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[Q] Windows 7 updates

Hi all,
I just installed a fresh copy of win7 ultimate on my HTC shift and installed all drivers because the old install was getting sluggish. Everything works except for two things: interpolated high resolution gives a blue screen crash when aero is active (no transparency) and the windows basic theme is UGLY. And the second problem: after I install like 85 windows updates shag control center crashes and have to restore a system recovery point. Do you know what update causes this so i can hide it and install the rest?
Many thanks,
Pelle

pelle.jansen said:
Hi all,
I just installed a fresh copy of win7 ultimate on my HTC shift and installed all drivers because the old install was getting sluggish. Everything works except for two things: interpolated high resolution gives a blue screen crash when aero is active (no transparency) and the windows basic theme is UGLY. And the second problem: after I install like 85 windows updates shag control center crashes and have to restore a system recovery point. Do you know what update causes this so i can hide it and install the rest?
Many thanks,
Pelle
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Which drivers did you use? I hope you are not using the Windows Vista drivers. Download the Shift Windows 7 drivers from this link http://azsharing.com/yvex8pwmz01j/SHIFT.zip.html. Install the Windows 7 drivers discussed in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=590009. The sequence of installing them is precise including those that you need to install in Vista Compatibility mode and with Admin Privilleges. As the OP stated some of the drivers will be installed through Windows update but check which ones. Follow the recomendations in that thread and all will work like a charm...
I believe your Shag Control problems and all display problems are related to the drivers and not Windows update. Mine is on automatic updates and I have not excluded any updates at all save for the Language Pack that I do not need....
Re-install the drivers and lets see what happens after that. By the way DO NOT ENABLE AERO BEFORE INSTALLING THE GRAPHICS DRIVERS otherwise you get BSOD....... That advice is shown as Important in the thread mentioned above. Enable aero theme as the last thing you do with all drivers installed to avoid any problems.
I hope you get sorted and enjoy your Shift with Windows 7......
Edit>>>> There is a way to disable Aero when facing your current BSOd situation through Screen Resolution Settings but I dont remember the precise steps. I can retrace the steps on my Shift once I get to it after work and see whether that will help you. But let me know whether re-installing the drivers will have sorted you out>>>>>

Hello,
I used the driver sequence at gadgetmix (sorry, i can't post links yet) because it worked fine a year ago and the drivers from the HTC website in vista compatibility mode and run as administrator.
With reinstalling do you mean that I have to uninstall the old driver and install the new one or can i just install the new driver over the older one?
Thanks
Pelle
EDIT: had aero off the entire installation

pelle.jansen said:
Hello,
I used the driver sequence at gadgetmix (sorry, i can't post links yet) because it worked fine a year ago and the drivers from the HTC website in vista compatibility mode and run as administrator.
With reinstalling do you mean that I have to uninstall the old driver and install the new one or can i just install the new driver over the older one?
Thanks
Pelle
EDIT: had aero off the entire installation
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Best is to uninstall and then install afresh using Windows 7 drivers..... Perhaps even check box to delete the old driver as well. If Aero was off during installation you dont have many problems. Aero on during 7 upgrade especially before graphics driver update causes Bsod or boot loop.
You should be ok when you install the windows 7 drivers. But the sequence of driver installations is important.... All the best

Have been fiddeling with the drivers for a while now and given up. just started Windows 7 setup again. After that i will use the windows 7! drivers and hope for the best.
Pelle
EDIT: windows just installed. Turning off Aero and starting drivers... Fingers crossed

Drivers just finised and now the sond doesn't work
Tried rolling back/ updating driver, reinstalling driver muting unmuting in windows and shift control center but no luck...
And when I press the resolution changer I have to reboot to switch resolution.
shift control center has to be selected from start menu to start
This is a lot worse than when i did it using the tutorial at gadgetmix
Any idea how to fix this?

