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Download, verify hashes (see below), extract filesĢ.
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Download the update pack applicable to you.
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The ultimate goal is tmo install all updates, whether in the exact same or amended orderġ. If, for example, some update doesn't get installed, feel free to try to install other updates, and then come back to the 'problematic' update. Note: Feel free to change the steps order. * Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise * Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro (both 32 and 64 bit) * Windows 8.1 Enterprise (both 32 and 64 bit) Warning: 32-bit updates pack is NOT compatible with the 64-bit system! Conversely, the 64-bit pack is NOT compatible with the 32-bit systems. * Some industrial software would refuse to be installed due to the lack of the 'mysterious' Windows updates/servicing stacks * Windows Update will NOT work (gets stuck forever on "Checking for Updates" OR always throws an error code) The updates are required because (including but not limited): * In more official terms, it includes "Servicing stack 2014" and "Servicing stack 2015" as well as some miscellaneous updates * Some websites dub some of the updates as "SP1", which I don't think is official. If you have any problems creating the USB flash media, you can still use the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool to create USB media with the Windows 8.1 ISO.The pack of Windows update packages that are essential for the proper Windows 8.1 functioning. Pick "Install by creating media" again, insert a 4GB or larger USB flash drive, then choose the USB flash drive option. You'll be prompted to choose your installation option again. Just click on the "Install Windows" link on your Windows desktop. Once completed, you can actually go back and create the USB flash drive media as well. If you choose ISO, the ISO file (Windows.iso) will be saved to your PC and you'll be given the option to burn it to DVD.
Step 7: Decide whether you want the installer to create USB flash drive media, or save the ISO file. When you're prompted to choose an installation option, pick "Install by creating media." Step 6: Once the ISO finishes downloading, the installer will take several minutes to check the download and uncompress the install files. Step 5: Launch the setup file (WindowsSetupBox.exe), which will begin downloading the Windows 8.1 ISO.
Step 4: Back at the Microsoft upgrading to Windows 8 with a product key page, click on the light blue " Install Windows 8.1" button this time. Step 3: Close the Windows 8 setup window and confirm that you want to quit the setup. Continue the setup process until it begins downloading Windows 8. Step 2: Launch the setup file (Windows8-Setup.exe) and enter your Windows 8 product key when prompted. Step 1: Go to Microsoft's page for upgrading to Windows 8 with a product key, then click on the light blue " Install Windows 8" button.
#Microsoft windows 8.1 download free how to
Here's how to download the official Windows 8.1 ISO: The ISO is still worth having, though, just to be able to bypass the Microsoft Store when upgrading to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8. Unfortunately, as Paul Thurrott over at WinSupersite mentions, you can't use the ISO to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1 with a Windows 8 product key. With the Windows 8.1 ISO, you can create DVD or USB media to update a Windows 8 PC to Windows 8.1.
There's a trick, however, that allows you to download the official Windows 8.1 ISO from Microsoft's servers with your Windows 8 product key.
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