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[Microsoft Surface] MamaGlue:
Why isn't flash player working for my Surface RT 32gb?

few days ago it was working fine and I was able to play videos, now I cant play youtube videos or any other flash vids.

says I need to update my flash player and wont load anything.

I have the whitelist tool and my rt is jailbroken. ive rebooted many times tried with and without the jailbreak to run videos with no luck.

reset all defaults in ie and tried to play in both metro and desktop. nothing is working.

also I have found that the flash player add on is missing I never uninstalled It or anything. any ideas on how to get it back?

ok so I close ie and open it again and go to manage add ons and shockwave flash object is back now then when closed and opened it may or may not go away, its completely random.

this is really annoying.

Edit: ended up refreshing the pc flash vids work fine now and it saved all my old files. Only problem now is I cannot reinstall any of my apps, keeps giving me an error

( 0x80240017 )

im pretty sure its because i need to re-install all those firmware updates that came out a month ago now, but every time i try to download and install the updates all 23 of them fail. any help at all would be appreciated.

edit2: ran troubleshooter to fix update problem and my surface is successfully updated but still cannot reinstall or even download any apps from the marketplace...all that works is ie, ms office, desktop and the marketplace opens obviously.
[Microsoft Surface] Dane Reynolds:
Hey, it's not a bad question. Yes it is possible to boot another OS, but Microsoft has security in place so removing the old OS 'RT' this is why there are people who 'jailbreak' devices, such as the iPhone, so just like you I hope there is a jailbreak so I can have android.
[Microsoft Surface] MamaGlue:
go to your desktop and right click then select personalize. in the bottom left corner of the window there should be a "see also" section, click display. now on the left side of the window select "calibrate color" follow the steps.
[Microsoft Surface] Wischm0pp:
I recently jailbroke my Surface, but I keep on running into the same error, when starting .net 4.5 apps, that are not actually compiled for WinRT.

The procedure entry point

"?id@?$codecvt@DDH@std@@2V0locale@2@A" wasn't found in the DLL

"C:\...\appimtryingtostart.exe"

Is there any way to maybe reinstall the .net framework or fix it somehow?
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
The bit you can't translate is "procedure entry point" and refers to the start of a function that the runtime expects to find in your program. Not sure what the actual stuff in the entry point identifier is, though; I don't recognize it. I've run multiple .NET 4.x apps without recompiling... As for reinstalling .NET, this is possible on the PC (using the Windows Features control panel) but the relevant items are missing from the same control panel on RT. You could try using dism.exe to do it, though...
[Microsoft Surface] Wischm0pp:
I couldn't find any way to reinstall .net by using dism since I'm not familiar with it but now I'll just update my .net. Let's see if this works.

Seems like my version was already up to date. Really urgent for some app like Mouse w/o Borders or Synergy.
[Microsoft Surface] HTCalltheway:
Weird touch cover noise...

My touch cover makes a sound when I press the keys.. no it's not the "pop" sound from the OS.

video here.

Is it normal and does your touch cover also do this?
[Microsoft Surface] Wischm0pp:
To some extend, it's normal because the thin plastic layers in the keyboard seem to do this.

But with my keyboard I can ony hear that if it's pretty quiet and I have to get really close to it.

So yours is most probably defect, you should consider sending it back to Ms.
[Microsoft Surface] kiddomarc:
my surface pro cannot boot from Windows 7 and Linux USBs, it still proceeds to windows 8. (im trying to put windows 7 on it or Linux)

but I can on my Recovery USB. i'm using the down volume method, and tried the advance boot thingy and chose USB method.

So i doubted if my win7 and linux usbs are not bootable, but they both boot well on my other pc.

