Major Success with Vista

I found darrylb and ctitanic's posts on getting Vista to run on the TabletKiosk eo v7110. It took me hours and hours, but everything is working!

Prerequisites:

• Windows Vista DVD and license key
• USB key drive
• USB keyboard and mouse (the touchscreen is useless at first)
• USB DVD-ROM
• External hard drive (for backups)
• TabletKiosk support CD

Step 1: Back up everything. Make a full clone of your hard drive to an external drive using xxclone (if you don't like Vista) then take another external drive and run Windows Easy Transfer.

Step 2: Install Vista. Since my license key was only for Windows Vista Home Premium, I could not do an "upgrade" from Tablet PC Edition. I had to format and start fresh. I formatted my hard drive. This will take a while and when it boots it will have an 800x600 resolution display looking AWFUL.

Step 3: Install WLAN drivers. These drivers were provided to me by JKK. Installed from USB key.

Step 4: Install lifestyle buttons and video drivers from TabletKiosk CD.

Step 5: Reboot!

Step 6: Restore your data from the external hard drive from Windows EasyTransfer.

Step 7: Run WindowsUpdate

Step 8: Install applications from the eo CD.

Caveats:

• It is kinda slow.
• The Media Center Shell flickered like hell the first several times I started it. Now I can navigate the shell, but I can't play any video.
• BlueSoleil doesn't work. I prefer it over Microsoft's bluetooth manager, so I will wait for Version 3 which is advertised to work with Vista.
• Windows Live OneCare no longer breaks the touchscreen, but I am unable to add my computer to my existing license since the online activation requires XP.
• Some of the permissions windows are annoying as hell. Every other thing I do is requesting some permission or another.
• The Firewall alerts are annoying as well. Every program I install has Windows telling me that it's talking to the internet.
• The only Motorola Q driver that worked came on the Verizon CD.

How I did it (aka the wrong, time-consuming way)
Step 1: Run File and Settings Transfer wizard AND xxclone to get two solid backups.
Step 2: Start installing Vista from Windows, realize I can't upgrade, Boot from the Vista DVD, format the hard drive, and install Vista.
Step 3: Install WLAN drivers
Step 4: Install button and video drivers from TabletKiosk CD.
Step 5: Reboot! Set resolution to 1024x600 and finally be happy with how it looks.
Step 5.1: Discover that "File and Settings Transfer Wizard" isn't in Vista.
Step 5.2: Remove the Vista hard drive from the eo and install the xxcloned drive
Step 5.3: Discover I forgot to make it bootable.
Step 5.4: Remove the xxcloned drive and install it back in the USB enclosure.
Step 5.5: Hook the enclosure to my laptop and use xxclone to make it bootable.
Step 5.6: Remove the drive from the enclosure and install it back in the eo
Step 5.7: Boot Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and install EasyTransfer from the USB stick that Vista created.
Step 5.8: Do what I should've done in step 1
Step 5.9: Remove the xxclone'd drive from the eo and install the Vista drive.
Step 6 and on: as documented above

Thanks Darryl and Frank!