Why I love today’s Windows 8.1 Update

Last week we heard from Brandon LeBlanc about the new Windows 8.1 Update. In his post, he gives details on the update that offers refinements to the current Windows 8.1 experience. I’m happy to let you know that the update is beginning to roll out to customers worldwide today via Windows Update. The rollout will take a few weeks to get to everybody, so you might not see it right away. If you have automatic updates turned on, you’ll get it automatically. I’ve been using the Windows 8.1 Update for a few weeks now, and I wanted to share some of my impressions of it.

Here’s my deal: I have a Surface, a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist touch laptop, and an HP desktop PC that I have hooked up to two monitors, a mouse, and a keyboard. I affectionately refer to the HP as my “Big Ol’ Desktop.”

Before you start judging me as someone with too many devices, let me say: you can never have too many devices. Even before I worked at Microsoft, I had a reputation for having multiple devices and possibly being a little bit obsessed with them. I love and use all of them, and I have them all connected to OneDrive and my Microsoft account, so it’s easy to switch from writing a document on my Big Ol’ Desktop to editing that same document on my laptop without sticking it on a flash drive or emailing it to myself. (I remember back when I was in school, I’d burn an ENTIRE CD just so I could bring a paper from one computer to another.)

But the convenience of OneDrive and access to all my stuff from anywhere was already around before today’s update (though it used to be called SkyDrive).

The main reason I love the Windows 8.1 Update is that now, Windows responds to what kind of device and what kind of input method I’m using in order to make things as convenient and easy as they can be. Let me explain further:


If I’m using a mouse, Windows optimizes for a mouse

One of the first things I noticed with the update is that when I’m on my mouse-and-keyboard desktop PC, there are now more familiar mouse controls that show up to make it faster for me to get around. When I open up an app, if Windows detects that I’m using a mouse, it’ll show me a title bar with familiar-looking minimize and close buttons.



Also, if I right-click something on the Start screen with my mouse, it’ll show me a menu right next to my mouse pointer instead of the more touch-friendly app controls at the bottom of the screen.




If I’m using touch, it shows me touch options


One of my machines is a laptop with a touch screen—so sometimes I use the touch screen, and sometimes I only interact with the keyboard and a wireless mouse.

With the latest update, Windows now switches seamlessly to show me the controls that are most useful for how I’m interacting with my PC. If I press and hold something on the Start screen instead of right-clicking it to select it, the app commands at the bottom of the screen, which are big and easy to touch, pop up instead of the mouse-friendly but not finger-friendly right-click menus.



And all the same great gestures that I’ve gotten used to using with my Surface and touch laptop still work just like they always did. It’s nice to be able to choose and experience the best of both worlds.


Less separation between the desktop and Start

Now all the apps show up on the taskbar on the desktop, and you can pin apps from the Windows Store to the taskbar in addition to desktop apps. When you’re using a mouse, you can also point to the bottom edge of the screen to bring up the taskbar from wherever you are in your PC—from within an app like Mail or the Windows Store, from the Apps view, or from the Start screen. It’s no longer just a thing of the desktop. I’ve found this makes it especially easy to switch between apps and to launch apps I use often without leaving where I already am.



The Windows 8.1 Update doesn’t change any of the things I’ve already learned how to do with Windows 8.1, but it adds a few new options that make it more personal—so I can do things in a way that fits the kind of device I’m using, and fits the kind of thing I’m trying to get done.

If you’re wondering when the update will be available to you, you can check to see if it’s available for you in Windows Update. If it is, you can install it right from there. Remember that because it’s a rolling update, it won’t be available for everyone right away. Also remember that if you have automatic updates turned on, you’ll get the update without needing to do anything. You can check to see if there’s a search button near your account name on the Start screen—if so, you’ve got the latest update!



To read more about the Windows 8.1 Update, check out What's new in Windows 8.1 Update and Windows RT 8.1 Update?

For any support-related questions, be sure to post in the Windows forum where there will be folks who’ll be able to help troubleshoot any issues or answer any specific questions.

Thanks, and enjoy!
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I'm not really seeing a whole lot of difference between 8.1 and this latest update except for the added convenience of having an X to close out apps and the shutdown switch next to your user profile, now making the OS more "mouse friendly"

Yeah there's also the added capability of adding apps to the taskbar but... Don't get me wrong, like the update and looked forward to it, just thought I'd see major differences. Those moving from 8 to this update would see a major change, but for those of us already having 8.1... not so much.

