my roommate's new Microsoft Surface Hub is running a wacky version of Windows 10 that popped up a "You need to download something from the store to support this file!" message when I tried to run a win64 exe.
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my best guess for what is happening: I'm getting randomly loadbalanced onto a bunch of very overloaded servers.
I have downloaded the file and I'm now copying it onto my local server.
why didn't I just download it on my local server in the first place, so I wouldn't have to copy it across my house's network?
good question.
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I have downloaded the file and I'm now copying it onto my local server.
why didn't I just download it on my local server in the first place, so I wouldn't have to copy it across my house's network?
good question.
okay the files all moved locally so I can just make mitmproxy point it at the different URL. but I think I have been screaming at this problem enough for one day, so I'm going to stop for tonight.
the surface hub has not defeated me yet, I fight on
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okay the files all moved locally so I can just make mitmproxy point it at the different URL. but I think I have been screaming at this problem enough for one day, so I'm going to stop for tonight.
the surface hub has not defeated me yet, I fight on
I lied. mitmproxy is now redirected to my local server, and Surface IT Tool is downloading from it.
annoyingly slowly, actually. Only 51Mbps? this is 22gb!
(it's probably because mitmproxy is handling all the bytes instead of letting nginx do it)
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I lied. mitmproxy is now redirected to my local server, and Surface IT Tool is downloading from it.
annoyingly slowly, actually. Only 51Mbps? this is 22gb!
(it's probably because mitmproxy is handling all the bytes instead of letting nginx do it)
okay I have made a recovery disk by using the MITM download hack
how much do you want to bet this thing won't even boot?
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okay I have made a recovery disk by using the MITM download hack
how much do you want to bet this thing won't even boot?
it boots! it's now recovering
this may finally get us incrementally closer to a version of windows that actually works
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it boots! it's now recovering
this may finally get us incrementally closer to a version of windows that actually works
It replaced the windows logo during boot with the teams logo
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It replaced the windows logo during boot with the teams logo
It just showed that it was logging into a user account named "Skype"
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It just showed that it was logging into a user account named "Skype"
Yeah I can't get past the setup. It gives me two accounts, Skype and Administrator, and the latter is passworded, and the former doesn't work because I can't login to a Skype account
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Yeah I can't get past the setup. It gives me two accounts, Skype and Administrator, and the latter is passworded, and the former doesn't work because I can't login to a Skype account
This machine is a fractal paperweight
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This machine is a fractal paperweight
There are two recovery images I have that work. One of them boots to an environment that can't use the store and can't run software until it gets to the store.
The other can't log in because Skype is gone -
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There are two recovery images I have that work. One of them boots to an environment that can't use the store and can't run software until it gets to the store.
The other can't log in because Skype is goneIT LIVES! AND WE HAVE UNKIOSKED WINDOWS 11 IoT!
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IT LIVES! AND WE HAVE UNKIOSKED WINDOWS 11 IoT!
The trick was installing MTR (Microsoft Teams for Rooms) and then logging into the passworded Administrator account ("sfb": "Skype For Business") and deleting the Skype account. Now it boots to 11 IoT and I can run updates
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The trick was installing MTR (Microsoft Teams for Rooms) and then logging into the passworded Administrator account ("sfb": "Skype For Business") and deleting the Skype account. Now it boots to 11 IoT and I can run updates
And the machine can finally, FINALLY after 4 days become useful and a real computer:
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And the machine can finally, FINALLY after 4 days become useful and a real computer:
Windows if you fuck me here after all I've been through, I swear to god...
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Windows if you fuck me here after all I've been through, I swear to god...
okay so if you are unfortunate enough to get a Surface Hub 2S and want to make it run Useful Windows (linux would be nice but I haven't figured out how to boot it) instead of Broken Windows, you need to:
1. Get the Surface IT Tools
2. Go through the whole SEMM mode enrollment with the private key and such
3. Try to create a Surface 2S MTR 22H2 recovery disk. The download will fail
3a. MITM Surface IT Tools to get the URL of the 22gb file you need. -
okay so if you are unfortunate enough to get a Surface Hub 2S and want to make it run Useful Windows (linux would be nice but I haven't figured out how to boot it) instead of Broken Windows, you need to:
1. Get the Surface IT Tools
2. Go through the whole SEMM mode enrollment with the private key and such
3. Try to create a Surface 2S MTR 22H2 recovery disk. The download will fail
3a. MITM Surface IT Tools to get the URL of the 22gb file you need.3b. write an addon for mitmproxy to redirect Surface IT Tools to a local server you control
4. actually make the recovery disk
5. Recover the Surface Hub 2.
6. It boots into Skype setup
7. Exit and log into administrator, password is "sfb"
8. Delete the Skype account and uninstall Microsoft Teams Rooms
9. Run Win11 updates -
3b. write an addon for mitmproxy to redirect Surface IT Tools to a local server you control
4. actually make the recovery disk
5. Recover the Surface Hub 2.
6. It boots into Skype setup
7. Exit and log into administrator, password is "sfb"
8. Delete the Skype account and uninstall Microsoft Teams Rooms
9. Run Win11 updatesI think the fundamental problem with this device is that they ship it in a super-locked-down mode that can't do anything unless you install more software from the Microsoft Store... and as of last December it can't talk to the Microsoft Store anymore.
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I think the fundamental problem with this device is that they ship it in a super-locked-down mode that can't do anything unless you install more software from the Microsoft Store... and as of last December it can't talk to the Microsoft Store anymore.
so the easy migration tool they had available can't be installed and even if you could install it, it wouldn't work
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so the easy migration tool they had available can't be installed and even if you could install it, it wouldn't work
So instead you've got these instructions, which do not work:
Migrate Surface Hub 2S to Windows 11 via USB - Surface Hub
This guide provides IT admins with detailed instructions on how to software-migrate a Surface Hub 2S to the Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows (MTR-W) experience or Windows 11 using a USB drive.
(learn.microsoft.com)
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So instead you've got these instructions, which do not work:
Migrate Surface Hub 2S to Windows 11 via USB - Surface Hub
This guide provides IT admins with detailed instructions on how to software-migrate a Surface Hub 2S to the Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows (MTR-W) experience or Windows 11 using a USB drive.
(learn.microsoft.com)
because the way it suggests to make a recovery image doesn't create a recovery image this locked-down fucker will boot.
Only the Surface IT Tools recovery images will boot, and Surface IT Tools can't download files worth shit, so good fucking luck getting that 22gb image
