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		<title>Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Eee PC T101MT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. The same steps can be run on the Consumer Preview</p> <p>Time to tweak the graphics! As the resolutions is only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.</p> Type in regedit, you will then be shown [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. The same steps can be run on the Consumer Preview</p>
<p>Time to tweak the graphics! As the resolutions is only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.</p>
<ol>
<li>Type in regedit, you will then be shown a icon of regedit click/press on it or press Win + R to get the run prompt.</li>
<li>Press Ctrl+F and search for <strong>Display1_DownScalingSupported</strong> in the registry. This will take a while.</li>
<li>Once it has been found set its value to 1 to enable scaling.</li>
<li>Hit F3 a few times to make sure you got all instances.</li>
<li>Exit regedit and reboot the laptop. You can use Win + C n settings if using the keyboard.</li>
<li>Once restarted click on the desktop tile and right click on the desktop to chenge the resolution.</li>
<li>You now should be able to select 1024 x 768 (Note: This scales the screen and does not add pixels so some text and images may look weird.</li>
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<p>All Done! Enjoy Windows 8 on your netbook.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>As a note Win + Z, X or C are your friends in Windows 8. I am using it with keyboard and mouse and have not really noticed any drop in productivity. In face having the combination of touch and keyboard with Windows 8 makes things faster!</p>
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		<title>Running Windows 8 on the Eee PC T101MT</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/11/running-windows-8-on-the-eee-pc-t101mt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. This entry takes you through the steps.</p> 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 [...]]]></description>
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<p>I have a Eee PC T101MT and wanted to run Windows 8 on it. This entry takes you through the steps.</p>
<ol>
<li>Download the Windows 8 Preview @ <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516</a> I downloaded the 32-bit version as it was smaller and I only have 2Gb on the machine. <img src='http://www.sytone.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </li>
<li>Go to the Microsoft Store and download the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool<br />
@ <a href="http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool">http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool</a> this will allow you to put the ISO on a bootable USB key. Did I mention you need a 8Gb USB key? If not you do. Go shopping if you do not have one, they are handy and this entry will be here when you get back.</li>
<li>Once the ISO is downloaded and the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool is installed open up the tool and select the Windows 8 ISO as the source and USB Device as the destination, select the USB key you put in the computer and then click begin copying.</li>
<li>Once completed get out the T101MT and plug it into the power and put the USB key in one of the ports. When it starts up hit F2 to go into the BIOS and make sure you have USB as a boot option. You should be promted to select the boot device, select USB and watch the pretty install.</li>
<li>One that is complete, name you computer, connect to wireless (assuming you have wireless), use express (yep, im lazy), log in with your live ID (Syncing Goodness) and wait until it finishes configuring.</li>
<li>You now have Windows 8 goodness.</li>
<li>Time to tweak the graphics! As  the res os only 600 not 768 in vertical you need to do the following.</li>
<li>Type in regiedit, trust me <img src='http://www.sytone.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  you will then be shown a icon of regedit click/press on it.</li>
<li>Press Ctrl+F and search for <strong>Display1_DownScalingSupported</strong> in the registry. This will take a while.</li>
<li>Once it has been found set its value to 1 to enable scaling.</li>
<li>Hit F3 a few times to make sure you got all instances.</li>
<li>Exit regedit and reboot the laptop.</li>
<li>Once restarted click on the desktop tile and right click on the desktop to chenge the resolution.</li>
<li>You now should be able to select 1024 x 768 (Note: This scales the screen and does not add pixels so some text and images may look weird.</li>
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<p>All Done! Enjoy Windows 8 on your netbook.</p>
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		<title>Setting Outlook to use ISO values for week number.</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/10/setting-outlook-to-use-iso-values-for-week-number/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>If you want to set outlook to follow the ISO week you need to make the following changes:</p> <p>Outlook 2007 and previous</p> <p>Tools-&#62; Options…-&#62; button Calendar Options…</p> <p>Outlook 2010</p> <p>File-&#62; section Options-&#62; section Calendar</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Set the following Options:</p> <p>First day of week: Monday</p> <p>First week of year: First 4-day week</p> ]]></description>
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<p>If you want to set outlook to follow the ISO week you need to make the following changes:</p>
<p><strong>Outlook 2007 and previous</strong></p>
<p>Tools-&gt; Options…-&gt; button Calendar Options…</p>
<p><strong>Outlook 2010</strong></p>
<p>File-&gt; section Options-&gt; section Calendar</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong>Set the following Options:</strong></span></p>
<p><em>First day of week</em>: Monday</p>
<p><em>First week of year</em>: First 4-day week</p>
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		<title>Networking with MoCA</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/10/networking-with-moca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>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 [...]]]></description>
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<p>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 <img src='http://www.sytone.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> . About as bad as we get is streaming from the media centre to an extender (XBox 360) which is around 1.5Mb for a HD stream.</p>
<p>I found out about MoCA and did some research, from what I could tell it would meet all my requirements, better still I did not need to get anything re-wried as we have points at every place in the house that I wanted a network outloet.</p>
<p>I picked up 2 of them which gave me 4 points, I now have a nice stable network (Wireless N was spotty when streaming from my Media Centre to the XBox 360) which allows me to stream and move my server to a out of the way location in the house.</p>
<p>It does not have the same capabilities as a fully wired Cat6 network but for my needs it works a treat!</p>
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		<title>Simple way to store credentials in Powershell</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/09/simple-way-to-store-credentials-in-powershell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is not the most secure way to store credentials but it works and is simple to manage.</p> <p>I use this when I need creds stored for accessing web based resources.</p> <p>To use it run the following:</p> #To set Credentials Set-MyCredential -File c:\temp\thecreds.dat #To get Credentials $creds = Get-MyCredential -User domain\user [...]]]></description>
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<p>I know this is not the most secure way to store credentials but it works and is simple to manage.</p>
<p>I use this when I need creds stored for accessing web based resources.</p>
<p>To use it run the following:</p>
<pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
#To set Credentials
Set-MyCredential -File c:\temp\thecreds.dat

