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Windows 8.1 end of support imminent
« on: Wednesday, 16 April, 2014 @ 14:30:57 »
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Microsoft Abandons Windows 8.1: Take Immediate Action Or Be Cut Off Like Windows XP

In English: If you have not installed Update 1 by 13 May then Windows 8.1 will no longer receive security updates until you do. This is your 4 week countdown warning.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/04/15/microsoft-abandons-windows-8-1-take-immediate-action-or-be-cut-off-like-windows-xp/


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It might already be installed

If you’re running Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1 and you get updates automatically, you don’t need to do anything: Windows Update will download and install the update for you within the next few weeks. It won’t interrupt what you’re doing except to tell you that you need to restart your PC to finish the installation.

To check if the update is already installed, go to the Start screen. If you see a Search button near your account name at the top of the Start screen, you already have the update.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/install-latest-update-windows-8-1


Not quite like XP but Windows 8.1 users will be in the same situation if Update 1 isn't installed.