Confirmed: Windows Blue Will Be Free, to Be Called 8.1
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Well that was completely painless 
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what's improved on the mail app? can it handle imap now and html signatures? i've always felt massively let down by window's mail app and gone with altneratives.
it's funny seeing it too, i like it though i feel i'm back onto windows again
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Start screen feels all empty, only got half the screen filled, but got all i need on there. Got 4 screens on ipad, but there all stuff I've installed and not bothered uninstalling, I'm not an app whore. Only use about 10 regularly and that includes mail, safari and calendar.
I like the new mail app, apart from the big plane icons (mail, flag, folder) they're just to simple and or to big and bold)
I like the new mail app, apart from the big plane icons (mail, flag, folder) they're just to simple and or to big and bold)
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Wait, so I can't just grab the new 8.1 iso and use my current key to install?
Where do I get an 8.1 key from then?
Or do I have to install 8.0 then upgrade to 8.1 (faffy).
There are generic 8.1 keys you can use to install and then just activate using your Windows 8 key, that's how most of us are using the leaked/MSDN 8.1 ISO's
This is pretty lame. There's always Macrium Reflect. You'll need to cough up if you want scheduled backups.
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Microsoft are offering 8.1 as a download now, and not Friday.
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/10/17/windows-8-1-now-available.aspx
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/10/17/windows-8-1-now-available.aspx
I left mine running this afternoon while some friends came round for afternoon tea (you can tell I'm from the 'older' generation!) and by the time they had gone it was on to the installing stage with all sorts of amusing messages popping up, such as "Just sorting a few more things out for you now" but in the end it all completed painlessly, and my wife's first impressions (it was on her PC!) are very positive!
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mine downloaded pretty quickly.Took 3 times as long to update windows though 
Off course you can delete it, same as any other version of windows(been the same since at least xp if not before), its protected.
All you need to do is charm bar >search >type "disk" > select: clear disk space by deleting unesacery files > clean up system files > select: previous windows installations then click ok.
Any one got the package tracking app, just tried the trial and its brilliant, shame its ~£2.50 ish, will be buying it though.
Oh and appflow is so much better than the store for browsing apps.
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Well my upgrade from 8 to 8.1 on my laptop went fairly smooth via Store,had to reinstall my wireless key and it said I had to reinstall Microsoft Net Framework 1.1 (one of my print programs use it) but it failed to install twice near the end of installation,fix was simple ie remove Net Framework 1.1 folder ie delete it, then it installed fine,my print software program that uses it was fine since I tested it after.
So pretty smooth for me with a minor hiccup that I soon fixed ,anyway still quicker then doing a clean install for me
Using Disk Cleanup and got over 6GB back from the old Windows files no longer needed.
So pretty smooth for me with a minor hiccup that I soon fixed ,anyway still quicker then doing a clean install for me
Using Disk Cleanup and got over 6GB back from the old Windows files no longer needed.
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Might need to reinstall drivers or software for it.
