Solved How can any of you use Windows 8.1 Update 1?

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Freezing desktop icons / explorer icons white in W8.1.1

There are many threads across many forums that I read where people complain that the desktop icons freeze when you reboot, then become active after 1 minute. Also in any explorer Window, the icons will appear white/blank for 1 minute as well, then everything starts to work normally..

I have experienced this on multiple install of Windows 8.1 update on different laptops

Please tell me how can you guys tolerate this?

It wasn't the case in Windows 7, 8, or 8.1


just the update 1
 
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Nope, I Never have this case before
If Problem With Reboot Loop, maybe you Can Remove Updates in Recovery Environment CMD

Sorry if Doesn't Help :(
 

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I haven't had any issues with the new update. It has worked really great for me.
 

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Nope, I Never have this case before
If Problem With Reboot Loop, maybe you Can Remove Updates in Recovery Environment CMD

Sorry if Doesn't Help :(
what are you talking about?

did you even read my post or do you just wanna post for the sake of posting?
 

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    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
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    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
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    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
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    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
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    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
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    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
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Hello. Perhaps the thread title should be changed from

How can any of you use Windows 8.1 Update 1?

to
... Having a problem with Update 1

No issues here. Using 8.1.1 just fine.

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Others might ask how the update was acquired?
Any issues with Device Manager flags? Do you have an anti virus program running on startup?
What is the status of your startup list? How many desktop icons?
Any system errors reported in scannow? Have you checked the event viewer for red flags?
Have you tried to clear the pagefile? Build a new one. Any icon cache issues?
Are you running jump lists? Toolbars? Classic Start menus? Aero mods? Modified the registry?
Disk tools? Tried moving desktop icons off the desktop? Tried booting to the start screen (just a test)?
Do you have any restore points or system images? Did you update from 1 file or a sequence?
Booting into a local account or a sync connection?

Good Luck!
 

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Hello. Perhaps the thread title should be changed from

How can any of you use Windows 8.1 Update 1?

to
... Having a problem with Update 1


No issues here. Using 8.1.1 just fine.

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Others might ask how the update was acquired?
Any issues with Device Manager flags? Do you have an anti virus program running on startup?
What is the status of your startup list? How many desktop icons?
Any system errors reported in scannow? Have you checked the event viewer for red flags?
Have you tried to clear the pagefile? Build a new one. Any icon cache issues?
Are you running jump lists? Toolbars? Classic Start menus? Aero mods? Modified the registry?
Disk tools? Tried moving desktop icons off the desktop? Tried booting to the start screen (just a test)?
Do you have any restore points or system images? Did you update from 1 file or a sequence?
Booting into a local account or a sync connection?

Good Luck!

nothing bro, clean install, no AV, no start menu app, nothing. tried installing the drivers, still didn't change

The ISO I got was from MSDN which is the latest one, and has all the Windows 8.1 updates integrated
 

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Excellent mdmd! :D

I was going to ask why he or she bought the laptop with 8 preinstalled in the first place. Why not get it with 7? It's been in the news since before release what a lousy OS 8/8.1/8.1.U1 are.

I got to say you topped me with yours. :thumb:
 

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Excellent mdmd! :D

I was going to ask why he or she bought the laptop with 8 preinstalled in the first place. Why not get it with 7? It's been in the news since before release what a lousy OS 8/8.1/8.1.U1 are.

I got to say you topped me with yours. :thumb:

coz I live in Dubai and they don't have choices of OSes or customizations, you buy it as is, you cannot change a single spec

PLUS, ASUS doesn't provide any drivers officially for Windows 7 for my laptop (ASUS G750JX) so even custom builders who do ship these laptops with Windows 7 ship it with unapproved drivers
 

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    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
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    Alienware 0FT9KT
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    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
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    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
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    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
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interesting reply from a user on another forum, this is exactly my problem...

Quote:Originally Posted by deepor

I found out what my problem is but don't know how to fix it while staying with a local account and without OneDrive/SkyDrive.

So, my problem is the File Explorer not working quite right at first start and I'm not sure if it's the same problem that OP has. It locks up for a while, can't show contents of "This PC" for example.

While it was doing its thing (green progress bar at the top and stuff), I had Event Viewer open and found out that one error message related to OneDrive is showing up the moment the File Explorer window is starting to work again.

