Windows 10 Windows Technical Preview is available for more than a week. Since i have an extra old 40gb hdd for the shift, i decided to give it a try, and i can say that it works perfectly well. Everything works including touchscreen, wifi, bluetooth, modem, etc.
However installing the drivers may be a little tricky. Here are the steps:
1. Download Windows Technical Preview from microsoft website (download the x86 version)
2. Extract the .iso file to a usb stick (i used power iso to do that)
3. Plug the stick to the shift and boot from it
4. Follow on screen instruction to install windows
5. When done copy the drivers for the shift (you have the download link bellow the video ) to a stick
6. First install "VistaECDrvV" in compatibility with windows vista (right click on the file - properties - compatibilty tab- run this program in compatibility mode for: - select windows vista (service pack 2) !! do that for all of the drivers) - restart later
7. Install "TouchScreen"
After installing touch screen driver the touch should work - give a restart
8. Install "Synaptics MicroPad" - restart later
9. Install "shagctrl" ignore the Microsoft .NET Framework missing error - restart later
10. Install "Marvell Wifi driver" - restart later
11. Press the Win+R key combination and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter - switch over to the boot tab, and click on the Safe Boot check box - select minimal -apply -ok - restart
13. With windows booted in safe mode navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers right click on "sdbus.sys" -> properties -> security -> advanced -> owner TrustedInstaller click on change -> in the field labelled "enter the object name" type your username -> ok -> apply -> ok -> now back on security tab edit permissions -> click on users -> check all boxes from "permissions for users" tab on allow -> apply -> yes -> ok. Now delete "sdbus.sys"
14. Copy the "sdbus.sys" from the archive that i attached here to C:\Windows\System32\drivers
15. Press the Win+R key combination againg and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter - switch over to the boot tab, and unthick the Safe Boot check box - apply -ok - restart
16. You should have wifi working now - If you cannot find any wifi networks, as it was in my case, go to device manager - right click on the "Marvell sd8686 Wireless LAN SDIO Adapter" (the one without the exclamation mark if you have two) - properties - advanced - from the property box select 802.11D support - on the value box value box select enable. Your wifi should work ok now.
17. Install the "sherry driver 1.3" for the best performance of the video card.
18. That's it! enjoy
What i like most about windows 10 is that it have a "card view" of the running apps just like maemo 5 on noka n900, or the blackberry 10 os. Overall it runs a little better than windows 7 and similar with windows 8.1.
Maybe i will install it as a replacement for windows 8.1 update 1 on the main 120 gb hdd
Here is a small video to see how it runs:
Download HTC X9500 DRIVERS
However installing the drivers may be a little tricky. Here are the steps:
1. Download Windows Technical Preview from microsoft website (download the x86 version)
2. Extract the .iso file to a usb stick (i used power iso to do that)
3. Plug the stick to the shift and boot from it
4. Follow on screen instruction to install windows
5. When done copy the drivers for the shift (you have the download link bellow the video ) to a stick
6. First install "VistaECDrvV" in compatibility with windows vista (right click on the file - properties - compatibilty tab- run this program in compatibility mode for: - select windows vista (service pack 2) !! do that for all of the drivers) - restart later
7. Install "TouchScreen"
After installing touch screen driver the touch should work - give a restart
8. Install "Synaptics MicroPad" - restart later
9. Install "shagctrl" ignore the Microsoft .NET Framework missing error - restart later
10. Install "Marvell Wifi driver" - restart later
11. Press the Win+R key combination and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter - switch over to the boot tab, and click on the Safe Boot check box - select minimal -apply -ok - restart
13. With windows booted in safe mode navigate to C:\Windows\System32\drivers right click on "sdbus.sys" -> properties -> security -> advanced -> owner TrustedInstaller click on change -> in the field labelled "enter the object name" type your username -> ok -> apply -> ok -> now back on security tab edit permissions -> click on users -> check all boxes from "permissions for users" tab on allow -> apply -> yes -> ok. Now delete "sdbus.sys"
14. Copy the "sdbus.sys" from the archive that i attached here to C:\Windows\System32\drivers
15. Press the Win+R key combination againg and type msconfig in the run box and hit enter - switch over to the boot tab, and unthick the Safe Boot check box - apply -ok - restart
16. You should have wifi working now - If you cannot find any wifi networks, as it was in my case, go to device manager - right click on the "Marvell sd8686 Wireless LAN SDIO Adapter" (the one without the exclamation mark if you have two) - properties - advanced - from the property box select 802.11D support - on the value box value box select enable. Your wifi should work ok now.
17. Install the "sherry driver 1.3" for the best performance of the video card.
18. That's it! enjoy
What i like most about windows 10 is that it have a "card view" of the running apps just like maemo 5 on noka n900, or the blackberry 10 os. Overall it runs a little better than windows 7 and similar with windows 8.1.
Maybe i will install it as a replacement for windows 8.1 update 1 on the main 120 gb hdd
Here is a small video to see how it runs:
Download HTC X9500 DRIVERS
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