Let's Talk about .. Refresh Surface 2/Touch Cover

Yesterday I tried to connect the Touch Cover to Surface 2. The touch pad was work well, but the keyboard was not. After checking from the solution from Microsoft website at Troubleshoot your surface cover: (1) check the connection between Surface and the cover, (2) restart Surface, (3) install Surface and Windows updates, and (4) check its setting; I followed these suggestion, but my keyboard was still not able to use.

Surface 2 with Touch Cover

It is possible that some of the setting may be changed during my usage. Therefore, I tried to refresh it.

Refresh
Refresh means reinstall Windows but keep all the personal data, preinstalled applications, and those application downloaded from Windows Store.
And finally, I can use it.

Instruction to refresh Surface

• Connect the Touch Cover
• Swipe (from) the right side
• Tap Settings
• Tap PC Setting
• Tap Update and recovery
• Tap Refresh
• Tap Get started
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Update and recovery menu

In fact, I found this suggestion (Microsoft's Refresh or reset Surface RT or Surface 2) after I did refresh. So, if your keyboard on your touch cover has problem


Ref.
[1] Microsoft. (2013). Refresh or reset Surface RT or Surface 2. Retrieved November 2013 from http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-th/support/warranty-service-and-recovery/refresh-or-reset-surface
[2] Microsoft. (2013). Troubleshoot your Surface Cover. Retrieved November 2013 from http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-th/support/hardware-and-drivers/troubleshoot-surface-keyboards

Let's Talk about .. IMPAC-T Final Workshop

During November 11-13, 2013, I received a fruitful invitation to join the Final Workshop of IMPAC-T at Sendai, Japan, through the kind help from Assoc.Prof. Shinjiro Kanae (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Assoc.Prof. Daisuke Komori (Tohoku University), and Asst.Prof. Shinichiro Nakamura (the University of Tokyo), as well as Mr. Weerayuth Pratoomchai (Ph.D. student at Tohoku University), who introduced this project to me.

                                               

Along the way to the workshop

Registration of the workshop

IMPAC-T stands for Integrated study on Hydro-Meteorological Prediction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Thailand. It is a project established since 2008 with the support from SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development). It is a collaborative projects between JICA, JST, the University of Tokyo, Kasetsart University with the researchers from many organizations such as Kasetsart University, KMUTT, Chulalongkorn University, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tohoku University, etc.

Prof. Taikan Oki (The University of Tokyo) gave an opening speech

This workshop is the final one before the final public symposium, IMPAC-T International Symposium “Coping with Climate Change Effects by Science and Technology” during January 27-28, 2014 at the Westin Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand. Thus, this workshop is not open to public and is considered to be one of preparation for the symposium.

Through these 3 days, not only seeing various new research from both Japanese and Thai researchers, I can make some networking and contacts with people in this area via the help of Dr. Chaiwat Ekkawatpani (KMUTT).

My seniors at Tohoku University and me