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I've installed Win 10 on two other laptops I own, but I hesitate to install it on the SP1 because I am afraid the beta install may mess up the recovery partition for some unknown reason. Win 10 runs fine on the other two laptops, but, since I use the SP1 as my main machine, I don't want to take...

For what its worth, and to add to the knowledge base regarding this issue: I bought a MDP to dual hdmi out adaptor and it seemed to work for a while. Since I didn't need two monitors I only used one hdmi out port and eventually that didn't work reliably so I replaced it. Later I installed a hdmi...

I've use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard on my Surface Pro for about 2 years now. Mostly it works with no issues. However, it can take me up to 15 minutes to re pair the thing if I update or replace the o/s, as I have done several times. The Pro always requires a code to pair for me. If the code...

Truth be told, I rarely use either Chromecast or Apple TV since I can watch the same content on my 27" monitor directly from either iTunes or Netflix or Amazon Prime. But, I have never installed Airparrot, since iTunes broadcasts directly to the Apple TV via the wi-fi network in my house. The...

Chromecast and Apple TV both work fine for me with a SP1. I use Time Warner Cable modem and a d-link 615 router.

Try vlc video lan player, which is free and open source. Here is the url: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html It works well for me for most audio and video files, including dvd players.

I play many movies from iTunes, and Amazon Video Library, Netflix, and Amazon Prime with no issues on a 27" monitor. Never a stutter, as far as I can tell. I also play hd videos from my Sony camera and many videos I download from YouTube and such, all without a single failure, as I recall.

I sure would for full credit. I've used my SP1 since the day it was released and it still works flawlessly, but the battery was never very long lasting, strange to complain that a full computer is too heavy when it only weighs two pounds, but there you are. From what I've read, the SP3 has a...

I've had issues also, off and on, with the hdmi to the mini display port adaptors for the last couple of years. I've settled on a big white adaptor I got at Frys or over the net, which works flawlessly on either of my 27" monitors, so it can be done if the port itself isn't messed up. If I had...

I like the free program: Gadwin Printscreen Version 4.7. It allows screen shots to be saved in .jpeg format and seems very fast and reliable.

Here's a link to a good youtube.com video on how to boot from a bootable usb drive. I got the video by doing a google search on "make a usb recovery bootable stick". Lots of info from MS and others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tShKxTNgoO8 There are lots of directions in the search...

I bought a refurbished Surface RT on ebay and I think it was never used before, even though it had "refurbished" stamped on the back. I believe it would be almost impossible to take a new case and replace the inner parts into the new case. Too much adhesive, tiny screws and such to make this...

As I said in a previous post, my SP1 has done this about 4 times, maybe, in the last year and a half since I bought it on Day One. A power cord attached and a long press on the power button have always worked so far for me. I always assumed the boot structure got messed up somehow and needed to...

I've got a Day One Surface Pro and haven't had your issue, yet. I have had the machine lock up and have always, so far, been able to restart it by attaching the power cord and doing a 10 second press on the power button. I haven't heard about pressing the up volume key at the same time until...

I have used my Surface Pro 1 as my main computer since the day it was released. I disable all sleep or hibernate modes since the machine shuts down in 15 to 20 seconds and starts up just as fast. At home I keep the cover closed most of the time and route the display to a 27" monitor, use an...

There seems to be a problem with using 2 hdmi cables on the Zotac adaptor a year later. I can't get two monitors to show up all the time. Even one monitor will black out for 5 seconds or so from time to time unless all the cables are plugged in tightly and not moved at all. I don't know if this...

Sad, (a bit) to say, but, I've had to completely restore both my SP 128 and my friend's SP 128. Each time wiping out the entire SSD and starting over. In both cases it worked flawlessly, but, I am very thankful that I had the recovery data still on the SSD. Storage space seems so cheap these...

I've use my 128 GB Pro as my main and only pc since I bought it almost a year ago. It meets all of my needs and still fits in my backpack and acts as a Kindle when I eat alone in restaurants. I have two other laptops, an i7 ASUS and a Fujitsu i5, both of which simply sit and wait. They are...

On my Pro 1, which I have had since the day it was released (Feb 2013) I depend on the built in Microsoft Security Essentials and the Defender. This is my main computer which I use for several hours every day all over the internet. I have never had a virus, (knock wood to appease the spirits of...

My Surface Pro 1 is my main, and mostly only, computer. Also being retired, but traveling a lot, I prefer to keep my latest records and such on the Pro. I also use it as a Kindle reader, but that is what I've used most of the tablets I have owned for, as well. I have an ASUS laptop with an...