Windows 10 Upgrade: Antivirus not working - Solution

I recently upgraded my Windows 7 to Windows 10 through the free upgrade. This resulted in my Kaspersky Internet Security antivirus becoming inactive and only Windows Defender was working. I tried several solutions including downloading the latest patch from Kaspersky. The simplest solution I found was uninstalling the antivirus and installing again. My antivirus is now working properly. Hope this helps.

- SM

Keep Shut!!!

Keep Shut!!! Yes that's the title I have chosen for my latest post.

Why is that?

Well that is because like most of the Indians I am highly opinionated but unlike most of them I have a problem keeping my opinions to myself. The result... Several disgruntled colleagues and friends.

My wife (to be) censured me today (among many other times) and pleaded to me asking me to "Keep Shut". She in her own enamoured, ethical and logical way made her point and asked me to keep my opinions to myself. Her argument was that give anything to someone who seeks it because it is only then that the person would value what he/she gets. Moreover, giving unsolicited advice lowers your standing and gravitas.

Point well taken. BUT the problem is that there is something within me, in my stomach which makes it churn till I get things out.

This problem of spilling over is not just limited to my opinions which I so unabashedly share but goes much deeper and is more virulent than one would imagine. To the horror of my fiancée I can not keep most things from my mother.

Yes you heard it right... from my mother of all people.

Anyone familiar with familial unsaid code of honour to be followed by the man would know that it is absolutely forbidden to transfer information from one source to another especially if the sources are your wife (to be) and your mother or the wife's mother-in-law (to be).

And what do I do? I act as a seamless node transmitting information between the sources, with some filtering I might add. You all can very well imagine the quandary I land myself into with gentle breaths turning into heavy heaves and soft affable mumblings turning into military admonishment on the knowledge of the tip-off.

BUT... (Yes, again one of my favourite words) I fail to understand the underlying importance of the information and more so of its secrecy that has been, so to say, passed on to me in confidence by either of the leading ladies in my life. I tend to discuss everything with both of them and so without much mulling over I commit the forbidden crime.

In case of my mother I have generally told her most of the things of my life and thus, it is difficult for me to contain and restrict myself when I talk to her and thus, I end up telling her things. In the other case, how can you not tell your wife everything when you tend to be on the phone with her or in face-to-face conversation with her most of the time you are awake. I hope you all get my problem.

Moreover, I generally fail to understand the implicit 'Confidential' tag attached to the conversations I have with either of them and that in no situation the information from one be disclosed to the other. I sincerely hope that this implicit cue non-recognition is not unique to me and is a more general feature of the various models of the product called MEN. At least, that would give me some consolation.

SM

If the world was ruled and run by gals

Serendipity is a great thing. It strikes at the most unexpected time. The following ideas and points are a result of my vivid imagination and a consequence of my conversations with my friends. If girls were to rule and run the world what would it be like. Just a few points which come to my mind:

1. Baby pink to be made national colour.
2. All houses to be painted pink with flower patterns.
3. Fashion spending to replace defence spending in budget.
4. Economies of countries would collapse as the government would begin to feed stray animals for free.
5. Boys to be admitted to attitude correctional facilities from their birth where they would be taught to cry and would be trained to watch epic movies such as '51 first dates' and 'When Harry met Sally'. No schools for the boys.
6. Metal and hard rock to be banned and songs by Boyzone and Westlife to be sung at all solemn occasions.
7. All big electronics companies would be taken over by Archies and Hallmark.
8. Teddy Bear to be the national symbol.
9. Words like 'manly', 'macho' and 'muscular' to be deemed unconstitutional.
10. Olympics to stop any sport involving contact or exertion. Such sports to be swapped with games such as fashion shows and model hunts. The most coveted prize would be for the game 'barbie doll decoration'.
11. Instead of Gold medals the winner would get a day of shopping at a shopping street of their choice.
12. Separate constitution for boys and girls. The boys'  constitution to have only fundamental duties and no fundamental rights.
13. All shops and outlets no matter what they sell would be allowed to carry on business only if they have the latest Louis Vuitton, Prada, Jimmy Choo and Gucci brochures on display.
14.  Boys' study syllabus to include knowledge on female accessories and greater understanding of colours and their shades.
15. The names of weekdays (viz. Monday, Tuesday, ...) to be replaced by more expressive day names like 7th February to be called Rose day, 9th February to be called Chocolate day, 14th Feb to be called Valentine's Day, etc.
16. Male graduate students to be quizzed on these day names to be able to get their degrees.
17. All offices, institutions and public places to have fashion accessory shops and it would be mandatory to have huge mirrors at all places.
18. Any male driving within a 2 km. radius of a female driver will automatically be booked for rash and negligent driving. 
19. All geared automobiles, especially motorcycles to be banned. Companies can produce only gearless motor-vehicles. Two wheeler companies to produce only scooters.
20. All parking spaces to have 20 m. clearance on front and back after each vehicle slot.
21. All offices to have mandatory makeup breaks after every 1 hr.
22. All mining efforts to be directed towards important and useful things like gold, diamond, silver and platinum. Mining of dirty things like coal, iron ore, etc. to be made illegal.
23. Along with Financial management and marketing management, all MBA colleges to run compulsory courses on Face and Hair Management.
24. Karvachauth and Teej to be made national holidays.
25. All Hindu unmarried girls would be allowed 16 or 32 Mondays off from their workplaces or schools depending on their requirements.
26. Death penalty and life imprisonment to be replaced by mandatory daily walks among friends and social gatherings wearing poorly fitted and ill conceived dresses, and a prohibition on applying makeup.
27. Chicken and fish killing would be banned, still food outlets would be expected to dish out the bucketfuls and chicken wings when ordered.

