New laptop?

[Rimmer]

Two personal attacks from the same source have been removed

[roderick17]

To add my contribution to this discussion, sometime ago I bought an ASUS "Vivobook". It is without  doubt  that greatest piece of <deleted>e I have ever owned - and I have been using computers for a very long time !! My latest grief with this machine is that I am now in Australia and the Asus charger has packed it in. Unfortunately, I am having great trouble getting a replacement charger because mine is a gaming machine requiring a very high charge and ASUS has their own unique computer input plug (  a "PIN" ) which other universal type plugs will not fit 

 

Never will I buy an ASUS machine again - never ever  !!

 

     

[scottiejohn]

2 hours ago, NextG said:

You don’t need to ‘use the Microsoft Windows download AND the RUFUS media creation tool’ 😊

RUFUS is all you need to download and create the media and also to remove the undesirable OOBE options if unwanted. Such as trying to coerce you into using an online account. 
 

I don’t understand this statement at all. I can only surmise that it’s just written very poorly; “which can bypass, in some cases, but not all Microsoft Specification requirements”

 

Which requirements are not able to be overlooked?

Since the Microsoft registry fix bypasses the TPM 2.0 and CPU family check, surely that covers his situation. Would you not agree?

Your statement of 4GB RAM being NEEDED is also incorrect, but not relevant here anyway. 

 

Yet more misleading misinformation from you and yet you claim to be an expert.

There is no point in having any discussion with you on any topic as once you have made your first inaccurate post on any topic nothing that anyone says will cause you to admit your errors!

Good Bye!

[NextG]

24 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Yet more misleading misinformation from you and yet you claim to be an expert.

There is no point in having any discussion with you on any topic as once you have made your first inaccurate post on any topic nothing that anyone says will cause you to admit your errors!

Good Bye!

 

We all know by now that you are referring to yourself 😊

Of course you won’t want to have a discussion, as it will lead to you, again, being shown that it is you who is posting misleading and inaccurate ‘advice’. 
No surprise that you refused to answer as to which restrictions cannot be bypassed.

 

Did you not know that RUFUS can both download and create the media? I guess you are going to consult Google and then pretend that you did all along 🤭

Anyway, relax and have a pleasant day. It’s all in hand.  
 

[John49]

On 1/4/2024 at 5:34 PM, NextG said:

If you are concerned about the installation media method failing then do the Registry fix that bypasses the check for the CPU as suggested earlier. 
 

But you don’t need to go digging around in the Registry, as you can simply apply it to the Registry by applying the appropriate Reg file. Takes a couple of seconds and it’s done. You can check the contents of the file as are they should be, before applying it. That may take twenty seconds to check and double check 😊

 

Instructions can be found here, together with the appropriate Reg file ready for download: https://ocraz.com/2021/10/15/surface-pro-3-upgrading-to-windows-11/

 

 

 

I was able to update from W10 to W11 via register change by 'allowing upgrades with unsupported CPU,' on my Surface Pro 5, much as you suggested above.

 

Then, I found that “Core Isolation Memory Integrity Fails to Enable Because of Incompatible Driver.”

("Memory Integrity," prevents malware and other malicious code from hijacking high-security processes.)

 

I found that I had 4 old device drivers (from 2015) that were blocking this important security feature.

I followed some videos on YouTube but I could not get access to SYSTEM as they described.

Eventually, I opened Windows PowerShell with administrator privileges and deleted the 4 drivers.

Then, Core Isolation Memory was enabled.

 

So, at first I wondered if it was all worth it as there were so many personalisation options that frustrated me when I simply wanted to get back to what I had before.

But, now it all looks good and I have the improved security feature - no regrets.

 

Thanks for steering me in the right direction, especially your first perspective about why MS were blocking upgrades on quite modern machine (like mine), with MS not wanting to take responsibility for potential issues, etc.

 

I will eventually change my battery (about $200), then my machine could be good for another 4 years or more.

 

BTW, I have bought 2 Surface cover/keyboards to date and both have failed after about 2 years use, and this is with me taking really good care of them.

I will not buy the Surface cover/keyboard again (they cost about $200).

I bought a cheap Bluetooth keyboard on Shopee for when I really need to type.

 

 

[NextG]

32 minutes ago, John49 said:

 

I was able to update from W10 to W11 via register change by 'allowing upgrades with unsupported CPU,' on my Surface Pro 5, much as you suggested above.

 

Then, I found that “Core Isolation Memory Integrity Fails to Enable Because of Incompatible Driver.”

("Memory Integrity," prevents malware and other malicious code from hijacking high-security processes.)

 

I found that I had 4 old device drivers (from 2015) that were blocking this important security feature.

I followed some videos on YouTube but I could not get access to SYSTEM as they described.

Eventually, I opened Windows PowerShell with administrator privileges and deleted the 4 drivers.

Then, Core Isolation Memory was enabled.

 

So, at first I wondered if it was all worth it as there were so many personalisation options that frustrated me when I simply wanted to get back to what I had before.

But, now it all looks good and I have the improved security feature - no regrets.

