How to Put Windows 10 on Surface Rt

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[Tutorial] Install Windows 10 for ARM32 on your Surface RT

• Thread starter kephax
• Start date Feb 16, 2020

• #1

This guide is made based on my experience and based on the other thread: "[Tutorial] Install Windows 10 for ARM32 on your Surface 2".

It is not complete yet. I will be adding files and more clear instructions slowly.
Do this at your own risk. Your device may be bricked. I am still not sure if the SecureBoot fix should be executed on 8.0 or 8.1

# How to Install Windows 10 on the Surface RT #
2020/02/16 kephax

Download complete tools: [will upload]
Download temporary link in attachments

## 0. Restore Windows 8.1

1. Turn the Surface Off
2. Insert this USB stick in the Surface
3. Press Volume Down and Power
4. The Recovery menu will start
5. Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt
6. Type: "restore.cmd" (this will whipe the whole disk, repartition it and install the Windows 8.1 image) (this will take a while)

## 1. Unlock Secure boot ##

1. Run Disable_UAC.reg
2. Start > Regedit > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BCD00000000" > Select "BCD00000000" > Click on file and select "unload hive"
3. Copy SecureBoot to Desktop > Open it > Run "InstallPolicy.cmd"
4. Restart
5. Start > cmd (as Adminstrator) > PostInstallPolicy.cmd
6. Restart

## 2. Install Windows 10 ##
If you don't have a message "Secure boot" in the bottom right corner then retry step 1

1. Turn the Surface Off
2. Insert this USB stick in the Surface
3. Press Volume Down and Power
4. The Recovery menu will start
5. Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt
6. Type: "script.cmd" (this will whipe the whole disk, repartition it and install the Windows 10 image) (this will take a while)
7. When restarting you will get an error popup: Press SHIFT+F10
8. Type Regedit and go to KEY_Local machine/SYSTEM/Setup/Status/ChildCompletion > setup.exe > Modify the value to "3"
9. Restart

### 2.1. How to activate Windows
1. Powershell
slmgr.vbs /upk
slmgr /ipk NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
slmgr /skms kms.03k.org
slmgr /ato
slmgr /skms zhang.yt

### 2.2 Install runtime
1. Copy APPX1 from Recovery USB to Desktop
2. Desktop\APPX1\APPX1.ps1 > Right click > Run as Administrator
3. Restart
4. Desktop\APPX1\AppxBundle.ps1 > Right click > Run as Administrator
5. Restart
6. Install:
Microsoft.windowsStore.appxbundle
Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.1.appx
Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.1.appx

## 3. After installation ##

### How to remove Expired version popup ###
1. Go to C:\Windows\System32
2. Right click on LogonUI.exe > Properties > Security > Advanced
3. Ower > Change
4. Enter your username > Check Names
5. Close all dialog boxes
6. Now rename the file to LogonUIbak.exe

### How to change the language to English (and remove chinese) ###
Start > Settings > Time & Language > Region & Language
Remove chinese and set English as Default

### How to install uBlock Origin on Edge ###
1. Download this:
2. Edge > about:flags
3. Select: "Enable extensions developer features"
4. Select the "..." > Extensions > Load Extension
5. Select the folder with uBlock Origin (this should be on the Surface itself)

### How to install UWP applications ###
1. Find your application here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/home

2. Copy the URL and copy it here:
https://store.rg-adguard.net/7

3. You will need to find here the .appxbundle ARM and sometimes also the dependencies. Sometimes when you download the file it does not have the extension, so rename the file to .appx in the end.

4. Install first the dependencies then the application on the Surface RT

## 4. Pictures

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Last edited: Feb 16, 2020

• #2

Dumb question......I been reading the other post in regards to installing Windows 10 on the other surface 2..... Would I have to follow this tutorial or the one for the surface 2 if I have a surface 2 running rt? Also it says I need a keyboard..... Does it mean a USB keyboard or can I use my Microsoft soft keyboard?

• #3

This will work on rt 8.1 ??

• #4

Hey I see you've got a trick to install ublock on edge but the download link is missing, can you give it to us please, it's one of the last things I really need for my tablet to be totally functionnal

• #5

I finally managed to install Windows 10 on my Surface RT, and for now it's great! It's a shame that Microsoft didn't update the tablet officially, and that this version is so old that many newer apps don't work, but it's better than nothing!

