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KB2973544
AKA, the update that lets Windows 8 update to Windows 8.1 without your permission! How great is that?
I got a nice, inviting pop-up on my computer today telling me that I have 4 hours to restart my computer to "finish" installing Windows 8.1. Well, that's just dandy, since I never OKed installing it in the first place, for a couple of reasons, mainly that my antivirus doesn't work on it. So, a little investigating and I found out that Microsoft rolled out an update a couple of months ago (the aforementioned KB2973544) and has been slowly leaking it out to Windows 8 machines to slowly update the population of computers (often against the will of the consumer!). I happen to know as a fact that this update supersedes the System Restore function, since my sister's computer updated during a System Restore (and 8.1 happens to erase all System Restore points). As of right now, I've uninstalled the update, but I have no clue what'll happen if I restart the computer. I'd estimate I have about 3 hours before the forced restart of my computer, so I guess I'm gonna have to restart my computer either way. Updates to come (?) |
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After using 8.1 for a while, it doesn't seem all that different from 8. I don't know why people are complaining that it's slower. I don't think it's right that they're forcing an update on people, but it certainly isn't something negative in my opinion.
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I don't remember the dropping of XP SP1 for SP2, but that just seems to be a step up on the same OS to me, and I could be wrong there. From 8 to 8.1, there's a whole lot of hardware and software that were made with the new OS at the time in mind (8), and just aren't compatible with the forced update. That, and the fact that Microsoft is sweeping this whole forced integration under the rug by distributing it slowly but surely to the population of 8 users is what's really bugging me about this. |
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For anyone curious, uninstalling the KB2973544 update actually does stop the process of automatically installing 8.1, so hopefully I can keep my poor antivirus now |
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