DISCUSSION: Windows 8.1 Spring 2014 Update RTM

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

  1. lunar21

    lunar21 MDL Addicted

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    Ok so quick question. Will there be a new start menu (classic/metro hybrid)? I have been reading online about this new start menu yet I dont have it with WZOR's updates.
     
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  2. Tito

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    @lunar21

    It will be available via future updates.
     
  3. MeWhoElse

    MeWhoElse MDL Novice

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    Possibly yes, but not anytime soon. It was shown at Build as pipeline developments... showing developers were they are heading...
     
  4. sukinsin88

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    :beee:stupid ms why not give this start menu aaa :mad: still waiting for start menu updates
     
  5. moderate

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    #3025 moderate, Apr 8, 2014
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    Start menu...
    For what is it good? I confess I almost never used it in W7...
    "All programs" group - terrible mess, nothing can be found here, if you have 200-300 applications installed...
    "Recently run applications" - unusable, every single time you access it, there are another applications displayed...
    "Documents/Pictures/Music" folders - is really anyone, who uses these "libraries", for what reason?
    "Help and Support button" - OMG

    :))
     
  6. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    KB2939087 is re-released today (different files), but it's intended for System that didn't install KB2919355

    KB2949621 is included in the new package KB2934018
     
  7. lunar21

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    Thanks, I presume whenever they do an Update 2 package?

     
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  8. Yen

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    To start an application quite fast....just hit start, type the first two or three characters of its name, it will be listed and click onto it.....
    The start menu,"All programs" group is a mess when you don't organize it....but a HDD will be also a mess when you don't organize it (create folders and subfolders etc.....)
     
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  9. moderate

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    I am happy, that you have responded, because this thread is SO LONG, so I didn't bothered to read :)) those 1000 posts...
    ...I awaited to be knockouted by people, who did read it all. :))

    So actuall W8-1-1 Update is:

    1_windows8.1-kb2919442-x64_f97d8290d9d75d96f163095c4cb05e1b9f6986e0.msu (offered last month)
    2_windows8.1-kb2939087-x64_89d4949cd698c645c7a6e96a012eecab44d5c5e1.msu (discarded)
    3_windows8.1-kb2919355-x64_e6f4da4d33564419065a7370865faacf9b40ff72.msu (main)
    4_windows8.1-kb2932046-x64_6aee5fda6e2a6729d1fbae6eac08693acd70d985.msu
    5_windows8.1-kb2937592-x64_4abc0a39c9e500c0fbe9c41282169c92315cafc2.msu
    6_windows8.1-kb2938439-x64_3ed1574369e36b11f37af41aa3a875a115a3eac1.msu
    7_windows8.1-kb2949621-v2-x64.msu (superceeded by kb2934018)
    8_kb2934018

    Is this so?
     
  10. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Yes, that's correct
     
  11. Boops

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  12. moderate

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    Well, "All programs", it is mostly two-level tree binded to uninstall programs. How can you manage it without damaging the uninstallation binding?"
     
  13. Zardoc

    Zardoc MDL Addicted

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    These are the official instructions from MS on download site

    These KB's must be installed in the following order:
    (1) KB2919442
    (2) KB2919355
    (3) KB2932046
    (4) KB2937592
    (5) KB2938439
    (6) KB2934018

    KB2919442 is a prerequisite for Windows 8.1 Update and should be installed before attempting to install KB2919355
     
  14. moderate

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    Thanks, but that info is deprecated already (because of kb2934018)
     
  15. moderate

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    #3037 moderate, Apr 8, 2014
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    It is nice, but I am quite conservative:

    StartMenu.jpg

    SystemMenu.jpg

    ...custom solutions brings us independancy on MS mood :))
     
  16. serdarevica

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    Hi

    I installed all updates in proper order but i am still showing old Windows 8.1 Build number, i dont think that this was installed properly.
    If i restart updates, i am getting message that they are already installed.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks
     
  17. Nucleus

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    @abbodi1406 or anyone else familiar with all this...

    I know it's probably already posted in this thread but I can't find it. Can someone post the reg query command to check build number and what is correct (after installing the above)? TIA. ;)
     
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  18. serdarevica

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    I did install all of them, in order, and still getting Build 9600