I also have that EFI boot disabled. im not exactly a noob with tweaks and software installation, i just dont know why my surface pro wont accept those bootable usbs so i can start installing them.

please help.
[Microsoft Surface] Kraize:
Are you sure it's not a problem with your usb? I can boot backtrack, ubuntu, windows 7 just fine from usb.
[Microsoft Surface] mohitgalaxy3:
Can I install win8 on surface:

Hi Everyone,

I want to know is there a way to install win 8 on my surface instead of win RT.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
Technically speaking? No, of course not; Win8 runs on x86/x64 (processors based on Intel's 80386 instruction set architecture, with or without AMD's 64-bit extensions). RT runs on ARM, a completely different processor instruction set. ARM processors, such as the Tegra 3 chip in Surface RT, can't run x86 code directly, so there's no way to run an x86 OS on them.

Now, with that said, there's really only one meaningful difference in the behavior of Win8 from that of Win RT: the requirement that desktop apps and libraries be signed by Microsoft. Without athat, you can compile programs for ARM, or run .NET code (which is processor-independent), with no problems at all. There *is* a way to enable this on RT: go look up the "jailbreak tool" on the dev&hacking sub-forum.

Note, however, that the amount of software available for RT thus far is limited. Pure .NET 4.x apps will usually work fine, but RT doesn't include older versions of the .NET runtime. Open-source apps that are compiled using Visual Studio can be pretty easily re-compiled for ARM, but ones that are compiled using GCC only are much more difficult, and closed-source apps can't be recompiled at all. We have limited support for both Java and Python, as well. There is a tool being developed that allows running x86 code on RT using dynamic recompilation to ARM code, but that tool is still in early beta phase and doesn't yet support many programs.
[Microsoft Surface] mohitgalaxy3:
Well thanks for a brief description, I completely understand now why win8 can't run on RT.
[Microsoft Surface] Casper0v:
External DVD

I know that the Surface RT does not have any DVD playback capabilities built in; I'm wondering if there could possibly be a way around this. It would be awesome to be able to just hook one up via USB and be able to watch DVDs.

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Microsoft Surface] Moloxus:
Live USB problems

I'm having a similar problem. Are you compiling the live usb yourself? I've tried multiple programs (unetboot, linuxlive usb creator, rufus)

I've only managed to get ubuntu to load via live usb by creating it with rufus and setting partition scheme to gpt for uefi. non of the other isos I've tried (BT 5, Linux Mint, Android X86) are capable of a gpt partition scheme and I am pretty new to this uefi bios.

Does surface pro not have legacy bios support?

My end goal was to try and install a bare metal hypervisor like xenclient or nxtop on the surface pro.
[Microsoft Surface] Wischm0pp:
Often, when I change the system volume using the volume rocker it kinda gets stuck into it. For instance if I press the Vol+ button it goes all the way up to 100 and the volume indicator won't fade away until Vol- is pressed. Also it doesn't seem to recognize any touch input while being stuck.

Also it seems to be a software misfunction since I can't tell anything weird regarding the volume rocker. Seems to work normal on the hardware side.
[Microsoft Surface] arisgiann:
Hi.

I've tried lot of times to add my Google account to my RT but allways says that the details are incorect.

Does anyone knows the reason for that?
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
When you say Google, I'm assuming you mean GMail in the mail app or contacts in the people app. I've added mine and it works fine. However, you might want to try logging into your live account (I'm assuming you have one since you have a surface) and hooking up your two accounts there. To do this, go to live.com and click on your name on the upper right-hand corner. Then click on account settings. Login with your password again and go to permissions on the left-hand side. In the following screen click add accounts. There you can add Google contacts. For mail however, there are other ways to link.

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Hey, this is most likely a hardware problem. I had a similar issue with mine (only I could still change the volume with touch). Does it do the same thing with the touch/type cover? This would tell you if it's a hardware problem.

However, I got mine replaced 'cause my headphone jack stopped working. The volume rocker was then fixed and has been fine ever since. Oh, and have you tried resetting or refreshing in case it is software? If you're going to get it replaced anyway (just call Microsoft, explain what happened and tell 'em you want it replaced, they'll do it for you) you may as well try that first.

Hope this helped!

