1. Hello Admin, I have a laptop with the installed Windows 8, so I think to update it to the final Windows 8.1. You yourself probably have been updated for a long time? Tell me like impressions of new Windows 8.1? First of all I am interested in software installed. After updating, they all work or some refuse to start? At one time, I updated my Windows 8 to the trial Windows 8.1 Preview and watched small glitches in the work that I did not like. In the final Windows 8.1, it is necessary to think everything corrected. If I update to Windows 8.1 and I will not like something, you can then return Windows 8 with some way? Yes, and I also know that you need to be updated through the Windows Store, but when I enter there, for some reason no offer to update my Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.
2. Tell me, how can I update Windows 7 to the final Windows 8.1 for free. Installed Windows 7 I have licensed and even there is a key from her?
3. Hello, and if I do not have a disk with Windows 8 and no key either. But I want to establish a final Windows 8.1 and work in it in a trial (test) mode. How to do it?
4. Question - I have a licensed disk with Windows 8, there is a key on the back of the box. I am that, first installing Windows 8 and enter the key, and then upgrade to Windows 8.1 or immediately install Windows 8.1 and enter the key 8 key in it? But where can I take the installation windows disk 8.1?
5. I can not update to Windows 8.1, what to do?

How to update windows 8 to final windows 8.1

Hi friends, answer all letters first briefly, and then in detail and with screenshots.
1) I also have on one of the computers installed Windows 8 and we will simply update it to final Windows 8.1. But I want to say that - before upgrading to Windows 8.1, it is necessary if you don't like something in a new system, you will not return the Windows 8 simple recovery.

2) If you want to update Windows 7 to Windows 8.1, you can't do this for free, you need to go through this link to the Official Microsoft website

Next, press the right mouse on Windows 8.1 and launch the update assistant, in the process of updating you will be made. buying Windows 8.1. If you have already purchased Windows 8.1 with licensed key, When updating, simply enter this key.

3) If you do not have a Windows 8 disk and the license key is also not, but you want to install the final Windows 8.1 and work in it in a trial (test) mode, then read our article. This article explains how to download quite legally on the Microsoft website image of Windows. 8.1 Corporate, this image you can burn on a DVD blank or, and then install the operating system to your computer.

4) If you want to install Windows 8.1 on new computerbut you only have installation disk Windows 8 with a licensed key on the box, this key does not suit Windows 8.1 to install, even if you have Windows 8.1 installation disk. You first need to install Windows 8, then update it through the Windows Store to the final Windows 8.1. Now everything is in detail.

Windows 8 update to final Windows 8.1

If you have on stationary computer Or the laptop is installed Windows 8 and you want to update it to the final Windows 8.1, you press the left mouse on the Start menu and go to the Windows 8 store.

If you do not have a proposal to update Windows,

so you are disabled in the update operating system. Go to the update center and turn on the update or click Install Updates.

After installing updates, the long-awaited window will appear " Free upgrade before Windows 8.1,

click on it and in the next window click download.

Installing the update is started, which occurs in the background.

You can continue your work at this time in the operating system.
At the end of the update you will warn you that after 15 minutes the computer will automatically restart. Complete the work and reboot.

At this stage of the update, you will have to take a license agreement and agree to use the current account.
Well, finally the final Windows 8.1 is loaded!

If you want to know the difference between Windows 8 and the final Windows 8.1, read this one small.
If you have any more questions, you can read Microsoft help update to Windows 8.1: Questions and Answers

http://windows.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows-8/upgrade-To-Windows-8

About Windows 8 updates

Download and install update packets on Windows 8 and 8.1. You can only use systemic capabilities.

Installing update packages

By default, Windows 8 includes an automatic update, that is, the system is updated without your knowledge (the files are downloaded and installed in the background). You can receive update alerts only in cases where they are global.

If a automatic updates Disabled, you can connect them by using this manual:

Update to Windows 8.1

Windows 8 was enough "raw" operating system. However, most bugs and holes were corrected in Windows 8.1, to which Microsoft strongly recommend to upgrade. There are no special differences in the interface and functionality from the standard "eight", so you will not have to adapt to the new OS.

Also after updating you do not lose license, plus, the update itself is free for owners activated Windows 8. The update can be made from the standard Windows Store. Your personal data will not be affected, but for a successful update on system disk There must be a minimum of 4 free gigabytes.

