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[Windows RT General] jmao1979:
A TIp if you can't get the test mode enabled because of the secureboot

Thanks for the sharing.

There was an issue I encountered on my Surface RT Gen 1 (with all latest updates to 8.1 from MS so far), so I'd like to share how I finally addressed it in case you have encounter the same.

The issue was in relation to the #Unlock Secure boot#, by running the "InstallPolicy.cmd" script, I successfully got to the boot process to show a debug policy which allows me to click the volume down button then the front windows logo to select and proceed to the system normal start up, but when I ran the "PostInstallPolicy.cmd" trying to enable the test mode, the system prompted something like the meta data is protected by secure boot etc.. hence can't set to test mode.

I eventually got around the issue, by doing the following:

1. using the admin cmd prompt to mount the system volume (mountvol s: /S).

2. Unload hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000 from registry using regedit

3. Backup (to the USB drive), then Delete everything inside the folder of EFI on the S drive (only can be successful if you unload the hive in step 2).

4. Extract the content from the EFI zip package that can be download from the original ithome .com Chinese site posted by wangxiaohu on 24th Jan) (there was an Baidu cloud drive share link down the bottom of the article), then copy the content to the EFI folder on the S drive

5. Restart the Surface.

6. I encountered the System error saying one of the efi file is missing, can't load windows, now power off the surface, plug in the USB drive to get into the recovery mode, then go to the recovery command prompt (Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt)

7. Run the command "bootrec /rebuildbcd", wait for the command to find the windows 8.1 installation and rebuild the BCD

8. Power off, then you should be able to get a normal system restart into the windows 8.1.

9. Re-do all the steps of ## 1. Unlock Secure boot ##, you should be able to set the test mode successful this time.

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I am now running the Surface RT gen 1 with Windows 10 as a ART Picture Frame also, by using this app:

Microsoft city-art-search

It can do slideshow as well as map views of art works globally.

Once you refresh the Surface RT with Win 10 ARM (32), you can use the store rg-adguard net to lookup the download PRODUCT ID: 9wzdncrdtbtp.

Enjoy
[Windows RT General] fefetron:
can I send you a private message?

Hello I see your response helpful,

Can I send you a private message to solve some doubts I have in the process?

Thank you.
[Windows RT General] jmao1979:
Surely, feel free, happy to help
[Windows RT General] ShikiVr:
Thx for the tip, that helped.

But now I stucked on another issue after win10 installation. I have following errors after rebooting:

[IMG="error1"]https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5bceb6aa47f97af1927435de68d39d33ed67f4fc211a2af291dc7408b253c0c5.jpg[/IMG]

and after pressing win key:

[IMG="error2"]https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5f60e9c837b022f23860e9725ba6a8cfd424b07e08e0c03a723aa18fa51ffbb7.jpg[/IMG]

can you help with this one? I'm pretty sure Secure Boot was disabled - I've doubled check this and I had this "Secure boot isn't configured" message.

I've also tried to recover win 8.1 and repeat all the steps but ended up with the same result.

Thx in advance
[Windows RT General] jmao1979:
yes. for this error, you can force reboot the rt into the recovery mode using your usb. then using the recovery command shell to execute the following command:

bootrec /rebuildbcd

If everything goes all right, it will find your Windows partition and rebuild the BCD files in order to load.

If you get this error after you did the Windows 10 win install, then I hope you will login Windows 10 straight away (though the boatload might say win8.1, no issue). If you got this error before you even load the Windows 10 win, you will need to redo the secure boot patch following all steps and rerun the test mode enablement again before install Windows 10 wim.

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after you took the ownership of the file, you may still need o give full control permission to your user and administrator before you can change the file name.

or worst case, you can nake a copy of the file on desktop folder, rename it, delete the old one and copy the renamed one back.
[Windows RT General] fefetron:
Step 6

Hello, I am in the step 6, but when I try to reboot into recovery, pressing power button+volumen down it does not turn on. but when I try to turn it on using just power button it keep saying that a file is missing.

Any ideas?

thank you

UPDATE: NEVERMINT, my bad. I am about to install win10 now.

