Should I update to Windows 8.1?
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 12:00:09 AM
jimthenagual
October 18, 2013 12:03:06 AM
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 12:11:20 AM
Novuake said:
Windows 8.1 is technically a FIXED windows 8. So this actually is MORE stable than Windows 8 vanilla. Its a VERY good idea to upgrade from 8 to 8.1.
I have the latest haswell hardware etc... and I just found out that MSI's network driver is not compatible with 8.1. So I'm a little skeptical and wanted a second opinion...
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NoL1c
October 18, 2013 12:14:06 AM
MSI does not have its own network devices, what motherboard model do you have from MSI?
Most MSI board use Broadcom or Realtec network cards. And all major revisions from them already have drivers available for a few weeks now for Windows 8.1
What exact board?
What are your full specs for that matter?
Are you using windows 8 already?
Most MSI board use Broadcom or Realtec network cards. And all major revisions from them already have drivers available for a few weeks now for Windows 8.1
What exact board?
What are your full specs for that matter?
Are you using windows 8 already?
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 12:19:34 AM
Aedrah
October 18, 2013 12:23:29 AM
Novuake said:
MSI does not have its own network devices, what motherboard model do you have from MSI?Most MSI board use Broadcom or Realtec network cards. And all major revisions from them already have drivers available for a few weeks now for Windows 8.1
What exact board?
What are your full specs for that matter?
Are you using windows 8 already?
MSI Z87 G45
Intel 4770k running at 4.3ghz
Qualcomm Atheros Killer network drivers
Windows 8.0 Pro
Gskill 32gb 2400mhz ram
Gtx 780
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http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-G45-GAMING.html#downl...
8.1 fully supported according to MSIs website.
title - Killer Network Driver
type - On-Board LAN Drivers
os - Win8.1 32, Win8.1 64, Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32
language - English
update - 2013-10-09
version - 1.0.30.1003
size - 102.37 MB
file - Killer_network_win78.zip
As you can see this was uploaded to their site 8 days ago.
The differences between 8 and 8.1 are MOSTLY cosmetic. So really, stop worrying.
8.1 fully supported according to MSIs website.
title - Killer Network Driver
type - On-Board LAN Drivers
os - Win8.1 32, Win8.1 64, Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32
language - English
update - 2013-10-09
version - 1.0.30.1003
size - 102.37 MB
file - Killer_network_win78.zip
As you can see this was uploaded to their site 8 days ago.
The differences between 8 and 8.1 are MOSTLY cosmetic. So really, stop worrying.
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 12:36:14 AM
Novuake said:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/Z87-G45-GAMING.html#downl...8.1 fully supported according to MSIs website.
title - Killer Network Driver
type - On-Board LAN Drivers
os - Win8.1 32, Win8.1 64, Win8 32, Win8 64, Win7 64, Win7 32
language - English
update - 2013-10-09
version - 1.0.30.1003
size - 102.37 MB
file - Killer_network_win78.zip
As you can see this was uploaded to their site 8 days ago.
The differences between 8 and 8.1 are MOSTLY cosmetic. So really, stop worrying.
Great News, thanks for the info, looks like I will give 8.1 a chance sooner than later. This site has so many helpful people, I love it!
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 1:42:06 AM
Saga Lout said:
Is this not supposed to be an automatic update? I tried several times yesterday and this morning (GMT +1) to get an update with no luck. Is it rolling out or do I have to roll somewhere to find it?I think its being rolled out in waves automatically, since some people are getting it as an update and others not, but its available for manual upgrade too.
Not sure of the methodology here.
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 1:46:57 AM
Novuake said:
Saga Lout said:
Is this not supposed to be an automatic update? I tried several times yesterday and this morning (GMT +1) to get an update with no luck. Is it rolling out or do I have to roll somewhere to find it?I think its being rolled out in waves automatically, since some people are getting it as an update and others not, but its available for manual upgrade too.
Not sure of the methodology here.
I'm installing it right now, make sure to run windows update and install everything before you update
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Saga Lout said:
Many thanks, Novuake - will trot across the pond and see if I can find it. I wasn't sure if I was being passed over, already having a working Start button and menu.
I actually removed my added one! LOL not sure what would happen if you were to upgrade to 8.1 with a third party Start button already added on. Nor am I in the mood to repair windows just to find out what would happen.
So let me know if it went smoothly!
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Aedrah
October 18, 2013 2:01:04 AM
Novuake said:
Saga Lout said:
Many thanks, Novuake - will trot across the pond and see if I can find it. I wasn't sure if I was being passed over, already having a working Start button and menu.
I actually removed my added one! LOL not sure what would happen if you were to upgrade to 8.1 with a third party Start button already added on. Nor am I in the mood to repair windows just to find out what would happen.
So let me know if it went smoothly!
Classic shell was removed after the 8.1 update with no bad effects. For those that play games, re-install the nvidia driver to fix your games, for some reason Microsoft thinks everyone plays games with 3D glasses...
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Aedrah said:
Classic shell was removed after the 8.1 update with no bad effects. For those that play games, re-install the nvidia driver to fix your games, for some reason Microsoft thinks everyone plays games with 3D glasses...
This is why I love Toms. Thanks!
Not using Nvidia though on my gaming rig, so don't care.
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It's not looking good at the moment. I'm blocked from both the Update buttons on the website and the Store tile does nothing. Either it's busy and not taking calls from the Mother Country at the moment or it's because I have (now had) iStart and Classic Shell. I've uninstalled iStart but the memory lingers on - I think they've got it in for me.
