Nevermind. I found that there's a setting in Internet Options that needs to be set to display the familiar folder views.
Internet Options->Advanced->Browsing->"Enable FTP Folder View"
I was trying to use Windows Explorer to wirelessly browse my Android folders with the ES File Explorer app. The app issued me the local ftp IP and port to connect. I also setup a username and password for the connection.
When I entered those credentials on Vista, Win Explorer displayed folders...
I already have a Win8 Pro USB installer setup but I don't think it can be used to do a repair install for my Win8.1 Pro upgrade. So I'm trying to create a new USB installer setup specifically for Win 8.1 Pro. However, the Win8.1 setup window is not accepting the 8.1 Product Key that I extracted...