Windows 8.1 is available now

no, i used my own Windows 8 upgrade key.

 

Interesting, I can not use mine. http://www.ulozisko.sk/obrazky/642865/capture_10202013_215712.jpg

 

If all else fails, there is Windows 8.1 support & more at Microsoft Answers.

 

TOMxEU,

Which ISO are you using?

 

I like 8.1, but I went back to 8 until they fix the refresh/reset feature and decide to make a clean install easier. I would appreciate an official iso from MS. Things that used to be easy continue to get harder and harder.

 

The downloaded 8.1 at 3,06 GB, but I have just checked and it appears, that it might me x86 since x64 is supposed to have 4,12 GB.

 

If you have an OEM key like me it will not work. Key must be from MS store or retail.

 

i have update my 8 to 8.1 pro 64bit but :
i have a strange directory in C:Windows\temp and I can't delete it, seems something needed to windows and I need elevated privilege to erase it
Is 1 gb more or less
This directory affect ccleaner and privazer to work perfectly
I'm not so exited with this update and i'm thinking revert to my old 8 via backup image I have made
Is just me or everyone have this strange directory?
Thanks

 

Windows 8.1 Tip: Download a Windows 8.1 ISO with a Windows 8 Product Key
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-81-tip-download-windows-81-iso-windows-8-product-key

 

Well I found the key, that works for the setup, for activation has to be used the real one and most likely the same process like for a clean setup of Windows 8 Upgrade.

 

TOMxEU has posted the offical MS ISO for Windows 8.1. You must have Windows 8.0 key to download it.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Hi Tom,

I download it on x64 machine and the download was 3.06GB. When I installed it in VM it installed as x64 OS.

Best regards,

Mohamed

 

Oh that's great. Hopefully it will work for me.

 

I think this cannot be used with an OEM key. Shucks, I thought I was making progress.

 

=
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2295016&postcount=135

 

What about the ei.cfg trick?

 

I've tried it. If you have an OEM key it will not activate even if you get it installed with a generic key. I assume you can call MS to then activate, but the hoops just make me say, "No thanks Microsoft."

 

Comment originally posted by Robin Tick. Source is the link provided by 7anon.

 

I'm not clear on how that would work in my case. I guess I'm just getting impatient with MS. They're making more and more hoops. Just like Refresh and Reset are broken now. I updated to 8.1 via the store only to find out you can't Refresh or Reset it to 8.1. A recovery disk made from 8.1 is not recognized by 8.1.

 

same here. A recovery image of 8.1 by macrium reflect is not recognized by 8.1. Only one it recognized was AOMEI Backupper image/snapshot.

 

Does not this trick work? It worked when doing a clean instal of Windows Upgrade 8.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/13375-clean-install-windows-8-upgrade.html

 

Didn't know that. Haven't tried Macrium Reflect on 8.1. Thanks for potential heads-up.

 

Is there confusion here between images made by Macrium and recovery disks for Windows 8.1 in-built recovery/reset? I have found:

Macrium works fine on 8.1 for backup restore of images.

Windows 8.1 in-built recovery & reset to factory defaults is broken in 8.1 for upgraders from 8.0. It asks for a recovery disk (the Windows 8.1 install ISO/disk) to copy across missing files. However it only recognises the official 8.1 ISO/disk which upgrades cannot get from Microsoft. The official 8.0 ISO/Disk which upgraders do possess is not recognised.