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  • Windows Update for Windows 8.1?

    From David@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 27 11:14:04 2024
    Reviving this laptop - not used since 2020 as far as I can tell.

    I am trying to Windows Update but it doesn't seem to want to download
    anything.
    Is this normal for Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Cheers


    Dave R


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    Windows 8.1 on HP Laptop

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to David on Wed Mar 27 12:11:49 2024
    On 27/03/2024 in message <l6idbsFa56jU1@mid.individual.net> David wrote:

    Reviving this laptop - not used since 2020 as far as I can tell.

    I am trying to Windows Update but it doesn't seem to want to download >anything.
    Is this normal for Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Cheers


    Dave R

    I did a recent install of Win 8 and updates took forever but it seemed to
    be happy to provide updates that existed before support stopped.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    This is as bad as it can get, but don't bet on it

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to David on Wed Mar 27 11:18:38 2024
    David wrote:

    Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Yes, ended over a year ago.

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to David on Wed Mar 27 14:38:53 2024
    On 27/03/2024 11:14, David wrote:
    Reviving this laptop - not used since 2020 as far as I can tell.

    I am trying to Windows Update but it doesn't seem to want to download anything.
    Is this normal for Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Perhaps do a W10 install?




    Cheers


    Dave R



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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 27 15:21:12 2024
    GB wrote:

    David wrote:

    Is this normal for Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Perhaps do a W10 install?

    You'll be back in the same boat in about 19 months, maybe consider Win11?

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Thu Mar 28 10:41:56 2024
    On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:18:38 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Yes, ended over a year ago.

    I checked and the system hadn't checked for updates since 2020.
    I thought it was a current list!

    Left it looking for updates overnight and it has found some.
    Left the update running and I'll see how it goes.

    I would like to get it up to date as possible, then install W10
    (previously installed as free upgrade then rolled back to W8.1).

    Cheers



    Dave R

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  • From David@21:1/5 to David on Thu Mar 28 18:26:52 2024
    On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:41:56 +0000, David wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:18:38 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Yes, ended over a year ago.

    I checked and the system hadn't checked for updates since 2020. I
    thought it was a current list!

    Left it looking for updates overnight and it has found some. Left the
    update running and I'll see how it goes.

    I would like to get it up to date as possible, then install W10
    (previously installed as free upgrade then rolled back to W8.1).

    Now updated to W10 which was slow but straightforward.
    The W8.1 updates came through eventually.
    Then I just ran the W10 installer off a USB stick within a running W8.1
    and it updated in situ and kept all my files and settings.

    Minor glitch because it didn't like the mouse - a Kensington optical mouse
    - which worked with W8.1 but my trusty M570 wireless ball mouse seems fine.

    I had to reinstall Classic Shell.

    That's about it.
    Damn this laptop is slow, though.
    However it will tide me through until I managed to source a replacement
    laptop.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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    Windows 10 on HP Laptop

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to David on Sat Mar 30 14:00:10 2024
    On 28 Mar 2024 at 10:41:56 GMT, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:18:38 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Yes, ended over a year ago.

    I checked and the system hadn't checked for updates since 2020.
    I thought it was a current list!

    Left it looking for updates overnight and it has found some.
    Left the update running and I'll see how it goes.

    I would like to get it up to date as possible, then install W10

    In case you have to go this route again, installing the updates to Win8
    is an unnecessary step, the whole of it is replaced with the Win10
    update.

    If at all possible (next time) instead of win8->win10 just burn a Win10
    install USB stick and use that to reformat the HDD and install.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    "Hey T-Rex! This ice cream cake is delicious!"
    "Thanks! You don't think it tastes like... *philosophical compromise*?"
    "Only a little!
    -- http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1093

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  • From David@21:1/5 to Jaimie Vandenbergh on Sun Mar 31 19:15:50 2024
    On Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:00:10 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:

    On 28 Mar 2024 at 10:41:56 GMT, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 11:18:38 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

    David wrote:

    Windows 8.1 now it is out of support?

    Yes, ended over a year ago.

    I checked and the system hadn't checked for updates since 2020.
    I thought it was a current list!

    Left it looking for updates overnight and it has found some. Left the
    update running and I'll see how it goes.

    I would like to get it up to date as possible, then install W10

    In case you have to go this route again, installing the updates to Win8
    is an unnecessary step, the whole of it is replaced with the Win10
    update.

    If at all possible (next time) instead of win8->win10 just burn a Win10 install USB stick and use that to reformat the HDD and install.

    Cheers - Jaimie

    That will, of course, destroy all my setting and applications on the W8.1 system.
    Which is why I chose to do an in-system upgrade instead of a wipe.

    I did the upgrades first in case I had to fall back to W8.1.
    I wanted a fully working and up to date system as a base for the upgrade
    and potential fall back.

    Cheers



    Dave R


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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to David on Mon Apr 1 12:27:18 2024
    On 31 Mar 2024 at 20:15:50 BST, "David" <wibble@btinternet.com> wrote:

    That will, of course, destroy all my setting and applications on the W8.1 system.

    This is still generally a benefit more than a downside, as long as you
    have your backups for the actual docs and such.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    There's no limit to the amount of work someone can do,
    provided it's not the work they're supposed to be doing.

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