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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…