(Disclaimer: The above statements are made in humour and any damage or harm caused to the physical, mental or material well-being of anyone is unintended and deeply regretted.)

Confessions - to do or not to do

Case in point

A husband comes home and finds his wife waiting for him. The children throng him as soon as he enters the house. The wife asks about his day and gets him breakfast with the children merrily playing in the background. The two have their usual conversation over the cup of hot tea. These few oft repeated words of concern and affection is what keeps the man going. The wife is happy to see her husband back after a long day at work. He has been a great husband and a wonderful father and she is so lucky to have him in her life, she often tells herself.

Cut to some time in the future:

The husband comes back as usual from work late in the evening. The wife brings him tea and cookies. She tries to start a conversation but he seems a bit quiet today. His wandering gaze seems to suggest some thought going on in his mind. He seems uninterested and on some other train of thought. Something is not right is what the wife thinks but then it might just be the pressure of work. He's been awfully strained these past days. But even at the dinner table there was an eerie silence. Something was not right. Something definitely is amiss. Then late at bedtime the husband is wide awake deep in his thoughts though pretending to read a book. Suddenly he turns to her and looks at her. She looks at him intently and is waiting to hear him out, as she has always had. It is this love, care and affection which gives the guy the courage to speak out to her. He musters all his strength and says that he wants to tell her something. He tells her about an affair of long back and one evening of flawed judgement hoping that it being a thing of the past the wife would understand. He tries to explain that something was wrong that night and he was not himself. He never wanted to but it happened. He was trying to explain everything but his lexicon has suddenly seemed to desert him. The ever eloquent and convincing Mr. Charming was today not finding words fit enough to express his grief and more so his guilt. The countenance of the wife had melted into a tearful glut. He had never seen her like this. Even on the death of  her beloved father she had somehow managed to keep herself together. But today it was different, starkly different. She was deluged in her own tears. The night passed without a wink of sleep or even a word exchanged. The next morning things had changed. Their life had changed. The usual clinging voice of his wife was nowhere to be heard. 

It was very different from that day on and there was much more silence between them. The days and nights seemed to linger on much longer. He would recall the time when he just could not have enough time to be at home although he was spending much more of his time at home then than he's now. The workplace had become much more bearable these days and somehow he preferred to be there than at home.

Any thoughts

I have always failed to understand the true reason behind the changed dynamics in the relations after a confession made in confidence. The person confessing has enough faith in the psychological stability and trust in the relation that he's willing to take the risk and absolve himself of the guilt he's been carrying all the while. This is not to in anyway say that his actions had been right in the first place (I want to make that clear in the very beginning). Still, he thinks that his partner would understand that what had happened was sporadic or incidental and won't ever happen again. Mistakes happen and he's willing to pay for that but the least he expects his partner to do is to understand him.

From the perspective of the woman, the man has broken a vow. She has left everything for him and has made his life hers. She has given him her everything including her best years of life. She was a successful professional too but had taken to be a housewife so that she could support him, make a home out of a house for him and for him to have a family. She could have been out there. She was successful. She was growing in her career faster than him. She had a friend circle which anyone would vie for. She had given it all up for him and his love. What had she asked in return? Nothing much except that what he had got from her, complete trust and faithfulness.

Both are right in their own thoughts, then who is wrong? Is the woman more perturbed by the one-sided breach of contract by the man? She has lost out on all the fun and frollick just to be with him. She has lost out  on the best times of her life. Is she more angry about her lost opportunities than she is about the man's actions?

Life and relations are complex. There is not one certain answer. And certainly, in the above case the gender could have been reversed, as is quite common in today's world. What would have been the situation then?

These questions are intriguing to me. Hope to have some comments by you guys.

By the way the thoughts came to me after watching the movie Masoom (old one). A great flick. Please do write in some comments. I'll be waiting.

SM

Earning less than Rs.1000 a month: You ain't poor

What has India come to. In a country which boasts of being the most sought after market in the world and which has a GDP of US$1.6 trillion the poor has been defined as someone earning Rs.28 a day. Which is not even a $1 a day. Inflation has been at an all time high for the past 2-3 years. Cost of living and basic articles has been spiralling upwards and in the wake of all this comes this definition of the poor in India. Pitiable and shameful to say the least. The government is more engrossed in its domestic fire-fighting within the coalition than its job of framing the policies for public welfare. The multi-party system though leads to representation of all the voices but in India's case has only aggravated the policy paralysis where the government is not able to take any decisive action and all its acts are stymied by the parties within its ranks. The situation is critical and needs urgent response and action. I don't propose any solution but certainly the issues are imminent. SM

New beginning - Researcher in the Making

Well Friends,
After over a year in the industry and some toil to get admission to a good Ph.D. program I've finally got admission to a prestigious college in India. Will pursue my research in Marketing with an aim to benefit the industry through my work. Have learnt a lot about life in the time when I was without job and was trying for some good opening. One generally tends to learn more from failures than success. Success gives you a confidence and a will to do things but it is failure which teaches you about life and how to deal with it.

SM

Warren Buffet - Collection

A rare collection of Articles and reviews on The Sage of Omaha at:

http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2599080