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

function Set-MyCredential($File)
{
	$Credential = Get-Credential
	$credential.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content $File
}

function Get-MyCredential($User, $File)
{
	$password = Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString
	$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($user,$password)
	$credential
}
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		<title>Application Tracker</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/09/application-tracker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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<p>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 modified the loging a bit.</p>
<p><a title="App Tracker" href="http://www.sytone.com/app-tracker/">Go to the app tracker page to get it. </a></p>
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		<title>Automating OneNote with AutoHotKey to be a Journal V1.1</title>
		<link>http://www.sytone.com/2011/08/374/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
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<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Goal:</strong>To be able to hit Win+J and have OneNote open the right page and date and time stamp the entry.</p>
<p><strong>Outcome:</strong></p>
<p>When I hit Win+J it opens OneNote at the right week (I have one page per week with the heading of Week 1, Week 2, …, Week 52) goes to the end of the entry and inserts a line and then makes a check box with the date and time as the value.</p>
<p>This allows me to simplify my weekly review as it is hard to miss a checkbox with a date in it. Also it now has the start as a ever increasing number so the tasks are soreted in the list for review time.</p>
<p>I also created a second function Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+J which makes 52 pages in OneNote (You need to have the section open that you want the pages created in) for the journal.</p>
<p><strong>Configuration:</strong></p>
<p>You will need to modify the OneNote Url in the code. This is at the top of the file. </p>
<p>OneNoteJournalSection := &#8220;onenote:<b>&lt; PATH TO SECTION STORING WEEKLY PAGES &gt;</b>&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Example:</strong><br />
Using a Windows Live SkyDrive synced path. This will open the local copy of the OneNote file.<br />
OneNoteJournalSection := &#8220;onenote:https://wh7jutsd.docs.live.net/fac74a8d9c9b9a9c9d/%5e.Documents/My%20Journal/2011%20Journal.one&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Code:</strong></p>
<pre class="brush: autohotkey; title: ; notranslate">
; Goes to the week in OneNote for the journal.
; Created by Jon Bullen (http://www.sytone.com)
; Leave a comment on the site if you have issues.
; V1.1
; Added logging and set default to the ISO week. Play with number if you need to shift the week number.
;
; V1.0
; - Inital Version to the World
;
;

#SingleInstance force
#NoTrayIcon

;
; Set the path below to the section containing the week pages.
;
OneNoteJournalSection := &quot;onenote:PATH_TO_SECTION_STORING_WEEKLY_PAGES&quot;

;
; If you need to offset the week modify the offset below.
;
JournalWeekOffset := 1

#j::
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; You should not have to modify anything below here.. I said should <img src='http://www.sytone.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />
;

OneNoteUrl := OneNoteJournalSection . &quot;#Week%20&quot;

FileRecycle, %A_ScriptFullPath%.log
FormatTime, TimeString , , hh:mm:ss

StringRight, WeekNumber, A_YWeek, 2
FileAppend, %TimeString% WeekNumber: %A_YWeek% `n,  %A_ScriptFullPath%.log
FileAppend, %TimeString% WeekNumber: %WeekNumber% `n,  %A_ScriptFullPath%.log

;StringReplace, WeekNumber, WeekNumber, 0, ,All
FileAppend, %TimeString% WeekNumber: %WeekNumber% `n,  %A_ScriptFullPath%.log

; Allows you to offset the week if needed.
;FWIW... I found a solution for Win7 in this old thread: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic991.html
;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\iFirstWeekOfYear
WeekNumber := WeekNumber + JournalWeekOffset 

