Questions tagged [microsoft-surface-pro-3]
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How do I stop Surface from doing System Update?
Disabled windows updates and windows update service, how do I stop the Surface from trying to do this update?
The battery is toast so windows won't let it get to its next steps I must be able to ...
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How to create and enable EFI bootable sd-card for Microsoft Surface Pro 3?
The ssd hard drive in my My Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is broken. It overheats in one minute and after that no read or write is possible. To replace the ssd drive, you have to remove the screen (which is ...
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 rejects SD Card - installing Python and Spyder on secondary drive
I got redirected from Stackoverflow to you. Maybe someone can help me with my problem:
I am using a Surface pro 3 tablet (Windows 8.1) and would like to learn to program in Python. Unfortunately, my C-...
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Microsoft Surface 2 and booting off USB
I'm trying to fix a Surface Pro 2, it says part of the OS has expired, so I grabbed a windows 10 ISO put it on a USB stick. Held the power button and the Volume up and there are no BIOS/UEFI settings ...
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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 ...
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System Error &H80000FFFF (-2147418113) when using macros in Word 2016
When I try to use any of my macros in Word, I get the following:
System Error &H80000FFFF (-2147418113)
Catastrophic Error
I have uninstalled, reinstalled Word 2016, run all the repair options....
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Surface Pro 3 keeps failing to boot Windows
This device is about 15 months old. Yesterday i tried to boot the device and noticed it would only boot to the Surface UEFI screen.
What I've tried:
-Resetting the device using the press and hold ...
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Is there a way to restore pen functionality in Windows 10?
Not too long ago, Windows changed how the pen functions in web browsers, Windows Explorer, and many other apps, forcing a screen drag with a basic tap (like a hand tool), rather than selecting text. ...
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Why is touchpad scrolling in Firefox and other Win32 programs hyper fast? With a Surface Pro 3 type cover
Using the touchpad on my Surface Pro 3 type cover, two-finger scrolling in Firefox and some other programs is completely unusable because moving my finger half a millimetre scrolls down three pages.
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How do I get Windows 10 to update?
I typically disable Cortana on my desktop and Surface Pro 3 (by transferring permissions to my admin login and renaming the folder). When I see either a big Windows update is needed, or there are a ...
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Surface to Dual Monitors
How can i connect my Surface Pro 3 to dual Dell LCD Monitors Model: 1909Wb?
If it is possible, what cables would I need and how would they need to be set up?
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Wifi and Bluetooth breaking on Surface Pro 3's
So, we're starting to hear from several of our Surface Pro 3 users that their WiFi and Bluetooth has stopped working recently. And by recently, I mean over the last 2-3 weeks, tops. We've reimaged ...
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