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Can I dualboot Windows 8 and Android on Surface?

The title says it all. When Microsoft's Surface drops will I be able to dual boot Windows 8 Pro and some version of Android?

iiDeadSeriousii said:
The title says it all. When Microsoft's Surface drops will I be able to dual boot Windows 8 Pro and some version of Android?
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No. Microsoft will enable secure boot on the Surface and restrict it so that no non-Microsoft OS can boot on it. This is true for all Windows RT devices. If you want a dual-booting tablet, you need a x86 one, but those cannot run Android very well.

I know the RT's gonna be a pain, but i was asking Surface Pro with intel chip. Or any Win 8 Pro tablet actually.

iiDeadSeriousii said:
I know the RT's gonna be a pain, but i was asking Surface Pro with intel chip. Or any Win 8 Pro tablet actually.
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I don't see any reason why not as you can dual boot windows 8 pro with any other os its just RT. That said I cant confirm 2 things first that they wont lock the device itself (there is nothing in windows but they could lock the bios etc) and 2nd is finding an x86 version of Android that will run that's not just 2.2 (though I suspect it will take about a day to get it working)

lumpaywk said:
I don't see any reason why not as you can dual boot windows 8 pro with any other os its just RT. That said I cant confirm 2 things first that they wont lock the device itself (there is nothing in windows but they could lock the bios etc) and 2nd is finding an x86 version of Android that will run that's not just 2.2 (though I suspect it will take about a day to get it working)
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Yeah Microsoft will probably lock the Surface like Motorola locks everything. Also, for x86 android, see http://www.android-x86.org/

JihadSquad said:
Yeah Microsoft will probably lock the Surface like Motorola locks everything. Also, for x86 android, see http://www.android-x86.org/
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Off topic am i reading right that that is a generic version of 4? Thank you for this if it is as i been looking to get it working in hyper v.

lumpaywk said:
Off topic am i reading right that that is a generic version of 4? Thank you for this if it is as i been looking to get it working in hyper v.
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How is hyper-v working? I got winxp and ubuntu installed on mine but then I noticed that my cpu would not get off max frequency (on a quad core intel laptop with turbo boost that is VERY bad). I googled the problem and it turns out hyper-v keeps the cpu at max as long as it is installed. Apparently it is just a bug, as it works fine in server 2012. I had to uninstall it until MS releases the fix.

JihadSquad said:
How is hyper-v working? I got winxp and ubuntu installed on mine but then I noticed that my cpu would not get off max frequency (on a quad core intel laptop with turbo boost that is VERY bad). I googled the problem and it turns out hyper-v keeps the cpu at max as long as it is installed. Apparently it is just a bug, as it works fine in server 2012. I had to uninstall it until MS releases the fix.
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I have no issues with cpu etc running on amd fx 8100 i was running xp but now running windows 7 (32 bit, for exchange 2003 support and VMware while we wait on veeam 6.5) and Ubuntu. I have found quite expectedly that it has an affect on boot times but processor core sit mostly idle - i have assigned 6 cores and they sit almost idle. I still pref VMware overall for main virtual network but for a simple vm on your local machine i have had no issues with hyper v so lets ho;e they get a fix for intel.

[Q]how can i upgrade my 2011 pc to windows 8?

how can i upgrade my 2011 pc to windows 8 from legally ways? they say there is a windows 8 upgrade assistant.. where is it?

bulutbeyaz said:
how can i upgrade my 2011 pc to windows 8 from legally ways? they say there is a windows 8 upgrade assistant.. where is it?
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Wait for Friday when it is officially released.

Or, if you have MSDN (including MSDNAA) access, or a TechNet subscription, you can pick up the RTM build now. It may also be available on Dreamspark (if you're a student); I don't know.
Updating from an old OS version is the same as it's always been; run the installer from within the OS that you have now. For a clean install, reboot and run the installer from the boot menu (boot off DVD or USB or network). If you want to really clean your system before installing, format the drive first (may be a problem if you only bought an upgrade license).
A 2011 PC will run Win8 just fine. I'm typing this from a 2008 convertible tablet with a 1.2 GHz ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM (upgraded from 1GB), 80GB hard disk (not even SSD; 1.8" 4200RPM spinning disk), and 1280x800 resolution display (with stylus digitizer but no touchscreen). Yeah, it was a $1500 piece of hardware when new, but it's also about as underpowered as any non-netbook from that year can get, and it runs Win8 Pro, 64-bit, RTM build 9200 just great! Even a low-end netbook from 2011 should have comparable specs, and any normal PC will blow it away. The hardware requirements for Win8 are lower than they were for Win7.

