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Guru3D.com » News » Windows 8.1 Update 2 Coming

Windows 8.1 Update 2 Coming

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/23/2014 08:21 AM | source: | 52 comment(s)
Windows 8.1 Update 2 Coming

Windows 8.1 Update 2 is getting close to a release and may hit the RTM (release-to-manufacturing) phase in July already, so Microsoft could launch it in August or September. The new update will bring some new desktop enhancements but, and this is the really bad news, it will not reintroduce the Start Menu.

The next update to Windows - which may be called Windows 8.2 or Windows 8.1 Update 2 - is getting close to release. Previous rumors suggested an RTM of July and that is what we are still hearing as well, which points to a likely release in August or September. A post in our forum said that the download would be 3GB, we wouldn't put too much weight into that, given that the information comes via a post on another forum, relayed by a user who said he heard it from a Microsoft tech support assistant.







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mackintosh
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#4853166 Posted on: 06/23/2014 11:06 AM
I'll wait for update 8.3 then.

riardon
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#4853168 Posted on: 06/23/2014 11:07 AM
It will not have the so promised and anticipated Start Menu. Alright MS failed to deliver to their users what they want. Ok fine but what will this update will bring? I guess nothing serious and nothing so important. Perhaps those changes could come way earlier. I bet they keep Start Menu as a selling point for Windows 9 next year. Typical MS.

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#4853313 Posted on: 06/23/2014 02:11 PM
I read the update could be a full install (3GB) and will require you to re-install all your 3rd party software just like what happened to me when I did the update to 8.1 which will be a major pita again.Funny though the update to 8.1 I've done for a couple of people that didn't happen to their installs but it was much later after the update was released.

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#4853340 Posted on: 06/23/2014 02:38 PM
WZOR says the actual update is the same size as the previous update but the ISO is 3.x GB as usual. No idea about the contents though, MS has drastically tighter control over leaks these days.

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#4853342 Posted on: 06/23/2014 02:45 PM
WZOR says the actual update is the same size as the previous update but the ISO is 3.x GB as usual. No idea about the contents though, MS has drastically tighter control over leaks these days.


Yea I was reading instead of employees being able to download test ISOs from MS servers whenever they like, they have to request builds now, which makes it almost impossible to leak without MS knowing who did it

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