Maybe I'm missing something.
 

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Minor tweaks really, compared to the 8.0 to 8.1 upgrade. I'm happy with what they did.
 

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Understand. And I like what they did as well, just thought I'd see more of a visual difference.
 

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From what I understand this Update contains all the updates from the release of 8.1 through Feb. So it will make it easier in the future to install 8.1.

Jim :cool:
 

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It's a bit more than that since it also adds features not found in any of the previous updates.
 

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Of course I'm all for security updates and other tweaks, but so far as the UI? Well, they stuck a pacifier in the kid's mouth to stop it from crying so far as I'm concerned. Geez.

Anyone know how to turn the taskbar off on the Start Screen? I looked in properties and saw nothing.
 

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Hippsie I am getting annoyed that I dont see what you do. I know Ive updated, its just not showing any of that. Maybe Ill try uninstalling stardock and see if all that shows. Like I mentioned, literally the only change for me was the store icon on desktop taskbar

EDIT

Ahhh brink to the rescue :) I'll have a look
 

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Thank you, Shawn! I'm on it.

You sure are one rootin' tootin' tutor. Sure can crank these tutorials out! :thumb:
 

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Thank you, Shawn! I'm on it.

You sure are one rootin' tootin' tutor. Sure can crank these tutorials out! :thumb:

I have a feeling Shawn was a cpu in a past life, probably an i7. Either that or he is the love child of a CPU and a word processor, he is in the next Avengers :)
 

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Hi all, since I updated today my windows 8.1 with update KB2919355 I notice(never before) taskhost.exe using over 13% of my CPU even when my PC is Idle.....what is this and why is it burning so much CPU usage....????...
 

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Well, after taking nearly two hours and nearly 10% of my monthly quota to d/l and install, it's up and running, and apparently without any major problems. The install was painless, if slow.

So far, there's nothing I dislike, it's the same to use and to look at as the early 8.1.1 leak I tested, but with the taskbar--in-Metro working. And when you un-pin the Store from the taskbar, it stays un-pinned upon rebooting, unlike the preview.

Two issues, neither of which are major...

*The new Power option in the Start screen. Why not put it in All Apps as well, as many (myself included) use All Apps almost exclusively, and not the SS?

*It has caused my Tor browser to display as an out-of-date version (it's not, I checked, so should be OK).

Now, I'm off to take a system image, and have a bit of a look around the OS.

TTFN. :geek::)



Wenda.
 

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Not sure if this link has been posted before... but I have found it quite enlightening, thus thought I'd share it...

Read here....
 

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One thing I noticed when using the "X" in the upper right corner to close out a modern app is that the app is still running in the background when you check in the task manager. If I close out an app I would expect it to quit running. Tested with the App Store and Skype.
 

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One thing I noticed when using the "X" in the upper right corner to close out a modern app is that the app is still running in the background when you check in the task manager. If I close out an app I would expect it to quit running. Tested with the App Store and Skype.


Yes, it's always been that way. They will run full blast for a time then go into suspended mode using less RAM. Alt/F4 or going into Task Manager to kill is the only way to completely close.
 

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Newbie here. I'm kind of ambivalent about the changes. I never had issues using Windows 8 from the beginning. I never minded Metro. I never missed the start button. I never got it. I use a mouse a lot too. I think the two new buttons are ugliness in a cool design. I did boot into Metro which I wanted to. I pinned one app to my taskbar. That's a good feature. I like the highlighting of new apps that are downloaded. Despise that alphabetic list. Ugly and not helpful. Overall, I think it should appease the people who seemed to be unable to adapt to Windows 8 for some reason. Hopefully, they will all shut up now and I won't have to read any more articles about what a HUGE mistake Microsoft made with Windows 8 because I love it.
 

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Newbie here. I'm kind of ambivalent about the changes. I never had issues using Windows 8 from the beginning. I never minded Metro. I never missed the start button. I never got it. I use a mouse a lot too. I think the two new buttons are ugliness in a cool design. I did boot into Metro which I wanted to. I pinned one app to my taskbar. That's a good feature. I like the highlighting of new apps that are downloaded. Despise that alphabetic list. Ugly and not helpful. Overall, I think it should appease the people who seemed to be unable to adapt to Windows 8 for some reason. Hopefully, they will all shut up now and I won't have to read any more articles about what a HUGE mistake Microsoft made with Windows 8 because I love it.


Welcome to Windows Eight Forums.

Right on! I couldn't agree more! :)
 

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