yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Steam is not compatible nor are 99.99999999% of the things you may want to run on this device.

As for the watermark, do you mean this? https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/universal_watermark_disabler.html

I've just had a quick look and its not built for ARM32, it would only work on x86 and x64. You could ask the author to port it to ARM32 but I wouldn't count on it happening.
[Windows RT General] Karnage11:
Yes
[Windows RT General] Karnage11:
How can I fix the no responding when going to a website like YouTube?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You can't, don't forget the note posted on page one:

There is virtually nothing useful you can do with these devices.
[Windows RT General] Karnage11:
Hey, is there anything better out there to make the surface rt better?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Not really.

There is a work in progress Linux port but that comes with its own set of issues. With Windows or Linux they aren't going to be be daily drivers, not even close.
[Windows RT General] Karnage11:
Ohh alright, Thank you
[Windows RT General] Karnage11:
Hey, does the Linux one for better then the windows 10 one?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I'm not all that familiar with the Linux port but I think drivers are an issue and the initial setup isn't as user friendly as it might be on a device that Linux supports fully.

Open Surface RT Home | Open Surface RT

Get the most out of your Surface RT and other Windows RT devices. Install Linux or Windows 10 on ARM32.

openrt.gitbook.io
[Windows RT General] parahumanoid:
other valuable files here? I figured that's the one you run to generate an install media distro.
[Windows RT General] parahumanoid:
I am open to better suggestions. Whatever will benefit the community.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I don't use torrents personally but I always try to keep two mirrors up which are linked on page one and I'm going to add a third mirror on Archive.org.

Is there any reason you would prefer a torrent? I have no objections to it being made available via torrent or other third party mirrors as long as they are kept up to date if newer versions are released.
[Windows RT General] parahumanoid:
I regularly enjoy the sheer speed and high availability (as longevity) of a release offered via torrents. It just makes sense to distribute the load and ensure continued existence even if the releaser becomes permanently unavailable. But at this point I don't see it as a personal gain: my download has finished. Just offering what I can to hep back. If this is unneeded, that's fine my me.
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
Trying to make a windows 10 builder ,this error coming
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
This error coming while making windows media builder
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
@jwa4 No network adapter showing
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
@jwa4 network adapter missing
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
@jwa4

Sir please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I want Marvell AVASTAR network adapter driver files please

Help me with this problem
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I see you have fixed it but for anyone else having a similar issue...

Instead of extracting to:

D:\Surface RT2 win10\Windows_10_15035_Media_Builder_v2.2b\

Extract instead to:

D:\Windows_10_15035_Media_Builder_v2.2b\

The Wi-Fi driver for Surface 2 can be found in your copy of Media Builder:

\Windows_10_15035_Media_Builder_v2.2b\Devices\Nvidia\Surface2\Install\mrvlsd8797.inf_arm_9e32887dac61ba29

Drivers are added automatically and wouldn't need manual installation unless the created image is bad. Its also possible there is a hardware failure, did the Wi-Fi work under Windows RT 8.1? Can you open device manager and post a picture?

If you still have them post the Info.txt and Info-Install.txt files that would have been copied to the USB drive you used to install Windows 10?
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
Thanks for showing me where the wifi driver files are located ,Sir could you Please guide me how to manually install those driver files .

And, the wifi didn't worked in windows RT 8.1 that why I installed this windows 10.

Now I am posting device manager picture

And ,I also have info.txt and info-install.txt
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I'm fairly sure that you have a hardware problem, the device isn't even detected in device manager. Did you recently purchase this device?

The driver is already in the image.

oem5.inf | mrvlsd8797.inf | No | NET | Marvell Semiconductor. Inc. | 19-02-2014 | 14.62.28061.10179
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
No sir I had this device for a long time but was not in use cause I didn't had a charger I just got a new charger for this( used this device for the first time) and the rest is history...

Thankyou for confirming that its a hardware problem.

But can there be a way for me to use internet on this machine...

I tried a tenda w311mi wifi adapter but this didn't had drivers for that to, what should I do to use internet on this .

Anything would help sir .

