How to Stop Win 8.1 from Installing

kolohe

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I have Win 8 Pro. Somehow that insidious offer to upgrade to 8.1 was activated by accident. I do not want 8.1. 8.1 has downloaded and is waiting for me to restart my computer to finish the install. I have kept my computer running for 2 days i.e. not shut it down in hopes that I can find a way to halt 8.1 from installing. I desperately do not want 8.1 and I'm getting a bit wild-eyed trying to keep 8.1 out of my system.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV7
In effect it is already installed and would be configured at reboot. If it fails to configure, it will revert back to Windows 8 by itself. If you do not want Windows 8.1, though I don't know why you would not, you will have to Factory restore your system.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Do you have a restore point or external saved image you could go bask to? Without that it might be a little tricky because part of the installation may have been done already. You might look for a download file somewhere. The 8.1 upgrade is a lot of data and I would think being that large it could be found.

I think a restore point is by far the best way.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 64, LT -Windows 10 Home 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP 500-075 Desktop + HP 15-f018dx Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2 GHz Quad Core/ LT - i3-4030U 1.9 GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxcon Joshua-H61-uATX
    Memory
    8 GB/ LT - 6GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD (DX10.1)
    Sound Card
    Integrated IDT 92HD73E
    Hard Drives
    1T HDD, 16G Sandisk Cache Drive, 2T Seagate 3.0 External
    Keyboard
    Wireless
    Mouse
    Wireless
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
    Other Info
    CyberPower UPS, Macrium Backup, Revo Pro, Malwarebytes Premium
I agree with trying the System Restore for at least the day before you started the install. I think it will work.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite C75D-B7260
In effect it is already installed and would be configured at reboot. If it fails to configure, it will revert back to Windows 8 by itself. If you do not want Windows 8.1, though I don't know why you would not, you will have to Factory restore your system.

Thanks for your quick reply. I'm not ready to factory restore the system so I guess I'll have a go with 8.1. The reason I don't want it is that all is working so well and smoothly with 8 Pro....don't fix it if it ain't broke. Plus I've read some real horror stories about 8.1.

Will 8.1 give me the exact same features that come with Pro?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV7
You will have the same features you had before, plus better performance and stability. If we listened to so-called horror stories we would still be using Windows 3.0
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 Update 1 Pro 64bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pavillion H8-1202
    CPU
    I7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz
    Motherboard
    PEGATRON
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NIVDIA GeForce GT 520
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC656GR CODEC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster S22B350
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080 32 bit color
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 EVO SSD 500GB
    Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
Do you have a restore point or external saved image you could go bask to? Without that it might be a little tricky because part of the installation may have been done already. You might look for a download file somewhere. The 8.1 upgrade is a lot of data and I would think being that large it could be found.

I think a restore point is by far the best way.

Unfortunately I was short-sighted and didn't create any restore points (are any automatically created?) or an external image. I imagine if I created one now it would include the aspects of 8.1 that have already been installed.

Thanks for your help.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV7
Unfortunately I was short-sighted and didn't create any restore points (are any automatically created?) or an external image. I imagine if I created one now it would include the aspects of 8.1 that have already been installed.

Thanks for your help.

Actually, I believe some restore points are created automatically, like before updates that are considered critical.

On the other hand, don't be too concerned about 8.1, it is really quite good. My desktop came with 8.0 and I did the store upgrade to 8.1 and I would not want to go back.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1 64, LT -Windows 10 Home 64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP 500-075 Desktop + HP 15-f018dx Laptop
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 3470 Ivy Bridge 3.2 GHz Quad Core/ LT - i3-4030U 1.9 GHz
    Motherboard
    Foxcon Joshua-H61-uATX
    Memory
    8 GB/ LT - 6GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD (DX10.1)
    Sound Card
    Integrated IDT 92HD73E
    Hard Drives
    1T HDD, 16G Sandisk Cache Drive, 2T Seagate 3.0 External
    Keyboard
    Wireless
    Mouse
    Wireless
    Browser
    IE11
    Antivirus
    Norton 360
    Other Info
    CyberPower UPS, Macrium Backup, Revo Pro, Malwarebytes Premium
Unfortunately I was short-sighted and didn't create any restore points (are any automatically created?) or an external image. I imagine if I created one now it would include the aspects of 8.1 that have already been installed.

Thanks for your help.

Actually, I believe some restore points are created automatically, like before updates that are considered critical.

On the other hand, don't be too concerned about 8.1, it is really quite good. My desktop came with 8.0 and I did the store upgrade to 8.1 and I would not want to go back.

Thanks for the positive feedback about 8.1; hope I will feel the same after using it. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV7
I have 8.1 on a Desktop and 3 Notebooks, no problems. One Notebook came with 8.1, the other two originally had earlier versions of Windows and I went with 8.0 first, no problem doing the 8.1 Update as long as the requisite updates were done first.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WinXP, WinVista, Win7, Win8.1, Win10, Linux Mint 20
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2 Customs and 12 OEM/Brands
    CPU
    AMD and Intel
I have 8.1 on a Desktop and 3 Notebooks, no problems. One Notebook came with 8.1, the other two originally had earlier versions of Windows and I went with 8.0 first, no problem doing the 8.1 Update as long as the requisite updates were done first.

Thanks Berton for the positive review. 8.1 finally forced itself onto my computer, your reply makes me feel less hesitant about 8.1.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV7
You're welcome.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WinXP, WinVista, Win7, Win8.1, Win10, Linux Mint 20
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2 Customs and 12 OEM/Brands
    CPU
    AMD and Intel
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