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[Microsoft Surface] arisgiann:
Thank you but the problem remains with the calender app. When i am trying to add my google account it says that sync is unavailable.
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
First of all, is this a work account? If so, IT could be blocking it or something. Assuming it's not, go to your calendar on the website and try going into settings. Share the calendar to your Microsoft live mail address. Once that's done, sign out of GMail and go to your Livemail. Open the invitation to join, make an account, and just use that account to sign into your calendar in Windows ? :good:

Long, complicated method, but should work!

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[Microsoft Surface] arisgiann:
Απ: [OFFICIAL] questions and answers for Microsoft surface

Unfortunately google has deactivated this possibility. :mad: :thumbdown: :mad:

Any idea how to bypass it?

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[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
Yeah, I just saw this. Hmmm, mine doesn't anymore either. And there isn't a "bypass" unless you don't update your calendar often. Then you could download the file for your calendar and use it on your livemail calendar...

EDIT: Nevermind! Here's how: To begin, open Google Calendar, and browse to Calendar > Calendar settings (via the small cog in the top-right corner) > Calendars > "YOUR NAME" > Scroll down to where it says PRIVATE ADDRESS, and click on the ICAL button. Copy the following link. Now go to calendar.live.com, and click on subscribe (above the "month" button). Paste the URL there, name it, and save! Now make sure your Hotmail calendar syncs on the app! Congrats!
[Microsoft Surface] ccfahrer:
How To: Streaming mp4 Videos directly without Download???

Hello,

i have now a Surface RT since a few days.

If i click on a linked mp4 file in the IE i get the possibility to OPEN or to SAVE the file.

If i choose open, the file is being downloaded and then openend with the video Player.

On my iPad or my android Smartphone the Video starts directly to Play the Video (without presaving it)

How can i do this with the surface. I have googled around for hours, but i have found no solution.

Example site: www_mp4-tv_de or www_tcweilerbach_de/VIDEO0005.mp4. (Replace _ with .)

Thank you for helping.

Regards,

ccFahrer
[Microsoft Surface] bobwal70:
updateing apps

have a surface pro, and i checked to see if any updates for my apps at the store , it said i had 4 updates but i could not find any details about what was in the update and why, am i missing something? with google apps you are given a reason for the update and what changes it will make to the app. is there a details button that i dont see?
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
The open button is functionally the same as what an iPad does. In reality the ipad is downloading the video in the same way the surface does, it just hides that it is doing so (it deletes it when done to save memory)
[Microsoft Surface] ccfahrer:
Thank you for answering.

But: The iPAD starts directly with playing the video. So, if you have a video whith a big size (500 Mb or more) you can watch it and you have not to wait until the video is complete downloaded. The same is under Windows 7.

So, i think this is a bug or missing feature or wrong settings.

Does anyone other know something about this?
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
Not a bug, IE just handles it differently. That's how it'll have to be for now... Maybe IE 11 will change it!

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There is a button. Deselect all but one update, then tap view details.
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
But, on Windows 7 that's not the modern app, which is slightly different. The fact is, Windows has to open the file in an app on Windows RT, and it might be using Media Player or something on Windows 7.
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
The OneNote app store app now supports drawing!!! Microsoft just released the update, so if any of you are like me and were waiting for this, go get it now! :laugh: :good:
[Microsoft Surface] sciueps:
do they implement also the reading of protected notes by passwords?

it not, for me the app is near to be unusable.

Thanks
[Microsoft Surface] C-Lang:
Hmmmm... I didn't see anything in the release notes, and I've never used that, so I couldn't say. You can always give it a try! :good:
[Microsoft Surface] PiperCub49:
Hey guys,

I decided I'd try out the X-Plane simulator application in BlueStacks. All of the gyroscope axes work fine except for pitch (tilting SP forward and backward). There's no way to change the gyroscope settings in the game and I was wondering if there is a way that I can change the settings on the SP itself so that the direction of that axis is reversed.

