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08-18-2015 08:04 AM - edited 08-18-2015 08:34 AM
08-18-2015 12:00 PM
But still I got updated to Windows 10 yesterday and I haven't done any tricks to get it.
Just got the pop-up that the update was ready for download and I accepted and it installed...
08-18-2015 03:53 PM
@skaris wrote:
You're quite right, indeed I still have 9.14.3.1177!
But still I got updated to Windows 10 yesterday and I haven't done any tricks to get it.
Just got the pop-up that the update was ready for download and I accepted and it installed...
Oh great. So now they're officially allowing us to install Windows 10 onto our Envy x2 PCs despite acknowledging publicly that they will NOT be supporting Windows 10 on the Envy x2.
It just gets better and better... 😞
RCK
08-18-2015 04:09 PM
I went to the MS site, used the media creation tool to create the media on a USB drive and used it to update my Envy X2 to Win 10. Absolutely no issues with the Update other than it being a VERY SLOW process! I have been using about a week now and have found nothing that does not work. I had read of some problems about screen rotation, but mine works just fine!! So all being said, there may not be an "official" approval for an update, but it is possible and works just fine! Maybe some power user could find something that does not work, but I have a hard time thinking of a power user choosing to use this tablet??? I am going to continue to use mine with the Win 10. If it finally crashes, I can always go back to Win 8.1.
08-21-2015 12:23 PM - edited 08-21-2015 12:28 PM
Well, that was really unusual.
After I did the workaround with installing the non-HP Intel driver, and upgraded to Windows 10, then rolled-back to Windows 8.1 because it used a basic video driver. Using the Microsoft display driver resulted in high CPU usage and constant disk access, which made the whole machine laggy.
Ran into many problems.
First, the roll-back to Win 8.1 broke a lot of things with my installed programs, and some things started not working right. I decided to do a Refresh, since it said it would keep my files intact.
Ran into a problem with the Win8/Win 8.1 files. I had a Recovery USB stick from HP, but that was Win8. I had to create a Recovery USB stick for Win8.1, then the Refresh started okay, but took a couple of hours.
After the refresh, I ran into more problems, had to struggle to reinstall all the necessary drivers for everything.
Once all the drivers were installed, things worked better. I ran through all the Windows Updates. Got the HP Envy X2 all updated, and I noticed the Windows 10 Upgrade icon back, so I checked it out for fun. This time, it did not report my video driver, Intel GMA driver 9.14.3.1177 as non-compatible.
Anyway, I decided, why not, and let the Windows 10 upgrade go ahead. Everything seemed to work out normally. No error messages during the installation.
Now the HP Envy X2 is working great with Windows 10, and the Display Adapter shows it is using the Intel GMA driver 9.14.3.1177. The screen lag (and general machine lag) I was seeing before with the basic Microsoft display driver is no more. This forced me to go back to Windows 8.1 the first time, but now with the Intel GMA driver, CPU usage is normal and disk access is normal.
So, not sure if you need to go through the Refresh step or reinstall OS or whatever. But Windows 10 looks like it is now compatible with the HP Envy X2.
Going through the Device Manager does show some problems.
Generic SDIO Device shows no "No compatible drivers for this device".
Same thing for Intel Dynamic Platform & Thermal Framework entries, shows "No compatible drivers for this device".
Searching automatically gets no results.
But everything seems to be working fine. I can access my MicroSD and SD card slots. So, if someone knows what these are for and if there are updated drivers for them, let us know.
08-29-2015 06:41 PM
I just experienced the same thing (minus the rollback issues). After rolling back, my Windows 10 reservation flag popped up and said it wasn't compatible. Then all of a sudden, today, it said it was compatible and it could update to 10! So I updated again. I'm still getting used to it, so I'll have to read back and see what issues people were having after forcing the 10 update. I decided to give the laptop to my parents, instead of selling it, but I hope that was a legitimate update and not a false positive because 10 had previously been installed or something.
11-26-2015 04:02 AM
I started using Windows 10 Insider Preview on the Envy X2 in February. I am now on Windows 10 1115 after rolling back to Windows 8 and a USB ISO update to Windows 10.
I was having issues with text not appearing in the Tabs at the top of the Edge browser. There is no help on the Windows Insider forums but this thread was helpful as I still had the 9.14.3.1168 GMA driver.
I was going to try the Lenovo link for the driver but first I tried clicking on Device Manager/Display Adapter/Update Driver - this downloaded the updated the driver automatically to 9.14.3.1177.
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