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How to avoid creating/using a Microsoft Account when upgrading to Win 8.1
4wd:
How did you get hold of 8.1 to begin with? I thought one had to have a Microsoft account to obtain the upgrade.-cranioscopical (October 21, 2013, 04:50 PM)
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You can also download an ISO with a little slight-of-mouse: How to download the official Microsoft Windows 8.1 ISO
Darwin:
How did you get hold of 8.1 to begin with? I thought one had to have a Microsoft account to obtain the upgrade.-cranioscopical (October 21, 2013, 04:50 PM)
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It's on page 1 of Metro Shopping in Windows 8-Stoic Joker (October 21, 2013, 04:56 PM)
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is it only visitable via Win 8, or can I have a link, please?
I have a licensed Win 8 installer, but am still running Win 7.
or should I stay away?
Windows 8.1...-Darwin in "So-called upgrades that ruin good programs" (October 22, 2013, 08:10 PM)
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-Curt (October 23, 2013, 02:12 AM)
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YMMV, Curt, but I say "run away"! Windows 7 is a peach. Windows 8.0 is stable but not really worth the bother of upgrading from 7. Windows 8.1 is an electronic manifestation of hell on your desktop... I'm a bit fecked off at the moment - I just posted a lengthy note about this on the thread you linked to above, followed up by a note about having suffered ANOTHER BSOD. Not happy.
rgdot:
One idea is to investigate the following:
Wireless section of a page for a Lenovo machine with Realtek RTL8188CE
-ewemoa (October 22, 2013, 08:53 PM)
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Will try and report back, thanks.
rgdot:
Some cards (especially RealTek) don't play well. Intermittent, random disconnects.
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If there are any ideas we can split this off to new thread.
-rgdot (October 22, 2013, 12:02 AM)
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One idea is to investigate the following:
Wireless section of a page for a Lenovo machine with Realtek RTL8188CE
-ewemoa (October 22, 2013, 08:53 PM)
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Probably have to live with the laptop wired and/or install linux on a desktop. Only other possibility is updated Kernel, with Mint 15 or other distro.
ewemoa:
FWIW, though I have no first-hand experience with:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
I've heard that some of the hardware options listed have worked for some people.
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