Questions tagged [microsoft-surface-pro-4]
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Ubuntu 16.04: Cannot prevent wifi sleep during screen lock
I've tried quite a few approaches to this but haven't been able to get a working solution.
On my laptop I noticed that the wifi 'sleeps' under screen lock which makes it impossible to leave it doing things that require an internet connection. For…
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Win 10 Pro, Surface Pro 4, DISABLE right/left edge swipe tasks
Win 10 Professional.
Surface Pro 4.
I want to DISABLE, the right/left edge-swipe (technical jargon, unknown to me).
I use my OneNote-2016 all the time for taking notes and so I am writing on the screen as the SurfacePro4 is made to do. All the…
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Launching the windows 10 screen sketch using a command line
I want to use the windows 10 screen sketch and launch it with a single click.
I know I can configure the pen to launch it - but that's not good for me. I want to be able to launch it from the Volume up/down keys of the surface itself.
Since it…
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How can I reset the Secure Boot keys on my Surface Pro 4?
I have a Surface Pro 4 and I guess my secure boot keys got messed up somehow. On Surface Pro 3 this fix is as easy as going into the UEFI and resetting to the default keys, but there's no such option on the SP4 UEFI. I previously disabled secure…
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Restore Surface Pro 4
What button combination do I use to force a clean Windows install on a Surface Pro 4?
I’m holding volume up and power for 15 seconds and get a screen that reads Surface UEFI at the top. There are a few options there but none of them is for resetting…
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Typing lags by one character on console in RDP session to surface pro 4
If I type "dir" into a console command line I see the following behaviour:
I type "d" and nothing appears in the console (I expect to see "d" immediately following the prompt)
I then type "i" and the "d" appears on the command line immediately…
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Microsoft Surface Pro 4 running without a battery
Hi i have a use case where we would like to use the Microsoft Surface pro 4 without a battery, eg. running it only from its power supply. It is possible to remove the battery as per this ifixit guide:…
Jeppe Clausen
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Surface Pro 4 screenshot filename different than it used to be. How do I change it back?
I have the screenshots on my surface that are in my OneDrive Pictures folder. They are formatted like 2017-06-27.png.
The first one is 2016-01-10 but the last one I have is from August (2017-08-07). Now whenever I take a screenshot it's named…
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Surface Pro 4 Task bar mouseover glitchy in Windows 10
Hovering over an item on the task bar with the mouse cursor should normally give a preview of the target application.
When I mouseover an icon on the taskbar, the thumbnail of available window or windows does appear, but on moving the cursor even…
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Factory reset Microsoft Surface pro 4
My friend says his surface pro 4 was hacked and wants me to do a factory reset for him. I found this on youtube and it looks pretty easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CwczBa1Mk
My questions are:
Where is the recovery image kept?
Is it…
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typecover not working in wnidows, but works in UEFI
I have a surface pro 4 running Wndows 10 Pro updated with latest updates and my type cover has recently stopped working.
It does work if I boot to the UEFI screen, but if I boot fully into windows, it doesn't respond. I'm hoping it is a driver…
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Enable Fn lock on some keys only
I recently got a Surface Pro i5 128GB with the type cover. The SP 4 Type Cover looks like this.
I am looking for a way to make all the function keys to behave as function keys, but the PrtScr (F7), Home (F8), and End (F9) keys should function as the…
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The default sound format for bluetooth audio quality is disabled
I use the JBL e45bt headphones connected via Bluetooth on my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 device.
This used to work fine until just a few months ago when I got my device replaced by Microsoft.
Now, this option to allow high sound quality is disabled for…
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How do I write a kanji with the pen on the Surface Pro 4?
In a previous Windows 10 version I could select to handwrite English words or Japanese kanji from the on-screen keyboard after tapping the keyboard icon in the right-hand corner. That option appears gone in version 1709. How do I handwrite Japanese…
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Power settings on Windows 10 for WiFi
Looks like my WiFi is falling a sleep after a certain time and it takes a long time for it to wake up. Is there a setting somewhere that would prevent my WiFi from falling a sleep?
I'm on a Surface Pro 4 with the latest Windows 10 updates, etc. …
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