Thanks in advance.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I'm not aware of any USB Wi-Fi adapters that have Windows RT 8.1 or 10 ARM32 drivers but even if you found one the web browsers on both RT 8.1 and 15035 are horribly out of date and are fairly useless.
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
So if it's an operating system limitation, can I flash a Linux distro to tackle that problem? If yes, can you point some out to me that may be supported on the hardware in question?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Linux (still work in progress) could have better support for USB devices but I'm not really familiar with Linux on Surfaces.

Open Surface RT Home | Open Surface RT

Get the most out of your Surface RT and other Windows RT devices. Install Linux or Windows 10 on ARM32.

openrt.gitbook.io
[Windows RT General] Ayaankhan3107:
No problem, Thankyou so much for your help , if I have any more queries in the future,surely I will reply on this thread to let you know,

Thankyou again.
[Windows RT General] skinniezinho:
After the great sucess (to me) of updating the Asus VivoTab RT to 8.1 using the 8.1 mediabuilder tool, I thought of trying Win10 with this builder.

I tried doing a pendrive with Modified Windows 8.1 Recovery Environment (at least it is what I understood that I would need by the site : Working (Requires use of Windows RT 8.1 Recovery Environment Setup Mode) and when I try to boot, I see a blue screen and then the device turns off.

I've tried windows setup and windows recovery environment and no go also (in different ways).

Any hint? What is the correct mode for the VivoTab RT?

edit: redid the process as in the first time and all fine! Thanks a lot!

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[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Was it just a solid blue screen or was it a BSOD with an error code?

Glad its working now though.
[Windows RT General] skinniezinho:
Solid bluecreen. On the other methods I remember I got a bsod.

Thanks a lot for the awesome tool.
[Windows RT General] skinniezinho:
A bit mix and match of subjects, but I am trying now to get back to 8.1 using for sure the 8.1 media builder, it installs, but never boots, saying that there was a problem with my computer.

Tried both with "windows setup" and with WinRE, formatting all partitions and similar results.

Am I missing something?
[Windows RT General] skinniezinho:
Thanks a lot, this help me recoverying my Asus VivoTab RT.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
In addition to the method posted you can also do this if you have a problem in the future:

Clearing eMMC | Windows

windows-rt-devices.gitbook.io
[Windows RT General] wardes:
Hello,

First of all, I would like to thank you for the nice explanation. I applied it and it worked perfectly

I would like the same tool to download the normal Windows 64-bit version, is this available?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Glad it worked (y)

Unfortunately this is specifically for Windows 10 build 15035 (ARM) and at the moment I don't have plans for an equivalent version for Windows x86/x64. There are much more advanced and capable tools available for mainstream versions of Windows though, it could be worth looking at NTLite.
[Windows RT General] prynhart:
Thank you very much to @jwa4 for putting together this great, streamlined installation solution. You have made my Surface RT 1 useful!

I'd like to share a workaround that I found useful. Out of the box, attempts to use the Desktop RDP client (mstsc.exe) (i.e. not the Metro RDP app) on the 15035 ARM build would fail with:

Error: “No credentials are available in the security package”

(At least against Server 2016 boxes.)

I found that copying mstsc.exe and mstscax.dll from Windows\System32 from a Windows RT 8.1 install (versions 6.3.900.16384 and 6.3.9600.16421 respectively) to somewhere on your system, and using this binary allowed you to connect without any issues.

I thought this might be useful to anyone else who prefers the Desktop RDP client over the Metro one (while still getting the benefits of an upgraded build of Windows).
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I'm glad it helped, I will check out the RDP issue.
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
Hi friends! I have jail broken my RT and downloaded the media builder but when I run it as admin, the command prompt just reads "Error: Media Builder should not be run from the root directory." and will not allow me to do anything but close the command prompt. Has anyone else hit this problem and know how to fix it?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Have you extracted Media Builder directly to the root of the drive or is it above root in its own folder? Just to check, you aren't trying to run this on the RT itself are you?

C:\Build.cmd - This would explain your error.

