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SOLVED: Word Excel Outlook Are Fuzzy on External Screens on Windows 10 and 8

If you find that system windows and text (like the START menu, THIS PC, CONTROL PANEL) are perfectly clear, but some programs like Word and Outlook have fuzzy text, AND you are using a tablet (like a Microsoft Surface or Surface Book) we have the fix! This problem has dogged Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 6 yearsApril 1, 2016 ago

SOLVED: How to Press CTRL ALT DEL on a Surface 4 or Surface Book Without a Keyboard

The question I was originally asked was, “How do I bring up the soft / on-screen keyboard when a Surface Book is locked, so that I can press CNTL ALT DEL?”.  This took me some time to figure out… but I got it and it is easy. If you want Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 6 yearsFebruary 19, 2016 ago

SOLVED: The (Nearly) Complete List of Boot Key Strokes, ASUS, Dell, Intel, Gigabyte, Microsoft and More

This page details the keys needed to boot a PC into various modes (like the BIOS and PXE Network) from various manufacturers. If you are stuck and you can try the common keystrokes during a POST and before the Operating System loads: ESC, F1, F2, F8, F9, F10, F12 and Delete key.  Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsJanuary 27, 2016 ago

SOLVED: After PXE Booting Surface 3 Pro the ENTER Key on Keyboard Does Not Work

The problem I ran into was PXE booting (Volume Down + Power) a Surface Pro 3 and found that it brought up the PXE boot IPv4 screen but when I pressed the ENTER key to continue nothing happened.  I tried to bring up an On Screen Keyboard (OSD), plugging in an external keyboard, Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 7 yearsDecember 11, 2015 ago

SOLVED: How to Fix Fuzzy Text on Second Screens Connected to Surface 3 Tablet or Any High Resolution Computer

If you have connected an external monitor to a Microsoft Surface 2 or 3 (or any other high resolution computer) running Windows 8, you will see that the second screen’s text is fuzzy. There are several ways to improve the unclear fonts (like increasing the font size, or running through Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 8 yearsOctober 31, 2014 ago

SOLVED: What are the Full Specs for the Microsoft Surface Pro 3

By now you have likely heard that Microsoft has announced and demonstrated their latest Surface Tablet offering cleverly named ‘3’.  Surface Pro 3 is intended to replace corporate executives ultrabooks and laptops (like the Toshiba Portege R830 and the Apple ‘Air’).  It is lighter, thinner, faster than nearly all of the Read more…

By Ian Matthews, 8 yearsMay 22, 2014 ago
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