FileAppend, %TimeString% WeekNumber: %WeekNumber% `n,  %A_ScriptFullPath%.log
FileAppend, %TimeString% FullURL: %OneNoteUrl%%WeekNumber% `n,  %A_ScriptFullPath%.log

Run, %OneNoteUrl%%WeekNumber%

; Generate Date and Time Stamp
FormatTime, TimeStringShort,, yyyyMMddHHmmss
FormatTime, TimeStringLong,,  dddd MMMM d, yyyy HH:mm:ss

WinWaitActive, Week %WeekNumber% - Microsoft OneNote
Sleep, 500
SendInput, ^{End}
SendInput, ^{End}
Sleep, 500
SendInput, {Enter}{Enter}
SendInput, -----------------------------------------------
Sleep, 500
SendInput, {Enter}
SendInput, ^1
SendInput, (%TimeStringShort%) %TimeStringLong%
SendInput, {Enter}

return

; Create all the weeks in the year in the current section.
; To use this Create a new section on OneNote
; Click in the title of the first untilted page.
; Press Shift+Ctrl+Win+Alt+J and it will make the pages.
#+!^j::
;Run, %OneNoteUrl%
Loop, 52
{
	SendInput, ^n
	SendInput, Week %A_Index%
	Sleep, 300
}

return
</pre>
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		<title>Making a shortcut to Libraries in Windows 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
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<p>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.</p>
<pre class="brush: autohotkey; title: ; notranslate">

Run, &quot;%A_AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms&quot;
</pre>
<p>Replace Documents with the library name.</p>
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		<title>Automating OneNote with AutoHotKey to be a Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
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<p>I use OneNote more and more in my daily work. I wanted to have the ability to make a journal function accessible from anywhere.</p>
<p><strong>Goal :</strong>To be able to hit Win+J and have OneNote open the right page and date and time stamp the entry.</p>
<p><strong>Outcome:</strong></p>
<p>When I hit Win+J it opens OneNote at the right week (I have one page per week with the heading of Week 1, Week 2, …, Week 52) goes to the end of the entry and inserts a line and then makes a check box with the date and time as the value.</p>
<p>This allows me to simplify my weekly review as it is hard to miss a checkbox with a date in it.</p>
<p>I also created a second function Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+J which makes 52 pages in OneNote (You need to have the section open that you want the pages created in) for the journal.</p>
<p><strong>Configuration</strong>:</p>
<p>You will need to modify the OneNote Url in the code.</p>
<p>; Set the path below to the section containing the week pages and ensure it ends with #Week%20<br />
OneNoteUrl := &#8220;onenote:&lt; PATH TO SECTION CALLED 2011 Journal &gt;/2011%20Journal.one#Week%20<a href="https://hb7zzp.docs.live.net/f5230df4bfca3b23/%5e.Documents/My%20Journal/2011%20Journal.one#Week%20&quot;">&#8220;</a></p>
<p><strong>Code</strong>:</p>
<pre class="brush: autohotkey; title: ; notranslate">
; Goes to the week in OneNote for the journal.
; Created by Jon Bullen (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sytone.com)&quot;&gt;http://www.sytone.com)&lt;/a&gt;
; Leave a comment on the site if you have issues.

#SingleInstance force
#NoTrayIcon

#j::
; Set the path below to the section containing the week pages and ensure it ends with #Week%20
OneNoteUrl := &quot;onenote:&amp;lt; PATH TO SECTION CALLED 2011 Journal &amp;gt;/2011%20Journal.one#Week%20&quot;

StringRight, WeekNumber, A_YWeek, 2
StringReplace, WeekNumber, WeekNumber, 0, ,All
; Hack to match Outlook... Works for 2011...
WeekNumber := WeekNumber + 1

Run, %OneNoteUrl%%WeekNumber%

WinWaitActive, Week %WeekNumber% - Microsoft OneNote
Sleep, 500
SendInput, ^{End}
SendInput, ^{End}
SendInput, {Enter}{Enter}
SendInput, -----------------------------------------------
Sleep, 500
SendInput, {Enter}
SendInput, ^1
SendInput, !+D
SendInput, {Space}
SendInput, !+T
SendInput, {Enter}

return

; Create all the weeks in the year in the current section.
#+!^j::

Loop, 52
{
SendInput, ^n
SendInput, Week %A_Index%
Sleep, 100
}

return
</pre>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sytone</dc:creator>
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<p>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.</p>
<p>To access the keys use the following PowerShell code:</p>
<pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
$builder = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder
$builder.Keys
</pre>
<p>To set a property just use the key as a reference. For example:</p>
<pre class="brush: powershell; title: ; notranslate">
$builder[&quot;Data Source&quot;] = $server
$builder[&quot;Initial Catalog&quot;] = $database
$builder[&quot;Encrypt&quot;] = $true
$builder[&quot;TrustServerCertificate&quot;] = $false
$builder[&quot;User ID&quot;] = $login
$builder[&quot;Password&quot;] = $password
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