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    HP Elitebook 8560w and Windows 10 Tech Preview

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by hbootz, Oct 13, 2014.

  1. hbootz

    hbootz Notebook Consultant

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    Works like a charm here on the 8560w. I did a new installation from the .ISO file with Windows 10 Enterprise Tech Preview .
    Everything fine.

    I had to manually install the fingerprint driver (like in Win 8) from Validity

    And again like with Win 8 the HSDPA card:

    Downloaded sp66531.exe from HP (Connection Manager 4.7.4.1)
    Changed everything to Win 7 compatibiliy Mode
    And then ran HPCMSetup

    After that, I was able to turn on the power of broadband controller in HP Connection Manager and the system recognize it correctly. Now my 3G connection can be initiated via the built-in system control panel "Networks"!

    Everything fine.


    Unfortunately can´t get my HP Elitepad 900 to recognise my W10 USB Stick… won´t give me the option to boot from it.
    Heard from someone else though, that he could install it and that it works - but the touchscreen is apparently not recognized.
     
    hbootz, Oct 13, 2014
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    hbootz Notebook Consultant

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    update on the Elitepad 900 with Windows 10 TP: finally got that working, too!

    USB stick with at least 4GB

    Command prompt
    Diskpart

    list disk (remember the number # of the stick)
    select disk # (replace # with number of the stick)
    clean
    create partition primary
    format fs=fat32 quick
    active
    assign
    list volume
    exit

    Then extract the WindowsTechnicalPreview-x86-EN-US.iso to a folder and then copy to the USB stick.

    Boot the Elitepad into boot menu, finally able to boot the USB Stick then

    After installing:
    Touch display not working
    No WiFi, no network card
    So at first install the driver for the network card (directly from HP, needs to be downloaded from another PC)
    Install .net 3.5
    Then install SP66161 (Softpaq download manager)
    And now let it run several times and try to get everything remotely driver-related

    After that Windows Update and then the Elitepad should be running pretty smooth with Win 10 TP
     
    hbootz, Dec 4, 2014
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