Software Tweaks [Updated]

Take advantage of the Touch Login. You can find it on the Program Menu in the Samsung Folder. You will also find the User's Guide there. Read it cover to cover. There is lots of useful info there.

You can turn your Wireless and Bluetooth on and off (to save power) using the "Easy Settings" app under the Samsung Folder. (This setting does NOT carry over to the Windows 8 Preview. I am still searching for info on these settings in that OS.)

I have found that the adaptive Brightness Control on this Slate causes real problems. You can turn it off in both Win 7 and Win 8 in the advanced power options.

Samba Connections Problems

If you have ever tried to implement user/password validation on a RAID or other linux/samba based NAS product when using Windows Vista or later, you have discovered that it doesn't work as advertised. This is not a problem with storage box, it arose when Microsoft changed the default network authentication protocol starting with Vista. It is fairly easy to fix:

1. Run secpol.msc either from a command prompt or from the run/search box on the start menu
2. Open up "Local Policies" ==> "Security Options"
3. Scroll down to "Network security: LAN Manager authentication level"
4. Set it to "Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated"
5. Exit from the Local Security Policy window

Now you can set the username/passwords in your RAID control panel to restrict access to the device. Any computer with an OS later than XP that wants to access the drive will need to make these changes. (Of course, if you do not password protect your drive, then this is not needed.)

Ink Crosswords

I don’t know if any of you had the Tablet Edition PCs, but one of my favorite applications was the Ink Crossword that came with the Experience Pack. Several years ago, Microsoft released an updated version of the Experience Pack for Vista, and with a little tweaking, you can get it to run on your Slate. Download it from

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=7529

If you try to run the installer, you will get an error message saying that it only works for Windows Vista. Don’t you believe it! First, create a directory to store the installation files. I used D:\Temp. Then open a command prompt as Administrator. In the window, type

msiexec /a ExperiencePackUpdate.msi

You will be asked for a network location for the files, just use the one that you just created, above (D:\Temp in my case). The data files will be found in

D:\Temp\EP\CmApFldr\Microsoft\Microsoft Ink Crossword\data

and the program is in

D:\Temp\EP\PFiles\Microsoft Experience Pack for Windows Vista\Ink Crossword

If you run the program, you get an error message when you try to download the Daily Puzzle. You can fix this by creating the needed path, and giving it the correct properties. Create the following path, and copy the contents of the data directory there.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Ink Crossword\data

You will need to set the user authorization to allow the program to access this directory.

1. Right click on the folder, select “Properties”
2. Select the “Security” tab
3. Press “advanced”
4. Press “Change Permissions”
5. Select “everyone”
6. Press “edit”
7. give Full Control
8. Press “OK”
9. check the box “Replace all child permissions…”
10. Press “OK” repeatedly, until you are back at the folder view.

 Create a folder in C:\Program Files (x86) and copy InkCrossword.exe and InkCrossword.chm files there. Make a shortcut to the exe file on your desktop. I renamed mine to “Ink Crosswords”. You can then move the shortcut to its final location

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Games

(The OS won’t let you create the shortcut on the start menu directly.) After that, you can drag the program from the Games folder on your start menu to the Games icon on the right half of your Start Menu.

Similar steps work for Windows 8 as well.

The other apps from the Experience Pack seem to cause problems, so I only recommend installing Ink Crosswords.