C:\Windows_RT_8.1_IR5_Media_Builder_v2.4a\Build.cmd - This should work fine.
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
I am not trying to run this on my RT. I did try, but it won't even open haha. Forgive my lack of technical knowledge: How do I get the "build" file separate from the root. And I can't find the second file you mentioned.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
See the image below but ignore the old version filename, this is just an example screenshot from the guide.

In this case I suspect you have previously extracted to "E:" instead of "E:\Windows_10_15035_Media_Builder_v2.4a". You will need to either move all of the files that were extracted to the wrong location to a new directory in the root of your drive or just delete them and extract again.

After extracting the Build.cmd file would be located at "E:\Windows_10_15035_Media_Builder_v2.4a\Build.cmd"
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
THANKS!! I was able to finish the USB and now I'm onto the RT programming. But the RT is still asking for a BitLocker key. If I skip it, then it doesn't load the new OS. If I add the Bitlocker Key, the rt resets and asks for it again. This process loops endlessly it seems. Did I miss a step?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You will need to either enter the key, disable BitLocker from the install that's on the device or clean the disk with diskpart (As far as I know this should work if you don't want the existing files on the device but people often report issues with doing it).

If you have Windows still on the device then from an admin command prompt run this:

manage-bde -off c:
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
I can't seem to get the command prompt to recognize any commands. I used the one you gave me as well as some others I have tried to unlock Bitlocker. I did disable Bitlocker (BDESVC) from the services menu too but it still prompts for a Bitlocker key. Here is what my screen shows me:
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Manage-bde command was only if you still have Windows on the device, from your screenshot you are running it from recovery. If you haven't get a working Windows install you will have to provide the key or try clearing the disk with diskpart if you don't have the key.
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
So I refreshed the RT and ran the command prompt as an admin from the desktop. This is what my screen gave me.

BTW, thank you so much for helping me with this. I really appreciate it :)
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Try running this and post the output:

manage -bde -status
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
If it won't disable from Windows the only thing I can suggest you try clearing the disk manually from recovery, I've never bothered with BitLocker on my Surface personally. I only ever used it for light web browsing and I never used the store or anything else that required an account on RT 8.1.

From the recovery command prompt you used previously run these commands:

diskpart
select disk 0
clean
convert gpt
exit

Close the command prompt and select shutdown from the menu.

This will permanently delete ALL data stored on the device. This includes any operating system installation, software and any personal data. After this process is complete the device will become unbootable until an operating system is installed from USB.

After clearing the eMMC and the device is powered it down it may boot loop when powered back on with the device continually powering up and rebooting. Do not attempt to power on the device until you have a bootable USB drive available and are ready to boot from USB.
[Windows RT General] Xenbas:
I have this on a USB from the website. Will this function as my bootable USB? I just want to make sure before I start.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
If Golden Keys was ever present on the device it would need to be removed before a 15035 USB will boot but otherwise yes. When you get to the screen below if you close the window it will offer a screen where there is an option to open the command prompt.
[Windows RT General] azeem135:
i am, somehow, able to install windows 10 on surface 2. now touch, keyboard and USB is working but i am not able to access registry or policy section. please guide how to address this issue.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Can you post a specific error message?
[Windows RT General] azeem135:
whenever i type "regedit" i get the error message " the parameter is incorrect" .
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
It looks like UAC hasn't been disabled, was your installation created by the media builder in this thread? If so did anything unusual happen during the install or have you tried to enable UAC?
[Windows RT General] azeem135:
issue is resovled, thank you for the support.

one more question, i want to install 32 bit exe files on this windows 10 ARM version. please guide how to do this.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Only if they are built for arm32 (not much is) and there is no x86 emulation support.
[Windows RT General] azeem135:
i need to install surveillance (CCTV) app which i am not able to find on microsoft store that works properly. i have tried some apps from microsoft store but they didnt work. is there any good application life (like IMOU Life) that can work on windows RT ?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
There are not many arm32 apps available on the store that also support builds older than 15063. I'm not familiar with that app so I can't say if there is an alternative that will work on Windows 10 Build 15035.
[Windows RT General] Roxcreed:
Hello,