Thanks,

Kody
[Microsoft Surface] EMINENT1:
Quit using Scroogle.
[Microsoft Surface] HazyJMac:
Microsoft Surface Pro LCD/Digitizer Repalcement

How goes it gang. Have got a Surface pro in need of a Screen Replacement. Anyone know of a supplier... RT replacements abound... but can't seem to locate one for the Pro.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[Microsoft Surface] :
Curious is anyone is running a virtual machine on the Pro. I'm thinking of learning Linux but I still need Windows. Does the Pro have enough to run Ubuntu 13.04 in a VM without any hiccups?
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
if my 2ghz intel celeron single core laptop with 3gb of RAM could do it then the significantly more powerful surface pro can do it. We arent talking blazing performance for the VM on my old laptop, but it was certainly perfectly usable, no real issues. The surface aswell as having a faster CPU (although it is 1.7ghz the i5 completes more instructions than the celeron does and of course its a dual core in the pro and more RAM) also supports Hyper-V which can really speed up virtualisation.

I used VMWare and Linux Mint 11 at the time. Mint is pretty much just ubuntu with a slightly different selection of default software so from a technical point of view would be identical to ubuntu running in the same VM.

Performance would be fine for just learning linux. In the long run a dual boot would be better.
[Microsoft Surface] heero01:
Fan Speed

I was wondering does anyone know a application that can manage the fan speed on the pro i fell like mines gets to warm and with the summer coming i like to leave the fan running a little higher .
[Microsoft Surface] Nazox9:
Have been looking at different jailbreak threads because I just got an rt. Was wondering if there was any way right now to get Silverlight working on here. I haven't been able to find anything specific as of now. Thanks.
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
Microsoft seem to have dropped alot of support for silverlight, most websites using it are moving away from it aswell. Only notable site that uses it that I can think of is probably netflix, but they have a native app on RT anyway.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
Yeah. We could try and take the (at least partially-public) sources for Silverlight and hack them into a browser extension, but there's no simple "compile this and install" that I know of publicly.
[Microsoft Surface] Nazox9:
For sure. I was mainly asking because I'm in school right now for my IT certs, and all of out labs and everything are on a silver light based sight. Would be extremely convenient to do my school work on my tablet.
[Microsoft Surface] ctitanic:
When USB Modem are going to be supported by Surface RT?
[Microsoft Surface] StarLog:
[Q] How do I stop the keyboard click sound SRT

I know I can lower the volume to stop the sound, but that is not the solution.

Any way to lower the click sound when typing.?
[Microsoft Surface] hisoft:
For now I think it not other solution but turn it off.

PC settings => General => Play key sounds as I type => Off
[Microsoft Surface] StarLog:
Thanks that works
[Microsoft Surface] sneak3:
Hello there!

Ive jus bought a surface pro for painting and sketching mainly and I have some questions.

Hope you guys can enlighten me :)

1- When I slide the stylus lightly over the screen, while in photoshop or paint, it doesnt recognize the pen. I have to put a little pressure so the line actually appears. Is that normal behavior? Can I make it that the simplest touch from the stylus is recognized by the surface?

2- Having a screen protector like incipio would affect the pressure/precision of the stylus?

3- Lines in photoshop are not smooth. They seems pixelated a bit. Im using the surface with default resplution and the photoshop document had 300 dpi. Any ideas why? Thanks!
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
1 and 3 I wouldnt know about. I think there is some sort of sensitivity option somewhere but not having a windows 8 touch device let alone one with an active stylus I couldnt tell you where to look.

For 2 though, it shouldnt make a massive difference. I think the actual pressure sensing for a wacom pen is done by compression of the nib material on the end of the stylus. Some screen protectors I guess might offer a softer surface altering the nib compression a little perhaps but I should think it will still be perfectly usable.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
All active digitizer pens have a threshold pressure for registering a touch. Ones intended to be used on a screen may require a little more pressure than ones intended to be used on a peripheral tablet; I don't know. There will always need to be *some* pressure, though it needn't be much.

A screen protector will almost certainly negatively impact the responsiveness of the stylus. It would still be usable - you can hold the stylus about half an inch from the screen and use it by pressing your finger on the tip, if you want - but it wouldn't be as good. The Surface has an extremely durable screen though.

