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

Hello All

tried that download on my W8.1 machine but it failed to install - now what
????




On 17 April 2014 10:00, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> 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
>
> ________________________________________
> 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
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