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I haven't yet tested it, but can anyone tell me from experience if an image of the system drive produced by Windows 8.1 is the same physical size as the...

Hi, I have several icons in the systray set to 'show icon & notification'. Recently, each day on start up, the settings have changed to 'show notification'...

Anyone upgraded/updated W 8.1 to W 8.1.1 yet? I was offered 7 updates via WU (which I initiated manually). One of these was about 850 MB in size, which I am...

I have a full version of Windows 8 Pro that I have not installed and probably will not for 6 months or so. Is the update downloadable as a file? Is there a...

I recently had a pop-up that indicated the new Windows 8.1 update was available and I should download/install it. I went through the process but I cannot find...

Could be here as early as patch Tuesday. http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2014/02/05/windows-8-1-update-1/ -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows Live Mail...

If anyone has mucked around with Windows 8.1 Update 1, what are the installation prerequisites? 8.0 or 8.1? In other words, I have a few 8.0 boxes that were...

When Microsoft brought out the 8.1 update 1 there was a lot of talk about a subsequent update to make even more 'major' changes to 8.1. That talk seems to...

Several weeks ago I started having a problem with doing updates for 8.1. If I check on the update icon a blank screen appears for 15-20 minutes before...

There are several post on this forum about my trials and tribulations in attempting to use Windows 10, and the problems I had in returning to Windows 8.1. ...

Windows strikes again. I had a meeting to night, and had the agenda and all supporting documentation of the laptop. I got in the meeting and tried to use...

cf. Microsoft goes public with Windows 8.1 upgrade...

It happened again this morning. I turned on the computer, and tried to access the internet with Firefox. FF error out and wanted to be reset. As usual I...

Why does Windows 8.1 have to go completely bonkers, when there is an upgrade. At sometime between this morning when I turned it off to go out to vote, and...

Good afternoon I am helping out at a local charity drop in center I have 4 * 6 month old Windows 8.1 machines and I'm trying to understand the whole user...

I can't believe the following even though I have seen it with my own eyes, surely I'm missing something. From a clean install *Create the standard admin...

Samsung Laptop, Windows 8.1 all updates in place. When using Restore to make a backup of my complete hard drive, to a external drive, the external drive...

I helped a friend set up a brand new laptop the other day. Her old XP system is too hardware limited to run W8 without a lot of fettling, which makes it not...

By virtue of neglegance on my part I don't have this this update. MS seems to have made it impossible to get it now. Is there any workaround for this or am I...