![]() It is not dual boot it is android primeos on its own and I only use linux as the other operating system. Ive backed up all my notes just in case anyway. Hope this helps you, random internet visitor. Willing to figure out root access If I can and mess with the image file as long as instructions are clear. It's paved completely with a new Windows 8.1 installation and just one third party driver and NO HP crapware. This completely brought my HP TouchSmart new life with proper multitouch. NWFilter.zip - NextWindow 1900 Multi-touch Windows Driver At their WinHEC conference, Microsoft has announced a range of new gestures for touchscreen and touchpads in Windows 10 that greatly expand the uses of each and will arrive this summer.It works with NextWindow 21 touchscreens as well and it works under Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and now Windows 8 and 8.1! It's the "HID Driver" (Human Interface Device) driver for the NextWindow 1900 TouchScreen. It doesn't appear to be available anywhere else, so I'm mirroring it here, as-is. Here's the actual driver I needed for the TouchScreen. I've mirrored them here because I don't trust that their website will be around long. Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, macOS, and Windows. Their website includes a few drivers, but not the one I needed. These HP TouchSmarts had touch screens made by a New Zealand company called NextWindow, except they recently went out of business. Cool, but I wanted to see if I could fix it. That meant no pinch to zoom in browsers or maps. ![]() ![]() Lastly, select it and hit the Download & install button. Click on Advanced options then Optional updates in order to see the available Synaptics touchpad driver for download. Next, click on the Select for updated drivers on Windows Update option. Even the touch screen worked, but only with 1 point of touch. Choose the Search automatically for drivers option. Nothing was banged out in Device Manager. Blueooth, wireless, graphics, everything. Literally everything worked, first try, with ZERO third party drivers. I tried uninstalling and then installing the latest driver from the msi website it is version 11.13.11.4X64 The touchpad appears to register multiple. This time, however, instead of the Windows Vista that it came with, I put on Windows 8.1. I happen to have a first gen 64G Intel laptop SSD around, so I use some 3M Command double-sided tape and basically taped this tiny hard drive to the inside of the thing and reinstalled Windows. It comes with a 500gig 5400RPM full size SATA drive as I recall, but that was on its last legs. Parallels, the popular way to run Windows, Linux, and even other versions of macOS, has just released version 16 with some exciting new features for those that require virtualization. Mine was starting to get sick so I opened it up (a challenge, but OK if you count all the screws) and replaced the Hard Drive. If you can pick one up inexpensively, I recommend it. I've actually seen them at Goodwill, in fact, for cheap. We've got an older HP TouchSmart all in one computer that we use as the "Kitchen PC." It's basically a browsing, emails, YouTube, and recipes machine.
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