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[Q] sdk tools for xp

is there a way to install the sdk phone tools on xp? I have the 6.1v and visual studios 2010. But when i try to install it says i have to have win7 or vista, and i cant put win7 on machine cause it only has 128m ram. I have a patch file that is suppose to let ya install but haven figured out how to yet.

There are ways to get it installed but the emulator requires Directx 10 so that's not going to work. Without the emulator all you can do is write and compile code but not test to see if it works or not. Not very useful.
XP barely runs on 128mb of RAM so I imagine Visual Studio would be absolutely miserable to use if usable at all.

If you wanna develop for WP7 I guess its safe to say it time for an upgrade.

i would say so as well. even a netbook has more capabilities than that

Im not much of a developer in some ways so as for now all im wanting to do is use the toms installer or the reg sdk deployment tool witch i have but when i try to launch program i get this error:
Could not load file 'Microsoft Smart Device.Connectivity,10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Then when i try to install the Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 windows phone from the WPDT_RTM_en_iso
i get this error: Microsoft xna game studio4.0 phone ex require visual 2010 or WPDT. install the required app and then relaunch setup. " witch i have the visual studio 2010 installed"
and i have a win7 netbook but have managed to have a kid that spilled tea on it so am trying to figure out the way to do this untill
i can afford to get another netbook.
Thanks for the help and replies guys, very appriciated!!

Ok so I got the xna game studio 4 to install but still getting the phone device connectivity error, is there something I can download to get by this and use the deployment

guess no solution huh

i don't believe so. the way i did it was to use a virtual machine so i could get the phone emulator working on an xp machine (virtual machine has windows 7 on it). but you don't have enough ram for that. you need at least 1.5gb dedicated to the virtual machine alone.

You can try this solution here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9618980&postcount=81. I just couldn't get it to install still as I kept getting an error saying could not install the following component .NET Framework 4 Multi-Targeting Pack.

i finally found a iso file and downloaded it then opened up the baseline.dat file and edited it according to the patch settings and everything works just like it does on win7 netbook, just wanted to see if it was possible and it is!
Thanks for the replies.

Could you share that info? Ive been dying to get SDK tools on my XP... Thanks

jasontac said:
i finally found a iso file and downloaded it then opened up the baseline.dat file and edited it according to the patch settings and everything works just like it does on win7 netbook, just wanted to see if it was possible and it is!
Thanks for the replies.
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Can you please share that? I have 4 XP computers at home and neither of them can run it. It would be great as I need the SDK to run Chevron unlocker! Thanks!

Link pleaseee
I so desperately need this also

for those that want the tools on windows xp, here you go: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astebner/archive/2010/05/02/10005980.aspx

I finally got it to install on XP!
Here's what I did,
Download the .iso file (it's at the bottom of the page) :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce
After, make a new folder on your desktop and extract the ".iso" file into the folder.
Next, I grabbed the ".zip" file from here, : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9618980&postcount=81
Take the baseline.dat from the .zip file and replace it in the one with the extracted .iso files. Then just run setup.exe from the file. It should work! But make sure you have about 3 gb free from your hard drive. And emulator doesn't work, but I'm sure its fine if your not a developer.
Remember to hit the thanks button if it worked for you!

[Q] Chevron: "Your phone is ignoring us" error

I posted the question in the chevron official thread, but this can't hurt, right?
Anyway, i managed to run "chevron unlock tool" after downloading and running MiniSDK found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265846
It gave me the error i mentioned.
I than removed MiniSDK and downloaded the full SDK. No go. the thing i find strange is, i can't find "Windows phone developer registration tool" nowhere.
It's supposed to be in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Tools" as per microsoft's guides and troubleshooters, but it's not there. All I have there is "WPConnect".
Chevron FAQ asks that i check with that tool if i can connect. If i can't, they can't help me. But obviously, something went wrong with my SDK installation. I tried repparing the installation and i tried to reinstall it, still the same.
Omnia 7.10.7740.16, Windows 7, the latest chevron unlock tool, wp support tool, and SDK installed.
Has anyone found a solution or a workaround for this?

