A couple more basic tips for the MS Surface

[Phases]

Alright, so I made another quick video that was way longer than it should have been to show a couple little things on the surface again. A very poorly done video. Just how I like it.

- Adjusting screen timeout
- Setting picture password/pin
- Windows X More hotkeys
- Type out built in Windows apps/execs
- Swiping back and forth in IE10 to back/forward
- Flip ahead
- Changing number of rows for tiles. Read More
- Adding flash support to whitelist file. Read More
- Closing apps from left pane

[Billscarnage]

Here's one that might be handy, shutdown/restart tile:
Add Shutdown, Restart Buttons / Tiles In Windows 8 Metro Start Screen

A couple of other notes. If you're not concerned w/ logging so much, you can disable password requirement after screen timeout.

As for rebooting, tablets in general aren't meant to be rebooted like you would a desktops. While RT takes some time, it's not that much longer than an ipad.

[Phases]

Nice! That's going in the next video. Though, need to use hyphens rather than slashes.

Thanks!

[Joe F.]

Why did you reboot to see the new lockscreen? Can't you just turn off the screen like a regular tablet? Also, I know Windows key + L locks the screen too.

[Phases]

I don't know why I didn't think of Windows L. I don't have it set to go to pass immediately on turning off of the screen, but Windows L is obviously a much better option. Thanks!

[Billscarnage]

Here's something interesting.

When using the camera you can pinch to squeeze the camera into smaller view - similar to start menu - and see the previous picture taken. Unfortunately, you can't actually take a pic or video in this view.