pelle.jansen said:
Drivers just finised and now the sond doesn't work
Tried rolling back/ updating driver, reinstalling driver muting unmuting in windows and shift control center but no luck...
And when I press the resolution changer I have to reboot to switch resolution.
shift control center has to be selected from start menu to start
This is a lot worse than when i did it using the tutorial at gadgetmix
Any idea how to fix this?
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Sorry to hear about the problems you are facing. I am surprised coz I did the Windows 7 installation just a few weeks ago after reviving my dead Shift and everything is working perfectly for me. The only thing I havent fully sorted out is Finger print thing but I know I only need an hour or 2 with it and all will be well.
Incidentally did you do a clean install of 7 or you upgraded Vista?
Since you have just done a fresh install and you dont stand to lose much I would advise that you re-install Vista (F3) which will install all the drivers then Upgrade Windows 7 from the freshly re-installed Vista. You can then install drivers for any device that will show not to be installed after 7 upgrade.... Of course following the sequence and allowing Windows Update to take care of the rest.

PlayStation said:
Sorry to hear about the problems you are facing. I am surprised coz I did the Windows 7 installation just a few weeks ago after reviving my dead Shift and everything is working perfectly for me. The only thing I havent fully sorted out is Finger print thing but I know I only need an hour or 2 with it and all will be well.
Incidentally did you do a clean install of 7 or you upgraded Vista?
Since you have just done a fresh install and you dont stand to lose much I would advise that you re-install Vista (F3) which will install all the drivers then Upgrade Windows 7 from the freshly re-installed Vista. You can then install drivers for any device that will show not to be installed after 7 upgrade.... Of course following the sequence and allowing Windows Update to take care of the rest.
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The problem is that i once had to replace my HDD because some idiot dropped my shift and for some reason the accelerometer didn't kick in and trashed my hard drive. So pressing F3 won't do anything. Are there any other solutions?

DID IT! It was in my windows 7 install disk. Downloaded and burnt one (it should be legal because I have paid for it) installed, installed drivers an BOOM! everything works! aero, HiRes in aero sound, its nice and responsive battery life on power saver 2H and 45 minutes, havn't tested modem yet as my sim card is in my smartphone but will do that. Thanks a lot for all of your help! I will be hanin round here to help others. I AM SO HAPPY EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH MY LOVELY SHIFT! Updates Sucseeded and everything works perfect!
Only one more question: is it safe to install sp1? Or will that give problems with some of the drivers.

pelle.jansen said:
DID IT! It was in my windows 7 install disk. Downloaded and burnt one (it should be legal because I have paid for it) installed, installed drivers an BOOM! everything works! aero, HiRes in aero sound, its nice and responsive battery life on power saver 2H and 45 minutes, havn't tested modem yet as my sim card is in my smartphone but will do that. Thanks a lot for all of your help! I will be hanin round here to help others. I AM SO HAPPY EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH MY LOVELY SHIFT! Updates Sucseeded and everything works perfect!
Only one more question: is it safe to install sp1? Or will that give problems with some of the drivers.
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Glad you finally managed to get your Shift up to speed. I always felt that your peculiar issue boiled down to bad install which is confirmed by the first software you used. What type of disk did you use for the Hdd replacement - Hdd or SSd and for what capacity. Been thinking of upgrading but Ssd costs are still up there in teh skies and might not justify upgrading for the ageing Shift....
You can update to Service Pack 1 no problem. I have it and no issues at all.

PlayStation said:
Glad you finally managed to get your Shift up to speed. I always felt that your peculiar issue boiled down to bad install which is confirmed by the first software you used. What type of disk did you use for the Hdd replacement - Hdd or SSd and for what capacity. Been thinking of upgrading but Ssd costs are still up there in teh skies and might not justify upgrading for the ageing Shift....
You can update to Service Pack 1 no problem. I have it and no issues at all.
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I Bought the exact same drive on ebay for $30 or so. I solved the hard drive light staying on by just running CHKDSK but now the same programs just crash...
It now happens when trying to do a system score, when changing my network to public and when uninstalling a program using control panel. The rest all works fine.

