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    Surface Book with P.B. or new Surface Pro i7 16GB Ram?

    I think about buying a Surface Device. But I am not sure if I should buy the new Surface Pro i7 16GB Ram or the Surface Book with P.B. i7 16 GB Ram dGPU, because with the Student Price the Surface Pro (with keyboard and Pen) is only around 200€ cheaper than the Surface Book. I will use the...
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    Surface Book Glitches With External Monitors and Dock

    I currently run 2 - 22" Wide Flat Panel Dell monitors (2208WFPt) connected to the surface book dock. My issue is that when I disconnect and reconnect the dock my display glitches big time. (large fonts, rearranged icons, tool bar icons disappearing) I can eventually get it right by unplugging...
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    Surface Book doesn't automatically switch between wired and wifi

    One of the things that has been driving me crazy since I got my new Surface Book is that is does not switch automatically between wired and wifi and back. I connect wired to our network while at my desk to work on Business Intelligence programming and ERP, but when I need to take my laptop to a...
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    Solved Creator's Update breaks wifi?

    Hi all, Have you installed the Creator's Update yet? I am one of the lucky few who never had any of the common issues with the Surface Book, although it looks like my luck has now run out! Having just installed the Creator's Update, my wifi is now incredibly slow. (25kbps or so.) I did a full...
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    Are the WIFI issues with the Surface Book resolved? (before I buy)

    I need a new laptop now (current laptop 7 years old and very slow). I require a pen (I have never liked any trackpad of any company), 1Tb SSD, small form factor (13"), 2-in-1. The choices I am considering are the Surface Book with Performance Base, and the Thinkpad Yoga X1. The Yoga X1 is bit...
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    Surface book base issues

    Hello. Last night my surface book drained to 0% and would not start so i had to manually detach clip board and base however in the process of detaching i ended up burning and damaging the tablet and base power connector. The right part of the base connector is now broken. (Is this the first...
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    How to enable VT-x

    Hello, I'm develop under Visual Studio 2015 and I would like to enable VT-x in order to use Xamarin and the Android Emulators. I've firstly use the Visual Studio Emulator for Android, that is based on Hyper-V. It works but I encounter some problems with the Google Play Services: so I would...
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    Surface Book slow respond after sleep?

    Sometime when Surface Book wake up from sleep, the computer responds very slowly. The screen pointer can't catch up with the mouse, and all windows open and respond slowly. Is this a ongoing problem? Is it a Intel driver problem? Thanks! Surface Book i5 w/out dGPU Windows version: 1607...
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    My Surface Book Keeps Turning On In My Bag (Even after I turn it off!)

    This keeps happening over and over again. Almost always, when I just hit the power button (which is set to go into sleep mode)... and Today (hour ago), I made sure to actually TURN IT OFF via the start menu, and it still happened! Laptop seems "off" when I put it in my bag, then I get home...
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    Wireless Keyboard Adapter For Surface Book?

    HI! Surface Book user here. I REALLY want to improve my posture & my life at my keyboard, and one major way to do that is to have my screen higher, while keyboard stays same. This is why wireless keyboards exist. But it seems CRAZY to buy ANOTHER wireless keyboard, when I already have a...
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    Wireless Keyboard Adapter For BOOK?

    HI! Surface Book user here. I REALLY want to improve my posture & my life at my keyboard, and one major way to do that is to have my screen higher, while keyboard stays same. This is why wireless keyboards exist. But it seems CRAZY to buy ANOTHER wireless keyboard, when I already have a...
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    Problem accessing USB RAID drives.

    With a Surface Book I bought in April 2016, running Win 10 1607, I cannot format or use USB RAID drives . I have tried two different vendors of two drive RAID enclosures. In each I have installed two Seagate 8TB Barracuda Drives. Both enclosures support Raid 0, Raid 1, JBOD, and Combined...
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    SOLD **** WTT/FS Surface Book i7 for Surface Pro 4 or $1700

    SOLD> I have a Surface Book purchased 4-1-2016, UAG case and Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse. Below is the invoice that shows the specs of the one I am trading. It has been lightly used and shows no scratches or signs of use what so ever. It has had a screen protector and bamboo skin on it since...
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    NO SB IN SINGAPORE AFTER MORE THAN 1 YEAR??

    I don't know how effective this thread is but it has been more than a year and still no signs of the Surface Book being released in Singapore. When? While at it no signature type cover as well??
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    Onscreen Keyboard will never open

    All of the sudden my on screen keyboard will not open even when I click the keyboard icon on the taskbar. This happens in tablet or desktop mode with a keyboard attached or unattached. I have never seen this issue before. Is anyone else seeing this behavior? I have tried rebooting, updating...
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    Surface Book Battery and GPU Problems

    Hello All! I got my Surface Book last Christmas and have loved it every since, despite the bugs of course. Recently I have noticed that it has been dying quicker than usual and I noticed that when I click on the battery icon in the taskbar that battery 1 says "Not Present". That is the battery...
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    Solved Can't login, Project won't go away, HELP

    Running the latest firmware, I checked for updates yesterday. Watch this video on this tweet to see what's happening, I'll try to explain below. On a fresh boot up, I get the pretty picture login screen, and Turning on camera.... and it never turns on. I can swipe up and log in fine. If I lock...
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    Help diagnosing a dGPU issue

    Hi folks, Hoping I can get someone's help in diagnosing a problem I'm having with my SurfaceBook i7/16GB/dGPU model. With certain apps, when I run using the dGPU, I only get a black screen. There is sound and the application cursor changes, but just a black screen. This is for some apps, not...
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    Surface book and dock adapters

    Hi there, Looking for anyone who has had success with 3 in 1 mini displayport to vga/hdmi/dvi adapter that works with both the surface book and dock. Before I did any research I bought an adapter but (I assume) it was a 'passive' one and the vga port is the only one that works. After looking...
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    [PSA] Surface Book keyboard manual release

    Apparently the Surface Book has a manual release to detach the keyboard from the base. Found this after reading through a reddit post "Okay. On the right hand side of the clipboard about 4-6 holes up is an emergency release. You will need a paperclip and it will go in at a bit of an angle. This...
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