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notuptome2004
October 18, 2013 4:16:18 AM
Saga Lout said:
It's not looking good at the moment. I'm blocked from both the Update buttons on the website and the Store tile does nothing. Either it's busy and not taking calls from the Mother Country at the moment or it's because I have (now had) iStart and Classic Shell. I've uninstalled iStart but the memory lingers on - I think they've got it in for me.make sure windows 8 is completely updated then go in to the windows store on the start screen ther is a huge tile ther that says upgrade to windows 8.1 for FREE
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Store tie does nothing except bounce. It has a tick in te top right corner and the number 15 below that in the bottom right. It's turned on as a Live Tile but goes nowhere. After lunch I've checked to make sure Firefox isn't the default browser and went to the download site, clicked Get the free update and nothing happens. I bought this system from MS for £25 British back in the January special offer - perhaps they exclude that from free Service Pack updates
All updates except this one are current as of this morning - only two optionals I don't want - Silverlight and Bing!
All updates except this one are current as of this morning - only two optionals I don't want - Silverlight and Bing!
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Saga Lout said:
Store tie does nothing except bounce. It has a tick in te top right corner and the number 15 below that in the bottom right. It's turned on as a Live Tile but goes nowhere. After lunch I've checked to make sure Firefox isn't the default browser and went to the download site, clicked Get the free update and nothing happens. I bought this system from MS for £25 British back in the January special offer - perhaps they exclude that from free Service Pack updates All updates except this one are current as of this morning - only two optionals I don't want - Silverlight and Bing!
Amen.
Although I could not imagine what the issue is. Hope you figure it out.
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teknobug
October 18, 2013 5:21:04 AM
teknobug said:
Yes Atheros drivers are a PITA to deal with, however 8.1 update went smoothly on my laptop which uses an Atheros network adapter. Just go to the manufacturer's site and find the driver, I don't see why it wouldn't be compatible with 8.1, that makes no sense.That is why people ask FIRST. I happen to think asking first is a VERY good idea.
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cal90
January 9, 2014 5:03:24 PM
its completely up to you. windows 8 has many stability issues and changes aside from metro that make the os complete crap imo windows 8.1 did an exceedingly good job a fixing some of the issues. in windows 8 i got a ton of bsods and driver issues aswell as compatibility issues i could not get by. with windows 8.1 i still have some of the issues previously experienced however less frequent for example i was getting bsods whenever i restarted, shutdown, put my laptop to sleep or hibernate mode now i get a bsod when sleeping and hybernating (no hardware fault) i seem to notice explorer also crashes eg the screen goes white and explorer has stopped responding and all that jaz. in short i would suggest you upgrade yes but if you run into many issues ( providing your hardware and drivers support and are available ) i would say downgrade and wait to see what they come up with next. i still agree that 8/8.1 is another vista lol
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cal90 said:
its completely up to you. windows 8 has many stability issues and changes aside from metro that make the os complete crap imo windows 8.1 did an exceedingly good job a fixing some of the issues. in windows 8 i got a ton of bsods and driver issues aswell as compatibility issues i could not get by. with windows 8.1 i still have some of the issues previously experienced however less frequent for example i was getting bsods whenever i restarted, shutdown, put my laptop to sleep or hibernate mode now i get a bsod when sleeping and hybernating (no hardware fault) i seem to notice explorer also crashes eg the screen goes white and explorer has stopped responding and all that jaz. in short i would suggest you upgrade yes but if you run into many issues ( providing your hardware and drivers support and are available ) i would say downgrade and wait to see what they come up with next. i still agree that 8/8.1 is another vista lol Why are you commenting on a thread from 3 months ago that has already been resolved?
Your Avatar is very appropriate.
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cal90
January 9, 2014 10:31:34 PM
Itz Eclipse
June 24, 2014 8:31:52 AM
On windows 8.1 there are connectivity issues with the apple ipod on itunes because when i had 8.1 it didn't want to read the ipod so i couldn't sync. I tried everything to fix it and I went to apple forums and found out others where having the same problem. I later decided to downgrade to windows 8 and everything worked fine again. I wouldn't recommend upgrading until they fix problems in programs like itunes. Who knows there may be more important programs that don't work.
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letsroll76
August 14, 2014 11:34:33 PM
i had issues with the 8.1 upgrade from 8 and none of my applications loaded after. so i reverted back to 8 and no issues since. have all current updates. so i am cautious to go back to 8.1 did i do something wrong? the applications would preload and then just revert back to the app screen? so what the hell? lol
i have a current asus laptop
i have a current asus laptop
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Michael-Jacob
September 12, 2014 6:59:27 AM
Hi Guys
I updated to windows 8.1 and am working with it for a while now.
I and i still Think that it is good but not that good yet.
Many manufacture didn't update the firmware to support windows 8.1 or even if they did. there is still too much issues to be resolve. (I think this is because of the release time between win 8 and win 8.1 was too short so they didn't have enough time to test and release a proper driver
I was having problem at the beginning with my GTX 770, also still having problem with my Hydro Cooler, Asus suit 2 not fully compatible with windows 8.1 all of those works fine on windows 8 but not windows 8.1 (do you think windows 8.1 was a fix for windows 8 think again, or they didn't fix all the problem and they add more)
I updated to windows 8.1 and am working with it for a while now.
I and i still Think that it is good but not that good yet.
Many manufacture didn't update the firmware to support windows 8.1 or even if they did. there is still too much issues to be resolve. (I think this is because of the release time between win 8 and win 8.1 was too short so they didn't have enough time to test and release a proper driver
I was having problem at the beginning with my GTX 770, also still having problem with my Hydro Cooler, Asus suit 2 not fully compatible with windows 8.1 all of those works fine on windows 8 but not windows 8.1 (do you think windows 8.1 was a fix for windows 8 think again, or they didn't fix all the problem and they add more)
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