I may need some help. I have a surface 2 RT (the silver one) and I'm just trying to update it. I have clean the eMMC with these instructions https://jwa4.gitbook.io/windows/miscellaneous/clearing-emmc

I have an USB key that I have formatted following these instructions : https://jwa4.gitbook.io/windows/miscellaneous/format-usb-drive

So I have an USB key that I can boot from if I use the files from the "Bare Metal Recovery" (it looks like a nightmare to update from there)

but I can't boot with this same USB key if I use the files from the "media builder". Here's my settings I use in media builder :

2) Windows update mode --> 1 (All updates for Windows)

3) Select an other language --> Y --> 12 (french)

4) Enable the start menu by default --> Y

5) Update provisioned apps --> Y

7) Uninstall Bitlock --> N

8) Uninstall office 2013 --> N

9) Uninstall Windows Defender --> N

10) Uninstall Adobe flash --> N

11) Uninstall VPN packages --> N

12) Create a Windows Defender update package --> Y

13) Create an Office 2013 RT Home & Student Plus update package --> Y

14) Select Windows Setup Mode --> 1 (Windows Setup (Default))

15) Windows Image Compression Mode --> 1 (Windows Imaging Format (WIM) Format)

16) Would you like to continue? (Y/N) --> Y --> Would you like to create USB Installation Media (Y/N)? --> Y

So with these settings I can't boot on my USB key. To be more accurate, I saw my usb key blinking, then it stops and the screen stay black with "surface" written onto it. Any idea why ?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
From those steps you have used the RT 8.1 builder however the issue you have encountered which applies to both RT 8.1 and 10 builders does not have a fix at present.

For most people these just work however there are now roughly 14 users who have reported the same issue as you have, unfortunately the only advice I can offer at the moment is to try building the image on another PC and possibly use a different USB drive.
[Windows RT General] chisliviu:
Can you tell why am I not able to enter boot mode with Power and volume -? My Surface 8.1 RT has fresh reinstalled Windows.

Nvermind. I Got it
[Windows RT General] cptjohn76:
***EDIT: Nevermind, these are actually Surface 2 rather than RT. Rookie mistake (haha)!

First I want to give you a HUGE thanks for this exceptionally fun and easy to follow work! I have read through all of the comments because I don't want to waste your time, but I don't see my problem anywhere. I have followed all the steps and everything works flawlessly...until literally the very last step!

I first tried the W10 media builder with the modified 8.1 WRE, but the touch keyboard wouldn't come up even when I touched the screen. The instructions mentioned that the standard WRE is "touch friendly" so I recompiled with the standard but...same thing. It gets to the choose language/keyboard screen but won't respond to touch.

So...basically everything works flawlessly until I get to the final W10 installation but then NO TOUCH AND NO WAY TO ADVANCE! The instructions said you could detach and reattach the keyboard at this point but I don't have the Surface keyboard. I tried a USB keyboard but nothing.

I'm guessing that the touchscreen driver is faulty or isn't loaded at this point? IDK. Any ideas? It's an RT and I chose RT in the media builder, so the driver should be the right one. Is it even possible to do this without the physical keyboard base?

I bought 8.5 of these things (haha) thinking I would fix them up and give them to needy kids but I'm currently distracted with this very interesting mod. Either way I'm thinking it's better to sell them once I get them running and get the kids newer Chromebooks.

I'M 99% ON THIS THING AND I'M EXCITED JUST TO TRY IT OUT, BUT I'M STUCK AT THE LAST MILE...ARRRGH! ><
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You are not alone - the Surface RT or Surface 2 identification issue comes up a lot in the discord group :)

Glad it helped (y)

I just want to note that Surface 2 running 15035 is extremely limited in what it can do, there are no current web browsers and app support is virtually nonexistent.