Have you checked the Start Menu for the registration app after you install the full SDK? The installer should have added a shortcut to the start menu...
Or this directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Tools\Phone Registration\PhoneReg.exe

prjkthack said:
Have you checked the Start Menu for the registration app after you install the full SDK? The installer should have added a shortcut to the start menu...
Or this directory:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.1\Tools\Phone Registration\PhoneReg.exe
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That's my point, the installer DID NOT put those things there. There is nothing even mentioning it
Windows search can't find. it's just not there. After 3 installations.

d.a.v.o.r said:
That's my point, the installer DID NOT put those things there. There is nothing even mentioning it
Windows search can't find. it's just not there. After 3 installations.
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And this is what you are downloading right?
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27570
If it doesn't install... then... that's just weird. It always installs for me just fine.

prjkthack said:
And this is what you are downloading right?
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27570
If it doesn't install... then... that's just weird. It always installs for me just fine.
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Yap! It is weird. I think i'll have to reinstall windows completely. No matter how good they are, 2+ years seems pushing it.

I downloaded vm_web2.exe and will not start!
I downloaded vm_web2.exe and will not start!

[Q] Bluestacks 0.8.2.3018 Some Apps,Games Black Screen Problem (OS: Windows 8.1)

Like others I have also Black Screen Problems. This is not happening to all apps but especially in games like Temple Run , Temple Run Oz, Drag Racing Bike Edition even Twitter. For Games I can hear sound but nothing is visible in my eyes! I think my Bluestacks is latest (0.8.2.3018), I even make a new windows setup (Windows 8.1 is my OS) but problem still continue. So now anyone can tell me, what next I can really do to solve this weird problem?

Troubleshoot Incompatibility
allursolve said:
Like others I have also Black Screen Problems. This is not happening to all apps but especially in games like Temple Run , Temple Run Oz, Drag Racing Bike Edition even Twitter. For Games I can hear sound but nothing is visible in my eyes! I think my Bluestacks is latest (0.8.2.3018), I even make a new windows setup (Windows 8.1 is my OS) but problem still continue. So now anyone can tell me, what next I can really do to solve this weird problem?
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I think it's because of Incompatible driver software and/or other Windows Incompatibility issue.. Try to troubleshoot the app and Run under Windows 7 environment with Administrator Privileges or consider updating your driver software for your Video Adapter.. If nothing else works, You can always use Virtualization Softwares like Oracle Virtual Box or VMWare or any other to Create Virtual Environment and Install Earlier version of Windows i.e. Windows XP/Vista/7 or 8 .. Hope it helps..

How did you install Bluestacks on Windows 8.1? I've tried numerous ways and attempts but they all fail during install.

You might be right, I will try to follow your suggestion. Thanks

LossyDragon said:
How did you install Bluestacks on Windows 8.1? I've tried numerous ways and attempts but they all fail during install.
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Nothing improvising but you will get an error if you don't install Motherboard graphics driver.

How can i backup bluestack data on my PC
How can i backup bluestack data on my PC. any one help me

allursolve said:
Nothing improvising but you will get an error if you don't install Motherboard graphics driver.
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My motherboard does not have a graphics card in it, but I have the latest driver for my GTX760.

LossyDragon said:
How did you install Bluestacks on Windows 8.1? I've tried numerous ways and attempts but they all fail during install.
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I've seen many people reporting issues installing apps and other softwares or repacks and kernel dll error.. If this is your case, consider refreshing your windows installation of you've installed 8.1 update from store.. Otherwise you can just perform a fresh OS install.. Hope it helps with you..
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Troubleshooting BlueStacks Black Screen Issue
I would say this problem is most certainly caused by incompatibility or/and outdated graphic card drivers.
You can troubleshoot this issue with a program that comes with BS: C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-GLCheck.exe
Run the program and save the output to a text file for easy reviewing later.
Code:
cmd> "C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-GLCheck.exe" > GLCheck.txt
Open the output log and scroll to bottom to check for errors such as any missing GL_EXTENSIONS.
If you see any missing extension, you probably will be getting a black screen if the app or program required that GL_EXTENSIONS to runs.
A missing extension does not necessary mean your graphic card does not support that extension, it could be as simple as the driver is outdated or does not have the GL feature built-in.
Your can try to update your graphic driver by visiting the links provided below, use the 'Auto Detect GPU' feature whenever the site support it.
Drivers from GPU OEM should be newer than the one provided by your PC OEM.
* Recommend to use Internet Explorer for GPU detection; Java might be needed.
Code:
[url]http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect[/url]
[url]http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool[/url]
[url]http://www.geforce.com/drivers[/url]
[url]http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx[/url]
Good Luck!

