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Questions tagged [microsoft-surface-pro-3]

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How to emulate context menu key when there's none on keyboard?

Imagine a keyboard that lacks Win key. That's easy to emulate - you just press CtrlEsc. However, on the keyboard I have now, there's no "right mouse" key (or "context menu" key or whatever it might be called - it's usually placed close to AltGr and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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?
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Is it safe to uninstall "Surface Platform Installer"?

The largest program on my computer (excluding Windows Store apps and TF2) is the Surface Platform Installer. It doesn't show from a quick search in the Search bar. It's a folder in my C:\ drive that has an executable, a log, and what appears to be a…
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