Thanks again
[Windows RT General] aristeua:
I highly advise this tutorial to update surface rt 1/2 to windows 10: https://sites.google.com/view/alexenferman/devices/windows-10-oa-surface-rt. But sincerely, I'm still not sure if it's worth updating. I mean, it is slower, and the app store does not work. In the end of the day you can do less than you could with 8.1
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Some very important steps are missing from this tutorial. You have to turn on test mode (bcdedit /set {default} testsigning on && bcdedit /set {bootmgr} testsigning on)

and MAKE SURE that the secureboot is really disabled, otherwise your device will not trust anything anymore and it will refuse to boot anything at all!!! (Not even your USB in some cases)

DO NOT DELETE LOGONUI.EXE!!! Your tablet will not boot anymore and you will have to reset.

.
[Windows RT General] Guest001001:
I followed the guide off mr ferman.

I only forgot to check secure boot now it is in bootlop and recovery is only black screen. Does onybody know how i could restore it?
[Windows RT General] unit68:
Thanks i was wondering if it was worth it. I figured it would be slower
[Windows RT General] Dimi72:
Browser?

What is the most powerful browser that you can run in Windows 10 RT?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Sadly the built in version of Edge is the best at the moment. I've been searching through various discord, telegram and forums and I've seen some chatter about the possibility of porting another browser but its still firmly in the very unlikely category. If I understand it right then its more feasible to port something like chromium to Windows 10 15035 than it is to RT 8.1 but its still unlikely to happen.

Ideally a newer build of Windows 10 will leak for ARMv7 which will obviously include an updated Version of Edge but again this is very unlikely, I've found multiple references that another one actually exists/existed in private hands but it won't ever be leaked. Even if this mythical build leaked it would still be two years old and I have found no reference at all to anything newer existing in private hands.
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Well I am trying to compile a ARM32 build of Firefox although it does not pick up my C++ compiler in Visual Studio. Weirdly enough, there is an option to compile Firefox to ARM32. I am suprised no one did it. Some people say I have to uninstall VB but I have worked on some projects with VB. So I will try very soon to make it on a virtual machine to have everything isolated. I am not promising anything, so don't get too excited too quickly :D.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Good Luck! If you get it going I'll be happy to help test.

For the most part I've gotten by with Edge but I was dropping back to IE11 for YouTube. I never even realised IE11 was an option for 15035 until someone on BetaWiki pointed out to me it was included as an optional package on the installation media :o
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Talking about ie11, do you still have the cab file from the installation media? If so, can you please upload it to the cloud and share it?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Sure, file is here:

https://filebin.net/3oe72v5ugkqdlhho

DISM.exe /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:microsoft-windows-internetexplorer-optional-package.cab
[Windows RT General] :
Could I dualboot? I'm worried about losing my RT jailbreak apps by switching
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You can dual boot, infact i'd recommend it. On my setup I have 12GB for each OS whilst also retaining the recovery partition but make sure you have an SD card for your storage needs :)
[Windows RT General] :
Is there a chance you could help me set it up?

Super sorry that this is a lot to ask, but would you happen to be able to guide me through setting up dual-booting. (I'm currently on 8.1 only)

I'm not super good with following complicated instructions, and I've heard a lot of different info on installing other versions of windows, so it'd be helpful to hear it all from one source
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
What's the current state of your tablet? Secure boot status, available storage space etc. Do you have the clean installation media from beta archive or the ready to go wim from China?
[Windows RT General] :
I've begun preparing for the windows 10 installation, bitlocker is gone, I have about 40gb free space plus a 128gb sd card. I'm pretty sure I used the china install thingy to remove bitlocker, and right now, I'm downloading a securebootpatch to remove secure boot. So anything you have to help me, just assume I have no bitlocker, and secure boot is disabled

EDIT: I can't manage to unlock the bootloader. Apparently something to do with being on 8.1 instead of 8? Did you do yours from 8 or 8.1, and if so, how did you unlock the bootloader?
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Those instructions are REALLY old, from February. A lot has changed since then.

You can check this, https://sites.google.com/view/alexenferman/devices/windows-10-oa-surface-rt

The RT image in "Chinese" is not in Chinese anymore. Yes, you will need to install the special WRT, because it is set up with the ability to unlock the secureboot and it also has no bitlocker.