Heart_Robber786 said:
I've seen many people reporting issues installing apps and other softwares or repacks and kernel dll error.. If this is your case, consider refreshing your windows installation of you've installed 8.1 update from store.. Otherwise you can just perform a fresh OS install.. Hope it helps with you..
Sent from My Canvas 4.. Via XDA premium 4 app
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codelover said:
I would say this problem is most certainly caused by incompatibility or/and outdated graphic card drivers.
You can troubleshoot this issue with a program that comes with BS: C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-GLCheck.exe
Run the program and save the output to a text file for easy reviewing later.
Code:
cmd> "C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-GLCheck.exe" > GLCheck.txt
Open the output log and scroll to bottom to check for errors such as any missing GL_EXTENSIONS.
If you see any missing extension, you probably will be getting a black screen if the app or program required that GL_EXTENSIONS to runs.
A missing extension does not necessary mean your graphic card does not support that extension, it could be as simple as the driver is outdated or does not have the GL feature built-in.
Your can try to update your graphic driver by visiting the links provided below, use the 'Auto Detect GPU' feature whenever the site support it.
Drivers from GPU OEM should be newer than the one provided by your PC OEM.
* Recommend to use Internet Explorer for GPU detection; Java might be needed.
Code:
[url]http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect[/url]
[url]http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool[/url]
[url]http://www.geforce.com/drivers[/url]
[url]http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx[/url]
Good Luck!
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I attempted codelover's method, failed miserably. I get so close to completing it and it fails (Screen capture: http://puu.sh/5AlZo/2065d2082a.jpg ). I guess I can do a system reload to windows 8, install it along with everything else and update to 8.1.

LossyDragon said:
I attempted codelover's method, failed miserably. I get so close to completing it and it fails (Screen capture: http://puu.sh/5AlZo/2065d2082a.jpg ). I guess I can do a system reload to windows 8, install it along with everything else and update to 8.1.
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See the post title, i was referring to the 'Black Screen' issues.
For your situation, you can try use the Offline Installer to install.
Also check the windows temporary directory for latest BS setup log, the log can tell why the installation failed in the first place.

Why i have black point and quadrate, when i running clash of clans? please help to fix it...

Windows RT 8.1 - Jailbreak Sign Tool

Hello Everyone,
I've written a small tool that allows you to sign a single file or a complete folder. See attachments. It is quick and dirty. If someone wants to improve it, there is the source attached also.
Please note that this tool will sign every exe and dll files in all sub folders if you select "Sign folder"!
Best of all: It also runs on Windows RT directly
Have fun!

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Hmm it seems to have some issues with signing some binary exe files that had been previously compiled and worked on RT 8.0. I'm guessing this has to do with Release vs Debug ARM binaries?

hi guys can some one help i cant find how to jailbreak my surface Windows 8.1 rt

hatekiller said:
hi guys can some one help i cant find how to jailbreak my surface Windows 8.1 rt
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Follow the guide here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/wi...ent/windows-8-1-rt-jailbreak-exploit-t3226835

Hello, I know it's been a long time since this tool was made but would it be possible to add some kind of handler of errors to the signTool? It's becoming harder to use since programs are having more and more files and we have to close a little error message for every file otherwise the process is paused.

Even though this is pretty old post, thank you so much for this tool!
It took hours of trying to get .exes to work. The signtool.exe also didn't really work for me.
FINNAL IT WORKS!

