Trouble with installing Android on old PC - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello there,
I'm having a problem. You can't call it problem, but I don't know how to.
I wanna to install Android x86 4.4 RC1 on our old computer, where is Windows Vista Home Basic installed.
The computer has got 25 GB free disk-space, so it wouldn't be a problem.
But I wanna have a DualOS, that means, I can select which OS the computer should start. I'll select between Windows Vista or Android.
Is there a solution?

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Win xp x64 : WM 5.0 - will it work?

hello my friends,
i'm thinking about upgrading my desktop OS from Win Xp Pro (sp2) to the latest Win Xp x64 edition.
but i'm afraid that with my new WM 5.0 & ActiveSync 4 won't work in that new OS. hv anyone tried to sync himalaya with Win Xp x64?
another question is about the radio version for WM 5.0. i hv radio 1.08 installed with ROM 1.50g.00WWE and i have no problem whatsoever. my question is what's the different between the radio version. (1.08 / 1.10 / 1.18 / 1.17). sorry if this matter have been discuss before. i can't find the thread.
pls reply. thx a lot
so guys, what do u think?. Buzz, maybe u could give your technical point of view? will it only work on sp2?
that shouldnt be a problem because Windows x64 is also compatible with 32bits program.
From a programmers point of view there should be a problem.
But who knows... its MS.
I would take the chance and try.
my real concern is about the drivers. i heard some people using Win Xp x64 got compatibility problem with some of the software such as the iTunes & Creative Media Source.
maybe the best way is to wait for another month or so for the manufacturers to release the latest & optimised drivers for Win Xp x64.
why dont call MS and ask. they have tech-support for things like that.
pdas dont use drivers to connect to windows it's all handled by
activesync so if activesync works on 64bit xp then any wm5 should sync
u'huh! so what i should do now is just ask someone who is using Win Xp x64 edition to see whether ActiveSync 4 work or not on that OS.
thx.
it works
active sync works on a X64 system without any problems. I am regularly using my Imate JJ with X64. Only problem i have is that I dont have 64 bit drivers for the USB modem.
it works,I tried it once with my blueangel, but one problem that I had was the inability to browse my device in explorer (cant see my documents on the device), but I think I was still using a beta version of async that time, (not sure), but you can 100% synchronize with outlook and other stuff

Windows 7 64 bit and HTC Sync

Hi,
I know there have been threads on this before but largely they just mention installing the Vista 64 bit drivers (done that). I'm running Windows 7 64 bit with the Vista 64 bit drivers and MCR 2.8 (although I was on stock and 2.2 with the same problem). HTC Sync on the phone just will not find it on the PC. I can mount the SD card with no trouble, just problems with Sync.
Any suggestions as to what I can do? Please feel free to direct me to another thread that I've missed so long as it's not just about the drivers.
Ta
M
martint235 said:
Hi,
I know there have been threads on this before but largely they just mention installing the Vista 64 bit drivers (done that). I'm running Windows 7 64 bit with the Vista 64 bit drivers and MCR 2.8 (although I was on stock and 2.2 with the same problem). HTC Sync on the phone just will not find it on the PC. I can mount the SD card with no trouble, just problems with Sync.
Any suggestions as to what I can do? Please feel free to direct me to another thread that I've missed so long as it's not just about the drivers.
Ta
M
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In addition to HTC sync and the drivers, have you tried getting the android sdk? I know that I had issues with HTC sync finding my phone as well when syncing it to Win7 x64, so try following this guide here, it might allow HTC sync to view the phone properly. The guide teaches you how to setup adb-usb drivers which might trigger the application to know that your phone is there.
I had the same problem, turns out one of the task killer apps that I had been using had killed the sync process. Might be a plan to check if the same has happend to you.
Florida.
Hi Princedwi and Florida,
Thanks for the replies. I'm confident that my sync process is still running as I've tried numerous reboots of phone and PC so the task killer wouldn't have had chance to stop the process. However I will give it a go just to make sure.
Regarding the SDK, I'll try that when I get home. I used to have the SDK installed but then I did a re-install of windows and haven't bothered installing the sdk yet. May well work, I'll let you know.
Ta
M
Hi,
Ok tried it at home. The SDK isn't installing in the same way as I remember it doing last time. A DOS box flashes up and then disappears when I run SDK setup.exe.
Any other ideas?
Ta
M
2.0.18 is out now... should be W7 compatible -
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=847&news_id=471
I had to install the Vista 64 bits drivers twice to get them working properly. The first time my hero appeared as "HTC Hero ADB". Rebooted, connected to USB, opened notifier, selected PC-Sync and reinstalled drivers (always choosing the folder where HTC should be leaving their drivers). This second time it appeared as "MY HTC" and it worked fine then. So just try again until you see the magic word "My HTC".
yrreP said:
2.0.18 is out now... should be W7 compatible -
http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=847&news_id=471
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I've installed it today on my 7 64bit ultimate installation, and still no avail, i installed the vista x64 drivers and it worked.
Gr. B
martint235 said:
The SDK isn't installing in the same way as I remember it doing last time.
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Because from android 1.6 setup process has changed in SDK. Normally it opens a windows from where you can add the version of android SDK you want and install the driver.
martint235 said:
A DOS box flashes up and then disappears when I run SDK setup.exe.
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Same problem here with windows 7 64bit. Not sure if it's related to java environnement installed (For example when i installed JRE on my win7 64 the JAVA_HOME env variable was not set, i had to do it manually).
martint235 said:
Any other ideas?
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Nope for now but if I found the problem be sure i'll post it here.
Ok I found the solution. My problem is that I've installed only the JRE but according to the requirements (developer.android.com/intl/fr/sdk/requirements.html) we need the JDK also.
So i've uninstalled the JRE 1.6 (64bit) I had, and installed the JDK 1.6 (32bit as i saw many ppl having problem with 64bit and android SDK). And it worked, I run againg the "SDK Setup.exe" and it opened the windows as intended.
I had the same problem, even with 2.0.18. what I did was install HTC Sync 2.0.18 (with the drivers copied in Program Files\HTC\HTC Driver\Vista_x64). then go to device manager, ADB interface, update driver, browse for a list of compatible software and choose My HTC.
after rooting it (although I'm not sure this is the cause) it happened now and then to fail to get recognized by the computer so I followed the same steps to update the drivers to My HTC.
I can't install HTC Sync 2.0.18, it gives an error about some resource file not found and closes. I tried on two different computers with the same result. Anyway 2.0.8 works fine here after I reinstalled the 64 bits driver until it was detected as "My HTC".
the same for me.
after update to version 2.0.18 my win7 64bit didnt find my phone anymore...