It was this event:

"The server {1B1F472E-3221-4826-97DB-2C2324D389AE} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." -- (Event ID) 10010, (Source) Distributed COM

So I guess if I could fix those errors in the Event Viewer, the File Explorer behavior would be fixed.

Doing some research, that code is tied to a DCOM thingy named SyncEngineCOMServer and somewhere in the Registry skydrive.exe is being mentioned.

If I switch to a Microsoft Account and re-enable OneDrive in the group policies, there's no error in the Event Viewer and the File Explorer works right at the first start, so it's really that error and it's really OneDrive.
that is my issue exactly!!! seems like we are forced to keep one drive's ugly icon and have it running in the taskbar if we don't want this error!!
 

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    ALIENWARE 18 Laptop
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    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
    Motherboard
    Alienware 0FT9KT
    Memory
    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
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    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
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    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
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    1920x1080
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    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
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Right me if I’m wrong, but in reading your post history you seem to be distraught and angered over 8/8.1/8.1.U1 and also perhaps the new direction MS is headed with OSs. You seemed to have come on strong in this thread you created.

I would guess you have these choices:

1) Learn to live with it.
2) Continue with your plan of solution in your post #6.
3) Take the laptop back for a refund and get one with W7 preinstalled, even if that means getting a refurbished one.
4) Look for another solution.
 

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    Intel Pentium D Dual Core
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    Acer/Intel E946GZ
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    2GB (max upgrade)
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    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
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I upgraded my work laptop, Dell Latitude e6430u, last week from Windows 8.0 and it went to 8.1 update 1. Other than some fan problems, which I resolved with some driver updates and a BIOS firmware change, I've had no problems whatsoever with the laptop. I use it all day long at work.
 

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Is Update 8.1 1, that Huge 1 GB Update that's in Windows Update? In my case it made the laptop I was working on, an Acer with a Celeron, run a lot better.
 

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I fixed the problem but I don't know how.



I did a few things differently this time.


1) Instead of Installing my Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center, I installed my Windows 8.1 Single Language Update 1 ISO. Who knows, maybe that Group Policy Editor in Windows 8.1 Pro is causing delays at startup, I have no idea but this is what worked for me.

2) Instead of signing in with a Microsoft Account, this time I signed in with a local account and kept it that way, OneDrive requires you to be signed in with a Microsoft Account to work.

3) Instead of using Group Policy Editor to disable OneDrive like I usually did and used to see this message in Event Viewer which was probably the cause of the initial 1 minute freeze: "The server {1B1F472E-3221-4826-97DB-2C2324D389AE} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout." -- (Event ID) 10010, (Source) Distributed COMwhich caused the event log to be busy during startup

4) I disabled UAC completely, both from Control Panel and using a registry trick, this in turn, does not allow OneDrive to run since UAC is disable

5) I usually rename "ThisPC" to "Computer", this time I thought what the heck, let me not mess around with the OS so I left it with its default name

6) I used to go into the Star Menu folder located in: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu and delete the Photos and OneDrive shortcut as I never need that crappy Photos App nor OneDrive, but this time when I tried to delete them, I noticed a warning message saying "If you delete this shortcut some programs might stop to work or something like that" so I left them alone

7) I did not install StartIsBack

I don't know what exactly fixed the issue. But I'm glad it's fixed
 
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    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
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    Alienware 0FT9KT
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    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
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    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
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    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
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    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
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    1920x1080
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    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
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    Alienware TactX Keyboard
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    Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse
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    50 MBPS Download / 10 MBPS Upload
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After all these long investigations, I have narrowed down the issue with OneDrive, it is one broken buggy piece of software. People who don't complain about this issue don't have OneDrive enabled, that's why some say that they don't experience this issue.

Here is the thing, after installing Windows 8.1 Update (clean install), logging using a local account, disablinc UAC to prevent OneDrive from even getting activated later on, all was well....

Now here comes the problem...

I have Microsoft Office 2013 Home & Business Edition and with that, it does not give you the option to choose to choose what components you want, it simply install everything (including One Note and OneDrive)...


After I installed it, I rebooted and THERE comes the problem again....

the moment I open ANY folder, for example, my software folder where I keep all the installation EXE setup files.... then I clicked on the desktop icons, nothing responds, and the icons in the Software folder are all white/blank...

restarted again just to verify....same issue

So I uninstalled OneDrive that Microsoft Office installed even though it's there in the OS, it installs its own version. Using Revo Uninstaller Pro, I also deleted all the files that were left over...but Revo Uninstaller did not clean the registry entries that OneDrive created, nor did it clean the 4 startup entries that One Drive created as well... This isn't Revo Uninstaller's fault since I didn't install Microsoft Office using One Drive because it's a messy setup that involves many installations in one package.