There is an issue with this tool prompting you after every single file. I fixed it and also added some other minor things such as .sys file support. here it is

H, can anyone help me, I'm total noob, what is this signing? how do I sign this? I'm trying to have some apps works on the RT

starfrost013 said:
There is an issue with this tool prompting you after every single file. I fixed it and also added some other minor things such as .sys file support. here it is
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Oh whoa thanks, this would help alot since this was updated recently

Windows 10 on Surface RT working (edited thread)

Read carefully, this is about the installation of Windows 10 ARM32 on the Surface RT1. Previously tried the Elektrohax tutorial (video on youtube and also posted at Alexenferman.com) but I was unlucky on my attempts.
This is the mentioned tutorial:
How to install Windows 10 on the Surface RT - Alexenferman
www.alexenferman.com
I followed the instructions but failed twice. Now I know what was wrong. The tutorial IS FINE, it works. The thing is you have to first apply a patched version of Windows RT8.1 and run some scripts, that was fine, now the specifics:
Don't "RUN" the scripts, do not double click, this was the issue on my side. It doesn't matter if you run the script as "Administrator", I repeat, in my case this was the problem, DO NOT RUN or just double click.
INSTEAD, open a CMD window elevated to Administrator privileges. Move to the location of the scripts, this means get into the specific folder, only then run the script.
This means, if you placed the script on a folder named "whatever", right clicking with administrator rights and then execute does-NOT have the same effect as getting inside the folder as in "CD\whatever" and then "name-of-the-script".
I tried several times and I can confirm this is the thing that failed on my attempts.
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Being that said, that website has all the instructions and links. Follow the tutorial carefully step by step. Keep the files on a safe place, who knows how long those will be kept on the web.
After my failed attempts I tried the chinese tutorial posted on Youtube by cong cheng on his channel. It worked, it even has some scripts working as installer, yes it works BUT after taking a deep look it's a method that applies a set of files made for some Nokia device, while it works, it is in chinese, has some broken things and it is SLOWER than Alexen Ferman method.
In short:
- Chinese - applies an already customized W10 version, way slower
- Alexen - it is an installer, you end up with a much better version
Good luck.

So what did you follow? The forums here seem to contain loads of broken links. Love to try W10 on my Surface since it's only collecting dust in my closet.

Thread edited and updated above and below.

Regarding Windows 10 on the Surface RT (CHINESE TUTORIAL)
I have no idea what's the risk on using a chinese modified pack. This one is different to the one at Alexen Ferman website, here I didn't need to apply all those patches (extras, after finishing the install), instead it worked out of the box. It's the same release as far as I know, but it's been customized.
My experience, what works:
o Edge works, better than IE11
o MyTube works (Youtube works amazingly well on this APP)
o System not as fast as W8.1
o I just clicked "Activate Windows" the usual way and it worked
o Cameras work out of the box (front and rear), no patches needed
o Can run ported apps (Paint.net, Halite, etc).
o YES, you gain access to some other apps on the STORE but hey, read below
X Office was in chinese (preinstalled) and slower, couldn't change it
X Removed it and installed the Office package provided by Alex Ferman
¬ After reinstalling, Office now is FASTER (tested and confirmed)
X No alternative browsers (just some but it's just IE with skin)
X Was kind of tricky to remove chinese (there are still some traces)
X Store doesn't fully work, just allows installing whatever is in my library (owned)
X VLC is way slower and ugly, worked way better on W8.1RT
- XX The Brightness control is kinda broken. You have to disable automatic changes and use only manual (via button), only there you can apply diff real levels of brightness to the screen, BUT, it won't work forever, after a while it will get stuck and you would have to reboot and set it right after going to the desktop.
- XX I'm still exploring this, I don't fully like it to be honest. The touch keyboard works, yes but in my case at times stops making sounds, and also stops working. Unplug and plug again fixes this but... meh.
It wasn't that great, I was actually considering going back to Windows 8.1 RT.

