-YYYY	USA	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 110) AS [MM-DD-YYYY]	01-01-2006
YY/MM/DD	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 11) AS [YY/MM/DD]	98/11/23
YYYY/MM/DD	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 111) AS [YYYY/MM/DD]	1998/11/23
YYMMDD	ISO	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(6), GETDATE(), 12) AS [YYMMDD]	980124
YYYYMMDD	ISO	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), GETDATE(), 112) AS [YYYYMMDD]	19980124
DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS:MMM(24h) ¹	Europe default + milliseconds	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(24), GETDATE(), 113)	28 Apr 2006 00:34:55:190 ¹
HH:MI:SS:MMM(24H)	-	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), GETDATE(), 114) AS [HH:MI:SS:MMM(24H)]	11:34:23:013
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS(24h)	ODBC Canonical	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(19), GETDATE(), 120)	1972-01-01 13:42:24
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS.MMM(24h)	ODBC Canonical (with milliseconds)	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(23), GETDATE(), 121)	1972-02-19 06:35:24.489
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS:MMM	ISO8601	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(23), GETDATE(), 126)	1998-11-23T11:25:43:250
DD Mon YYYY HH:MI:SS:MMMAM ¹	Kuwaiti	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(26), GETDATE(), 130)	28 Apr 2006 12:39:32:429AM ¹
DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS:MMMAM	Kuwaiti	SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(25), GETDATE(), 131)	28/04/2006 12:39:32:429AM

Get date of all Sundays in a given year - sql server

2011-10-05T20:10:00.002+05:00

declare @d datetimeselect @d = '20100101'  --'20090101'  if you want 2009 etc etc
select dateadd(dd,number,@d) from master..spt_valueswhere type = 'p'
and year(dateadd(dd,number,@d))=year(@d)
and DATEPART(dw,dateadd(dd,number,@d)) = 1

Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) of most common OS

2011-10-04T16:43:00.001+05:00

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Umar Akmal dropped from Test squad

2011-10-03T00:06:00.000+05:00

Umer Akmal has been dropped from the Pakistan Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka in the UAE starting later this month. Shoaib Malik, who was on Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe after gaining clearance from the PCB, finds a place in the 15-man squad.

Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz return to the squad after being rested from the Zimbabwe tour, and are joined by Aizaz Cheema and Junaid Khan in the fast-bowling department, with no place for Sohail Tanvir or Tanvir Ahmed.

Imran Farhat, who returned to the Pakistan squad for the Zimbabwe tour, has been picked as a third opener along with Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar. Abdur Rehman returns after being rested for the Zimbabwe tour, and joins Saeed Ajmal in the spin attack.

Umar Akmal has not scored a Test century since his debut in 2009. After a poor year in 2010, when he averaged just 24.33, he was left out of the XI for the two Tests in New Zealand. He returned to the side for the Tests in the West Indies, but after scoring just one Test half-century this year, and struggling to play long innings in ODIs as well, he has been left out of the Test squad.

"Umar is a talented cricketer but he was not justifying his place in Test cricket," Mohsin Khan, Pakistan's chief selector, said in explanation of the decision. "This was the reason our middle order was facing problems during the recent tour [of Zimbabwe]. He may be good in limited-over cricket but Tests and ODIs are contrasting games.

"In Tests, Umar is required to play long innings so we have advised him to play domestic cricket and learn to bat for long."

Umar Akmal's exclusion means Asad Shafiq and Shoaib Malik will be fighting for a middle-order spot. After a year out of the Pakistan setup, Malik gained clearance from the PCB's integrity committee just in time to go to Zimbabwe. He did not play the Test there and did not make an impact in the ODIs and Twenty20 internationals. He has been consistently performing on the domestic circuit, finishing as the second-highest run-getter in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One last season, with 799 runs at an average of 73.57. Shafiq, meanwhile, has struggled in Tests since getting half-centuries in each of his first two innings.