[Q] Windows 8 Developer Preview in HTC Shift

I know... our umpc is a bit older now, but i'm trying to give a new chance for it, now with Windows 8 Developer Preview. I got a relative sucess... I'm running this os, with tablet pc input working, with snapvue with 3g and wi-fi acess. But i'm facing a big problem with the video driver. I tried reinstall many times, but i can't get it work ok. Anybody got sucess with the video driver?
Sorry for my bad english.... i'm brazilian...

How did you get window 8 to install. I try and it said the shift did not meet the hardware rquirement.
I copy the iso on to a tumbdrive and mount it on a virtual drive for the installation process.
Peter

I downloaded the iso from de MS site. I used the USB image creator which is used to install the windows 7 in notebook. Restarted the machine, press f10 and enter in the setup... my htc is basic 40 gb hd and stock 1gb of ram...

camargomaia: i think it's possible, Windows 7 works fine and Windows 8 are (not for first look) still similar. Tomorrow i will try it, now i got two pieces of htc shift. Did you success with install all of default Vista drivers? Touchscreen is Working? thanks

DubyDu said:
camargomaia: i think it's possible, Windows 7 works fine and Windows 8 are (not for first look) still similar. Tomorrow i will try it, now i got two pieces of htc shift. Did you success with install all of default Vista drivers? Touchscreen is Working? thanks
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Every is working, and the speed is very good. The only trouble is the video driver. In the process of setup our shift try hi-resolutions, that it not support, and this causes a instant reboot, similar that we had when trying to install the windows 7, with the aero enabled.
I thing that problem may be here, the windows 8 doesn´nt have the classic theme (windows 2000 theme)...
Let´s try to make this work, our old pc can beat the ipads, in some specs...

My Shift works fine now! I downloaded the drivers from the intel site and now everything is working! Our PC can run Windows 8!

Can you post a link for the driver you used?
What other drivers do I need to download before installing.
Is snapvue working?
Thanks

galmpan said:
Can you post a link for the driver you used?
What other drivers do I need to download before installing.
Is snapvue working?
Thanks
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At night i will post th link, i'm at work now, using another pc...
Everything works: snapvue, bluetooth, wi-fi, 3g, resolution changer, etc... and the speed felling is very good!
Good friday for everybody! Greeting from Brazil!

I posted a guide I wrote up in the Shift Development forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17602535
The guide includes links to all the drivers I have used and the process I followed to get Windows 8 running on the Shift from a totally clean install.
As with camargomaia's parallel experiences, once all the drivers are installed the Shift very usable in Windows 8. Even in it's stock RAM limited state.

djwillis said:
I posted a guide I wrote up in the Shift Development forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17602535
The guide includes links to all the drivers I have used and the process I followed to get Windows 8 running on the Shift from a totally clean install.
As with camargomaia's parallel experiences, once all the drivers are installed the Shift very usable in Windows 8. Even in it's stock RAM limited state.
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Congratulations for the guide! It was a good job.
The driver that i used for video link:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18223/a08/win7_1512754.exe

camargomaia said:
Congratulations for the guide! It was a good job.
The driver that i used for video link:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/18223/a08/win7_1512754.exe
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Thanks ,
That is the same driver I used. The driver is also good if want to run Metro or the desktop at 1152*864 (so all the Metro apps that need a minimum of 1024*768 will run).

Thanks for creating the guide! Great Job!

guys good job!
more pictures and czech version of translate is here:
http://smartmania.mobilmania.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=156&t=26237

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Windows 8 Installation keeps failing?

Hi all, I bought windows 8 online today (download) and I tried installing it. Everything seems to work alright but then when it finally finished installing, I got the Windows 8 style bluescreen, a reboot, then it rolled back to Windows 7 telling me it couldn't install.
I'm trying to Install with keeping all my files/data but it happened a second time. Any advice? What am I doing wrong?

