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Windows 8.1 is an updated version of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 went RTM on August 27, 2013 and reached End Of Life on January 10, 2023. There are 4 versions of Windows 8.1, matching those that were available in Windows 8. They are: Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 8.1 RT.

Windows 8.1 is an updated version of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. Windows 8.1 went RTM on August 27, 2013 and was released for general availability on October 17, 2013. There are 4 versions of Windows 8.1, matching those that were available in Windows 8. They are: Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 8.1 RT.

New features and improvements in Windows 8.1 include:

  • Start Button
  • Boot to Desktop
  • Start Screen improvements
  • Bing Smart Search (Search Applications, Files, Settings, and the internet in one search)
  • New versions of existing Microsoft Products, including PowerShell 4.0 and Internet Explorer 11.
  • Updated version of Client Hyper-V, Including (See also: What's New in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012 R2:
    • Generation 2 VMs
    • Enhanced Session Mode

Windows 8.1 Editions Comparison Chart

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Windows 8.1 Hyper-V network adapter is set to public and won't save as private

I have a collection of Windows 8.1 machines that run Hyper-V for unit testing. We often use PowerShell to script changes to these systems to ease our administration. However, we've been having trouble enabling powershell remoting on these machines.…
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How do I get SonicWALL Global VPN to work with Windows 8.1?

I have been running SonicWALL Global VPN v4.7.3.0403 on Windows 8 without trouble for more than a year. Today I upgraded to Windows 8.1 RTM and noticed that it disabled my Global VPN connection. I tried to repair the situation by uninstalling and…
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System network buffers leaking/fully used, on Windows x64 with plenty of free RAM. How to diagnose and resolve?

This is related to this question and extends it. The symptoms are the same - 2012R2 x64 with 64GB RAM (21GB used), ping and nslookup both work fine, but IE won't open web pages, net use X: \\share returns an error 1450 "Insufficient system resources…
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OpenVPN client doesn't have "use default gateway on remote network" option

I am on Windows 8.1. Trying to follow the advice from https://superuser.com/questions/178674/setting-vpn-to-go-through-certain-ips-and-not-others/178675#178675 VPN network I have is TAP Adapter OAS NDIS 6.0 from OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. This is…
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Long restart time of Windows due to iSCSI Connection

On Windows 10 machine, right after iSCSI Initiator is setup to connect to drive rebooting of Windows takes ages. What usually was taking 5 seconds, it's now taking a minute. It doesn't matter if drive is mapped, but it's enough if iSCSI Initiator…
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How to connect clients to INTERNAL WSUS server but download the approved updates from Microsoft?

I have client-side targeting setup to handle some remote workstations on our network. They VPN in from time to time -- so they can hit the internal WSUS server when they are connected. I essentially want to set their Windows Update configuration…
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Error "the specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted" when attempting to join the domain

I have set up a server based on windows server 2008 R2, and has successfully joined 2 clients (one PC and one laptop, both windows 7) to the domain. Today I was trying to join another laptop to the domain. It has windows 8.1 on it. It recognized the…
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Windows 8.1 Dial-up

I have two Win8.1 computers, and I need to reliably connect from one to the other via dial-up because the remote computer can't be accessed any other way. The client computer can make outgoing calls, however I find that the one that acts as a server…
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Force a specific theme for entire network using GPO

I am attempting to force a specific theme to all machines in my network. I know that the GPO "Load a Specific Theme" in: User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Personalization Is meant to be for first login only, however I need to…
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Automatic unlock bitlocker to go (usb stick) on domain computer

Is there a way to automatically unlock bitlocker encrypted USB sticks on windows computers that are domain joined (8.1 Enterprise)? (e.g., based on the "BitLocker identification Field"?) The scenario I'm thinking of is that the IT department…
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Can I prepare a domain user account without the user's password

We have a 2012R2 domain and have configured many GPO settings for our users based on the team they are working for. In the near future, we will replace our existing laptops with new ones and move to Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Our problem is that…
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Image build system that derives from a base Windows 8.1 image

For our VDI deployment, we have several Windows 8.1 images for target groups that require different suites of applications. The current update procedure requires us to update the OS on each individual VDI image. We would prefer to have one OS image…
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Windows 8: GPO to block shutdown without blocking restart?

Windows has a local security policy for disabling the ability to shut down a computer, but this also blocks the ability to restart the machine. Is there a way to block only shutdown without blocking restart?
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For a drive formatted with ReFS, with a mirror, will it self heal if there is a bad sector?

Under Windows 8.1, if I format a drive to ReFS, then add a mirror using Disc Management, will it self heal if there is a bad sector on one of the drives? Or do I have to use Storage Spaces to take advantage of the self healing capabilities of ReFS?
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Hyper-V Manager crashes when connceting to remote Hyper-V Server

I am using Windows 8.1 and have Server Manager installed. I've added one of our servers (Server 2012 Standard) to Server Manager, and it connects just fine (Manageability shows "Online" and I can see things in the Events list for the server. When I…
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