Windows 8.1 goes live

[dualmeister]

Why don't they just be honest can call it Service Pack 1 for Windows 8 :erm:

 

[AlphaJohn]

Why don't they just be honest can call it Service Pack 1 for Windows 8 :erm:

Because of the UI changes, also the reason why its not under automatic updates.

 

[Arthur]

The 8.1 update went fine on the quad-monitor desktop, completely without incident. One reboot and all was done. Nice to be back on 8.1 (after canning the too-early "RTM" version on MSDN from August). The old Asus W5F laptop also updated without a problem.

HOWEVER, the two HP N40L Microservers running 8.0 can't update to 8.1 - there's no driver for the onboard LAN. Downloaded without incident, but during the installation the little HP's both hang at 39%. Shutdown and reboot rolls back to Win 8.0. Then tried disabling the onboard network adapter on one mini-HP and using a Belkin F5D5055 USB network adapter, but that didn't work either and installation hangs at 25%. Very irritating as I like to have everything at the same level (sure sign of techosis).

 

[dasdk]

same issue here....stuck at 39% "getting devices ready"

The 8.1 update went fine on the quad-monitor desktop, completely without incident. One reboot and all was done. Nice to be back on 8.1 (after canning the too-early "RTM" version on MSDN from August). The old Asus W5F laptop also updated without a problem.

HOWEVER, the two HP N40L Microservers running 8.0 can't update to 8.1 - there's no driver for the onboard LAN. Downloaded without incident, but during the installation the little HP's both hang at 39%. Shutdown and reboot rolls back to Win 8.0. Then tried disabling the onboard network adapter on one mini-HP and using a Belkin F5D5055 USB network adapter, but that didn't work either and installation hangs at 25%. Very irritating as I like to have everything at the same level (sure sign of techosis).

 

[KalMaverick]

Damn Microsoft!

Did they go and swop the "Pin to Start" and "Empty Recycle Bin" options?

Every time I want to empty the trash I pin it to the Start and it took ages to get used to it the first time now they went a changed it around...

 

[zamicro]

Eish man. I have more than one machine to update and I do not have super-fast uncapped internet. Is there not an ISO somewhere to download once?

+1

 

[noxibox]

Eish man. I have more than one machine to update and I do not have super-fast uncapped internet. Is there not an ISO somewhere to download once?

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/567159-2013-10-18-13-00-Windows-8-1-Launch-Time

 

[Drunkard #1]

The enterprise version won't get the update. Now I've got to wait for the ISO that MS made available on Technet to appear on Pirate bay. I want my update noooooooow.

Woo Hoo 8.1 installed! Pirate KMS servers not working - guess I'm going to running it unactivated for a while.

 

[naids]

Damn MS with this update. Also running an HP 40L micro server with a disabled nic after two 8.1 downloads!!! Decided to pull the windows 8.1 rtm after the first two installations failed... Then read on a post regarding the nic... Now the PC is all dressed up with nowhere to go.

Has anyone figured out a solution? I am thinking a reinstall with the option of installing additional drivers during install will work but haven't found any posts regarding this.

This is probably the worst upgrade experience MS has ever created.