Now the final install I have (Alexen method):
Everything works, you just have to follow the tutorial and you will actually install W10, it's not an out of the box ready image, it is an installer. The only broken thing so far is the brightness control as explained above (it's an issue with the release so it won't go away), and the store didn't work for me, but there is an alternate method to install apps described at Alexen website.
Other than that EVERYTHING is better, it's fast, decent. I'm keeping my RT1 with Windows 10.
Read carefully, follow each step and don't give up. That's all I can say.

I did manage to get this working on my Surface 2 myself, was an interesting experience I don't really have any need for this thing anymore, but I have been pissed about buying a locked out piece of equipment for 8 years, so more just to principal of the thing! Thanks to Alex for all the work.

How do you install office from alexenferman? I tried running setup, but it says this app cant run on your pc. Also have you found a program to un pack .7z packages?

Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?

Kolyei said:
Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?
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here you have
Alexenferman [OLD] - How to go back to Windows RT on the Surface RT
⚠ Warning:
old.alexenferman.com

does anyone knows if it is possible to put google chrome book on W RT?

Haven't visited the thread until today.
xnappo said:
I did manage to get this working on my Surface 2 myself, was an interesting experience I don't really have any need for this thing anymore, but I have been pissed about buying a locked out piece of equipment for 8 years, so more just to principal of the thing! Thanks to Alex for all the work.
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Great that you got it working, now that you mention that you don't have any need for the Surface anymore, consider selling it to one of the member of the team working on modifications, unless you change your mind now that your surface works differently. In case you decide to move on, consider posting here on the Discord community
Join the Open RT Discord Server!
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mickeyx323 said:
How do you install office from alexenferman? I tried running setup, but it says this app cant run on your pc. Also have you found a program to un pack .7z packages?
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I simply downloaded the package and ran the Office Installer on the Surface (now with Windows 10ARM), your comment makes me think perhaps, you don't actually have a Surface with Tegra processor, please check. .7z? search for 7zip, that's the program to extract the files from the compressed package .7z
Kolyei said:
Has anyone written a guide on how to go back to windows rt 8.1?
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Yup, the link was posted by another forum member above.
bikrtoursportugal said:
does anyone knows if it is possible to put google chrome book on W RT?
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Nope, impossible. They didn't create a binary (executable app) for the platform and the way it's built (the source code) seems unlikely for someone else to do it.
Anyone interested please check the Discord link posted on this message.

ricky4695 said:
here you have
Alexenferman [OLD] - How to go back to Windows RT on the Surface RT
⚠ Warning:
old.alexenferman.com
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I just got around to reading this. Thank you so much! I'm back on windows rt 8.1. One problem: Secure Boot is still disabled. Is there a way to re-enable it?

Kolyei said:
I just got around to reading this. Thank you so much! I'm back on windows rt 8.1. One problem: Secure Boot is still disabled. Is there a way to re-enable it?
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You should repart the drive using the official image downloaded from microsoft's site. If you want to come back to completely stock you have to re-install windows using the standard procedure, not the installation through wim file

im having an issue at the installing the wim using the dism. says system cant find the path specified. i verified the drive labels and all any ideas?

can some help me, after successful installed and load windows 10 on surface RT... when i want to run CMD as administrator. it gave an error "The Parameter is invalid".

Looking for some help, I got to the Win10 install stage and keep getting 0xc000000f blue screen error on Win10 boot. From the guide, it says I didn't choose to not copy system files when creating my recovery drive, but I didn't have any other options. I unchecked the only box available. Not sure what is wrong or how to fix. I can't reset, it asks me for my recovery drive, it doesn't accept the drive I created.
Edit: I ended up creating a new recovery drive from my Win10 PC, unchecked the box to copy system files, downloaded the Win RT recovery zip file from MS, copied the contents of that folder into the new recovery drive, copied the Win10 .wim from Alexen to the flash drive, and retried step 4 (I had already installed the hacked RT image and disabled secureboot, etc.). It is now booting, at least getting farther than it did before, after flashing the Win10 image.

Running into an issue right after the installing the patched image I get to the Region and Language select after the reboot and cannot select anything. After a bit the display just goes black. What can I do?