Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️okay I was wrong, it doesn't just need a 3kb certificate file, you have to use another app to build a DFI update image from that.
so it needs a 15kb file
It's not a camera?
"If the device was unplugged or experienced an abrupt power outage or pulled power cord, wait at least 15 seconds before attempting to boot from USB."
what?
It tries to recover to a version of windows 10 that's not terribly useful, but I think now that I have a working recovery disk, I can munge that disk into a windows 11 recovery disk
oh right I need to install TCP/IP onto my windows 95 machine first
lemme find my win95 floppies
the curl download failed with a connection reset after 17 minutes and 20gb!
so I tell curl to resume it, and... the server starts over from the beginning.
MICROSOFT'S STUPID SERVER DOESN'T SUPPORT THE RANGE HEADER
anger canceled, I was just misreading curl. it did resume.
so again, why doesn't microsoft's official tool do this?
currently on attempt #8
#7 made it to 17gb (of 22gb)!
bad idea: I already MITM'd this once.
I download the file with curl and stick it on a local fast server. Then I set up mitmproxy to silently rewrite requests to their shitty server to my local one, which will be an actual server that works and doesn't randomly drop connections once out of EVERY FUCKING TIME
annoyingly I already deleted the file I downloaded earlier.
(I'm juggling laserdisc archival files right now, so my laptop has a VERY full hard drive, and I thought I was done with that file when it failed verification)
my first attempt and curling it stalled at 16mb.
not gigabytes, megabytes.
hey microsoft could I mail you some blank floppies and you just return 'em with the file on it? that might be easier at this point
I have downloaded the file and I'm now copying it onto my local server.
why didn't I just download it on my local server in the first place, so I wouldn't have to copy it across my house's network?
good question.
okay the files all moved locally so I can just make mitmproxy point it at the different URL. but I think I have been screaming at this problem enough for one day, so I'm going to stop for tonight.
the surface hub has not defeated me yet, I fight on
I lied. mitmproxy is now redirected to my local server, and Surface IT Tool is downloading from it.
annoyingly slowly, actually. Only 51Mbps? this is 22gb!
(it's probably because mitmproxy is handling all the bytes instead of letting nginx do it)
okay I have made a recovery disk by using the MITM download hack
how much do you want to bet this thing won't even boot?
it boots! it's now recovering
this may finally get us incrementally closer to a version of windows that actually works
The other can't log in because Skype is gone
1. Get the Surface IT Tools
2. Go through the whole SEMM mode enrollment with the private key and such
3. Try to create a Surface 2S MTR 22H2 recovery disk. The download will fail
3a. MITM Surface IT Tools to get the URL of the 22gb file you need.
4. actually make the recovery disk
5. Recover the Surface Hub 2.
6. It boots into Skype setup
7. Exit and log into administrator, password is "sfb"
8. Delete the Skype account and uninstall Microsoft Teams Rooms
9. Run Win11 updates
Matthew Garrett
Woozle Hypertwin
Kirby
Maddy - ADHD-powered mess 
Mitsunee[email protected] for (not) making a microsoft account 
Jux [GD] 
& - #1 fluxer shill
Tim 🎮@foone it's a touchscreen, right? Get some UnDuneII going on there: https://liquidream.itch.io/undune2
Or the holy grail for me (and the reason I looked at these big Surface things a while ago) is to get some touch-enabled The Incredible Machine play going.
Canageek
Cadbury Moose🏆 Crikey! (and very well done.) 3:O)>
wall-e
Cindy
C.Can you use one of the Windows boot/rescue tools to boot from external media and then reset the password on the admin account?
Aw, hell. I thought the second one actually installed/updated Windows on the hub, and you just couldn't use it because of the problems with both accounts.
How long until you're looking at NetBSD or something? 😏
tehfishman
Rairii 
QuadThey tend to leave behind utilities, like PowerShell scripts that will reinstall the room system component, reset the OS or do other fun stuff
I've only gotten neutered File Explorers that don't go above C:\Users\WhateverUser
Hotdesk special? 3:O(>
wyattWe had HP Slice meeting room units which were Skype Room Systems when we bought them, one day they just updated themselves and added Teams support. Which pretty much just meant the color changed from light blue to purple and I guess they connect to Teams now.
Some remnants remain, like the Windows account still being named "Skype" even if we purchased them after they started shipping as Teams Room Systems.
Ozzelot 
Baa 🐑
Mx. Eddie RCursed!
clang-enbyTeamsOS
Shinra 
rifter
t3rminus
ROTOPE~1 ⭐️
Rue Mohr