Heres a Slice of my Matrix...

We all use computers ('tis a profound observation, no?!) and thus in a world of Luddites or Mormons (oops, I meant: Amish!) or Future World Anti-technologists could be considered keyboard misdemeanants.  But I here confess a darker secret: I'm a cyberfelon. I also contribute to the empire of networking, the lebensraum of internetting, the eventuality of the Matrix.

It's a beautiful Saturday outside.  But I'm supposed to paint (oh yes, an attic of enarmoring fumes awaits my continuing handywork)!  So what do I do?  Blow that off and connect instead with a dentist who has visions of Young Turkdom in the Tooth-Pulling World and enlist as a mercenary to bash against the cyberenvelope that has become for some too comfortably numb.

Here's the log (routine for the most part, except #14 was a TRIP: locked out by a forgotten password from the local adminstrator account, and DOOMED, DOOMED except for an apparently unregulated and undocumented Windows 2000 backdoor: *creak* *I'm in!* !)

1) Determined that Time Wolf time logging software upgrade was not installable due to lack of correct password, but also determined that the old installation could be copied to Server prior to upgrade.  Indication: call support for proper password.
2) Fixed batch file on OFFICE PC so that Softdent (Dental manaement software) for DOS loads forms and runs from a single batch file the first time.
3) Fixed drive mapping on Computer2 to map F: to \server2000cdr
4) Determined that the McAfee antivirus on OFFICE PC was too old and couldn't be updated without paid subscription, so uninstalled.
5) Installed Norton Antivirus 6.0 on OFFICE PC and updated program and virus signatures over internet.
6) Ran full scan of Norton Antivirus with updates on drive C:
7) Installed Norton Personal Firewall 2001 on OFFICE PC and updated signatures over internet; configured for use.
8) Added IPX/SPX-Netbios support and TCP/IP support (static IP and DNS) to each workstation to make networking more robust in preparation for Active Directory Services (2000 Server); pinged all workstations successfully.
9) Added the Client Services for Active Directory Services (2000 Server) to each workstation.
10)  Updated NT Server from Service Pack 3 to Service Pack 6a (for Active Directory Services (2000 Server)).
11)  Updated NT Server from Internet Explorer 2.0 to 4.01 Service Pack 1 (Active Directory Services (2000 Server)).
12)  Added NT Client for Active Directory Services (2000 Server) to NT Server.
13)  Renamed CDSERVER to OFFICE3 and renamed path on each PC to match; tested printing from all PCs to the Epson printer.
14)  Reclaimed Administrator rights on local account of 2000 Server!!!
15)  Updated Server2000 from Service Pack 1 to Service Pack 2.
16)  Troubleshot inability of Windows 98 PCs to log into the NT domain after NT Server Service Pack 6a update; determined that the OFFICE PC networking had to be completely removed and reinstalled in order to see the domain.
17)  Tested printing from all PCs to OKIPAGE printer.
18)  Troubleshot slow network access on OFFICE3 PC-redid all networking, but issue is probable bad network card and/or cable; will purchase ASAP and install.
19) Tested the digital radiography software by taking a digital xray of my keys!!!
20)  All preparations now complete for Server 2000 assumption of Domain responsibilities and demotion of NT Server from network.

All of this: 9 hours baby!  I had planned on only 3 and then going painting....

But now it's partytime: a reunion of Merry Pranksters there is to be this evening at a home of a friend with whom I've been too long out of touch.  I bet you never would have suspected that I was ever one of them! 

So now I'm leaving this behemoth I've just erected...

Dive!  Dive!  Dive!