One thing these devices have some use for is it's limited form of Office but if that is what is required I would recommend sticking with Windows RT 8.1, I have an equivalent script to produce up to date RT 8.1 images here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-rt-8-1-ir5-media-builder.4184449/
[Windows RT General] stonecoldtx:
So, I used the utility to create the USB drive that used the RT 8.1 Recovery Environment, and then went into Windows and selected to boot from USB and restarted . . . once it booted from the USB, it installed the W10 WIM, rebooted and the next screen was the one to install the debug; I thought that this had already been done, so I selected "Escape" and it rebooted again, but now, it just sits at the "Surface" splash screen, with no spinning dots . . . I have tried rebooting several times, and it appears to be reading from the USB drive, but will just time out and shut down . . . am I hosed, or is there a way to recover from this?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You would have needed to accept instead of decking the policy install. The fix is to install again but accept the policy install this time. Make sure you are holding vol- while the device is powering on, there shouldn't be any reason why it would stop booting from USB if it has already done so. If you can't boot the created USB you could try to rewrite the USB from the media builder menu.
[Windows RT General] stonecoldtx:
So, the problem is that I haven't been able to get it to boot by using the VOL- button, which is why I had to go into Windows and select recovery options and choose boot from USB . . . not sure why it won't boot using the buttons, but I tried for an hour before going into the recovery options . . . if I can get it to boot from USB using the buttons, I'll re-create the USB and re-install . . . any ideas why I haven't had any luck booting to USB using the buttons?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Its not common but I have seen one or two reports of faulty volume buttons before, unfortunately I'm not aware of any method to boot from USB aside from vol- or the recovery menu method you mentioned. Can you feel the vol- button click?
[Windows RT General] stonecoldtx:
Yeah, they click . . . sounds to me like I might be out of luck, faulty volume buttons, because I can't get into the BIOS by holding down the VOL+ either
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Windows RT devices don't have a BIOS, holding Vol+ will enter APX mode (screen will be off) but this isn't useful unless you have a specific need for it.

Do you have Surface RT or Surface 2? Opening up an RT is quite easy and the volume button is easily replaceable, Surface 2 isn't quite as easy to open but not super difficult.
[Windows RT General] stonecoldtx:
It's a Surface RT . . . but, I don't feel like it's worth the effort to try and chase down a new volume button and then replace it in the device . . . adding W10 was just a fun operation to try it out, not worth the extra effort to replace hardware within it, but thanks for your responses!
[Windows RT General] hooddy:
It seems Win10 link blocked at your side in some way. There is direct link

https://files.open-rt.party/Windows_Media_Builder/Temp/10.0.15035.0.armfre.rs2_release.170209-1535.7z

Can ya grab it manually?
[Windows RT General] hooddy:
Windows 10 Enterprise Build 15035 ARMv7 : Microsoft : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Windows 10 Enterprise Build 15035 ARMv7

archive.org

grab from there or with torrent. or use VPN in novadays so... place into \Downloads\Windows\
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
Who is your ISP? It seems unusual that both archive.org and open-rt.party would be blocked. Are you running media builder in a virtual machine without an internet connection or anything like that? Defender shouldn't be outright blocking a download like that, it might give a warning that its not commonly downloaded but that's it.

Media Builder now has a torrent option for archive.org downloads, it can be enabled from the settings menu.
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
I'm not familiar with any of the video guides but if you have an RT then you don't need to worry about resetting so you can jailbreak unless you really want to. I should note that a reset from an existing 8.1 install won't help in some cases anyway so its always faster to clear the eMMC, jailbreak then install your OS.

Using standard 15035 setup you can install 15035 on an RT without any jailbreak or concern for what is already installed but this ability seems to be unique to the RT and doesn't apply to the 2 or any other device. For the other non RT devices the same can apply but you have to use the "Modified Windows RT 8.1 Recovery Environment (WinRE)" setup option.

Jailbreak Guide: https://windows-rt-devices.gitbook.io/windows/tools/tegra-jailbreak-usb

Media Builder Guide: https://windows-rt-devices.gitbook.io/windows/tools/windows-media-builder
[Windows RT General] moustafatch:
how to go back to the official windows RT 8.1 for surface 2 ?
[Windows RT General] jwa4:
You can use this:

https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-rt-8-1-ir5-media-builder.4184449/

Or offical BMR images:

Bare Metal Recovery | Windows

Resetting a Windows RT device using a recovery image

windows-rt-devices.gitbook.io