All I want is to help you and make sure you don't mess up your device.

DO NOT INSTALL WINDOWS 10 ON A LOCKED SECUREBOOT!!!! Otherwise, it won't trust anything and it might not even boot to USB. Be careful.
[Windows RT General] :
READ THE EDIT

Ok. I'll describe my problem exactly, and see if you know how to help. Before you sent that website, that was the guide I was following anyway, and have used the Chinese Intall.wim to re-setup my device, and bitlocker is disabled. But, when I follow the steps to disable secure boot, and then follow the steps to check if it's disabled, it's not. I can't figure out why it's not working

EDIT: FINALLY, SECURE BOOT IS NO MORE! All I did differently was do it about 5 times and then it worked

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I assume that now all I do is partition my drive, and them when applying the win 10 image, put it on the partitioned part of the drive?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I see you managed to unlock but for anyone else reading - it does work on RT 8.1 but only if you do not have any of the jailbreak killing updates installed, there is a list of windows updates to avoid on here somewhere but I don't have it to hand.

I'm away from home at the moment so hopefully I'm not forgetting anything but assuming you are deploying the Chinese ready to go WIM from RT 8.1 the general process I used is this (Use at your own risk!):

1. Apply Secure Boot debug policy (run as admin), after the automatic reboot follow onscreen instructions.

2. Using command prompt (run as admin), enable TestSigning and NoIntegrityChecks.

bcdedit /set {bootmgr} testsigning on
bcdedit /set {default} testsigning on
bcdedit /set {default} NoIntegrityChecks Yes

3. Using Disk Management, shrink your RT 8.1 partition to allow for at least 12GB (ideally more) for the new Windows 10 partition.

4. Using Disk Management, create your new partition for Windows 10, assign driver letter D and format it as NTFS.

5. Using command prompt (run as admin), create your new boot menu entry for Windows 10.

cmd /c "bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 10"" > tempguid.txt
FOR /F "tokens=7 delims=. " %%A in (tempguid.txt) DO set GUID=%%A
@echo GUID = %GUID%
bcdedit /set %GUID% device partition=d:
bcdedit /set %GUID% osdevice partition=d:

6. Using command prompt (run as admin), create new BCD on your EFI partition in \EFI\Microsoft\Recovery.

mountvol S: /s
md s:\EFI\Microsoft\Recovery
bcdedit /createstore s:\EFI\Microsoft\Recovery\bcd
mountvol s: /d

7. Using command prompt (run as admin), apply your install.com to the new partition you created.

dism /apply-image /imagefile:install.wim /index:1 /applydir:D:\

8. Reboot, select your new boot menu entry for Windows 10 and complete OOBE.

If you are not using the ready to go WIM you will need to apply your own drivers, sdbus, and UAC fix etc. The ready to go WIM is missing the camera fix and the UART driver for Bluetooth I think so you will need to apply those manually.

Camera - Apply after booting into Windows 10:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media Foundation\Platform]
"EnableFrameServerMode"=dword:00000000

UART - Apply after booting into Windows 10:

I can't post attachments so grab the uart16550tegra.inf_arm_ba6bb986c9572cc6.zip file from this post - https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=82282473&postcount=32

Warning, IMHO Windows 10 15035 when properly setup with Office 2013 RT and the various Microsoft Apps that are still compatible with it is a vast improvement over RT 8.1. That said it is still 3 years behind when it comes to security updates and has various other bugs. If you have the hardware to hand its interesting to see but it can't be recommended for day to day usage. Oh and before I forget - I've run into a few comments from various people in other communities who think anyone discussing builds for ARMv7 or worse being interested in actually running them is bat**** crazy, the threads on XDA are the best place to discuss it from what I can see.
[Windows RT General] :
I agree with the last bit, I have it installed on my surface RT now, and I think it was definitely worth the wait, especially to be able to at least use old edge instead of IE11. Both are out of date, but edge is still better. Now all we need is a chromium port
[Windows RT General] :
EDIT BEFORE YOU READ: It temporarily didn't work but I restarted and the windows button works as intended again

Is it possible to remap the windows button to something with windows 10 installed? Or does it just do nothing now
[Windows RT General] andPS2:
u have to use volume down key to go to access then press the windows key on the tablet (not the keyboard) to accept

good luck!
[Windows RT General] Am I:
Many thanks.