The0Code said:
Hi all, I bought windows 8 online today (download) and I tried installing it. Everything seems to work alright but then when it finally finished installing, I got the Windows 8 style bluescreen, a reboot, then it rolled back to Windows 7 telling me it couldn't install.
I'm trying to Install with keeping all my files/data but it happened a second time. Any advice? What am I doing wrong?
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Do you have any error codes when this happens. I had numerous problems upgrading pc's and eventually got all of them worked out. How far through the process did you make it???

I had this same problem with an Asus p8z68 motherboard. The fix was to install the windows 8 drivers for the mb while in w7 before running the W8 installation.
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spike48 said:
I had this same problem with an Asus p8z68 motherboard. The fix was to install the windows 8 drivers for the mb while in w7 before running the W8 installation.
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The Mb? What? and where do I find the windows 8 drivers? Thanks.

I had the same problem. I then made an ISO file and did a clean install. Worked properly then. Just painful have to reinstall all programs.
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mattyh77 said:
I had the same problem. I then made an ISO file and did a clean install. Worked properly then. Just painful have to reinstall all programs.
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Don't want to clean install though Q_Q All my music...too much pain. Do you think making a partition for it would fix my problems?

The0Code said:
The Mb? What? and where do I find the windows 8 drivers? Thanks.
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If your computer is an off the shelf model built by one of the major manufacturers I would get the drivers from them. They may even have the steps that you would need to do to get your machine ready for Windows 8.
If you or someone else built the computer from scratch go to the manufacturer of the motherboard and get the drivers from them for your specific motherboard. Hopefully they have developed the drivers for Windows 8 by now.

spike48 said:
If your computer is an off the shelf model built by one of the major manufacturers I would get the drivers from them. They may even have the steps that you would need to do to get your machine ready for Windows 8.
If you or someone else built the computer from scratch go to the manufacturer of the motherboard and get the drivers from them for your specific motherboard. Hopefully they have developed the drivers for Windows 8 by now.
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I can't find it I even typed in my product number into the hp website and it couldn't find my product.
I have a Hp Pavillion
Model: dv6-3154ee
Product: XW117EA#ABV
Can't find the drivers for windows 8 tho ._.

The0Code said:
Don't want to clean install though Q_Q All my music...too much pain. Do you think making a partition for it would fix my problems?
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I partitioned my hard drive to clean install and I have no problems. Also if you have data you don't want to lose shouldn't you get like an external or online backup?

HP website: "If you purchased your computer prior to October 1st , 2011, HP has not tested or developed drivers for your model computer. Therefore an upgrade of your computer may be difficult or impossible."
Got this computer in April 2011 Guess I can't get the drivers. Would a full wipe update work for sure?

My computer works perfectly fine without lenovo drivers. Yours should at least be functional without hp ones (unless you have an amd graphics card maybe).
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Nvm, I fixed it I used some windows update readiness checker and uninstalled my avg antivirus. After that, when I installed, it finally asked for my product key and I'm enjoying Windows 8 atm. I can't believe people are complaining about this, it's perfect even for laptops.

JihadSquad said:
I partitioned my hard drive to clean install and I have no problems. Also if you have data you don't want to lose shouldn't you get like an external or online backup?
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I am using an HP dv6 and dual booted Windows 8 and 7.. So that I could still have all my programs in windows 7 and wait till HP has all the drivers for windows8.. I suggest you to dual boot you pc... Windows8 has its on boot manager.. So dual booting wont be a problem... I installed windows8 on a logical drive with 50gb partition....

my experiance
I got windows 8 from the windowsupgradeoffer.com for 699 INR
my pc is hp dv6
I got the iso file and made a bootable usb all from the windows upgrade assistant
I got error when I tried to upgrade from win 7 to 8 some error was there always so I restarted my pc to boot from the usb and installed in the same partition as the windows 7 was and it installed smoothly no problem there and after that I manually migrated my stuff from 7 to 8 and delete the windows.old folder
its upto you can dual boot also....

