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Bluegrass -- My SP1 sits in the docking station whenever it's at home -- which is most of the time. Ladyfriend's SP3 is in a docking station whenever it's at her home or her office -- which is most of the time. I think the worries about continuous charging are overblown. In both cases, our...

John -- It's nonsense. I am running Win10 in a 4GB machine -- albeit a desktop, but 4 Gigs is 4 Gigs however it's housed. I cannot discern any difference between that machine and its 16GB cousin at the other end of the bench. Regards, Russ

Bluegrass -- If I correctly understand you, that is what it does already. The SP uses the external source first, but it does not wait for its own battery to be charged. It will simultaneously operate the computer and recharge its own battery. I use an Energizer XP18000 with my SP1. It's great...

I think you will be pleased. That's the same setup I have for my Ladyfriend for her China trips. She particularly likes it for the Atlanta/Tokyo leg. Originally got it for her SurfacePro, then when she changed to SP3, I had an adapter to use with the new SP3 cable. One feature that you will...

Leeshor -- I guess I'm "some of each." I am running Win10 on four machines (one in dual-boot mode), and will keep them that way. I have not yet upgraded my SurfacePro, but will do so with the final release. I will upgrade my "main" computer, but continue to run 8.1 in dual-boot. Big question...

GreyFox -- Thank you, thank you!! That wasn't the answer, but, on the way there, I saw something that had somehow escaped my attention countless times: On both of those systems the network was "Public" rather than "Private." How they got that way, I cannot imagine. (My semi-Buddhist...

GreyFox -- All of my Win10 systems are Pro. I didn't know about the Telnet option, but tried it with No Joy. I tried both system name and IP address, but got a "Connect failed" result with both. Thanks, Russ

SharpColorado -- Just in the FYA Department (FYA=For Your Amusement), years ago, when I lived in San Diego, I knew the guy who was the CEO and one of the founders of the WD-40 company. It was the literal truth that it was their 40th formula that finally worked, and they decided to memorialize...

GreyFox -- Thanks. Both machines are set for firewall to allow Remote Desktop. Russ

I have four machines running Windows 10, 64-bit: * All are latest build and current on updates. * All are desktops, and are relatively "modern." Running I7 processors, from -875 to -3820, on ASUS motherboards, with NVidia video cards and ample memory (8 - 16GB). Two of them will both...

My kids keep telling me that, but they have a collection of different reasons. :-) Russ

Spider -- It should upgrade Ok. My problem was that I introduced too many variables into the mix. I cloned the Windows Media Center 8.1 drive (Machine A), then moved it to another machine (Machine B) where I upgraded it to Win10. There was a message during the upgrade process about Windows...

Spider -- Thanks. I know there is no upgrade path from 32 to 64. That has been true since 64 was introduced in WinXP. My struggle was to get Win10 to accept the Product Key from the 32-bit Win8.1 in a cloned drive. Turned out my problem had nothing to do with 32/64. The problem was that I...

Leeshor -- a. No, not really. I also bought a lot of keys online from MS directly (both Win7 & 8) with no software delivery involved, and there was no requirement to specify 32 or 64. The key didn't care. Then, as I moved away from 32-bit, I would do a clean install of 64-bit on the same...

Leeshor -- Well, YMMV, but if you walk over to my office with me, I can hand you about a dozen Win7 & Win8 packages that contain discs for both 32 & 64 bit installs, but only one key. I'm neither an OEM nor a Partner, but I have kinda been doin' this stuff for a long time. Happy...

Leeshor -- Sorry, wrong term. I meant "product key," not "code." The product key is not linked to either 32- or 64-bit. A software pack from MS contains discs for both 32 & 64, but only one key. The key doesn't care; it cares only about its host system. re: "you can't upgrade from 32-bit...

Leeshor -- Good to have that confirmed. I had sorta suspected it for a while, as I tend to move stuff around among my collection of computers a lot. Being a creature of habit, I will often have two systems that are substantially identical. I figured out that I could move stuff back and forth...

Build 10158 arrived in the dark of night, and I have already noted a few modest changes: * Internet Explorer disappeared from my Taskbar, as did Firefox. Restoring Firefox was easy, but I had to go to the source file for IE to put it back. (Ok, Satya, I got it: You want me to change to...

Leeshor -- a. Yeah, I knew that. Been through it many times in previous OS versions. I changed most of them when I moved to Win7. Don't remember why I missed the one in my office. Probably I had something that didn't play well with 64-bit, but those days are pretty well gone now. b. Nah...

Leeshor -- Good info; thanks. I have done four upgrades so far -- all desktops -- but all have been from 8.1. The one where I was considering a clean install was my office computer. It is the only one I have still running 32-bit 8.1, and I want to move to 64-bit. With all the software to...