Some useful informations I learned through the process:
1) Initially I used the recovery image for my language downloaded from Microsoft, and with this image I wasn't able to enable test mode after installing the secure boot policy. I tried the chinese image provided on Yandex (links are in other threads on this forum) and it worked on first try, so use that!

2) Even after enabling Test Mode, if you run the command Confirm-SecureBootUEFI in powershell, it still gives you True as result. I was worried that Secure Boot wasn't really disabled but I was wrong. To confirm that secure boot is disabled you have to enter the command prompt via recovery image and check the right corner of the screen if it says "secure boot is not configured correctly" or something like that. In that case, you can install W10 safely.

3) Some guides are wrong about the file you have to rename to remove the warning about the expiration of the build. The right file is LicensingUI.exe, not LogonUI.exe! LogonUI.exe is responsible for the login interface, if you rename it you won't be able to login on the next reboot, so pay attention!

4) Office 2013 is not activated for me, I tried to install the provided licences many times, but nothing. It seems to work anyway though. There's something I missed?

To be completely satisfied I need:
- a working version of the Crunchyroll app, the one in the store requires a newer build, anyone know how to find it?
- MSN Weather for W10, the one provided is the old W8 app.
- Ad blocker for Edge, someone wrote about sideloading uBlock but didn't share the files.

• #6

Does the office 2013 work? I installed it on my Surface RT with the Windows 10 build but it says that it only works on qualifying versions on windows and editing is disabled...

• #7

Does the office 2013 work? I installed it on my Surface RT with the Windows 10 build but it says that it only works on qualifying versions on windows and editing is disabled...

I was able to install it and getting working 100%...... there's another tread that's for installing windows 10 on surface 2 tablet and there's a link in the OP for a mega folder that contains the office 360 files and in it a file that edits the registry

• #8

Hello. I can also confirm that it works. I have installed Win 10RT and very happy with it. It really brings a lot of new experience to our tablet as same as a bit faster response.

• #9

If you want to use an adblock for Edge, the only one that works is Adblock, directly from the Store. However, adblock support in this build of Edge is very buggy, it eats a lot of ram (sometimes leading to crashes) and some sites fail to load with adblock enabled. So I suggest to install it and to manually acrivate/deactivate it when needed.
Speaking of the Store, I found a bug, at least for me: the install button works only for the apps you already own. So, if you want to install an app you never downloaded, you have to acquire it first on another PC and then on the Surface RT.

• #10

Does someone know how to make the the newer Microsoft store (Provided by @_CNR_)to work?
I installed it but however, it won't install any app because of a licence problem probably...
(The older store worked but it does not include all of the apps for example myTube)

• #11

If everything goes wrong can I just download a recovery image for 8.1 and install it again?

• #12

If everything goes wrong can I just download a recovery image for 8.1 and install it again?

If everything goes wrong. Just boot from the recovery USB stick and reimage the Windows 8.1 using the same dism apply image method.

• #13

Does someone have the uBlock archive? There's no link in the OP

• #15

Ok so I'm attempting to follow this tutorial and the other one for my original surface rt. Where is the wim for windows 10? Those instructions don't seem clear to me, or am I supposed to use the surface 2 image?

• #16

Ok so I'm attempting to follow this tutorial and the other one for my original surface rt. Where is the wim for windows 10? Those instructions don't seem clear to me, or am I supposed to use the surface 2 image?

The wim is in that folder https://yadi.sk/d/mnCUeGKWm1XTXA

• #17

Ok I see. I ran into a different issue. I went to do the Windows 10 install today but to my surprise, I couldn't boot up. Luckily I still had my Windows 8.1 Full Recovery USB. But, for for some reason from the advanced troubleshooter, it tells me my USB device is invalid. Has anyone run into this before?

• #18

Can be updated to Windows 10 version 1909?

• #19

Can be updated to Windows 10 version 1909?

Of course not, the only build of ARM32 Windows 10 we have is this one, and it's leaked.

• #20

Wow, really cool!

I would like to know if the cameras work in windows 10? Thanks so much!

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