If everything is in order, then proceed to update:

1. Open Windows Store.




2. On the main page You must have a block "Update Windows". Under the heading will be a banner offering free update to Windows 8.1. Click on the banner.




3. Now click on the button "Download" in the top left corner. Also on this page, you can read more details with windows features 8.1.




4. Download and automatically install updates will begin. After completing rebooting the computer.
5. The operating system profile setup window opens. Select the main color that you will like and set the name of the computer.




6. Now configure "Parameters". It is recommended to use standard settingssince they already have optimal values For most users. If you think otherwise, click on the button "Settings"To go to the extended parameters.




7. As the last step you will need to go to your Microsoft account. If there is no, then you can create it using the link "Register a new address email» . If you do not want to register, then click on "Entrance without accounting microsoft records» . In this case, you will need to create a local account for your computer.

As you can see, there is nothing difficult in updating Windows 8. If necessary, you can abandon updates at all, but in this case you can jeopardize the safety and stability of the computer.

Like others windows version, Windows 8.1 receives its share of periodic updates, some of them are critical, others are not. In any case, it is important to configure Windows 8.1 so to be sure that you will get all the necessary updates.

Microsoft usually highlights himself the second Tuesday of the month, called Tuesday patches to post latest updates For various operating systems and other applications. Most updates are intended to correct errors, closing holes safe and installing various background functions. The update interface in Windows 8 and 8.1 is slightly different from other versions of Windows. In this article, I will explain how to go through the update process in Windows 8.1 to make sure that you are correctly configured.

In the version to Windows 8, you got access to the update screen via the control panel. Open the "Control Panel" and click on the icon windows updates. On Windows Update Screen, you can configure several parameters (link in the left column). In Windows 8.1, you can continue to go to the "Control Panel" to get to the update function. But the same options are also available through the computer settings screen, so let's look at this screen.

In Windows 8.1, click on the "Charms" panel, and then click on "CHARMS Settings". In the settings panel, click on the link to change the computer settings. On the Computer Settings screen, click on the latest update and recovery option. Make sure that Windows updates are highlighted.

Let's first look at the parameter "Select the method of installing updates", click on this link. Click on the drop-down list of important updates and you will see four options: install updates automatically (recommended) "," download updates, but the installation decision is made by me "," Search for updates, but the decision on download and install is accepted by me "and" not check availability updates (not recommended). "

What option to choose? Microsoft naturally wants you to choose the first option and this is usually the best choiceSince it makes the update process more carefree for the user. There were cases in past Windows updates, when problems arose, requiring them to delete or generating Microsoft upload another update to correct the first. That is why for some it can be more convenient to download or check updates, but not to install them automatically. I keep the first option enabled and still think that this is the easiest way.

Before we proceed to the next step, it's time to explain the various categories of updates. Microsoft divides its updates into three categories: Important (critical), recommended and optional. The first two categories include updates that you just need to install, the third offers updates that are desirable to have, but they are not absolutely necessary. For example, the correction of the boom in the security system or error will be considered an important update.

By default, important and recommended updates are installed automatically if you select the option automatic installation. However, you can change this behavior. On the screen "Select Method of Installing Updates", you can take a tick from "Recommended Updates", which means only important updates will be installed automatically. However, I advise you to save this checkbox installed so that the recommended updates also installed automatically.

Updates are considered as optional, must be selected and installed manually. For example, in the August update of Windows 8.1, you need to select it manually if you want to install. This update in the list of available updates looks like "Update for Windows, 8.1 (KB2975719)".

On the screen "Select a method for installing updates", you will also see the Microsoft Update option. If you use other Microsoft software, such as Office, install this check mark so that you can receive updates for these other products.

When you finish the choice how to install updates, click the "Apply" button, and then press the button with the left up arrow to return to the previous screen.

Now it's time to see if there are no updates for you. To do this, click the "Check Updates" button. If there available updates, Windows will give you to know that he found new updates and establish them for you.

You have several options. If you want to install updates right away, click the "View details" link. Scroll to see all ready to install updates. Remember that you need to scroll through the entire list fully to see any additional updates, such as the August update for Windows 8.1 or updates for Windows 8.1 (KB2975719). Install checkmarks for these updates if you want to install them.

Now you can scroll to the top of the screen and click on the "Install" button if you want to install all updates right now.