GoodDayToDie said:
Or, if you have MSDN (including MSDNAA) access, or a TechNet subscription, you can pick up the RTM build now. It may also be available on Dreamspark (if you're a student); I don't know.
Updating from an old OS version is the same as it's always been; run the installer from within the OS that you have now. For a clean install, reboot and run the installer from the boot menu (boot off DVD or USB or network). If you want to really clean your system before installing, format the drive first (may be a problem if you only bought an upgrade license).
A 2011 PC will run Win8 just fine. I'm typing this from a 2008 convertible tablet with a 1.2 GHz ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM (upgraded from 1GB), 80GB hard disk (not even SSD; 1.8" 4200RPM spinning disk), and 1280x800 resolution display (with stylus digitizer but no touchscreen). Yeah, it was a $1500 piece of hardware when new, but it's also about as underpowered as any non-netbook from that year can get, and it runs Win8 Pro, 64-bit, RTM build 9200 just great! Even a low-end netbook from 2011 should have comparable specs, and any normal PC will blow it away. The hardware requirements for Win8 are lower than they were for Win7.
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You can get a full license for the same price as the upgrade at the mo from the MS store.

[Q] how to adjust screen brightness on a laptop

after i re installed windows 8 on my samsung i5, series 5 ,a i cant adjust the screen brightness.how should i go about it ,please help?

which is your laptop
Hello
Can you please post your laptop model number here??
Shortcut keys varies from model to model
Mostly iys Function + Some F1-F12
See your keyboard.it will be having a sun star symbol....

Did you reinstall the drivers for Intel HD and possibly your GPU?
On Device Manager, under display adapters, if your GPU is listed as standard VGA graphics, it means Windows is using the generic driver.
I had the problem and was confused why I couldn't use the brightness keys, but installing the official drivers did the trick for me.

I can not switch between my two video cards in windows 8.1.

I have a HP Pavilion dv6 6c80el that mounts two video cards: an Intel 3000 graphics and a dedicated AMD 7690M XT 2GB . I installed Windows 8.1 and I can not configure the video card to use for each application as I did before with 7. Now with 8.1 when I click with the right button on the desktop and then I click on my switchable graphics cards comes out HydraGrid in the catalyst control center, which has nothing to do. How do I fix this? Using 3D modeling programs like 3dsmax that I run with the intel and work is impossible.
I'm afraid that Windows 8.1 does not support double graphics cards, is that it? Is there a way to solve?

Have you tried installing the OEM drivers and software for your computer? Win8.x should handle Win7 drivers just fine. OEMs (like HP) pre-configure a bunch of software in their Windows images, and when you install a new version you lose a lot of that. You can usually get it back by installing the stuff from the OEM's website, though.
Alternatively, it's probably possible (in the BIOS/UEFI if nowhere else) to disable one GPU in favor of the other. Turning off the Intel graphics entirely will cost a bit of battery life, but will mean that the more powerful chip is always used and therefore you'll be able to run graphics-intensive software.

Thanks for the reply but more or less I was able to solve this way:
I uninstalled drivers and software driver from Device Manager, and then I did a clean with driver sweeper. After that I rebooted and installed the drivers offered by HP (not those of AMD) and so it seems to have solved. I can configure the graphics chip to use for each application; sometimes throws a tantrum when I open the catalyst control center, but I'm happy that it works and is able to use to the maximum the pc.

Glad to hear it. Yeah, you can get better performance if you use the newest AMD drivers, but for weird integrated hardware like a lot of laptops have, you should get your drivers from the laptop OEM unless you're just going to run exclusively on one graphics card or the other.

I tried installing the latest drivers from AMD website (if I'm not mistaken are the 14.4 version and then there is 14.6 which is in beta). The problem is that by installing the official drivers AMD, you do the example of 14.4, after installation if I go into device management I recognize my video card like an AMD Radeon 6700m series; and at that point I can not change most video cards because as I wrote at the beginning of the window appears to me HydraGrid. The only way to be able to smoothly changing video adapters is to make it clear to Windows 8.1 that I have a 7690M XT and not a 6700m Series. Then I'm going to also include information about OEM drivers. Thank you

Help me identify this Windows tablet, and touch issue with it.

I got this tablet from colleague and he doesn't know almost anything about it. It came with Windows 8.1 but I clean installed Windows 10 on it and after that it does not work anymore.
Some information I have about it:
SCREEN
- 8 inch
- 1280x800
- IPS
CPU
- Intel Atom Z3745, 1.33GHz
RAM
- 2GB LDDR3
ROM
- 32GB + optional microSD card
- aluminium back side, no HDMI output
LINK to pictures:
https://imgur.com/a/3tIYY
Speccy:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/kcvPqOiOjL57kTVSdiNbJWo
Video of the issue:
https://vid.me/95wU
For touchscreen to work properly I need to provide adequate SileadTouch.fw file that would correspodent to digitizer that is installed in this tablet. Everything else is working (sound, cameras, GPS, battery management, GPU drivers etc.)
In fact, I only need proper SileadTouch.fw file (~100kb), nothing else.
Thank you in advance!