I have a another problem now!!

After the first step when I enter the command (the first one) and restart the device, it immediately starts automatic repair - diagnosing device and never starts except when resetting it!!!
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
After what command?
[Windows RT General] Am I:
I passed this point thanks.

Now I have a different problem !!

The command bcdedit /set {default ......

Is not responding true!! I don't know what to do...

Keeps yielding same result wither tried the same command or different ones to enable test mode !!!

Any advices to pass this point....

I used the other method for the surface 2..

https://xdaforums.com/windows-8-rt/rt-general/r-t4044521
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
This is an old outdated tutorial.
[Windows RT General] Am I:
Im using your google docs steps, thanks for the work.

Nothing has turned out the way it should.. and I always when for the help pages (thanks for that)

The test mode command keeps giving me not recognized. I couldn't disable secure boot at first, and navigated to the help part, the device gave me an error page (see pics) and I am resetting it now for the third time, but it didn't boot up into win 10 !!

I dont know the required files should be on the USB drive?

Btw I did saw the secure boot msg at the lower right corner before landing on the blue error page!!

I'm tired of this!!
[Windows RT General] andPS2:
exact same thing happened to me!

at the point in the guide "if your surface doesnt turn on anymore" there seem to be steps missing

it has to do with the contents of the EFS partition - u have to boot from recovery stick

mountvol s: /s
lets say D is your USB Stick
xcopy D:\EFIBACKUP\* S:\EFI\*
mountvol s: /d

then the bootrec /rebuildbcd from the guide

after a reboot it came up

hope u have a backup of the EFI contents

p.s. and yes it is frustrating and quite time consuming

thanks microsoft - this device is still fine and the camera works nice in skype

but were supposed to throw it in the trash - why?
[Windows RT General] Am I:
I reset the whole device using the original recovery image and am at square zero now!!!

Should I follow the command you posted??

I don't know how the error pages come up before reaching the point mentioned in the guide!!

It is frustrating a lottt!!
[Windows RT General] andPS2:
first boot your windows 8

cmd as admin: mountvol s: /s

copy the contents of Drive S to the recovery stick into (newly created folder)

D:\EFIBACKUP assuming D is your USB Stick

follow this guide

https://sites.google.com/view/alexenferman/devices/windows-10-oa-surface-rt

in part3 u will come to the point "If your Surface does not turn on anymore, follow these steps to fix it and come back here"

then do the above steps

i also had to do the procecure 2 or 3 times

good luck!
[Windows RT General] Paaltjes:
Lost Admin Rights

Hi,

Everything went fine, win10 installed last week without any problems.

Now all of a sudden I have lost mij Admin rights.

I cannot change anything anymore, can not use CMD , or enter in a C:/ prompt.

I have tried eveything , f.i. via recover , restart now , troubleshoot , advanced options, pressing command prompt brings me back to a black screen with SURFACE and 'please wait'

That's all.

It will stay there for hours without any further action.

Apperntly there is somethingwrong with my account, but I cannot chance much there.

Your help is much appreciated. I hate the idea to start everything again.
[Windows RT General] BrandonMacGuy:
When i finished installing the RT 8.1 Wim i rebooted and it didnt detect an operating system
[Windows RT General] BrandonMacGuy:
i fixed the windows 8 issue

now im getting same issue where surface doesnt detect os when windows 10 boot

i was so close
[Windows RT General] andPS2:
look back in posting #90 i had this exact same thing happening to me as well
[Windows RT General] Am I:
I finally installed win 10 and so far it's nice... but it happened two times that the device shut down unexpectedly and the temperature logo appeared before shutting down... any ideas to avoid this?!!
[Windows RT General] Am I:
The tablet keeps crashing after installing win 10!!!
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
What's your device? What are you running when this happens?
[Windows RT General] Am I:
Surface RT 1

it crashed when using Edge while downloading files from the yandex website.

Edge freezed when entering YouTube.

