Posts by Novatone 16 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Jul 2011
Considering that chrome gained its prominence by paying free programs to install it when they were installed and Google pays to be the default almost everywhere…
And maybe Microsoft is doing an A B test to see if it is just the uncluttered search page rather than the search results that people prefer
I find the bing results to be fine, and the ai mostly helpful when I ask it to answer a question when the search results don’t look promising
The Surface Pro 2 had a similar problem, it would stick in sleep/wake limbo you had to hard boot to get it to do anything occasionally, the problem is largely fixed now, by firmware and driver updates that were pleasantly automatic.
I had the problem on my Surface Pro 4 as well, dead battery, hot in the bag, etc.
Here is the basic work around, disable Windows Hello (Settings > Accounts > Sign-In Options)
Disable connected standby on battery (Settings > System> Power and Sleep)
I may have changed some other settings but I can't remember.
The problem seems to be caused by wake being triggered accidentally, the system wakes at the slightest touch of the power button (I accidentally put mine to sleep as I typed that by brushing the power button accidentally while using the on-screen keyboard near the top of the screen) it also wakes when the power cord is connected or disconnected.
With the face recognition turned on it will not give up and go back to sleep, it just runs flat out looking for a face until the battery is dead or it overheats (or it did the last time I used it).
I submitted a feedback suggestion, disabled 'hello' and really haven't had a problem since.
The apple support page (linked to in the article) has a 'Helpful?' question at the bottom perhaps a few hundred thousand No responses with a personal explanation of why this stinks, is probably illegal, may lead to lawsuits, and may make you choose a different brand for your next phone may improve the situation.
Or at least ask them to clarify what parts must be kept original. Is it just the fingerprint sensor and cable that needs to be original? Can you unbrick by reattaching the original?
The Minolta 4 MP camera I bought in 2002 produced as good or better pictures than my 35mm SLR and now quite affordable DSLR or mirrorless APS cameras produce amazing pictures.
Using film in 2015 is just as stupid as using vinyl records in 2015 there is just no good reason for it other than nottalgia.
If you want to be disiplined, just be disciplined. Set the camera on manual and think about your shots.
Just take their picture and send it to the company with a short description of the incident, anonymously if possible. Not asking for any action, just letting the management know what happened.
If reporting becomes common the problem will solve itself eventually, a few disciplinary actions will be taken and companies will create policies.
If the option of removing upgrading and returning is possible do it that way.
I'm doing a lot of these this month, here are the main stumbling blocks.
Drives, if the systems are all identical, getting one done and imaging to the others is a good way to go but there is a good change they are not identical.
Download the latest drivers available in advance, this might be difficult since the manufacturer's website will likely not have up to date drivers so finding even Vista drivers will mean needing to know the chipsets and downloading the latest drivers available directly from the chip maker. Soundcard and video drivers tend to be quite large so you will not be wanting to download those on-site.
The video cards may be a problem since there are a lot that have no Windows 7 drivers so unless the fallback generic VGA driver will be fast enough take some new cheap video cards or newer old cards and drivers.
As I was reading this using my Windows 7 tablet it occurs to me that the people complaining that windows sucks on tablets haven’t used one lately. The problem with the early tablets was the touch screen and the reluctance to go all-in and lose the keyboard. The early touch screens made the screen hard to read and all the laptop bells and whistles made them too heavy.
I’m writing this on an Acer Iconatab w500, I love it, a few tweaks to the configuration out of the box and it’s great. The best part is I can run all my normal software, office, java, flash even visual studio. It has no trouble lasting all day; I never turn it off or use hibernate.
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