DISCUSSION: Windows 8.1 Spring 2014 Update RTM

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by Tito, Feb 20, 2014.

  1. cuteee

    cuteee MDL Guru

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    what's that dx9 ?
     
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    DirectX 9? :doh:
     
  3. puma79

    puma79 MDL Junior Member

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    hello steven4554, installing your pack Win8.1-Update-x64.exe, the string is always 9600.17031, it should be 17042? Is this normal? thanks
     
  4. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    *blank stare*:eek:
     
  5. BAV0

    BAV0 MDL Expert

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    It should be 17031, there is no build 17042!!!
     
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  6. steven4554

    steven4554 MDL Expert

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    I only changed the version number to 17042, cause the latest pack I created contains KB2941455 hotfix rollup.
     
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  7. foxtochop

    foxtochop MDL Junior Member

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    There is no build 17042. Lastest known is 17031 which is formerly known as Windows 8.1 Update 1 RTM.
     
  8. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Highest Win7 hotfix version is 6.1.7601.22596 :eek:
    so there is actual Windows 7 7601.22596 build somewhere and MS is keeping it from us? :mad:

    :cool:
     
  9. FaiKee

    FaiKee Misinformation spreader

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    I am only interested in build nos.>9622, but rumor was that MS moved the whole team to Area51, anyone leaking infos would be sent to Vulcan and have a life with Spock. :spacecraft:
     
  10. PointZero

    PointZero MDL Member

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    KB2925384-v4 contains build 9600.20521 That's even higher than 9600.17042 :p

    Abbodi's point is that hotfixes containing individual components with higher build #'s have nothing to do with the Windows build number. That is determined by the build # of ntoskrnl.exe and it stands at .17031 (Of course a hotfix containing a newer ntoskrnl.exe could change that though.)

    Build # .17042 should just be forgotten about- it means nothing to the Windows build #.
     
  11. FaiKee

    FaiKee Misinformation spreader

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    LOL, are you sure? :D
     
  12. PointZero

    PointZero MDL Member

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    Yes, I'm sure. :D Look in the WinSxS folder and you'll see many version numbers for different components that have been updated. KB2941455 does contain components that are .17042, but that's just one of the many version numbers found in newer updates and in the WinSxS folder (if update was installed).

    The majority of the components in KB2919355 (main Spring Update) are of version .17031, but there are many other version numbers also in that update: .16459, .16503, .16484, .17019, .16517 & others. KB2935092 contains .17035. As mentioned earlier, KB2925384-v4 contains .20521... Those are just the build #'s of the individual components contained in those updates. That doesn't imply at all that there'll be a newer build of Windows (ntoskrnl.exe) or of the Spring Update.
     
  13. FaiKee

    FaiKee Misinformation spreader

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    Nice, keep your thought. :D
     
  14. lobo11

    lobo11 TOMAHAWK CHOP

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    I'm on Windows Vista and none of this stuff is working for me, in fact now their is smoke coming out of my computer, did I do something wrong?
     
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  15. PointZero

    PointZero MDL Member

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    First, check that the smoke is not coming from a nearby crack pipe. :confused:
     
  16. Dmitrys

    Dmitrys MDL Novice

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    Separate thread

    I have added the separate thread for Start Screen Unlimited.

     
  17. Enigma256

    Enigma256 MDL Senior Member

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    And build numbers in the 20000's represent the QFE branch while the lower numbers represent GDR.
     
  18. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    People get too hung up on build numbers anyway. The only reason they're important is so we know when files have been recompiled.
    Recompiling doesn't make something better. If you never change the source code, it's the same thing, just with a different signature.

    Found that out the annoying way by trying to bundle pre-ga and post-ga builds on the same install.wim.
    They just re-compiled most of that stuff and didn't change a thing, but it was enough to change the file contents because of the new sigs.
     
  19. Larson

    Larson MDL Junior Member

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    it's happening the same thing to me very often, on many different computers. The install order was followed and I rebooted when request, no problem except for this.