Next, I ran Autoruns.exe and deleted (not only disabled, but deleted) the 4 startup entries that OneDrive creates...rebooted....issue is still there....

Here is the fix, after uninstalling OneDrive and deleting its 4 startup entries, you need to run REGEDIT

Click on the Computer icon on the top to have the search look in all registry categories...

now, hit CTRL + F to bring up the search dialogue box then type: OneDrive

Start the search, when the first result appears, don't only delete its subkey from the right pane, but look in the left pane where the key is highlighted, and delete it entirely. Then press F3 to search for more....then delete them one by one...some of them will tell you permission denied, so you have to right click on the parent key from the left pane, select permissions, set the ownership to "Everyone" then check "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and also check "Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object" then click Apply

Now when you are back to the main permissions Window, click Add, then type Everyone, and give them ALL permissions

After that try deleting the registry key again, it will work.

I found around 10 entries or so and it takes some time to delete them but after you delete them and reboot, the problem is solved!

Thank you Microsoft for this! Not only do they wanna force people to use their software by hook or crook, but they can't even get it to work properly.

To be fair, 2 weeks back, I thought, let me ditch Dropbox and switch to OneDrive since it is integrated into the OS. So I purchased 50 GB of space and spent 1 full day uploading all my data...

Suddenly, I start seeing Sync issues in the taskbar, oh well, I ignored it... when I try running any file from my OneDrive, it's like the file isn't on my SSD but is on the cloud and needs to be downloaded before I can open the file. No I did not choose to have the files available online only, I didn't touch that option. There is no option to even re-download all the contents, I lost all my Data!

Thank god Dropbox is there which also had my files so I redownloaded them and swore never to touch OneDrive again. I got a full refund from Microsoft for the extra space I bought.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
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    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ALIENWARE 18 Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
    Motherboard
    Alienware 0FT9KT
    Memory
    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
    Keyboard
    Alienware TactX Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    50 MBPS Download / 10 MBPS Upload
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32 Antivirus
I got through a couple of paragraphs. Good luck to you. :)
 

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  • OS
    8.1 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer T690
    CPU
    Intel Pentium D Dual Core
    Motherboard
    Acer/Intel E946GZ
    Memory
    2GB (max upgrade)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 - PCI Express x16
    Sound Card
    Integrated RealTek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1 channel audio support
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer AL1917W A LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    350 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
    Thumb drives
    PSU
    Standard 250 watt
    Case
    Desktop 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) L x 14.5"
    Cooling
    Dual case fans + CPU fan
    Keyboard
    Acer Windows PS/2
    Mouse
    Wireless Microsoft Arc
    Internet Speed
    54mbp/s
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    Office Pro 2013 / Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phone 8.1DP GDR1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ALIENWARE 18 Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4940MX Extreme CPU @ 4 GHz
    Motherboard
    Alienware 0FT9KT
    Memory
    32 GB Kingston HyperX 1866MHz DDR3 PC3-14900 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual GeForce GTX 780M SLI 2x4GB GDDR5 RAM
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC668 HD Audio
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    Dell 18.4" WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display IPS 16:9 1080p [SDC4C48]
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x SanDisk Extreme PRO 960GB SSDs + 850 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD
    Keyboard
    Alienware TactX Keyboard
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    Logitech G602 Wireless Gaming Mouse
    Internet Speed
    50 MBPS Download / 10 MBPS Upload
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    ESET NOD32 Antivirus
I just had a quick scan of some of those reg entries. Several, as you suggest, are linked through MS Office. I was a little apprehensive about deleting them, for the experiment. I think, in my case, if I wanted to give it a try, I would prefer to uninstall Office and see if I could detect any difference.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Use several different computers during a day, so specs are irrelevant.
My own experience - possibly not that for everyone?)
I do not have the symptoms that have troubled you. But, being an inquisitive person, I went through the reg deletion entries you described. Rebooted and stared up in office. Within seconds I had a fade out with the usual "The program is not responding"
No problem for me, I just put my image back. But I would suggest to any readers who are tempted - do it with caution.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Use several different computers during a day, so specs are irrelevant.
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