HowTo How To and Master Help for the Surface Pro 4

[leeshor]

How do you boot to USB?


1. Press Power and Volume + (at the same time) ,to boot into UEFI

2. Make sure that you disable Secure Boot Device, and boot order is Network -> USB -> SSD

3. Press down Power and Volume + together for 15 second for a reset.

5. Instead of pressing Power briefly to power it on. Hold it down until it recognizes and boot into USB.

The USB drive must be formatted FAT32

 

[sharpuser]

WHEN DOES MY WARRANTY EXPIRE?

Go here to verify the warranty for your Surface product, by serial number.
The date shown will reflect either the initial purchase warranty, or Microsoft Complete protection, and the date Technical Support expires:

Microsoft Surface warranty status | Surface accessory warranty status

 

[sharpuser]

LAUNCH MULTIPLE APPS FROM A SINGLE PEN BUTTON

HowTo - Launch multiple Apps and Programs with single Pen button

 

[leeshor]

Sleep states

The following sleep states are available on this system:
Standby (S0 Low Power Idle) Network Connected - This is S0iX
Hibernate - This is S4
Fast Startup - This is S0 (from S5 - Powered Off)

The following sleep states are not available on this system:
Standby (S1) - Legacy from APM BIOS (from the 90s)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
This standby state is disabled when S0 low power idle is supported.

Standby (S2) - Legacy from early ACPI BIOS (from the late 90s to the early 2000s)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
This standby state is disabled when S0 low power idle is supported.

Standby (S3) - Updated ACPI BIOS (from the early to mid-2000s)
The system firmware does not support this standby state.
This standby state is disabled when S0 low power idle is supported.

Hybrid Sleep - Updated ACPI BIOS also ported to UEFI Systems (introduced support under Windows Vista)
Standby (S3) is not available.

Credit jnjroach post

 

[jnjroach]

"Can I leave my Surface plugged in all the time?"

We seem to get this question at least once a month so I'll post the official recommendations from the Surface Team:

Battery care
Operating temperature. Surface is designed to work between 32°F and 95°F (or 0°C to 35°C). Lithium-ion batteries are sensitive to high temperatures, so keep your Surface out of the sun and don’t leave it in a hot car.

Recharge any time. The battery doesn’t need to be empty or low before you recharge. You can recharge the battery whenever you like. However, it’s best to let the battery run to below 10 percent at least once per month before you recharge it.

Battery warranty. If your Surface battery is found to be defective during the warranty period, it is covered under the standard Surface Warranty.

Microsoft Surface battery and power | Recharge Surface

 

[sharpuser]

SCREEN SHOTS

A quick way to take a screenshot on your Surface Pro 4 is to press and hold Power and immediately also press Volume Up. Release both buttons.

The .png image will be stored either with your \Pictures\Screenshots folder, or OneDrive\Pictures\Screenshots folder if you have configured OneDrive to do so.