Well, but what if you are in the process of important work and do not want to interrupt the update string? This is where the automatic process comes into the game. You do not have to call the installation personally. Windows will track updates that will be installed and at a certain point will install them.

The next time you reboot or turn off Windows, you will probably see the option to update the OS. Or the next time when entering Windows, you will have a reminder that the updates are waiting for the installation. The whole point of this process is not to interrupt the workflow annoying and long-lasting update process.

It also means that you will not even need to check the computer's settings screen for updates. Windows will eventually establish them automatically. In Windows 8 and 8.1, you can restart and update immediately or you can postpone the restart and update process for up to three days.

Update for Windows for some is still a sick question. But at least in Windows 8 and 8,1, you can control the process in such a way that this process passed unnoticed for you.

This instruction will help refresh Operating system Windows8. before Windows 8.1.. We will help you yourself, without a call. computer Masters, update your operating system easily, quickly and easily.

Update to Windows 8.1

Before upgrading to Windows 8.1

1. Make sure your current operating system supports update to Windows 8.1.
2. Keep in mind that some functions Windows 8.1. May be disabled or not available due to different hardware configuration of equipment. Among the disconnected or inaccessible functions may be labeled:
- MultiSensor input

3. It is also worth carrying out a small revision of the installed programs and some software may be able to delete or update before execution. windows 8.1 updates. Otherwise, when updating you can have updated failure.
4. Be sure to reserve all the critical files and data on the external device.

Requirements for the device for Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1. Suitable for computers supporting Windows 8
The minimum configuration on which Windows 8.1 will be able to boot:
Processor: 1 Gighartz (GHz) or more
RAM: 1 Gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit version or 2 GB for 64-bit versions
Free hard disk space: 16 gigabytes for 32-bit version or 20 GB for 64-bit versions
Graphic adapter (video card): graphic device Microsoft DirectX 9 with WDDM Driver.
Note:
To enjoy sensory capabilities Systems Windows 8.1. You will need a tablet or monitor with multisensor technology support.
For access to K. Shop Windows. To download and run applications, you need active connection to the Internet. In this case, the screen resolution must be at least 1024 x 768 pixels. Application binding will require screen resolution already at least 1366 x 768 pixels.

Windows 8.1 update procedures

Microsoft corporate has two ways windows 8.1 updates:
- Update S. old version Windows
In this case, all data and installed programs will continue.
- Silent installation.
At the same time will be all programs and settings are deleted..

Update to Windows 8.1

Step 1. Run the computer in the usual way.
Step 2. Insert the disk with Windows 8.1. in a DVD drive.
Step 3. Restart the computer from the update disk.
For this, when loading the appearance of your BIOS logo motherboard (or white inscriptions on a black background) Immediately go to the boot menu (the keyboard button used to go to the boot menu can vary depending on the model of the motherboard - usually F8. or F10). You need to select a DVD drive as a boot device. After that, the computer will be downloaded from the disk windows 8.1 updates.
Step 4. After downloading from the disk, run the program windows 8.1 installations:
- Select your language and other parameters, then click Further.
- On the page Installing Windows Press the button Set.
- on the product key page you need to enter your 25-digit product key . Press the button Further.
- On the license page, please check I accept license terms and click To accept.
- On the Select Installation Type page, click Selective: only installing Windows (for experienced users).
- Select a section for windows 8.1 installations And follow the further instructions on the screen to perform the installation.
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Net installation Windows 8.1

Step 1. Install the installation DVD with Windows 8.1. in the drive.
Step 2. Launch windows 8.1 Installation Wizard (If you are turned off the autorun function - go to the disk and run the setup.exe file).
Step 3. On the License page, check I accept license terms and click To accept.
Step 4. Follow the further instructions on the screen for execution. windows 8.1 updates.
Step 5. After the installation is completed, your operating system Windows will be updated to Windows 8.1.

Windows 8.1 - Updating Windows 8 operating system. The official release of the updated eight took place on October 17, 2013.

Starting from this date, all users of the licensed Windows 8 can update their operating system to version 8.1 completely free through brand store Windows Store. The new operating system from Microsoft can be obtained in " pure form»On physical media ( dVD disk) Or download a virtual ISO image (if there is a MSDN subscription), but this can be done on a commercial basis.

To date, the official cost of Windows 8.1 in Russia is 5990 rubles for the usual version (it core) and 9990 rubles for professional release (Windows 8.1 Pro).

