Lenovo Yoga 13 fixes #10 – Get the latest Wifi drivers from Windows update, fixes Wifi problems for most

This post assumes that you have upgraded to Windows 8.1.  If so, you can update the network Wifi drivers from Windows update to the latest driver version.  As of this post, the latest driver is dated 11/13/2013, version 1026.4.1023.2013. It works great, and seems to solve the problems some people were having with the Wifi.

To make sure you have the latest network drivers:

1. Hit the Windows key + ‘x’ to open the power menu
2. Click ‘Device Manager’
3. Expand the ‘Network adapters’
4. Double click the ‘Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter
5. Go to the ‘Driver’ tab
6. Click the ‘Update Driver…’ button
7. Choose ‘Search automatically…’ and follow the prompts to install the latest driver.
8. Reboot

Lenovo Yoga 13 fixes #9 – Windows 8.1 upgrade causes the screen to start out rotated sideways after restarts

On my Yoga 13, after the Windows 8.1 upgrade, the screen would always start out rotated sideways after a restart. It was easy to correct by just turning the device sideways and back, which would cause it to sense and rotate to the proper orientation. But there is an easy fix:

1. Open up the “Services” manager (search for Services from the Start screen)
2. Open up the “Sensor Monitoring Service” by double clicking on it.  This service is set to manually start up based on a trigger event from the sensors, but this doesn’t seem to work too well.
3. Change the startup type from “Manual” to “Automatic”, and you’re done.

Reboots now should start out with the screen in the correct orientation.