The Windows 8.1 Update for April 8th

owbist

10 years ago

Here is a 3.5 minute video of the updates that will take place on April 8th for Windows 8.1

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judys_ont
10 years ago
Thanks owbist. Very interesting.
I like the tile for settings and the power button on the screen as I do still use my mouse occasionally.
llaatt22
10 years ago
Windows 8.1.1:
Ran a simple manual update and just kept at it through a few cycles of Downloads/Restarts/Check For Updates) in Control Panel (System and Security) and it eventually sorted itself out.
Total of eleven items so far for April 8.
Auto update will take care of all of it anyway, if selected.
Slightly slower page loading now but it may not be the cause.
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donnas_gw
10 years ago
laat2, are you talking about Security Center (Firewall, Automatic Updates, and Virus Protection)? It is confusing to me. I really don't want to have to buy another computer or pay for some fix. What do I need to do? Thanks.
llaatt22
10 years ago
No fear, mon.
If machine are set for Auto Updates you're "Good to go".

Simple way to check what be happening:
Put cursor into upper right corner to the right of the "X" then bring it down a bit until "search" charm pops up.
Click on "search".
Type "control panel" in the blank and then click on the first Control Panel (it is Blue) in the list that shows up underneath it.
Click on "System and Security".
Then look for "Windows Update" header and then locate and click "View Update History".

A list of the latest updates installed today from the newest on top, down to ancient history will appear.

Neat!

You can also click the "Settings " charm, then click the "Change PC Settings", then "Update and Recovery", then "Update History".
The list is bigger format and quite unwieldy but perhaps useful in some cases.

Here is a link that might be useful: Control panel hints
hald
10 years ago
Started the update on a Sony Win8.1 Pro laptop this morning. The download window says it's 913 MB; it's still not completely downloaded and installed as I write this.

The update wasn't available for Lenovo and Asus laptops I have that are already running Win 8.1
donnas_gw
10 years ago
Well, I'm behind everyone else. I have a Dell computer with a seperate monitor (no laptop, tablet, or any of those newer electronic devices). Windows XP Media Center Edition, Version 2002 Service Pack 3.

I have no idea what laat2 means by "Put cursor into upper right corner to the right of the "X" then bring it down a bit until "search" charm pops up".

If I put my mouse anywhere near the X at the upper right hand corner and click, it closes my window.

Does this mean that my antivirus program won't pick up any of the newest viruses, etc?
mikie_gw
10 years ago
donnas ... Virus program you might want to make sure the program itself is upgraded to latest version. And then keep the virus definitions updated daily.. should be ok for a while.. how long of a while would be strictly a wild guess.
edit; Here is a list of anti-virus programs and their estimated end of life dates with xp .. at MajorGeeks site

Personally if I had an XP computer, I don't think I would feel comfortable with online banking or bill paying or anything that might affect monies in the future.

hald ... you can manually download and install 8.1-update1. Might save you from downloading it twice,,, once on each computer. See the link below.
You need to make sure you have KB2919442 installed first.. before installing the about 700mb KB2919355, after that's installed run windows update again and it will offer about a 200mb custom version of the 355 to finish it off with all the other kb's built in it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Answers.Microsoft.com forum page with links

This post was edited by mikie on Sat, Apr 12, 14 at 7:41
millworkman
10 years ago
donnas, she is speaking of operating system Windows 8.1, it has nothing to do with xp or your machine.

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