Sytone's Ramblings

The occasional posts of a guy who plays with technology.

Two-Factor Authentication and your Microsoft Account

2013-09-06 2 min read Technology
I have just moved to Two-Factor authentication, there was a bit of work to get everything signed in again but the additional security is worth it. I use my Microsoft account as a central hub for everything, it is on all my PCs at home and work, I have a WP8 that I log into with it, I use it to log into Skype. Basically if someone takes it you have access to everything I have. Continue reading

Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Eee PC T101MT

2012-03-03 2 min read General
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 a icon of regedit click/press on it or press Win + R to get the run prompt. Press Ctrl+F and search for Display1_DownScalingSupported in the registry. Continue reading