Solved Just to be different - Update to W8.1 was a BREEZE

Hi there
Update for me was an absolute Breeze -- not a single app / driver needed to be re-installed.

My only gripe is missing Language packs - the W8 one's can't be used - but I'd assume they will be released later.

Whole installation (on SSD) took around 15 mins !! ( I did one from TechNet ISO and this one from the Windows store -- both went seamlessly).

I only posted this because some people seem to be having horrendous problems -- I just want to add a bit of calmness here - that in a lot (probably the majority) of cases the update should proceed fairly smoothly -- although I LOATHE the 1-click install type of stuff -- people should be given the choice to download the install and then install later offline if they want to.

1-click installs are a real pain even for experienced people when they go wrong as you've got almost no chance of fixing any errors.

Cheers
jimbo

Hmmm, I seem to have no luck. I just got a Laptop with W8 Oct. 10. But it's working too well as far as I can tell to risk updating. Only thing broken is search. But I turn off indexing and use Everything Search anyway. I wonder how long it will take for the new PCs to have it pre-installed?

No Problems here so far.
Update to 8.1 from original 8.0 HP Desktop, networked small businees no problems what so ever.
Actually had very little to do during the lengthy process.

Yep updated surface rt and a desktop with no problems that I can see. Didn't even backup beforehand :shock:

livewire said:

Yep updated surface rt and a desktop with no problems that I can see. Didn't even backup beforehand :shock:

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You are one of the lucky ones to get the RT update and updated it with out error/BSOD...as MS has pulled it from the store for RT users because of the error/BSOD.

Ditto for me on the easy install, Two issues for me but both were minor. 1 that damned secure boot watermark (can't wait for a fix to that) 2 for some reason stereoscopic 3d got turned on.

bassfisher6522 said:

livewire said:

Yep updated surface rt and a desktop with no problems that I can see. Didn't even backup beforehand :shock:

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You are one of the lucky ones to get the RT update and updated it with out error/BSOD...as MS has pulled it from the store for RT users because of the error/BSOD.

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Yes had no problem and it boots as normal, it took a while to update though. So is it still pulled from the store then?