Do an upgrade but click on dont keep anything.it will install sucessfully.Then after installation restore data frm windows.old folder. Thassit ....
Trust me.ive had this problem...
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Amd Radeon Drivers problem.

Hello XDA,
I have recently installed Windows 8 pro x64 and loving it so far But......
I have a Hp Pavillion with Amd Radeon Hd 6470M. Under 'Device Manager' it is indicated as 7400M with that little 'caution symbol'.
I have tried to update the drivers via the catalyst Program 'v12' for windows 8, but if I try to install it says "catalyst cannot download drivers because of incompatible software bla bla bla. I got another setup from hp.de and I managed to proceed with the installation. During installation the screen flickers a lot 'normal I presume' but after restarting I get a blank screen, lots of flickering and the fun going nuts. I managed to get the catalyst software running through 'run' and uninstalled the newly installed drivers, back to normal!!
Until now the 'caution' symbol is persistent.
Does any one know where to get 3rd party drivers or if you have a solution it will be highly appreciated!!
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TheNesski said:
Hello XDA,
I have recently installed Windows 8 pro x64 and loving it so far But......
I have a Hp Pavillion with Amd Radeon Hd 6470M. Under 'Device Manager' it is indicated as 7400M with that little 'caution symbol'.
I have tried to update the drivers via the catalyst Program 'v12' for windows 8, but if I try to install it says "catalyst cannot download drivers because of incompatible software bla bla bla. I got another setup from hp.de and I managed to proceed with the installation. During installation the screen flickers a lot 'normal I presume' but after restarting I get a blank screen, lots of flickering and the fun going nuts. I managed to get the catalyst software running through 'run' and uninstalled the newly installed drivers, back to normal!!
Until now the 'caution' symbol is persistent.
Does any one know where to get 3rd party drivers or if you have a solution it will be highly appreciated!!
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No third party drivers mate... I had the same problem... My advice is to dual boot your lappy.. I have a DV6 pavilion... Also do not install catalyst manager software... The only thing you can do right now is to update the driver using device manager...

i have a dv7 i tried everything except the obvious and it worked. I downloaded my drivers from hp's support site. Changed the compatability to windows 7 and installed as admin worked great all back to normal.

On my dv6 3006tx the default Windows 7 drivers work well - if you can force the installation of them.
Look for a swsetup folder on your C:\ root. There may be correct drivers within there.
If not, manually download the correct driver's from HP's site. Do NOT use an automatic driver detector. Run the installer, and everything will extract to C:\AMD or something. Then you must install the driver files directly through Device Manager. Right click, update driver software. Try both options. Also try the 'have disk' sub-option, and navigate to the .inf files you find in the directory.
Unfortunately, it's mostly trial and error. The drivers probably will work - but AMD just won't let you install them! If only there were a way to bypass every single OS version check they make...
Also try the generic Windows 8 GPU drivers from AMD's site. You probably won't get switchable graphics, though.

http://leshcatlabs.net/
You're welcome.

im also have Hp Pavilion but Amd Radeon 6480G and this drivers works work me good
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx#1
ps im have G6-1215SP and you?

Windows 10 doesn't support multiple GPUs

Ok so I have an HP pavilion DV7-4825DX which.. after 4 years still is better than most of the Notebooks over there. My laptip comes with two gpus: one is from AMD for advanced graphics and the other one is an Intel gpu with less power but better battery friendly. My PC came with Windows 7 Ultimate out of the box and, obviously everything worked fine. Years later I decided to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro. I did a clean install and everything worked flawlessly. Same happend to W8.1 and W8.1 update 1 (both with clean installs and manually installed drivers). Then Windows 10 was announced.. I had went to the Windows Insider page and converted me to one of then, then i grab the first build.
This is the first time that I upgrade (not clean installed) Windows. The installation went fine but the screen never turned on after the bootscreen (sounds worked, fingerprint scanner worked etc). Rebooted in safe mode and deleted the graphics drivers from both gpus and then it started. I've installed the AMD graphics and they worked, then I installed the Intel ones and woops! Blackscreen again. Deleted everything and installed the Intel drivers first and worked, then I decided to go with the Amd ones and.... black...screen. So i thought which is more productive to keep? And I keep the AMD ones. But some apps or 3D moddeling programs require the intel processor to work and viceversa, so I turned back to 8.1 Update 1. Now that Microsoft released the "Consumer Preview" kind of version of W10 I've installed it...
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Black screen.
Then a screen appeared saying that my PC went back to the last OS because the W10 couldn't be installed. So I had deleted the drivers and reinstalled and now is working only with AMD.
End of the story, the conclussion is that Windows 10 doesn't support switchable graphics anymore and I wrote in the feedback section but I think I'm the only one with this problem so please, people, report it too to get it fixed in the next builds.
Thanks!