 

Thanks for steering me in the right direction, especially your first perspective about why MS were blocking upgrades on quite modern machine (like mine), with MS not wanting to take responsibility for potential issues, etc.

 

I will eventually change my battery (about $200), then my machine could be good for another 4 years or more.

 

BTW, I have bought 2 Surface cover/keyboards to date and both have failed after about 2 years use, and this is with me taking really good care of them.

I will not buy the Surface cover/keyboard again (they cost about $200).

I bought a cheap Bluetooth keyboard on Shopee for when I really need to type.

 

 

US$200 seems ridiculously high for a replacement battery. 
‘Official’ accessories can be ludicrously overpriced. 

[NextG]

1 hour ago, John49 said:

 

I was able to update from W10 to W11 via register change by 'allowing upgrades with unsupported CPU,' on my Surface Pro 5, much as you suggested above.

 

Then, I found that “Core Isolation Memory Integrity Fails to Enable Because of Incompatible Driver.”

("Memory Integrity," prevents malware and other malicious code from hijacking high-security processes.)

 

I found that I had 4 old device drivers (from 2015) that were blocking this important security feature.

I followed some videos on YouTube but I could not get access to SYSTEM as they described.

Eventually, I opened Windows PowerShell with administrator privileges and deleted the 4 drivers.

Then, Core Isolation Memory was enabled.

 

So, at first I wondered if it was all worth it as there were so many personalisation options that frustrated me when I simply wanted to get back to what I had before.

But, now it all looks good and I have the improved security feature - no regrets.

 

Thanks for steering me in the right direction, especially your first perspective about why MS were blocking upgrades on quite modern machine (like mine), with MS not wanting to take responsibility for potential issues, etc.

 

I will eventually change my battery (about $200), then my machine could be good for another 4 years or more.

 

BTW, I have bought 2 Surface cover/keyboards to date and both have failed after about 2 years use, and this is with me taking really good care of them.

I will not buy the Surface cover/keyboard again (they cost about $200).

I bought a cheap Bluetooth keyboard on Shopee for when I really need to type.

 

 

You might find something like https://wpd.app/ of use. 

[John49]

3 hours ago, NextG said:

US$200 seems ridiculously high for a replacement battery. 
‘Official’ accessories can be ludicrously overpriced. 

 

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 Battery Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide

Here, the cost of the replacement battery is listed at USD77.

There are “56 Steps” in the replacement.

I see one comment at the end where someone gives thanks for the guidance and says it took him 10 hours to do the replacement himself.

 

The Surface Pro is thin and compact, and mostly glued together, so difficult to open and access.

Risky to do yourself, easy to break the glued screen.

Best to pass to a specialist.

I think a skilled technician may do it in one or two hours, so that brings the price up to say USD200.

 

Before this, I had a Dell laptop – so easy to change out the battery – just 2 thumbs to push it out.

 

[NextG]

2 minutes ago, John49 said:

 

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 Battery Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide

Here, the cost of the replacement battery is listed at USD77.

There are “56 Steps” in the replacement.

I see one comment at the end where someone gives thanks for the guidance and says it took him 10 hours to do the replacement himself.

 

The Surface Pro is thin and compact, and mostly glued together, so difficult to open and access.

Risky to do yourself, easy to break the glued screen.

Best to pass to a specialist.

I think a skilled technician may do it in one or two hours, so that brings the price up to say USD200.

 

Before this, I had a Dell laptop – so easy to change out the battery – just 2 thumbs to push it out.

 

I didn’t realise that you were in the USA. You won’t be charged 4,000 baht to change the battery in Thailand. 

[NextG]

18 minutes ago, John49 said:

 

Microsoft Surface Pro 5 Battery Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide

Here, the cost of the replacement battery is listed at USD77.

There are “56 Steps” in the replacement.

I see one comment at the end where someone gives thanks for the guidance and says it took him 10 hours to do the replacement himself.

 

The Surface Pro is thin and compact, and mostly glued together, so difficult to open and access.

Risky to do yourself, easy to break the glued screen.

Best to pass to a specialist.

I think a skilled technician may do it in one or two hours, so that brings the price up to say USD200.

 

Before this, I had a Dell laptop – so easy to change out the battery – just 2 thumbs to push it out.

 

Though to be fair, my first search for battery replacement in Bangkok, came up with a price of 6,990 baht. So perhaps you are right 😊

[jerrymahoney]

Every year or so when I went back to US, I bought a new laptop. I now have 5 working laptops 2 with SSD running Window 10 that all work well the newest from my last US trip 5 years ago just before COVID set in.

 

Each time now I go to the security update page I get the notice that this computer will be incompatible with Window 11 and Window 10 support will end October 2025. *

 

So I decided to buy a Chromebook for all my financial data post Windows 10 official support and use the otherwise obsolete 5 laptops for everything OTHER than financial data which will stay on the Chromebook.

 

And much lighter for traveling

 

* NB Microsoft now says they may extend non-corporate Windows 10 support for a limited time post-OCT 2025 for an as yet to be determined price.