When using artistic programs, you should disable the high-DPI scaling that Surface Pro does by default. This will make things on the screen pretty tiny - full 1920x1080 on a mere 10.8" screen is going to make UI elements pretty small - but if the jaggies on drawn lines (which occur due to the scaling) are bothering you, then you should be able to use it like that. Go to Start and type "dpi"; there should be an option (probably under Settings) something like "adjust the size of items on the screen". Set it to 100% (it will be at 150% or some such by default).
[Microsoft Surface] sneak3:
Thanks man! Good explanations. I just thought it was weird the need for applying that minimum pressure, ive been used to ipads ever since I got a tablet haha.

Now one question about screen protectors: I heard the one from zagg is not very good, and that I should go for the incipio one.

The thing is that they sasy its for surface RT, not surface pro.

Could I use the incipio plex one on my surface pro? If not, which screen protector you guys recommend?
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
Capacitive digitizers (such as iPads and smartphones, and the Surface Pro's touchscreen, use) work by detecting changes in electric fields that resemble the changes something with the capacitance of a human finger will introduce. They're inherently somewhat imprecise (although generally pretty accurate), and the field extends a bit above the screen; sometimes they can be used without touching the screen at all.

"Active" digitizers such as Wacom tablets and styluses use (I believe the Surface Pro uses Wacom technology) operate on a somewhat different basis. I'm not familiar with the details, but the stylus can be detected at a reasonable distance (usually about 1/2 an inch, or around 13mm); this is why you can "hover" the stylus pointer on the screen without dragging. On the other hand, the detection of when you are "touching the screen" is based on a change in the signal from the stylus due to pressure on the tip. The tablet itself doesn't actually sense the pressure at all; it just senses a change in the detection of the stylus. That pressure can come from anything; as I said, you can actually hold the stylus near the tablet and push the tip with your finger (without ever touching the screen) and it will register as a touch or click. The various buttons behave similarly, changing the signal from the stylus. In any case, *some* pressure is going to be required to trigger that change in the stylus before the tablet will detect a touch.

I don't use screen protectors, personally; they tend to impair image quality more than they add useful protection, in my personal experience. With that said, if I had to get one for any Surface, I'd go with a smooth (not "spongy" like the Zagg) and matte (to cut reflections, at a cost of some screen brightness) protector. I don't know what brand would be best for that. However, since the Surface RT and Surface Pro have the same size screen and (I believe) the single front-facing button in the same place, there should be no problem using a screen protector meant for one of them on the other one instead. That won't work for cases, of course, just standalone protectors.
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
Had a look at the surface pro and RT in john lewis yesterday, had them on display side by side. The buttons did indeed seem to be in the same place.

However, if I was a company making a protector I wouldnt even bother with a cutout for the button, its capacitative which normally works through a protector fine.

The wacom styluses I believe work by having a grid of radio transmitter and receiving coils within the screen. They transmit a signal which is picked up within the screen too. But then by waving a small otherwise inert coil of specific width nearby it alters the received signal allowing a reasonable detection. By compressing this new coil it alters it differently. This coil is essentially like a spring and stuck within the nib of a stylus. Think its something along those lines anyway?
[Microsoft Surface] sneak3:
Hey man, ive tried to change the dpi settings to 100% and ive also set to disable display scaling in the program properties. None of that worked to solve the rough edged brushes, unfortunately. It seems the brushes needed some antialiasing or something similar.

Any other thoughts?
[Microsoft Surface] sneak3:
Hey guys, does anyone have a recommendation for good 2 button switch pens for replacing the stock surface one? Ive been tryin to find that axiotron pen but no luck so far. thought there was going to be plenty of options but apparently that's not the case.
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
A believe it's a Wacom stylus of some sort; you might be able to find one of those that will work. I take it you have some problem with the stock stylus? If you just want to replace it, I'm pretty sure MS will happily sell you another one.
[Microsoft Surface] SixSixSevenSeven:
its a wacom digitiser. In theory any wacom compatible pen should work. That won't always be the case in practise, some of the older wacom pens were powered or had less pressure sensitivity so won't work. But otherwise there shouldn't be anything stopping you.