I believe it has to do with the WDDM signing, and Windows 10 uses a newer one that AMD has not had any drivers released for.
That or because the new build comes with NT 11 kernel.

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That or because the new build comes with NT 11 kernel.
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Actually it comes with nt10 (10 cos of win 10 who'd a known) and I had 10 when it was first released I had a laptop with Intel hd4000 and gtx 750m and both worked out of the box per say I had to do a little tweaking to get progs to play along sounds like a driver issue you looked for amd beta drivers?

galaxynote2 said:
Ok so I have an HP pavilion DV7-4825DX which.. after 4 years still is better than most of the Notebooks over there. My laptip comes with two gpus: one is from AMD for advanced graphics and the other one is an Intel gpu with less power but better battery friendly. My PC came with Windows 7 Ultimate out of the box and, obviously everything worked fine. Years later I decided to upgrade to Windows 8 Pro. I did a clean install and everything worked flawlessly. Same happend to W8.1 and W8.1 update 1 (both with clean installs and manually installed drivers). Then Windows 10 was announced.. I had went to the Windows Insider page and converted me to one of then, then i grab the first build.
This is the first time that I upgrade (not clean installed) Windows. The installation went fine but the screen never turned on after the bootscreen (sounds worked, fingerprint scanner worked etc). Rebooted in safe mode and deleted the graphics drivers from both gpus and then it started. I've installed the AMD graphics and they worked, then I installed the Intel ones and woops! Blackscreen again. Deleted everything and installed the Intel drivers first and worked, then I decided to go with the Amd ones and.... black...screen. So i thought which is more productive to keep? And I keep the AMD ones. But some apps or 3D moddeling programs require the intel processor to work and viceversa, so I turned back to 8.1 Update 1. Now that Microsoft released the "Consumer Preview" kind of version of W10 I've installed it...
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.
.
Black screen.
Then a screen appeared saying that my PC went back to the last OS because the W10 couldn't be installed. So I had deleted the drivers and reinstalled and now is working only with AMD.
End of the story, the conclussion is that Windows 10 doesn't support switchable graphics anymore and I wrote in the feedback section but I think I'm the only one with this problem so please, people, report it too to get it fixed in the next builds.
Thanks!
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it actually does Support it, i have the same problem on a dell vostro ( core i5 with build in gpu and a nvidia)
before install remove all gpu drivers (even the intel drivers) reboot and after it installed the generic drivers for intel turn of internet connection ( DONT let it install any other grapic drivers)
now without internet upgrade to win 10 , after all is done you can connect to internet and manually install your second grapic drivers.
this worked for me , and yes its a pain in the butt.

ceesheim said:
it actually does Support it, i have the same problem on a dell vostro ( core i5 with build in gpu and a nvidia)
before install remove all gpu drivers (even the intel drivers) reboot and after it installed the generic drivers for intel turn of internet connection ( DONT let it install any other grapic drivers)
now without internet upgrade to win 10 , after all is done you can connect to internet and manually install your second grapic drivers.
this worked for me , and yes its a pain in the butt.
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mmh.. Tried everything without luck, I didn't thought that it might be the solution. I will give it a try! Thanks!