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I have a SP 2017 (why didn't the Microsofties just call it an SP5?) It's an i7-8-256. No strange noises, but I did notice that the whole of the upper third of the back panel gets fairly warm when stuff is going on. My old SP3 just heated the upper right corner of the back. Also, the fan seems...

You got that right! I really think that they screwed up in shipping the Pro instead of the Pro-4. It's also partially Microsoft's fault. They probably should have called it the Pro-5. On the downside, the Pro doesn't come standard with the pen. But I never used the pen on the Pro-3 in the...

I've been pretty happy with my Surface Pro 3 (i5-128Gig-4Gig Win 10.1). However 3 or 4 weeks ago, I received an email from Micro Center promoting a deal on a Surface Pro 4 i7- 256Gig- 8Gig, with Surface Pro keyboard for $995.00. I figured that I could get ~$350.00 on Ebay. The numbers looked...

My Surface Pro 3 recently contracted a Virus that was pretty serious. I couldn't run most programs, especially anti-virus programs. I couldn't get the computer to boot off of a thumb drive. It was really my fault because I was running some stuff that needed AVAST anti virus to be...

About 3 weeks ago my Surface started to display messages every hour or so that my current license was no longer valid and that I should enter a valid license code. When I went to the activate window I was told that I had some kind of corporate license and I would have to contact my...

I received my replacement cord. It's a cheap piece of "crap", also a lot shorter than the original. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the original, so I'm keeping the replacement as a spare

I called him - the line was dead.

There are quite a few threads mentioning the power cord clip. I've participated in a couple. None of them seem to explain exactly how it's supposed to be used. I've tried various ways. I'm still puzzled. Anybody?

OOPS - I already replied to this thread.

I was doing little cleanup this morning (I'm seeing my 128Gig drive creep closer to Nada available). I noticed 5 instances of Microsoft Visual C++ in the program list. Can all but the latest one of these be uninstalled? They are each in the 30+ Meg area in size.

Based on my experience with both WIN-8 and WIN-10 I think the problem lies in the apps themselves. I regularly go to the NYTimes web site using Chrome. Chrome allow all kind of touch gestures - sliding screen objects horizontally or vertically - almost as smoothly as IOS. Firefox, Edge...

I rarely use my Sp3 in tablet mode or in even in portrait mode. So I tried it. The screen rotated in both laptop and table modes without any problem. The rotation tile is blacked out. Purchase date Jan 10, 2015

Do you think Siri and Cortana would get along? What would their relationship be?

I opened Windows update this morning and saw that an attempted upgrade had failed. I clicked on restart the upgrade and it started to install VER 1511-10586. Total time for the upgrade was about 1 hour. So far, nothing looks different. Boot-up seems a little faster. Is there a site that...

I have over 500 megs of drivers and firmware what were given to me by a Microsoft rep at the end of October when I had a problem with the WiFi on my SP3. I could upload them to the forum if you think they would be useful

It's update Tuesday. I'm waiting breathlessly for Microsoft's latest Brain fart.

Give Thunderbird a try. I've been using it for years. It's very configurable, without being overly complex like outlook.

I've been running Avast for almost a year now. Currently running ver. 10.4.2233 with no problems, ever.

I'm using Avast and Malwarebytes. Neither one had a clue.

That's the worst part - it wasn't any kind of porn. I was looking for dis-assembly instructions for a microwave oven.