Windows 8.1 Update 1 released, now available for download
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I did the update last night on my Dell i5 desktop and my Dell Venue 8Pro tablet. Seems to run even faster than it already was.
Yeah I been on Win8 for awhile now at home and have not had any issues with it and starting to move more users over to it in the work place.
I would say if you were getting a new machine may as well go to windows 8.1. But, it is not beneficial enough to go through the hassle of upgrading windows 7.
I know I'm behind here. I'm currently using Windows 8.
I recently realized there's a Windows 8.1 and now a Windows 8.1 update 1.
Is it okay if I stay with Windows 8 or should I go through the hassle and do the 2 updates?
I recently realized there's a Windows 8.1 and now a Windows 8.1 update 1.
Is it okay if I stay with Windows 8 or should I go through the hassle and do the 2 updates?
While there is technically no reason you couldn't stay on Win8, in reality the plusses to doing the upgrade to 8.1 and then the 8.2 update 1 are pretty big. One of the biggest plusses is that there is no downside to doing the upgrades/update that I've read about.
I'm running 8.1 w/update 1 on my SurfacePro, Asus T100 and older Acer i3 laptop and have found nothing that doesn't work right after the updates/upgrades.
I'm running 8.1 w/update 1 on my SurfacePro, Asus T100 and older Acer i3 laptop and have found nothing that doesn't work right after the updates/upgrades.
Is there a video showing the 8.1 improvements? Or even walking thru it or 8.0?
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If you have a fully patched Windows 8, it will go right to Windows 8.1 Update 1 without having to do Windows 8.1 first.
The biggest improvements of 8.1 update 1 are boot to desktop if you do not have a touch screen and all the apps now have a red X in the upper right corner when you move your mouse there.
The biggest improvements of 8.1 update 1 are boot to desktop if you do not have a touch screen and all the apps now have a red X in the upper right corner when you move your mouse there.
Just a word of warning to the unwary like me. I saw the first post that said the start menu is back. Well I uninstalled StartIsBack only to find there is no start menu whatsoever. It's the same godd@mn app screen we had before, maybe with larger icons. What a disappointment. I had to reinstall StartIsBack within 30 seconds. Besides the addition of the close button for apps mentioned above, I see nothing new. Man, I hate Windows 8.
One big improvement of 8.1 is that it lets you get out of logging in through a Microsoft Account which I stupidly created when I initiallized my first W8 machine. It also gives you a modified Start button. It still doesn't support POP3 mail and news servers which most local ISPs use. a**holes! Why did they take that support away?
Through 2016 for Windows 8.0. Windows 8.1 is only supported 1 month if you do not apply the update: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-updare-mandatory-microsoft-server,26569.html
Actually Win 8, 8.1 and 8.1 update let you create a local account. They just hide the option very well.
If you're referring to POP3 servers I'll bite. How do you do it? When I tried to create a Windows Mail account on my W8 machine I gave the app my ISP, PenTel Data (ptd.net) and it came back a few seconds later telling me that POP3 mail servers weren't supported. I downloaded Thunderbird and haven't looked back.
