It makes less of a difference on my Surface 2 than it did on my Surface RT. These tips really help the RT, not so much on the 2.Cool, what do you think of the difference it makes?
It makes less of a difference on my Surface 2 than it did on my Surface RT. These tips really help the RT, not so much on the 2.
tell me about it. I loved the dark look of the RT... it looked very much like my Zune HD and I considered the RT to be the Zune tablet that many of us fans were looking for.I found the same with my Nokia 2520, it made a noticeable difference but no where near as much of a difference as it did on my Surface RT
I was going to get a Surface 2 last week but I have decided to wait for the lte version. I think it's a pity they changed the colour on the 2 as I prefer the black.
If you want to Improve your IE Browsing Speed even further:
- Go to Network Adapters -> Right click on Wi-Fi Adapter -> Properties ->Deselect IPv6 TCP/IP and close the window;
- Open Command Prompt -> Write: "ipconfig /flushdns" and give Enter
- Reboot you S2 and enjoy the snappier pages loading
Page rendering will remain the same.As of now already the s2 is fast with webpage rendering , with the mod suggested by you how big is the difference ? Is it evidently noticeable ?
If you want to Improve your IE Browsing Speed even further:
- Go to Network Adapters -> Right click on Wi-Fi Adapter -> Properties ->Deselect IPv6 TCP/IP and close the window;
- Open Command Prompt -> Write: "ipconfig /flushdns" and give Enter
- Reboot you S2 and enjoy the snappier pages loading
I'm curious about battery life after some of these changes on my Surface 2, not sure if it has affected something negatively or I'm just being unrealistic with my expectations..
I leave the house with 99% 'fully charged' and after approximately 4hrs sleeping with no use at all but connected to my work WiFi its down to 81%. Does that sound like reasonable drain in standby with NO use to you? Something I can do to improve on that, managing background tasks or something perhaps?
Do you have any email accounts defined in the Mail program? If so, check the settings for each account. (Settings -> Account - > email_addr -> Download new email) The default is "as items arrive". I have found that "as items arrive" is a significant battery life killer. I set mine to "hourly" but for your testing I'd set it to "manual".I'm curious about battery life after some of these changes on my Surface 2, not sure if it has affected something negatively or I'm just being unrealistic with my expectations..
I leave the house with 99% 'fully charged' and after approximately 4hrs sleeping with no use at all but connected to my work WiFi its down to 81%. Does that sound like reasonable drain in standby with NO use to you? Something I can do to improve on that, managing background tasks or something perhaps?
I agree.Do you have any email accounts defined in the Mail program? If so, check the settings for each account. (Settings -> Account - > email_addr -> Download new email) The default is "as items arrive". I have found that "as items arrive" is a significant battery life killer. I set mine to "hourly" but for your testing I'd set it to "manual".
You just have to insert that command from "Command Prompt" app, and not Search Charm.Okay when I do what you said it just brought up the page below, am I doing something wrong?
Do you have any email accounts defined in the Mail program? If so, check the settings for each account. (Settings -> Account - > email_addr -> Download new email) The default is "as items arrive". I have found that "as items arrive" is a significant battery life killer. I set mine to "hourly" but for your testing I'd set it to "manual".
I agree.
After a full Reset, applying all my Tweaks in this thread, putting Email to 1-Hour check and Turning Off Bluetooth...
...my Surface 2 drops only 1-3% of battery life after one night (7-8 hours) in Connected Standby, without touching it.
My initial observation was that battery life on the Surface 2 was slightly but noticeably less than the RT. That was before I remembered the email account settings. After making those changes battery life on the 2 now seems to be slightly but noticeably better than the RT. I might need to re-remember some of the other changes I made to my RT. :smile:Just as a matter of interest how do you find the battery in your Surface 2 compared to the RT?
The Windows Defender disable does nothing to graphical performance on my RT. Dunno why. I was disappointed, tbh.