Windows 7 users can buy and download upgrade to 8.1 and immediately update your system using an update assistant, you can also post this process and updated later with a disk with an ISO file or USB media. Owners of XP and Vista Update as such is not available, Microsoft recommends that all users wishing to go from the above operating systems to using Windows 8.1, Buy a DVD for installing Windows 8.1 and perform a clean installation of the operating system to the hard disk.

If your computer or laptop worked under windows control XP or Vista and you would like to work with Windows 8.1, then before buying a DVD and installing the system, make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirements. This will be a guarantee that your computer will work correctly with the new Windows 8.1. In addition, it would not be superfluous if there is such an opportunity to find (on the Internet or with the help of special diagnostic programs) information about the hardware component of your PC, check the availability of updated drivers and make sure the equipment compatibility.

System requirements for Windows 8.1 are presented below:

• Processor: clock frequency 1 GHz and above;
• Memory (RAM): 1 GB for 32-bit (x86) systems and 2 GB for the 64-bit operating system;
• Hard disk: 16 GB for 32-bit and 20 GB for 64-bit Windows 8.1;
• Graphics: Microsoft DirectX 9 Support Device with WDDM Driver

For those users who are already owner of the original Win 8 just download and install Windows 8.1 update from the Windows Store store without paying not a penny. Please note that version 8.1 is available precisely as an update, perform a clean installation and activate Windows 8.1 the key from Windows 8 cannot be. If you want to install Windows 8.1 using the key from Windows 8, then you will not have anything, you need to buy an installation disk, despite the fact that if you have previously purchased an eight license. But you can update your system absolutely free of charge, with no keys and other information that is needed to activate you will not need.

Windows 8.1 is rather not updated in the usual sense (referring to Service Pack service pack package), as such, and a truly full-fledged operating system, which has significantly transformed the image with an injectively perceived by users of the innovation system Microsoft Windows. 8, represented by a little less than a year (October 26, 2012) before the exit of a large-scale update, which is 8.1.

Directly the update process itself to 8.1 through the Windows Store store allows you to make sure that it is really new softwareimplying full reinstall operating system. This process It will take enough long time commensurate with a clean installation of the same Windows 8, but as a result we will get a completely new operating system, which has been improved and improved by the Microsoft command in accordance with the wishes of users.

And so, consider the update process from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1.

If your computer or laptop (Other Mobile) is running Windows 8 or Windows RT, you can free download update and turn your operating system to Windows 8.1 (Windows RT 8.1).

It is necessary to note here that not all Windows 8 issues support free upgrade to 8.1 via Windows Store.

Windows Store update is not supported for: Windows 8 Corporate, Windows 8 Pro (using KMS activation), operating systems that were installed using MSDN ISO and activated using a multiple activation key (Installation is required using a similar ISO Image From MSDN).

With the exception of the above releases of Windows 8, the free update is available for downloading Windows to all users of the original eight.

Just in case, before starting the update process, create backups Important files and documents for you, although all files and applications will be saved when upgrading to Windows 8.1, but it's better to do it in order to avoid unexpected situations. Make sure (in case you have a laptop or tablet PC) What your computer is connected to the power grid, as the power failure during installation may adversely affect the further efficiency of the operating system. It is also recommended (is an optional condition) Availability of an Internet connection during the update installation.

Before installing Windows 8.1 update, it is necessary that the latest important and critical updates from the Windows Update Center must be installed on your PC. Otherwise, you just do not find in windows Store Upgrade to Windows 8.1.

If, for example, you have just installed Windows 8 and wanted to immediately go to Windows 8.1, updating the operating system through the Windows Store store, you will find that the update link to release 8.1 is missing. Why is there no reference to Windows 8.1? The answer to this question is as follows: In order for the update to be available for download from the Windows Store, you need to install most important and critical updates issued for the year from the moment of the official release of Windows 8. The process of this should be said far from low, but at low speed Internet connections are very long. In order to reduce the wait until all updates released for the year are finally downloaded, you can go to the Windows Update Center and find an update that has the designation KB 2871389, which is responsible for displaying Windows 8.1 in the Windows Store. Install this update only, and then restart the computer, after which you will be available to download Update to Windows 8.1 from Windows Store. Depending on the version of Windows 8, the update required for download 8.1 may have another designation, therefore KB 2871389 In Windows Update, you can simply not detect. In this case, type in the address bar of the browser literally the following: MS-Windows-Store: WindowsUpgrade. A Windows Store will open, where you will need to see a huge, relative to other applications, tile with the inscription "Free update to Windows 8.1", as shown in the screenshot below.

