Windows is getting better and better. Sort of.. So, I successfully upgraded from Win8.1 Preview (build 9431) to 8.1 build 9471 without any modifications to iso or any other thing. During upgrade Setup lets to keep personal files while everything else puts to Windows.old folder. Nothing new here. All upgrade process took about 20 minutes and everything went smoothly. Used Preview key to activate. Also it lets to use in Win8 days leaked WMC key to add WMC It even kept my IE bookmarks, logins and passwords and some of browsing history. So, this are the good things. Now the bad ones. Firstly, it seems that there is no way to create Local account although maybe disconnecting from internet can do a trick. Secondly, all installed apps are deleted during upgrade. Finally, some configuration screens are changed a little bit and if I'm not mistaken there are some new settings to play with during install (look at attachment). Oh, and one more thing! Animations in start screen now works EDIT. One more bad thing - I can't insert picture using IE
The reason you didn't get the option to keep all your apps is because you did not modify cversions.ini to label 9431 as compatible. I upgraded and retained all of my desktop and store applications, settings, and preferences. No windows.old folder.
you can add local user (besides the off-line trick) : in computer management -> users and groups ; right click on the middle pane and click "new user".
This is how I have upgraded both my Windows 8.1 preview laptops to build 9471 too - worked perfect on both laptops! (the first time it failed on the second laptop as there was not enough disk space to continue installing.) Otherwise I kept all programs, all apps form what I can tell and settings Has anyone figured out how to remove the Microsoft confidentiality agreement and watermark?
Microsoft confidentiality and Watermark is stored in shell32.dll.mui Watermark can be removed with My_WCP_Watermark_Editor, but Microsoft confidentiality and some numbers, will still be left behind.
Remove watermark using Resource Hacker, Win8.1 Build 9471: basebrd.dll.mui: String Table / 1 / 1033 BEFORE STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 10, "Windows" 11, "Windows 8.1" 12, "Windows 8.1 Pro" 13, "Windows 8.1 Pro" 14, "© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." 15, "Microsoft" } AFTER USING Resource Hacker STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 10, "Windows" 11, "Windows 8.1" 12, " " 13, "Windows 8.1 Pro" 14, "© 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." 15, "Microsoft" } shell32.dll.mui: String Table / 2069 / 1033 BEFORE STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33088, "Test Mode" 33089, "Safe Mode" 33090, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws%0.0ws) %ws" 33091, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws: %ws) %ws" 33092, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws%0.0ws)" 33093, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws: %ws)" } AFTER USING Resource Hacker STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33088, " " 33089, " " 33090, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws%0.0ws) %ws" 33091, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws: %ws) %ws" 33092, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws%0.0ws)" 33093, "%wsMicrosoft (R) Windows (R) (Build %ws: %ws)" } String Table / 2070 / 1033 BEFORE STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33108, "%ws Build %ws" 33109, "Evaluation copy." 33110, "For testing purposes only." 33111, "This copy of Windows is licensed for " 33112, "Windows License is expired" 33113, "days" 33114, "hours" 33115, "Windows License valid for %d %ws" 33116, "Windows Grace expires in %d %ws" 33117, "SecureBoot isn't configured correctly" } AFTER USING Resource Hacker STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 33108, " " 33109, " " 33110, " " 33111, "This copy of Windows is licensed for " 33112, "Windows License is expired" 33113, "days" 33114, "hours" 33115, "Windows License valid for %d %ws" 33116, "Windows Grace expires in %d %ws" 33117, "SecureBoot isn't configured correctly" } String Table / 3876 / 1033 BEFORE STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 62000, "Unauthorized use or disclosure in any manner may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment (in the case of employees), termination of an assignment or contract (in the case of contingent staff), and potential civil and criminal liability." 62001, "Microsoft Confidential" } AFTER USING Resource Hacker STRINGTABLE LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US { 62000, " " 62001, " " }
just installed it, looks more solid and pretty. as for .NET framework 3.5 the "DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:E:\sources\sxs" (E: was my pendrive) trick works have a good one
I couldn't install Microsoft Live! Essentials and couldn't activate Office 2013 anymore. I had no problems with activating Office 2010.
Hi guys! I have tried to change the cversions file in all ways possible, it still gives me invalid upgrade path. I have adjusted time and region settings, nothing. Any ideas how to go about it? Thanks in advance
Yes, I know that editing cverions.ini wil do a trick. Still, I am waiting for times, when we be able to update Windows like OS X users can.
Just a few things: - You cannot disable Indexing/Search via Windows Features (the "Windows Search" entry is gone) - Doing Disk Cleanup for the first time doesn't hang on Window Update anymore (for me anyway) - The "Microsoft Kernel Debug Network Adapter" is hidden by default now (still there though; have to show Hidden Devices) - The installer didn't ask for a product key, wasn't activated after install until I entered the 8.1 Preview key You can disable Indexing/Search however via dism (elevated cmd): Code: dism /online /disable-feature /featurename:SearchEngine-Client-Package Doing this seems to get rid of the Indexing setting from Control Panel, but doesn't seem to get rid of the search box on Explorer windows. Doing a search from that box doesn't show any results, and says that Indexing might be slow due to the service not running.
I remember when Vista first came out and everyone and their mother was trying to find ways to speed up that behemoth. Disabling the search engine service was one of the first things they used. It only helped a little, but for many people it pushed them past some sort of performance threshold where it was tolerable. I'd like to think MS learned their lesson from Vista, but I recently tried Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard x64. It reminded me so much of Vista. It had a ton of processes hogging all your resources..