what is availbale now?
MSDN and TechNet subscribers, Volume License customers, and BizSpark and DreamSpark Premium associates can download a standalone installer for Windows 8.1 Core and Windows 8.1 Pro, in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. (Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise and Pro editions are aswell available, as is Windows Server 2012 R2.)
These aren’t baby downloads. The x64 multiple-editions adaptation of Windows 8.1 (U.S. English) is a ample 3719 MB, and the x86 adaptation is 2780 MB.
Supported languages cover the following: English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese-Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese - Hong Kong SAR, Chinese - Simplified, Portuguese-Portugal
Where’s Windows 8.1 Enterprise?
The Enterprise SKU will be accessible at the end of September.
Where’s Windows 8.1 RT?
This amend will not be appear until the General Availability date, October 18.
What can I do with the Windows 8.1 installer package?
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This is a abounding archetype of Windows 8.1, which agency you can use it to install on new hardware, or you can advancement an absolute Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation. If you advancement from Windows 8, you can accumulate all your apps (including desktop programs) and files. If you cossack from a USB beam drive or DVD to alpha the install, you have to do a apple-pie install. If an absolute archetype of Windows is on the ambition drive if you do that install, it gets confused to a new Windows.old folder.
What does RTM mean?
RTM agency Appear to Manufacturing, although it is added authentic to say Appear to Manufacturers, as in Microsoft’s OEM partners. This absolution is absolutely for testing. There are a scattering of accepted issues, mostly affecting Internet Explorer 11 and a new affection alleged Work Folders, which are accurate in this Absolution Notes file.
The acceptable account is that any updates appear in October will administer to this edition, so you will not charge to uninstall it if GA arrives.
Do I charge a artefact key?
Yes, you do. MSDN subscribers get 5 artefact keys for Core and Pro, respectively. TechNet subscribers get three keys for anniversary edition. Anniversary key can be acclimated for assorted online activations.
Can I advancement from the Windows 8 Preview?
This is not a accurate advancement path. If you run the bureaucracy affairs from a apparatus active the Windows 8.1 Preview, you will see alone the advantage to accumulate your files. You have to reinstall Windows 8 or Windows 7 to accredit the advantage to advancement apps, files, and settings.
Do I charge to actualize bootable accession media to advancement Windows 8?
No. Windows 8 has the congenital accommodation to arise ISO files, which is the architecture that the Windows 8.1 advancement book comes in. After downloading that file, double-click it to accessible the installer as a basic DVD in Book Explorer. Then bang Bureaucracy to activate the upgrade.
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