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Questions tagged [windows-tabletpc]

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Automatically hibernate Windows 8.1 after 15+ minutes inactivity

I have two tablets; a Surface Pro 3, and a very cheap HP Stream 7. When I leave the SP3 alone for a whole day, I usually come to it and find that it's turned itself off, or gone into Hibernate mode. This is fine by me, because as a result I can…
Katana314
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Can you charge a tablet and use a USB device at the same time?

Most tablets only have a single Micro USB port that is used to charge the tablet, or can be used to plug in regular USB devices like a keyboard/mouse using USB OTG. I would like to charge/power my tablet AND be able to connect to USB devices at the…
Knio
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Trick Windows 7 into Thinking It Is Installed on a Tablet PC

Is there a way to make Windows 7 think it is installed on a tablet pc? (Not like an iPad but a convertible laptop) The reason is, I'm having trouble with OneNote and Wacom Cintiq the handwriting is pretty awful in OneNote, But if I use my Lenovo…
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Resizing signature on Adobe Reader on Windows 7 tablet

I have a Windows 7 tablet and would like to be able to complete PDF forms, and put a signature on them. However with Adobe Reader I am unable to resize the signature as I cant accurately touch and drag the signature to the smaller size I want. I…
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Onenote shortcut to change mouse cursor from pen mode to text mode

I am using Wacom tablet with Onenote. When I move my pen inside the page, it defaults to pen mode. If I want to change to text mode I have to click the toolbar. What is the shortcut for changing from pen mode to text mode? It is so annoying, since…
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Windows 10 command line to enable/disable tablet mode

As title, does anyone know how to toggle tablet mode akin to swiping in the right then clicking Tablet Mode button?
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Tips for cleaning touch screen

Is cleaning a touch screen LCD any different to cleaning normal LCD? Should one avoid using window cleaner solutions as well? Is distilled water and microfiber the only recommended method? Touch screen gets touched much more (obviously) and…
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(Touch Tablet PC ) Minimising LCD power consumption?

Would using black background and light foreground reduce the LCD power consumption? Or actually increases it? Please note, it is not only the power consumption used for luminocity of LCD that needs to be taken to consideration but also the power…
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how can do a control drag with a touch screen

Is there a way to perform a control drag with a touch screen? For example, when I need to copy rather than move. Similarly, I would like to simulate a control shift drag. How would I do that?
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Getting out of the EFI Shell on Acer Windows 10 tablet with external keyboard not working

I have a problem with starting an Acer One 10 tablet that is running Windows 10. After powering on the tablet, Acer logo shows up and I am redirected to EFI Shell. I am unable to type anything though, since the keyboard seems either not to respond…
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How do I examine which kind of digitizer hardware for inductive stylus is built in my tablet?

I guess there are only 3 OEMs of these pen devices? this should be N-trig (MS Surface, Sony), Wacom (Galaxy Notes?) and Synaptics (Acer, Dell etc.). I just tested a new (noname) Windows Tablet with digitizer coming to the stores in these days, but…
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Re - installing Windows 8 on a tablet, without usb-boot option

I do own a tablet (Xoro PAD 9W4), which initially ran Windows 8.1. I upgraded to Windows 10, but due to some issues (mainly touchscreen issues), I want to reinstall Windows 8.1. For this reason, I made a bootable USB flash drive. Although I managed…
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How to access Windows 8 Tablet via Remote Desktop from PC

I have a Windows 8.1 Tablet and a Win7 Desktop. I've tried to access the Tablet via the Remote Desktop app from my PC for easier configuration but it couldn't connect. I could ping the device, so network state was fine so far. Remote desktop access…
Florian Storck
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Can the Surface RT be used to edit website code and test sites locally?

I'm looking into buying an economic, portable computer to present websites hosted on the local machine, and maybe make minor code edits to the site as well. I was considering the Surface RT, but I wasn't sure if it had the necessary power/capability…
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Synergy connection with windows 8 client

I just acquired a Dell XPS 12 ultrabook, with a flipping touchscreen. I like it, but only want to use the (small) touch screen when I'm away from home. I'd rather use synergy to control my new laptop from my desktop. At first, it worked fine. I…
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