Questions tagged [microsoft-surface-pro-3]
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How can I emulate the context menu key when there's none on the keyboard?
Imagine a keyboard that lacks the Win key. That's easy to emulate; you just press Ctrl + Esc. However, on the keyboard I have now, there isn't any "right mouse" key (or "context menu" key or whatever it might be called. It's usually placed close to…
Konrad Viltersten
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Touchpad support for SublimeText 3
I love SublimeText 3, but the only thing stopping me from buying a licence is the lack of decent touch(pad) support. I often work on the road, and some decent swipe/scroll support on touch and touchpad would be nice. Am I missing something in the…
Bram Vanroy
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I have a weird powercfg /a response and no Hibernate anywhere-Surface Pro 3
Here is my Powercfg /a response:
C:\Windows\System32>powercfg /a
The following sleep states are available on this system:
Standby (S0 Low Power Idle) Network Connected
Fast Startup
The following sleep states are not available on this…
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How do we check the hard disk health on a Surface Pro 3?
I am running Windows 10 on the Surface Pro 3. I would like to check the health of the hard disk, because some WinSxS files have become corrupted. How does one do this?
I have read Tool to test HDD for health? It looks like it is manufacture…
Shaun Luttin
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Writing over PDFs on a Microsoft Surface?
I bought a Microsoft Surface primarily for taking notes during lectures and also writing notes on PDFs that I am studying. I bought it after seeing how useful this functionality was on my friends Samsungs tablet, and another friends Apple…
sonicboom
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OneNote without a Signing In?
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro. Pushing the top button on the pen opens up OneNote. Currently I have a LOCAL account on my Surface Pro. I am using a local account rather than a Microsoft account because if I switch to a MS account, it forces me to…
Jason Axelrod
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registry edit remove pinch and zoom on surface pro 3
My daughter has CP and her hand enables the pinch zoom - is there a way to disable pinch zoom on the surface pro 3?
I have contacted microsoft multiple times, they state you can disable touch altogether which is not what I want to accomplish - she…
chris
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Bad msbuild performance on Surface Pro 3
I've recently bought a Surface Pro 3 (Win 8.1, Core i7, 256GB Samsung SSD), mainly for .NET development and am disappointed at the performance.
As an example, performing a full rebuild of a medium-sized project using msbuild from the command line…
rjnilsson
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How to Prevent Sleep of Death; Surface Pro 3
A simple browser search for "Surface Sleep of Death" will result in thousands of pages instructing you how to turn on a Surface that won't wake, but I want to know how to prevent it. I had a Surface pro 3 charging for four days uninterrupted before…
Reubens4Dinner
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Turn Surface pen on and touch off
When using a pen on the Surface or similar computer, resting the hand on the screen can trigger unwanted actions. How can the hand-touch function be disabled while allowing pen functions to continue to work?
Don H
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No network connection after upgrading to Windows 10. Cannot rollback to 8.1
I have a similar problem to this user:
No network connection after upgrading to Windows 10
I have a surface Pro 3 and after upgrading I have no internet. Recovery says there are no points to rollback to. Settings, and the rollback to windows 8.1…
Dan
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How to use legacy monitors with single Mini DisplayPort output
I have two ASUS VN289H monitors. Each monitor has one VGA/D-Sub and two HDMI inputs. I am currently using one M-M VGA cable and one DVI to HDMI cable to power this dual-screen setup.
I am upgrading to a Surface Pro 3 with docking station. The…
hbcobra
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MS Surface Keyboard Cover not recognized by MS Surface Pro 3
My Surface Pro 3 cover mysteriously stopped working (other USB keyboards work).
I’ve exhausted all of the steps from the Internet and am hoping for some advice here on what to try next.
Clean the metal pins on both the keyboard and the Surface Pro…
Roger
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Surface Pro not recognizing keyboard
I am trying to fix a Surface Pro 3/Windows 10 machine that will not detect the MS Keyboard (magnet). I have performed the Volume Up buttom and Power Button 'fix' and it fixed nothing. I have borrowed another keyboard from another system and it…
jcroskey05
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Is my Surface Pro 3 hard drive dead or can I fix it?
Last week my Surface Pro 3 froze. I had to shut it down by holding the power button. It rebooted but after a couple of minutes it froze again. It did this a few times before eventually only booting into the UEFI screen.
I downloaded the appropriate…
Palhil
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