Recent content by Mikeman

For awhile now on both my Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book 2 / any PC - whenever I would left click on an item, especially on the task-bar, whenever I would go to adjust the volume, or connect to a WiFi network - whatever, the menu would disappear. This would frustrate me to NO END. "When the pain...

I would almost agree with you - but that wouldn't explain the overall low benchmark scores. That's a good point - I will do an individual hard drive benchmark.

Hello - I am new to the Surface Book 2 - I have a Surface Pro 4, i7 - 8GB, so i decided to upgrade. While in awe both over the specs (and price) of the Surface Book 2, i7, 1TB SSD - I don't understand what Microsoft is doing here with the whole processor and how it operates. My questions are...

Try this - sometimes Windows just doesn't want to update, or can be stubborn etc. Also, there are instances that i have read about where a user has to "wait in a cue" in order to update. Check this link and let us know if it helps. Force Upgrade Windows 10 Creators Update Manually, Here’s How...

Zero Bugs, Zero Issues. Great machine - best one I've owned yet. (and I've owned many)

I've had my SP4 for over a year now and I also keep mine plugged in 24/7. I occasionally unplug it and run it down, but not often. When I do unplug it and run it down, I do not have any degraded battery life and I tend to get 5-6.5 hours of use out of it. From my understanding these batteries...

I don't imagine there is some huge Microsoft Company out there stamping out JUST parts for the SP4 - Just like an old Stereo System - the best ones were / are comprised of components from all kinds of systems.

I had the same issue - What I did what Power Down the SP4 - Use the "Volume Up + Power Key" to enter the BIOS and once there I deleted the Windows Boot Manager File - Once I did that it booted fine. However, I am not telling you to do this - I am simply saying this is what worked for me in this...

I had the same issue and did some research. Once the update is done, Windows starts to clean up the Component Store Folder (see post below for more information, Link included) - When this happens the Surface Pro, or any other PC uses A LOT of processor power, thus causing the fans to kick in and...

Sadly enough you have hit the nail on the head - Microsoft should definitely remove the "Pro" from the title of the Surface. I periodically visit various Surface Forums in order to stay up to date / learn new things about my SP4 - and the overall topic(s) are "Work-Arounds, bugs & fixes, and...

I will take a stab at this and hope I don't sound like a babbling ID10T- I had some serious issues when connecting my SP4 to external monitors / Televisions. What I have found both in the past and with the SP4 is connectivity and cables MATTER. Here are the two cable I have used and this...

With regards to the camera - this fixed all my bugs - My front camera would not even work until I did this. https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3ushei/my_surface_pro_4_camera_suddenly_stopped_working/

Here's the thing - I have now been a Surface Pro 4 owner for almost a year now - I have reloaded Windows (multiple versions) several times due to the fact that I am an IT Guru and a hacker from way back - I tend to screw up my Operating System quite often, so reloading it happens I'd say at a...

Periodically upon a random reboot, my SP4 somehow turns my account into the ?Built In Administrator account?. I cannot open the simplest of things like let?s say the Camera App. It will tell me ? ?Unable to open Application as the Built In-Administrator Account?????. So I do a Web Search for...

Doesn't matter - just stating a fact / observation. A M3 compares to a cell phone - if that matters to some, then so be it.