Recent content by CmdrKeene

The switching between tablet versus desktop interface is coming in an update (dubbed "continuum"). Even before they released the preview, they said that those features (and more) would be missing at first, because they aren't done being built.

I got a recent hardware update published just yesterday, and all updates are set. I did have to originally grab that driver pack because when I first fresh installed Windows 8.1, I couldn't even get on WiFi until I acquired those drivers and applied them from that page.

Found the option to turn off secure boot. That made my bootup "Surface logo" screen turn red, but didn't help make it boot from USB. Took it to the Microsoft store. They couldn't make it boot from USB either and are keeping it for two days to try to restore the factory image. The dirtbag had...

I just tried with a totally fresh USB drive. I held shift and went to reboot to reach the advanced startup / use a usb drive option but it just rebooted right to Windows 8.1 here instead. Other than the firmware settings' boot order, I don't know what to check. It shouldn't be caused by any...

Tried but no effect, unfortunately. I'm not above totally blowing away my surface installation (it's fresh now anyway), but apparently at this point if I was to erase the entire SSD, I may not be able to boot at all. I might go back to the mall tomorrow and have them poke at it in the MS Store.

Short story: BIOS says boot order is network > USB > SSD, but won't boot from any USB stick. Tried using Windows recovery options and choosing "use USB", and also the volume down + power to boot. Tried switching BIOS to boot only from SSD, saving/rebooting, then back to "USB", and save/reboot...

Are these using a Windows 8 API?