Am i missing something

Ok so got a HTC Mozart and debranded it from orange and installed a 32gb mem card now my problem is that it wont sync with zune when using windows 7 64bit ultimate. Now if i use vista 64 bit it will sync with no problem at all. Now i have tried changing the driver and cable and also usb port but still the same outcome so please could someone tell what im doing wrong here or is this just a fault in windows itself?
problem SOLVED
how?
first i did a fresh install of vista 64bit and installed my normal software that i use then i installed zune and connected the phone and once the computer had recognized it properly i then used my upgrade disk of windows 7 ultimate and went on to upgrade from vista and my mobile is now working like a charm with windows 7

[Q] WIN 8.1 <> sinc wm6.5

Hi guys, I migrate to windows 8.1 and since I like to play with my HD2 yet , I realized that win 8.1 even do not detect the phone when I connect to USB. I will appreciate if someone know solution or post link to read about solution. Thank you.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...rVersion=6&Type=Software&tempOsid=Windows+8.1
WMDC 6.1 >
x86
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ub2apq5-pfaXdPUGp6RlZKZXM/view?usp=sharing
x64
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ub2apq5-pfSUc1WGZlcHRiNVk/view?usp=sharing
PC will need net3.5

Old Windows tablet not detecting Windows bootable USB installtion drive

is have asked in many forums but didn't got anything working.
so the whole story is, I own a Windows tablet from 2015 or something. recently I tried to install android x86 on it just for fun. I installed the BlissOS 14 x86 version and it ran great only that the tablet is overheating a lot and reboots. Now I want to go back to windows but what's going on is that the tablet is not detecting the windows bootable USB drive, it is only detecting the android bootable USB drives. every time I try to boot a windows USB it goes back to bios. i tried dozens of windows bootable tools and even changed between a bunch of drives nothing is working. please guys help me, I want my windows tablet back.
Update: I'm sorry to all who brainstormed on this, I am an IDIOT. I was trying to boot 64-bit windows into the 32-bit processor. Now everything works fine, Sorry Again.
What tablet is it?
amitrahi04 said:
is have asked in many forums but didn't got anything working.
so the whole story is, I own a Windows tablet from 2015 or something. recently I tried to install android x86 on it just for fun. I installed the BlissOS 14 x86 version and it ran great only that the tablet is overheating a lot and reboots. Now I want to go back to windows but what's going on is that the tablet is not detecting the windows bootable USB drive, it is only detecting the android bootable USB drives. every time I try to boot a windows USB it goes back to bios. i tried dozens of windows bootable tools and even changed between a bunch of drives nothing is working. please guys help me, I want my windows tablet back.
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Use Rufus software(https://rufus.ie/) to create bootable USB.
Bro,
Try Rescartux !
Burn it into a USB drive, then booting it!
Find a menu that "fix boot-stuff for windows"
Try every menu related to fixing windows Boot!
If that didnt give a Budge, U could try HirenBoot .

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