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    Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB

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    • coliverC
      coliver @gjacobse
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      @gjacobse

      psexec \\SurfaceName -i -s cmd.exe
      

      Try something like that.

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      • gjacobseG
        gjacobse @coliver
        last edited by

        @coliver said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

        @gjacobse

        psexec \\SurfaceName -i -s cmd.exe
        

        Try something like that.

        Same result

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        • gjacobseG
          gjacobse
          last edited by

          Okay,.. I see what psexec is suppose to do, and I can do some things. however anything that requires elevated rights fails.

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse
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            So for giggles I decided to look in the c:\users\ folder to see what was there. Just so happens there are a number of users on this system. Including our NTG account. And two _UserName% where I tried to fix the profile issues.

            Renamed the _NTG$ account and signed in,... albeit with a temp profile, but this gives me more access.

            Back up and off to PC Settings to kick this puppy.

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse
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              Restart / Refresh started... Now int the hands of @art_of_shred and @Minion-Queen until it's back online

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              • Minion QueenM
                Minion Queen
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                Restart/Refresh didn't work 😞
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                • Minion QueenM
                  Minion Queen
                  last edited by

                  Downloaded a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and of course now the darn think wont boot to USB 😞 no matter what I do.

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @Minion Queen
                    last edited by

                    @Minion-Queen said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                    Downloaded a fresh install of Windows 8.1 and of course now the darn think wont boot to USB 😞 no matter what I do.

                    bahahaha [self-moderated] ing Microsoft. ..

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                    • Minion QueenM
                      Minion Queen
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                      Oh yeah this surface is a piece of CRAP!!

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Minion Queen
                        last edited by

                        @Minion-Queen said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                        Oh yeah this surface is a piece of CRAP!!

                        THIS Surface? You mean, ANY Surface.

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                        • Minion QueenM
                          Minion Queen
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                          This one is worse than the others believe me.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender
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                            has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                              has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

                              Um.... what? Call MS for Support? That's not something that MS does.

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

                                Um.... what? Call MS for Support? That's not something that MS does.

                                This is hardware - I'm assuming it comes with at least a one year warranty. You're going to tell me that the Surface Pro line has worse support than crappy ol' Asus junk?

                                Granted you might be outside your one year warranty, but there should still be someone to contact.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                  last edited by

                                  @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                  @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                  has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

                                  Um.... what? Call MS for Support? That's not something that MS does.

                                  This is hardware - I'm assuming it comes with at least a one year warranty. You're going to tell me that the Surface Pro line has worse support than crappy ol' Asus junk?

                                  I can't believe that you find that surprising. You expect MS to provide support better than Asus? Asus is high quality stuff, MS is famous for being a "no support that you don't pay extra for" company and their Surface line is famous for being total consumer crap. I'm not saying that MS doesn't offer support, I'm saying that I can't think of any device less likely to get support than an MS one.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                    This is hardware

                                    I'm unclear of the implication. Isn't the majority of Surface issues in software?

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                      @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                      This is hardware

                                      I'm unclear of the implication. Isn't the majority of Surface issues in software?

                                      The issue the OP is having isn't software though, it's hardware - they can't get it to boot from a USB stick.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                        @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                        @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                        has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

                                        Um.... what? Call MS for Support? That's not something that MS does.

                                        This is hardware - I'm assuming it comes with at least a one year warranty. You're going to tell me that the Surface Pro line has worse support than crappy ol' Asus junk?

                                        I can't believe that you find that surprising. You expect MS to provide support better than Asus? Asus is high quality stuff, MS is famous for being a "no support that you don't pay extra for" company and their Surface line is famous for being total consumer crap. I'm not saying that MS doesn't offer support, I'm saying that I can't think of any device less likely to get support than an MS one.

                                        I'm glad you've had good experiences with ASUS, I haven't. I had one of their UX ultrabooks. At 12 months it stopped powering on, warranty was days over the 1 year.. now I had a turd for a device and no offer of assistance to fix it. Online searches showed this to be a known issue.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                          last edited by

                                          @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                          @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                          @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                          has anyone called MS yet? It's an MS product - I would hope you could get some sort of support like calling Dell on Dell equipment.

                                          Um.... what? Call MS for Support? That's not something that MS does.

                                          This is hardware - I'm assuming it comes with at least a one year warranty. You're going to tell me that the Surface Pro line has worse support than crappy ol' Asus junk?

                                          I can't believe that you find that surprising. You expect MS to provide support better than Asus? Asus is high quality stuff, MS is famous for being a "no support that you don't pay extra for" company and their Surface line is famous for being total consumer crap. I'm not saying that MS doesn't offer support, I'm saying that I can't think of any device less likely to get support than an MS one.

                                          I'm glad you've had good experiences with ASUS, I haven't. I had one of their UX ultrabooks. At 12 months it stopped powering on, warranty was days over the 1 year.. now I had a turd for a device and no offer of assistance to fix it. Online searches showed this to be a known issue.

                                          Asus makes the bulk of commercial machines.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                            @Dashrender said in Surface Pro 3: Boot from USB:

                                            This is hardware

                                            I'm unclear of the implication. Isn't the majority of Surface issues in software?

                                            The issue the OP is having isn't software though, it's hardware - they can't get it to boot from a USB stick.

                                            How do you know that that is hardware?

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