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So ive been trying to get this to work on a non alienware PC / non alpha unit so far i can only get the first version of the shell running but little to no success it forces me to update into the next version and thats where it breaks.
What ive found in the update files is this, which i think is the restriction.

Alpha UI in Action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEs5OM005D0

Line 63: autoUpdateData = AUTO_UPDATE_DATA(b'AlphaUI', b'ASM100', b'Desktopx64', autoUpdateDataResult[0])

ASM100 Would indicate the motherboard used in the alpha.

ill try and keep you updated.

Current Alpha UI versions
ALPHA UI - Release A01 (works but forces an update)
ALPHA UI - Release A02
ALPHA UI - Release A03

can be downloaded off Dells website

any luck?

If you haven't had any success yet, I can give you a hand.

You're correct, it's looking for the product code ASM100, which is pulled from the bios. The good news, is that it's not actually looking for it in the bios, it's looking in the registry. You can change the registry!

It's looking at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS, specifically the value for SystemProductName. This can be edited in Regedit, but gets wiped when you restart the computer. I was able to get the AlphaUI working completely by, while it was downloading the update, switch to a different user and edit the value.

This gets you past that hangup, but it's hardly a permanently solution. So, I used Powershell to make a script to set that value, and then set that script to run when the computer starts up (Local Group Policy Editor - gpedit.msc).

The Powershell code:

That's how I was able to get AlphaUI working. Good luck!

Oh, for those who want to play with this, here's the link for version A03.

There's a minor update after this, but I couldn't find a direct link for the installer.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/0...erId=2tkm5

(2015-01-28, 17:26)scooterpsu Wrote: [ -> ]Oh, for those who want to play with this, here's the link for version A03.

There's a minor update after this, but I couldn't find a direct link for the installer.

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/0...erId=2tkm5

Does the virtual mouse driver work as well? Are you still using this? Looks like the next version of Alpha UI is Kodi based. Planing on building a living room gaming pc this year (Windows 7 or 8.1, Steam BPM) and would love to use this as a front end.