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Running Windows 8 on the Eee PC T101MT

I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. This entry takes you through the steps.

Download the Windows 8 Preview @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516 I downloaded the 32-bit version as it was smaller and I only have 2Gb on the machine. Go to the Microsoft Store and download the [...]

Setting Outlook to use ISO values for week number.

If you want to set outlook to follow the ISO week you need to make the following changes:

Outlook 2007 and previous

Tools-> Options…-> button Calendar Options…

Outlook 2010

File-> section Options-> section Calendar

 

Set the following Options:

First day of week: Monday

First week of year: First 4-day week

Networking with MoCA

I was looking at getting the house wired for Ethernet. I do not have any major requirements at the moment, I do not intend to stream HDMI over the network . About as bad as we get is streaming from the media centre to an extender (XBox 360) which is around 1.5Mb for [...]

Simple way to store credentials in Powershell

I know this is not the most secure way to store credentials but it works and is simple to manage.

I use this when I need creds stored for accessing web based resources.

To use it run the following:

#To set Credentials Set-MyCredential -File c:\temp\thecreds.dat #To get Credentials $creds = Get-MyCredential -User domain\user [...]

Application Tracker

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I have been meaning to upload this for a while. I use the Time Management App from An App A Day site. I have modified it a bit from the source, as it is GPL I have released my variation with source. It uses click once for deployment and [...]

Automating OneNote with AutoHotKey to be a Journal V1.1

Here is Version 1.1 of the script, it has some logging and I have tried to make the config simpler. I use OneNote more and more in my daily work. I wanted to have the ability to make a journal function accessible from anywhere.

Goal:To be able to hit Win+J and have OneNote [...]

Making a shortcut to Libraries in Windows 7

I use AutoHotKey for automation, I needed to make a link to the Libraries in Windows 7 as they hold all my info in one place now. To do this just use the following line.

Run, "%A_AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms"

Replace Documents with the library name.

Automating OneNote with AutoHotKey to be a Journal

I use OneNote more and more in my daily work. I wanted to have the ability to make a journal function accessible from anywhere.

Goal :To be able to hit Win+J and have OneNote open the right page and date and time stamp the entry.

Outcome:

When I hit Win+J it opens OneNote [...]

Using SqlConnectionStringBuilder in PowerShell

I wanted to use the SqlConnectionStringBuilder object in the SqlClient area but was having issues accessing the properties. The Object itself is just a collection with a key value structure.

To access the keys use the following PowerShell code:

$builder = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder $builder.Keys

To set a property just use the key as [...]

WPF Converter: CaseConverter

Case Converter was made when I wanted the text to display in a WPF UI in upper case. Probably not the best class name, but anyway. To get the code and install read on.

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