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Adding on to this, the best test of whether your problem is hardware or software is to do a system refresh, do all Windows updates, and then don't install anything and see how long the battery lasts (or whether whatever problem you had disappears). If the problem is still there, it's probably a...

Desktop VLC or Windows app VLC? Might be a difference in how they process videos.

Background processes are the bane of the SP4, and I wish that Windows 10 would prevent some system features from updating on battery. On a Core i5, I generally get 6-7.5 hours with brightness at 50% and light use.

Well that's interesting, then, and not entirely surprising given, as you've noted, MS's problematic history with the connected standby feature. For me, I leave connected standby on until there are problems and then, when I start running into them, I will often leave it on when I'm not doing...

Actually, your mouse might have been a problem since the beginning since you've had connected standby disabled pretty much from when you got your SP4, right? I'm well aware of the issues that connected standby and sleep in general have had all the way back to the Surface Pro 2. I have had a...

Yeah, I did read the whole thing. It sounds like your mouse is preventing it from going into Connected Standby which is a kind of sleep mode that works for a lot of people these days, including myself... thus I'm asking how Connected Standby is the problem and not your mouse.

How is connected standby preventing your SP4 from going to sleep? This is probably something specific to your usage.

If it were driver related, we'd all have that same problem... but we don't. Hardware issue. Get a replacement.

Yeah, looks like issues with Autocad and Windows 10 screen scaling. As mentioned, try setting your screen scaling to 100% (down from probably 200%) and see if that fixes it.

Yeah, you got scammed and were sold a fake unit. That sucks.

That might be because there is no audio input on the SP4.... There IS an audio output, however, which is built for a standard 3.5 mm plug and is definitely not a male plug. Your unit might have a cancerous growth if it does, indeed, have a male plug sticking out of it. Another possibility is...

These days, unless you absolutely need 7+ hours of battery use, I find that most tweaks are not worth the hassle or possible complications. The only thing that I'd do is, if you don't use OneDrive that often, disable the OneDrive app by going into its settings and stopping it from loading with...

It's hoops like this that really aggravate me about Microsoft software. Your original post reminded me that I needed to update my mom's Windows phone to Windows 10 because it's supposed to be a big improvement over 8.1. I did that without a hitch and everything seemed fine until she started...

I actually didn't end up enabling Insider Builds on either my SP4 or desktop due to not generally liking beta software instability. I'm also not sure if the problem is with Windows 10 or their Android Cortana app.

I also had this happen on my Android phone. It turned out that the setting for SMS no longer worked in the Cortana app so I just enabled individual app notifications and selected the messenger (SMS) app. Now SMS notifications show up on both my desktop and SP4 but I can't send a reply from them...

Given the severity of your issue, you probably should have tried a system refresh to bring it all back to defaults and tested it then: if the problem went away, you'd know that it was a software issue; if it didn't, you would know that it was a hardware issue and could have sought a warranty...

That last bit sounds strange. It could be a case of the OS screwing up somehow (even though it's supposed to be freshly installed on the machine when you first get it) which isn't unheard of on this forum. I might suggest doing a system refresh in this case and see if that solves all of your...

Give it a few days. Basically, Windows is indexing all of your files and programs that you may have just loaded on to it as well as possibly doing a bunch of Windows updates in the background. If you check your Task Manager, you'll probably see that your SSD is going near 100% usage.

Also recommend Xodo which is free. I stopped using Drawboard because it had terrible bugs that took them months to fix. The bug that was the last straw was one that kept it using ~20% CPU all the time it was open which would drain my battery.

When it comes to technology, you can always wait and things will get cheaper and better. What you should really ask is if you really want or need a better Windows tablet right now AND is there something significantly better just around the corner worth waiting for. Concerning the former, the SP3...