It crashed when downloading from the App store mentioned in the tutorial!!

IE 11 command didn't work either...:confused:
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Edge is not that good and fast, AND NOT GOOD AT ALL FOR YOUTUBE! For YouTube you have to use the old ie 11 :/

My Surface RT also heats up but it does not turn off or crash. When I play Minecraft on it, after 20 minutes, it starts "burning". A heat sink or fan would fix it but I don't feel like taking it apart.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Well I've never managed to cause an overheat on the Surface 2, I got mine a little warmer than usual running 86box but that was about it.

YouTube is a massive weakness although it can be worked around by using an app. Edge in canary mode is a little better but it might still take over a minute to actually play the video. IE11 under 15035 is better for YouTube but there is never going to be a near-ish perfect experience here unless another browser is ported.
[Windows RT General] andPS2:
two questions guys:

where can i find minecraft for surface rt ?

what is the name of the suggested app for youtube?

thanks for any hints ;)
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Minecraft - no idea.

YouTube app was myTube - not tested personally but it got a good report from some users in a discord I read a while back.
[Windows RT General] Am I:
Guys I'm stuck with no apps!! I downloaded several from the rt store, and clicked install and it did install but no action afterwards!! No app or anything!!!

Internet explorer is not starting yielding these pics

Would love to see an update/advise or anything to prevent overheating and crashing/shutting down... the RT never did it so I guess it's a software issue
[Windows RT General] Am I:
These pics ?
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
Did you run the APPX.ps1 first??

And for the internet explorer, error 3 means that the path is incorrect. You have to navigate using the cd command. For example, if you put the IE package on the D: drive, you just type D: and dism /on... and so on...

As for the overheating issues, it is a software issue, as some news outlets at the time reported the same symptoms with Windows 8 RT. I guess the processor is not well cooled and is more powerful than the Surface 1 I have. I have no problems with mine, just overheating sometimes with videos and games.
[Windows RT General] Am I:
Yes to all

This is what I get when trying to run the .exe office file
[Windows RT General] Am I:
?this
[Windows RT General] eduaf1:
back win8.1 rt

Hi can someone have a tutorial to back a windows 8.1 rt?
[Windows RT General] alexenferman:
It looks like Windows 10 is not activated anymore :/ Maybe the liscence key got revoked or the KMS server got shut down... Not sure.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You should just be able to switch to another KMS and reactivate, there are plenty out there if you don't want to run one locally.
[Windows RT General] UzielAMS:
Where I can get myTube?
[Windows RT General] Arny80:
Hi,

I have instaled W10 in my Surface RT 1, everything used to work fine since June until office 2013 failed 3 days ago, it doesn't recognize my account anymore. It tells me "office 2013 is not activated...enter a production key etc.. "I have applied those 2 zip file " Office_2013_HSP_RT_en-US_Updated_v1.zip and Office_2013_HSP_RT_VL_v1.zip" . Do you think I should uninstall it and reinstall ? If yes, is there a way to uninstall? because office 2013 doesn't appear in the Windows 10 uninstall program.

THX
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You would have to purchase it from the Store on another Windows 10 device where the store works and then install it on your Surface.

What account does it no longer recognize? If you are having activation issues though and if I have the same Office_2013_HSP_RT_VL_v1.zip file as you then there is no KMS set by this, this just modifies the license type and sets a product key but does not define a KMS or request activation.
[Windows RT General] Arny80:
It doesn t recognize my Microsoft account,I don't have my personal MS photo at the top right.At the begining when I have instaled Office 2013 I didn t have that pop up Microsoft wizard telling me to activate office 2013.It's a bit disturbing each time I open Word but all the features seem to work .So I think I will leave it like that since you said there is no request activation.

Thx
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Ah, I've never logged in with an MS account on 2013 RT and I'm not sure if its connected to product activation in this case. What you need to do is set a KMS and the try to activate (this is missing from the license mod file you referenced), so from command prompt running as admin use this:

slmgr /skms //b Insert-KMS-here.com
slmgr /ato B13AFB38-CD79-4AE5-9F7F-EED058D750CA

I don't think I can post an actual KMS but if you look around you will find one.