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Update -now resolved: Replacing the MiniDisplayport>Displayport connecitons to the monitors with MiniDisplayport>HDMI was enough to resolve the issue for me. It still makes little sense as everything was fine with the same dock/cables/monitors using SP3 and Go, but maybe it is a Win11 thing or...

Surface Laptop 4 with Surface Dock 1 - Monitors won't wake on resume from sleep Hi all. At home we've got a Surface Dock 1 attached to a couple of Dell monitors via DisplayPort, which we've been using for years with a couple of Surface Pro 3s and a Surface Go. We just purchased a Surface Laptop...

Posting an update, in case anyone should stumble upon this with similar symptoms. After return to the retailer and subsequently distributor, I'm advised that it's being replaced, so probably concluding a hardware failure with the connector.

As further info in case anyone can assist, I've spent a fewhours following the process for firmware update of the dock as noted here Microsoft Surface Dock Firmware Update - Technical information for IT administrators - Surface. I ran the update on my SP3 and from the wife's SP3 just in case of...

Hi all. Long story short:my Surface Pro 3 finally died a battery death, so I picked up a Surface Go (1) to hold me over until the Pro 8 comes out. When I plug the Surface Dock (1) cable into the Go, it powers it and drives the two attached monitors fine, but doesn't register the USB devices for...

Update : confirming that a full reset in the course of the fall creator's update has resolved this. For anyone else finding this in search, suggest that a factory reset may work.

Hi all. For about the last 10 days my SP3 has been unwilling to auto-rotate, and I've exhausted my web searching skills. Things I have eliminated/tried: Rotation Lock is not on Every conceivable option in the Display Settings area (to be clear, I can manually set portrait/landscape...

Hi there. I updated my SP3 (with upgraded Type Cover 4) to the Anniversary Update, and nearly everything is good. An issue I have noted is that now when I resume from sleep, no multi-touch trackpad gestures work : no two-finger-tap for right-click, no two-finger scroll, no pinch-zoom. If I log...

Great to hear that you found something that works well - are you running the Samsung at 150% too? Re the status bar, If you go to the display settings (I usually just right-click on the desktop), you should be able to select any monitor and tick the box toward the bottom for the screen for 'Make...

Yes, plug in and test is the only way to go. I should clarify that my theory about having all displays 150% possibly alleviating the logout issue is absolutely just a theory. You could of course test the theory by setting your present monitors to 150%, then testing if the display avoids the...

Given my experience with the same monitor compliment as yours (ie need to log out to get correct display), I think the only way that you might avoid this with the current windows 10 capabilities would be if the monitor you selected met your preferences while also at 150%. If you get a 4K at the...

I've never seen one, but that's a great idea. I think I may break out the soldering iron, as the necessary wiring would be trivial, and if you get the length just right it could be very very tidy. Let us know if you find one!

Yes, it happened after an update last week. If you create a shortcut for chrome using a target along the lines of C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application --disable-usb-keyboard-detect, and launch Chrome with that, it seems to work fine. For now. (I think it was actually a Windows...

Hi, if you're needing to use the input from the SP4 to control the Desktop, you could also try out Synergy. (I'm not familiar with JNRoach's suggestion, which may be a better fit for you) The basics are that it lets you control multiple PCs with a single mouse and keyboard, you generally set...

I just had a thought: if it's web forward/back that appeal most, and you're clearly at the computer, how about your keyboard's ALT+Leftarrow for Back and LT+Rightarrow for Forward?

Yes I was aware of that possibility, but not sure if that will do what dermpcturd is after, which is passing a keystroke to the active application (i.e. Powerpoint)? Sounds like doan92 in that thread might be heading there with a sendkeys vbs?

Bummer. I'm on Windows 10, so it's not that. If the letter "a" is launching Action Center, that sounds like something thinks your Windows Key is held down (Win+A is the standard shortcut): the clue would be if typing "e" opened File Explorer and "d" showed the desktop. Can't imagine what...

As far as I know I think they should work the same. Post back if it doesn't work : I don't have a Surface Book to test (jealous!), but we could probably figure it out.

Hi there. Just to clarify for you, what I have had working is using just the top button, as this is the only button that connects by bluetooth. This means I can be standing away from the device and control powerpoint slides. (For the side buttons, based on what herrkjeldsen has posted above, it...

My SP3 does this sometimes (in last few weeks). I find a good old CTRL-ALT-DELETE brings the password dialog up in the normal manner. -of course you may need to bring the on-screen keyboard up...