Windows RT 8.1 update taken offline due to installation issues

[indianacarnie]

Microsoft is having trouble updating machines to Windows RT 8.1. The company has taken the update offline, preventing people from upgrading their RT devices.....

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[andrew129260]

Lol Thats hilarious.

 

[lehnerus2000]

MS is a joke these days

People abused me when I stated that (IMO) it is just slackness (or sheer bloody mindedness) on the part of MS, that they don't provide a proper OS installer.

Now it seems they can't even make a proper upgrade installer for the locked down RT.

Also, a problem has been discovered with the W8.1 "upgrade".
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MS keep creating new reasons for people/businesses to avoid the Windows 8/Windows 8.1 "upgrade".

 

[andrew129260]

@lehnerus2000

You should post that in the news section. Thats absolutely another nail in the coffin for 8.1

 

[glassofwater]

not update to 8.1 yet.

 

[Iforgot]

IIRC, dos6 > dos6.1 > dos6.2 > dos6.22.
Hmmmm should have stayed on dos 5

If it's M$ always wait for SP2

 

[Layback Bear]

This RT8.1 problem is just not on a few sites and forums.
It's on radio stations news for everybody to hear as they should.
I got the news on WTAM 1100 50.000 watts station.
WTAM 1100 covers over 30 states and about half of Canada.

I wonder when Microsoft fixes this problem will it get such coverage.
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I'm thinking Microsoft was in a hurry to fix 8.0 that 8.1 wasn't tested properly.

 

[BrightBlessings]

Lol Thats hilarious.

Yeah, real bloody hilarious, when it's not YOUR machine that's been bricked.

 

[andrew129260]

Lol Thats hilarious.

Yeah, real bloody hilarious, when it's not YOUR machine that's been bricked.

Then you should have a backup, and restore it. Or an image backup.
Easy peasey

Don't have a backup? That sucks. That's why its crucial to have a backup before doing this.

Better yet, don't upgrade to 8(.1). Just seeing the steps that Microsoft has taken with 8(.1) makes me question why anyone would get it. I mean, its obvious they don't care about their users anymore.

 

[BrightBlessings]

Lol Thats hilarious.

Yeah, real bloody hilarious, when it's not YOUR machine that's been bricked.

Then you should have a backup, and restore it. Or an image backup.
Easy peasey

Don't have a backup? That sucks. That's why its crucial to have a backup before doing this.

Better yet, don't upgrade to 8(.1). Just seeing the steps that Microsoft has taken with 8(.1) makes me question why anyone would get it. I mean, its obvious they don't care about their users anymore.

I wasn't referring to my pc, but to the many people whose pc is now a brick because of this and it will cost many of them some dollars to get it fixed.
How sad it is that you find hilarity in other peoples misfortune.

 

[andrew129260]

I don't.

Microsoft will have to fix it, they can go to them for support.

 

[Bertison]

What a complete, unmitigated disaster (unfortunately for users) Windows 8 has become. Everything Microsoft tries to do with it turns into a mess. Go back to the drawing board, Microsoft. Realise that you did something almost perfect with 7, and build upon that.

The longer this fiasco goes on, the more customers you will lose. I think the problem stems from trying to emulate Apple and Android, heading off into tablet and smartphone land. Microsoft used to buy the competition and re-brand it as a Ms product, unfortunately the companies it wants to emulate are now either too big, too smart or a combination of both.