Can't install Windows 8.1 - Driver Violation
I'm trying to install Windows 8.1 on my Asus U43JC notebook. Windows 8 will install fine without a problem, but I can't get 8.1 installed. When installing from the marketplace, 8.1 will download and...
View ArticleProblem with Flashing screen in Windows 8.1 Apps screen
I am having a strange problem with Windows 8.1. When I work in the desktop view everything is fine. As soon as I click on the windows button and go to the Apps screen everything starts flashing. I...
View ArticleNot able to install sysprepped Windows 8.1 image, an OfflineServicing error...
Hello I have Windows 8.1Enterprise image failing at the end of the PE phase from aWDS Server. I´ve searching through every related post but nothing solves the issue. My scenario is similar to this one...
View ArticleBlue Screen error BCD file missing error 0xc0000034 windows 8
Hi has anyone had this before with Windows 8 - Blue Screen error BCD file missing error 0xc0000034 Not loading anything just switched on as normal today and the above happened. Does anyone have any...
View Articleerror message 0xc900101-0x30018
I googled solution to update all drivers and I did and I re-installed 8.1 but download was good, setting up was good, till started device setting up and failed up at 58% this error message...
View ArticleWin 8.1 - How to reset hot corner tutorial after a Sysprep / Copyprofile
Hi everyone,I have setup my image in Audit mode, switched to OOBE mode with my local user purely to setup Start menu items. All works fine although I had to click the hot corner animated tutorials to...
View ArticleComputer turns on with black screen and movable cursor
HelloI logged in this morning and all i got was this black screen and movable cursor. New Gatway computer NE56R49u six months old with windows 8 i3 HD Graphics 4000. New to windows 8, tried...
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Upgrading Windows 8 to 8.1 [Native VHD Boot]
Hey folks,I've got Windows 8 RTM running in a native VHD on my Dell Latitude E6430. I just tried to initiate the upgrade to Windows 8.1 by extracting the Windows 8.1 ISO with 7-Zip, and launching...
View ArticleWindows 8 (w/Media Center) fail in update to 8.1 "Setting up a few more...
After several attempts to install the public release of 8.1, I have the same crash at "setting up a few more things" 54% - then the "Sorry we could not complete the update error. 0X80070004-0X400DI...
View ArticleCan't install windows 8 or 8.1
the error is Setup has failed to initialize the working directory
View ArticleLanguage pack fault after updating Windows 8 to Windows 8.1
Since my Laptop were preinstalled with Windows 8 in Spanish, I wanted my own Language and installed the Norwegian Language pack, and it worked perfectly.Then I installed Windows 8.1 update, and during...
View ArticleSysprep and Windows 8.1 -- missing Metro apps after reboot?
So, I'm trying to figure out an issue with Sysprep and a clean-install Windows 8.1 64 Enterprise system:When I sysprep the computer from my admin account with my unattend.xml file, when it reboots, I'm...
View ArticleWrong NIC driver
Not sure to which forum this will be posted (first time participant), but I want to communicate with Carey Frisch, Microsoft and all those who have struggled with the Win 8.1 upgrade. I upgraded this...
View ArticleWindwos 8 to 8.1 Pro upgrade, did not migrate applications.
I just did an upgrade from Windows 8 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro. I should have been suspicious when the options offered only included files & settings, but not apps. All of them are now in...
View ArticleDigital River Win 8
Why has MS decided NOT to offer Win 8 / 8.1 on Digital River as a download ?Surely - it would make sense to follow the lead taken by Win 7 ?
View ArticleHow can I repair an upgraded installation of Windows 8.1?
Hello! My situation is the following:1. I'm in a Dell Vostro 3550 computer with Windows 7 OEM. I've created a recovery disk, but never get the installation (setup) DVD.2. I've bought Windows 8 Pro in...
View ArticleTrying to deploy Windows 8.1 on domain and connect users to their respective...
I am trying to deploy 60 Tablets with Windows 8.1 on my domain as a pilot program at the 6th Grade level. In doing so I created a test user account in the same OU as the students and signed that same...
View ArticleError 800F0922 when installing Windows Updates and .Net Framework 3.5
I recently refreshed my Windows 8 installation as I had experienced a problem with graphics drivers which left my PC barely running.The refresh seemed to go fine, albeit slowly, yet my computer was...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 - Settings search doesn't work
I've updated Windows 8 to 8.1 recently and for some reason settings search on start up page stopped working. If I search with "Everywhere" selected I see results but settings entries are missing. I...
View ArticleWindows 8 to 8.1 Pro upgrade fails - Failed to execute final tasks (hr =...
My Windows 8 Pro fail to upgrade to 8.1 Pro with Hyper-V. These are both from my MSDN subscription.The tail of the setupact.log is:CSetupLangIniLoader::Initialize: Set default install language =...
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