The first thing we need to do is to download the update, after which it will be possible to proceed directly to the Windows 8.1 installation process.

Please note that loading, depending on the speed of your Internet connection and hardware configuration of the PC, can take from 30-40 minutes to several hours, during this process you can freely continue to work on the computer. This process is identical to the usual installation regime. windows Applications 8 and flows in the background.

At the end of the download, the system will automatically prompt you to restart the computer after which the update installation step will begin - in many respects similar standard installation Windows 8, with the exception of some steps.

After rebooting the computer, the final stage of the operating system update to Windows 8.1 will begin. The following are: it will be necessary to familiarize yourself and take the conditions (if you do not agree with the terms of the agreement, the installation of Windows 8.1 will be canceled and the operating system will roll back to Windows 8) license Agreement For use software Microsoft Corporation.

Next we will be offered a list standard parameters Settings of the Windows 8.1 operating system, we will not stop here on them, we simply go further and click "Use Standard Parameters".

If you wish, you can change any of these parameters and at this step by pressing the appropriate "Configure" key, but still it is better to return to them later after installing the operating system.

The configuration wizard will then offer us logging into the system using Microsoft account. As well as in Windows 8, in the operating room windows system 8.1 You can use as a local account and Microsoft account. So you will need at this stage to log in with accounting Microsoft, if there is no such, it can be created.

Availability and login using Microsoft account when working with Windows 8.1 is extremely recommended, since the use of such a way of logging into the system gives a great advantage compared to local recordUsing which the potential of the new operating system is not fully disclosed.

Refusing to the use of Microsoft account you will not be able to synchronize system parameters or documents between different computers ( mobile devices), to fully interact with the cloud storage of SkyDrive, having lost the opportunity to archive photos there, which would allow access to them there, wherever you are, uploading and installing applications from Windows Store and much more.

Next Parameters cloud storage SkyDrive. You can accept default settings, any of the options presented can be configured later using the computer settings after installing the update. If you do not want to use SkyDrive, then it is possible to disable these parameters (not recommended). When entering the Microsoft account you will receive a free 7 GB of disk space for storing your files. An additional place can be obtained additionally for money: 50 GB - 780 rubles, 100 GB - 1570 rubles, 200 GB - 3140 rubles a year. There is an opportunity to get an extra room in Skydrive and free, so when making a subscription to Office 365 (about 250 rubles per month) you get 20 GB of disk space for free, total 27 GB in SkyDrive for free, which is quite good.

Before we see the updated startout screen Windows 8.1 may require one or more computer reboots to apply important updates.

Your classic applications and their parameters for the starting screen were saved, and the applications you installed earlier from the Windows Store for Windows 8 will need to be re-installed, they are in the Windows Store in the "Your Applications" section.

As for innovations in Windows 8.1, they affect a greater extent an operating system interface rather than programpace. In particular, the settings of the starting screen, which came to shift the "Start" button, became more comfortable and flexible. New sizes of tiles appeared, as a background for the starting screen, you can now use the desktop wallpaper. Now it appeared the possibility of the system itself to set the desktop display when download windows 8.1, not the starting screen, as it was in Windows 8. Make it can be as follows: Right click on the taskbar, then click "Properties", then open the "Navigation" tab, where you select the corresponding menu item, as shown below.

The "Start" button appears, or rather the Windows logo, when you press the left mouse button, the starting screen opens with the tiles (in Windows 8 it was not just not marked), but when you press the logo, the right mouse button opens a very functional context menu.

Using this button you can get fast access To such parameters of the system, as a control panel, Task Manager, command line, Device Manager and Many Other, as well as computer power management parameters or simply speaking to the completion buttons, reboot, sleep mode. The Windows 8 includes an updated IE 11 browser, demonstrating high speed and productivity, and which is not better combined with a new operating system, opening up wide opportunities for work in the medium not only desktop PCs, but also mobile devices.

About other new features and windows features 8.1 You can find out, and with directly personal acquaintance with new system You will greatly help the classic application "Help and Tips",

it is designed to visually introduce and orient the user in the intricacies of settings and control the new operating system from Microsoft.