Winapp2.ini Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 I've wiped it back down to Windows 8 because I couldn't figure out what was up with the boot stalling This has basically been 72 hours of wasted time winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Lol.. I hooked up all my drives and peripherals again.. Windows 8 would not boot.. Spent 3 hours trying to will it to boot again and reinstalled, went to adjust my partitions (to account for 2 now deleted msr partitions) and for some reason that formatted my 2tb raid array... Attempting to recuva that now, since there was about 400gb used on it.... So sick of this. This has been a terrible ordeal. All this for a Windows update.... winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted March 24, 2014 Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2014 i was going to wait for the official release of Win8.1u1 in April before installing it, but I may even wait longer till the first group of 'lab rats' check it out first !! Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 I'm not even going to bother with 8.1 after this ordeal.. 8 works just fine for me and doesn't destroy my life for a weekend winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted April 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2014 in case it helps others, I just had a laptop where the 8.1 update was failing at various stages, removed Avast, retried, all good. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted April 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2014 in case it helps others, I just had a laptop where the 8.1 update was failing at various stages, removed Avast, retried, all good. My first thoughts were as yours relating to security software such as real-time antivirus, and 3rd party firewall software which can cause issues with some Microsoft Updates let alone something more critical and major like an OS update/upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Maybe my mistake was not first installing an anti-virus to mess with my update so I could disable it and have everything go as planned winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted April 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yeah, I decided no to just disable it but completely removed it and ran the download/install of Win8.1 with no protection, 3 hours or so of unprotected web exposure. But what can you do. I could have put on AVG free edition but didn't want to go through @Winapp2.ini 'lost weekend' experience. Plus it's a huge download at 3.6gig and my download speed is only adequate at best. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yeah.. yeah.. try downloading it ~20 times (though I do have an 18mbps connection) It makes you redownload it after it's failed a few times. Super obnoxious. Still only running Common Sense™ 2014 edition for an AV though winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted April 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 2, 2014 though I do have an 18mbps connection I hate you I'm on rural acerage, have ADSL2 but am too far from the exchange for that to be a benefit and get about 2mbps Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 I hate you I'm on rural acerage, have ADSL2 but am too far from the exchange for that to be a benefit and get about 2mbps At my last school, I had a 1gbps connection. It was truly magnificient winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 At my last school, I had a 1gbps connection. It was truly magnificient Was that 1 Gbps per student ? Or were you hogging the entire resources of the whole school, and making all the other students hate you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Was that 1 Gbps per student ? Or were you hogging the entire resources of the whole school, and making all the other students hate you ? I'm not sure what the backend was, but we never had any problems pulling multiple gigabits on the academic side or the labs. Only one dorm building had gigabit ethernet wired in, so we had to languish with a measily 100mbps in the dorm room (per wired computer) winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 4, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 4, 2014 Just so everyone knows about the update which is coming for Windows 8.1.... http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/04/02/windows-8-1-update-important-refinements-to-the-windows-experience.aspx We have made the Windows 8.1 Update available today for MSDN subscribers, and will begin to roll it out for free to Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 customers via Windows Update next Tuesday April 8th. For the majority of folks, they will receive the update automatically.If you are still on Windows 8, you can get the Windows 8.1 Update via the Windows Store on April 8th as well. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Should be interesting, but after my first bout with 8.1, I'll hold off for now winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted April 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2014 just installed the 8.1u1 update and found it interesting that in Control Panel, System, it still says Win 8.1 Pro. would have thought there would be some sort of indication of SP1 or U1 or something... Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Has the minor version number changed to 6.4 if you run winver? I imagine not but who knows? winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted April 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2014 Install of the Win 8.1 update 1 was without incident and successful. Rather large (around 750MB) with reboot and black screen and percentages, but apart from the store icon in the taskbar (which I removed), I haven't noticed much difference as I already had it pretty much set up how I want it anyway. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted April 10, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2014 @winapp2, winver shows 6.3 Build 9600, I didn't note what it was beforehand - anyone still on 8.1 (no u1 update) verify this? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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