Posted May 03, 2014
Just wanted to warn all WIN 8.1 users who do updates manually to update WIN 8.1 to Update 1 (a kind of service pack) or you won't get any security updates after the end of May since support for WIN 8.1 is being officially dropped for end users. Only WIN 8.1 Update 1 will be supported. Users with automatic update should not be effected. WIN 8.0 is not affected by these changes and has normal support.
Just be warned that at the moment Update 1 can corrupt your installation and then you can possibly need a new 8.0 license since an update to 8.1 invalidates the license key for WIN 8.0 and gives you a new license key from the Microsoft App Store for WIN 8.1 - which means if the update is not good then you are probably screwed since you need to reinstall WIN 8.0 of which license is invalid then - I know this seems unbelivable but there are plenty of forums discussing this problem at the moment. It will probably be resolved with time. The best thing to do is do a backup copy of the system before you update.
Just be warned that at the moment Update 1 can corrupt your installation and then you can possibly need a new 8.0 license since an update to 8.1 invalidates the license key for WIN 8.0 and gives you a new license key from the Microsoft App Store for WIN 8.1 - which means if the update is not good then you are probably screwed since you need to reinstall WIN 8.0 of which license is invalid then - I know this seems unbelivable but there are plenty of forums discussing this problem at the moment. It will probably be resolved with time. The best thing to do is do a backup copy of the system before you update.
Post edited May 03, 2014 by Matruchus