Malik's inclusion in the squad comes on the same day he led Sialkot to a win in the final of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup, after getting them there with an unbeaten 88 in the semi-final. Mohsin, though, said his Twenty20 performances were not a factor when deciding the Test squad. "Shoaib is not selected on the basis of the ongoing Twenty20 Cup but what inspired us was his fitness and the form he is currently in."

The other notable exclusion from the squad is Tanvir Ahmed, who has taken 16 wickets in the four Tests he has played since debuting against South Africa in November last year. He was not on the tour of Zimbabwe, though, and Cheema, who took eight wickets on debut in the Bulawayo Test and another eight wickets in the three-match one-day series, keeps his place.

Cheema was one of several fringe players given a chance on the Zimbabwe tour, but not all have retained their places in the squad. "There might be players dropped following the recent Zimbabwe tour but that was a chance taken on youngsters," Mohsin said. "We actually had to try new players and now we have a picture of who stands where."

Junaid Khan also made his Test debut in Bulawayo, and though he was not as successful as Cheema, he was selected, Mohsin said, because of his ability to bowl fast. "If Junaid was retained despite his unimpressive form it is because we need to have a genuine fast bowler."

The first of three Tests starts on October 18 in Abu Dhabi.

Squad: Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Imran Farhat, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wk), Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Raiz, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan

Standby players: Tanvir Ahmed, Mohammad Talha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Yasir Shah

Step by Step SharePoint Server 2010 Installation Guide

2011-10-01T14:34:00.002+05:00

Introduction

This article provides a step by step Installation and Prerequisites Software requirement for SharePoint server 2010beta installation.

Finally! My long awaited SharePoint Server 2010 beta is ready for download… (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee391660.aspx) I installed it successfully on VMWARE Workstation, alternatively you can use VirtualBox.

Given below is a step by step Installation guide.

List of Prerequisites Software

Windows server 2008 with SP 2 / Windows 7 / Vista (All OS must be 64bit)
Windows 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 KB971831
WCF Fix article for Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 KB976462
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client
Microsoft "Geneva" Framework Runtime
Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
PowerShell V2 RTM
SQL Server 2008 SP1
.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (Full Package) KB959209 KB967190

Installing OS on VMWARE Workstation 7.0

Installing Windows Server 2008 with SP2 on VMWARE Workstation 7.0 may prompt the following error:

“You have configured this virtual machine as a 64-bit guest operating system…”

By default, Lenovo T61 laptop’s ship with virtualization technology and set VT is disabled.

In order to enable VT on laptop, please shut down your laptop and go to BIOS setup > CPU > Virtualization technology > Enable and Press F10 to Save and Exit.

Install Windows server 2008 with SP 2.

Download prerequisites software (if you need to share your PC folder to access from VMWARE) enable Share folder option:

Go to VM > Setting > Options > Shared Folder > Enable and Select your Pre-request software download folder.

Run > SharePoint Server 2010 Application file, system will extract files and show the above screen, under Install > click Install Software prerequisites…

System will run for few minutes and display the following error message:

Install your prerequisites software that you downloaded one by one (if possible, follow the above order as shown in the error message).

Note: If you try to install Hotfixes from your Share Folder system may prompt “error code 0x80070003” please copy your hotfix files to Windows server and click Install.

Once you get the above screen “Installation Complete”, click "Install SharePoint Server” link:

SharePoint 2010 Installation screen prompts for Product Key get beta key from here.

Read your License terms and click I accept and start Installation:

Select Standalone option, if you are installing with SQL Express 2008 server. If you are installing SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint 2010 farm servers, then select Server Farm option. Since I am using VMWARE installation, I select Standalone option.

System will start the Installation progress…

System would take several minutes to complete installation and prompt for Configuration Wizard.

Run your Configuration wizard and click next >

Step 2 on Configuration wizard click “Yes” to start IIS and SharePoint Admin, Timer service.

Configuration wizard continue 2 of 10 tasks and if everything is ok, the system will display the following screen. (Please note that it will take several minutes to complete. It's not as fast as SharePoint 2007 configuration wizard)

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Congratulations… you successfully Installed SharePoint 2010.

System will launch SharePoint 2010 Central Administration screen…

Enjoy… and provide me your feedback…