1. Plug the ethernet adaptor into the USB Port and add the ethernet cable to the adaptor
2. Start the computer from a shutdown (hold the power and up-volume [Left side of volume] buttons and release the power when you see the win logo). Keep holding up-volume in until the bios starts.
3. Change the boot order so PXE is 1st, Win BOOT Manager is 2nd and Internal Drive is 3rd.
4. Make sure Enable USB boot is set [Won't work without this setting]
5. Disable the IPV6 for PXE boot
6. Goto Security and Disable Secure Boot [Set it to none] [Won't work without this setting]
7. Goto Devices and Disable the last device in the list => (LTE Modem) [Won't work without this setting]
Then just save and exit. When it asks the question at the bottom of the screen to enter PXE boot by pressing enter just press enter finish the PXE boot.
Here is another way:
1. Plug the ethernet adaptor into the USB Port and add the ethernet cable to the adaptor
2. Start the computer from a shutdown (hold the power and up-volume [Left side of volume] buttons and release the power when you see the win logo). Keep holding up-volume in until the bios starts.
3. Change the boot order so PXE is 1st
4. Make sure Enable USB boot is set [Won't work without this setting]
5. Disable the IPV6 for PXE boot
6. Goto Security and Disable Secure Boot [Set it to none] [Won't work without this setting]
7. Goto Devices and Disable the last device in the list => (LTE Modem) [Won't work without this setting]
Then just save and exit. When it asks the question at the bottom of the screen to enter PXE boot by pressing enter just press enter finish the PXE boot.
Once booted the load of the bootimage.wim is taking several HOURS! is there anything I should be looking at from an infrastructure perspective?
Sounds like your device needs a firmware update. I had a similar issue.
There's a SCCM and/or image update that speeds things considerably. I can't find it now, but if you search "surface sccm pxe", it should turn up.
I do not recall the specific amount of time it took for mine to complete, but it definitely was not hours. Can you confirm you are using the specific Network adaptor that Microsoft wants you to use... i.e. theirs?
I like the idea, but it is just too expensive. I have a tablet and a computer and I'd like a laptop, but I can get one for tons cheaper. Even if it could replace all of my doodads at once, I don't have the money to replace them all at once, which is where the price point of this baby leaves me.
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Here is another way:
1. Plug the ethernet adaptor into the USB Port and add the ethernet cable to the adaptor
2. Start the computer from a shutdown (hold the power and up-volume [Left side of volume] buttons and release the power when you see the win logo). Keep holding up-volume in until the bios starts.
3. Change the boot order so PXE is 1st, Win BOOT Manager is 2nd and Internal Drive is 3rd.
4. Make sure Enable USB boot is set [Won't work without this setting]
5. Disable the IPV6 for PXE boot
6. Goto Security and Disable Secure Boot [Set it to none] [Won't work without this setting]
7. Goto Devices and Disable the last device in the list => (LTE Modem) [Won't work without this setting]
Then just save and exit. When it asks the question at the bottom of the screen to enter PXE boot by pressing enter just press enter finish the PXE boot.
Here is another way:
1. Plug the ethernet adaptor into the USB Port and add the ethernet cable to the adaptor
2. Start the computer from a shutdown (hold the power and up-volume [Left side of volume] buttons and release the power when you see the win logo). Keep holding up-volume in until the bios starts.
3. Change the boot order so PXE is 1st
4. Make sure Enable USB boot is set [Won't work without this setting]
5. Disable the IPV6 for PXE boot
6. Goto Security and Disable Secure Boot [Set it to none] [Won't work without this setting]
7. Goto Devices and Disable the last device in the list => (LTE Modem) [Won't work without this setting]
Then just save and exit. When it asks the question at the bottom of the screen to enter PXE boot by pressing enter just press enter finish the PXE boot.
I followed your tip to pxe boot my surface pro 4. I used the freeware tftpd32 to set up the PXE server. https://www.top-password.com/knowledge/windows-password-recovery-using-pxe.html
It worked! Thanks a lot!
Once booted the load of the bootimage.wim is taking several HOURS! is there anything I should be looking at from an infrastructure perspective?
Sounds like your device needs a firmware update. I had a similar issue.
There's a SCCM and/or image update that speeds things considerably. I can't find it now, but if you search "surface sccm pxe", it should turn up.
I do not recall the specific amount of time it took for mine to complete, but it definitely was not hours. Can you confirm you are using the specific Network adaptor that Microsoft wants you to use... i.e. theirs?
I like the idea, but it is just too expensive. I have a tablet and a computer and I'd like a laptop, but I can get one for tons cheaper. Even if it could replace all of my doodads at once, I don't have the money to replace them all at once, which is where the price point of this baby leaves me.