[dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support?

Hi all

It was out a week ago and is a huge download, so it is not listed as a forced update - you have to select it.
Actually, it is a compilation of downloads also valid for Windows Server 2012 R2. 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355/

You can download the full package once for later install on all your machines:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ph/download/details.aspx?id=42335

These KB's must be installed in the following order: 

KB2919442 
KB2919355 
KB2932046 
KB2937592 
KB2938439 
KB2934018

It takes the time to install you would expect for such a download. On SSD drives it isn't bad at all. It is far from the .Net updates that can take "forever".

The update works very well. I see no reason not to install it, except if you are using custom deployment images for which an issue has been reported.

/gustav

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Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> på vegne af Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough <jon.tydda at lonza.com>
Sendt: 17. april 2014 09:49
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support?

I got the update this week - it's nearly 1gb to download, and took a while to install... You'd know if you had it :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:46 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1 support?

I've seen this same thing in a lot of places and it still seems very weird that they are even doing this. Every article has been confusing. Is the update 1 available already? My system claims to be 8.1 but no notice of Update 1 when I look at My Computer Information.

GK


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Arthur:
>
> Actually I noticed but the article's title and it was just too good to
> pass up..just too much fun. ;-)
>
> Jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:01:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Microsoft confirms it's dropping Windows 8.1
> support?
>
> Jim,
>
> I think you read it a bit too quickly. What MS means is that they want
> us to upgrade from Windows 8 or 8.1 and install the free update 1 to
> Windows 8.1, which will then become the subsequent baseline.
>
> Arthur
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > According to the following article Microsoft confirms it's dropping
> > Windows 8.1 support...a little quick. ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsoft-confirms-its-dr
> opping-windows-81-support-240407
> >
> > Jim