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Need Win 8.1
I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to
Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. |
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Need Win 8.1
Jon wrote:
I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. Not too big to download and it's free. -- Alias |
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"Alias" escreveu na mensagem ... Jon wrote: I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. Not too big to download and it's free. -- Alias I was analyzing whether it worth since current Windows 8 is working well. |
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Jon wrote:
I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. Windows 8.1 upgrade from 8.0 is free and available in Win8.0 via signing on with a MSFT Account and accessing the Microsoft Store. The Store is a tile on the Modern UI Start Screen UI. Windows 8.1 is not available (nor will it be) in upgrade media form from the MSFT Store/website or retail outlets. The only version being sold are the full version editions of Windows 8 Core, Windows 8 Professional. Retail versions of Core and Pro contain both 32 and 64 bit DVD's. OEM/System Builder versions only contain one - 32 or 64 bit. If purchasing the latter ensure the correct bitness is purchased. All pc's using Win8.0 have until the fall of 2015 to upgrade to 8.1. All support for 8.0 (program and security updates) will cease approx. 2 yrs after the release date of 8.1. Win8.1 System Requirements http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...m-requirements If using Win 8.0-64-bit ensure the hardware meets the 64 bit requirement. "To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF" Most 8.0 built pcs do...some older units that were upgraded from an earlier o/s to 8.0 may not meet 8.1 requirements thus cannot install 8.1. Unless something changes those units incapable of upgrading to 8.1 will have to be replaced with hardware meeting system requirements to run Win8.1 or later. -- ....winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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"...winston‫" has written on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM:
"To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF" How does one find out what processor is in his computer, and whether or not it supports those? |
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Juan Wei typed: "...winston?" has written on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: "To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF" How does one find out what processor is in his computer, and whether or not it supports those? The Microsoft method would be to download and run Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=261871 -- Bill Motion Computing LE1700 Tablet ('09 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2 Centrino Core2 Duo L7400 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 SP2 |
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On 07/01/2014 12:30 PM, Juan Wei wrote:
"...winston‫" has written on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: "To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF" How does one find out what processor is in his computer, and whether or not it supports those? Control Panel - System If your processor isn't older than 5 years, it should be fine. But Core i3 to i7 are fine as are AMD processors in the FX line. -- Silver Slimer GNU/Linux is communism |
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Juan Wei wrote, On 1/7/2014 12:30 PM:
"...winston‫" has written on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: "To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF" How does one find out what processor is in his computer, and whether or not it supports those? There are variety of tools available to provide processor specific parameters regarding what is/isn't supported. My personal recommendation would be to obtain Microsoft Fellow Mark Russinovich's System Internals Coreinfo V3.21 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/cc835722 It's a command line utility that runs in a command window. The results can be copied to Notepad, Wordpad, or any word processor (Word). -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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"...winston‫" said on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: Windows 8.1 is not available (nor will it be) in upgrade media form from the MSFT Store/website or retail outlets. The only version being sold are the full version editions of Windows 8 Core, Windows 8 Professional. I just downloaded the 8.1 upgrade via these directions: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ It works great. I now have the win8 iso and the win8.1 upgrade iso. So I can easily re-install again. To: Jon, Not sure why it's too large, probably on dsl/modem, but either way, maybe a friend can download it to an ISO for you? |
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"Big Al" escreveu na mensagem
eb.com... "...winston‫" said on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: Windows 8.1 is not available (nor will it be) in upgrade media form from the MSFT Store/website or retail outlets. The only version being sold are the full version editions of Windows 8 Core, Windows 8 Professional. I just downloaded the 8.1 upgrade via these directions: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ It works great. I now have the win8 iso and the win8.1 upgrade iso. So I can easily re-install again. To: Jon, Not sure why it's too large, probably on dsl/modem, but either way, maybe a friend can download it to an ISO for you? are you selling pirate copies? |
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Big Al wrote, On 1/8/2014 4:56 PM:
"...winston‫" said on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: Windows 8.1 is not available (nor will it be) in upgrade media form from the MSFT Store/website or retail outlets. The only version being sold are the full version editions of Windows 8 Core, Windows 8 Professional. I just downloaded the 8.1 upgrade via these directions: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ It works great. I now have the win8 iso and the win8.1 upgrade iso. So I can easily re-install again. To: Jon, Not sure why it's too large, probably on dsl/modem, but either way, maybe a friend can download it to an ISO for you? You can reinstall 8.1 using that media from 8.0 after - restoring an 8.0 image or - clean installing 8.0 or - resetting pc back to 8.0 (upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1 **does not** upgrade the refresh/reset bits to 8.1) -- ...winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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On 1/8/2014 6:47 PM, Migrante wrote:
"Big Al" escreveu na mensagem eb.com... "...winston‫" said on 1/7/2014 12:27 PM: Windows 8.1 is not available (nor will it be) in upgrade media form from the MSFT Store/website or retail outlets. The only version being sold are the full version editions of Windows 8 Core, Windows 8 Professional. I just downloaded the 8.1 upgrade via these directions: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-dow...8-product-key/ It works great. I now have the win8 iso and the win8.1 upgrade iso. So I can easily re-install again. To: Jon, Not sure why it's too large, probably on dsl/modem, but either way, maybe a friend can download it to an ISO for you? are you selling pirate copies? You don't sell copies of those $39.95 downloads. For one thing, the install.esd file only contains one release version of Windows 8, not all releases (like a retail DVD might). That's why the file is a smaller download, than other versions. And the other problem, is each install.esd is traceable to the original purchaser. If the purchaser makes a nuisance of themselves by torrenting the image, it's no trouble at all for Microsoft to identify the source. As a purchaser of the online Win8 Pro, I did two downloads, and each install.esd has a different checksum. So there is identification possible, because each person doing a download from the source, ends up with a different install.esd file. On the other hand, a torrent containing a retail DVD with install.wim, all of those are the same, and are not serialized. Or the MSDN image would also make a good torrent, if that's your preference. It's not the DVD that's worth anything anyway - it is the key which carries the "value". And without a key, the DVD isn't much good to you. If the activation has been cracked somehow (and there are always people working on methods), then the DVD would be more of a threat to Microsoft, so they'd send their legal team to get you :-) I would not lend copies of my $39.95 download edition, to other people. If I had a retail DVD, I wouldn't have a problem letting people copy that one. Paul |
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Need Win 8.1
On 09/01/2014 2:28 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
Jon wrote: I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../feature-packs What do you mean it's too big? Are you out of disk space? It's clear he's referring to the size of the download and his likely lack of acceptable broadband. -- Silver Slimer GNU/Linux is communism |
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Jon wrote: I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. "G. Morgan" escreveu na mensagem ... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../feature-packs What do you mean it's too big? Are you out of disk space? .... While downloading a file, internet could fail. I don't know if we need to be online during upgrade. |
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Migrante said on 1/9/2014 2:35 PM: Jon wrote: I've desire to upgrade from Windows 8 (not sure about language version) to Windows 8.1 but imagine file is too big to download and local stores do not have DVD. I was planning to buy Windows 8.1 on microsoft.com site one day, when I had credit card. "G. Morgan" escreveu na mensagem ... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w.../feature-packs What do you mean it's too big? Are you out of disk space? ... While downloading a file, internet could fail. I don't know if we need to be online during upgrade. Still doesn't explain your status, internet fails on me too now and then, I just restart the download. But I have good bandwidth. Do you have slow DSL, poor reliability, Modem even? I'm not up on download managers, but in "the old days" I used some manager to "restart" the download or pick up where you left off at least. I'm almost sure it was in Firefox. Others can chime in on this kind of option. |
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