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Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Eee PC T101MT

I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. The same steps can be run on the Consumer Preview

Time to tweak the graphics! As the resolutions is only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.

Type in regedit, you will then be shown [...]

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 [...]