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vdisk gets converted to type fixed from expandable during installation to...

I've tried everyway to Sunday to get work-arounds for this but I'm stumped...I am breaking into the Windows 8.1 with Update installation after adding my license, and creating a setup to use Native VHD...

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Moving to Surface Pro 3: Guidance on Test cases & App Comptability

Hi all,I am working on a project to roll out Surface Pro 3 with Windows 8.1 from Windows 7 64-bit laptops for close to 100 users. The office has a full-fledged LAN/wireless, external connectivity...

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How To Remove Extended Partition From My Windows 8.1

When I am installing 8.1 in my pc but that time create extended partition but I don't want them and I want to remove them but when I remove them that time Error occurred & it's size is 172.2 GB and...

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Can you make Sysprep on Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 Prompt for a Computer...

Hi guys,Our Windows 7 Unattend.xml has always made Sysprep prompt for Computer Name. I'm struggling to achieve that with Windows 8.1 and Svr 2012 R2.Firstly: Is it still possible?Secondly: If so,...

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GPT partition for Windows 8

I have 3 drives [ C: , D: and E: ] in my 1 TB hard drive and using windows 8.1 pro volume licences version. Due to some malfunctioning of some application, I backup the C: and format the C drive and go...

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error 0xc1440137 0x2000c installing 8.1. Pro as upgrade on Acer Switch 10

This question has not been answered despite its being marked as the solution.The instructions provided in the thread did not work.

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error 0xc1440137 0x2000c installing 8.1. Pro as upgrade on HP Stream 8

I'm getting the error 0xc1440137 0x2000c after about 3% of the installation.I tried a few of thing that I found like the 1) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth2)...

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Windows 8.1 Explorer crashing when .mov files hovered over

I have today (Jan 6, 2015) copied over to my PC some.mov files from my iPhone and as soon as they are hovered over in Explorer, Explorer crashes and so does the software I am trying to import them to....

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Lost data as after Windows 8.1 installation, non-system drives are showing as...

Hi Friends!I installed windows 8.1 on one partition of my laptop which had windows 7 in another partition. Post installation my windows 7 is not showing in boot options and all partitions except the...

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Windows 8.1 Enterprise Windows Updates

Hi,I was just about to create my custom image, so booted Windows 8.1 Enterprise into Audit Mode (CTRL+SHIFT+F3) but now it never does any Windows Updates.WindowsUpdate.log shows the following:Windows...

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hye master.i want to install windows 8.1 but it can't and the prompt command...

When i boot the cd,it can boot but after a while,the prompt command had been display on my laptop screen then i can't install the windows.anyone can help me?i'm from malaysia.thank you all

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Windows 8.1 File Explorer crashes repeatedly with iPhone movies (MOV) files

HelloA company uses iPhones to take movies of on-site assessments. They burn these to CD and insert into a Windows 8.1 Pro laptop.When they hover the mouse over a MOV file, Windows 8.1 File Explorer...

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Surface Pro 3 boots to BitLocker Recovery everytime

No matter what, Surface Pro 3 boots to the BitLocker Recovery screen every time. I've tried to do a clean Windows 8.1 installation and it still goes to the BitLocker Recovery screen.If I press Esc, it...

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CopyProfile causes search shortcuts on all users search screen to point to...

So, I'm sysprepping Windows 8.1 with an answer file set to CopyProfile=True.  I log in to my customized account and sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:unattend.xml.  Everything copies over...

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windows 8.1 first boot time zone settings

sir when i install windows 8.1 enterprise 32/64 bit then on very first boot it does not ask to choose time zone and time and it automatically sets UTC-08:00 Pecific time(US and Canada) time zone and...

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Installing Windows from HDD

So with MDT you can deploy from the network and create an media ISO that you can burn onto a USB making it an offline deployment. Were I run into at this moment is that I want to do an offline...

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Can Use The Same Microsoft Account With different Windows 8.1 Editions

Hi All,Previously I used Windows 8.1 Enterprise for Laptop. I got it from my company. After I resigned from there I switched back to Windows 8.1 Pro with a different Serial No. When I'm using Windows...

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DISM Windows 8.1 Font to an Offline WIM file?

Hi GuysReally hoping for some advice.I have an Offline image of Windows 8.1 x64 (.wim) file which I built, really dont want to have to rebuild it. Anyway can I DISM (or similar) a Font to the right...

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Any Ideas About the Windows 8.1 Pro update

Hi,  Does anyone have any idea what is going on with the Windows 8.1 Pro free update? Why is it not available at the moment?Thank you.

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Mail App re-sizing concern

I Am using Window 8.1, and there is a pre installed application "Mail".I am unable to resize the view bar of this application.In main window left side is for folders, middle for details like...

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