whatever the source of the problem (I guess it was a firmware update on the surface paired with the latest skip ahead version) caused my Surface Laptop to boot into recovery mode – the situation as is, is bad enough. made even worse when I decided “what the heck let’s start all over and install 1903 from scratch” – nieghter the internal keyboard was supported, nor touch – with one USB port only had to toggle between RJ45 (was in a no WIFI location) and a USB keyboard to enter whatever values (password/username) were required. after a few (many) updates had been applied I was finally able to use the internal keyboard to finish the setup…. guys (@Microsoft) I don’t know if you can do better, you certainly couldn’t do worse
jean
<blockquote><em><a href="#432359">In reply to paul-thurrott:</a></em></blockquote><p>SW_DVD9_Win_Pro_10_1903_64BIT_English_Pro_Ent_EDU_N_MLF_X22-02890.ISO</p><p>Windows 10 Enterprise 64btt English </p><p>on </p><p>System Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation</p><p>System Model Surface Laptop</p><p>System Type x64-based PC</p><p>System SKU Surface_Laptop</p><p>Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2712 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)System with </p><p>BIOS Version/Date Microsoft Corporation 137.2706.768, 18/04/2019</p><p>SMBIOS Version 3.1</p>
jean
<blockquote><em><a href="#432360">In reply to longhorn:</a></em></blockquote><p>this reminds me of the old days with unattended setup and tons of driver injections to make things work.</p>
jean
<blockquote><em><a href="#432365">In reply to James_B:</a></em></blockquote><blockquote><em>I beg to disagree, I do maintain 2 of my laptops with Insider Fast ever since the insider program has been introduced with close to zero problems. 2 more with the current builds – all the same. What really puzzled me is the fact that the windows 10 clean install is in such a bad shape. </em></blockquote><p><br></p>
jean
<blockquote><em><a href="#432493">In reply to madthinus:</a></em></blockquote><p>I used a clean install media (USB Stick) with 1903 Enterprise (downloaded from MAPS)</p>