Developer / Consumer / Release Preview of Windows 8.1, for non-preview questions use [windows-8.1] instead as this tag will gradually fade out according to the preview time bombs.
Questions tagged [windows-8.1-preview]
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What hardware is needed to support Miracast?
With Windows 8.1 natively supporting Miracast, we saw a demonstration of screen mirroring via Xbox One at the ongoing //build/ conference. If I want to mirror my laptop screen running Windows 8.1, what extra hardware would I need both on receiving…
Mayank
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Can the Windows 8.1 Preview be upgraded to the final release?
I would like to try out the Windows 8.1 Preview by getting the update through the Store on my current Windows 8 installation. My only concern is that I can't find any information in the FAQ about an upgrade path to the final version.
It states that…
Louis Waweru
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Rearranging items in Windows 8.1 Navigation pane
Is it possible to rearrange items in the Navigation pane of File Explorer in the Windows 8.1 Preview?
Currently it shows Favorites, SkyDrive, This PC, and Libraries (from top to bottom), but I would rather have them arranged just like I had it…
YMM
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Error: Couldn't update to Windows 8.1 preview. How to troubleshoot?
Trying to upgrade my PC, the process goes forward but in some point, it revers back to Windows 8.0.
How can I troubleshoot the problem?
Eduardo Molteni
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Windows 8 disk usage is 100%
Windows 8.1 Preview has disk usage of 100%, and the fan is very noisy. It started one week ago, before that it wasn't so noisy and the laptop worked very well. I don't know the cause. I hope you can help me.
Here is a screenshot of the Task Manager…
Denis Balan
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remove skydrive app from windows 8.1
How do I remove the Skydrive app from Windows 8.1?
It seems to come pre-installed with Windows 8.1 but lately the only thing it does is crashing every 20 minutes which of course is a bit annoying.
jao
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How to remove the 'Choose an operating system' Windows 8.1 Preview boot screen after upgrading to Windows 8.1?
It's not terribly bothersome because I managed to set it to auto-boot Windows 8.1 after 3 seconds and I normally don't watch my PC boot up, but still figured I would ask.
How can I get rid of this?
MetaGuru
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How can I find my Windows Experience Index score?
The Windows Experience Index is missing from the control panel in the 8.1 preview. I had some scores in Windows 8 that capped out at 7.9, I was wondering what the real scores were with the new kernel.
How can I run the tests again?
Louis Waweru
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Unable to access the Settings in Windows 8.1
I recently applied the Windows 8.1 update. Everything went fine, except I can no longer access the Settings 'app' via the Start Srceen - I just get a blank screen or get sent back to the Start screen
If I create a new account, it works fine - just…
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Media buttons on keyboard not working on Windows 8.1 Preview
I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 Preview and now my media buttons on my keyboard (Qpad MK-50) (FN + F1-6) is not working.
Tested with foobar2000, Windows Media Player, VLC and MPC HC.
Any ideas how I can get it to work again?
Marwelln
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I can't upgrade my windows 8 enterprise to windows 8.1 Enteprise preview
My PC is running Windows 8 Enterprise X64 (French).
I'm trying to upgrade to 8.1 preview, so I downloaded the 64 bits ISO of Windows 8.1 preview (french):fr_windows_8.1_preview_x64_dvd_2358804.iso
My I start the setup from the media, the setup does…
Steve B
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Sony Vaio CPU fan runs at full speed after installing Windows 8.1 preview
I installed the Windows 8.1 preview on my Sony Vaio E Series 14P (http://www.sony.com.au/product/sve14a27cg) and now my CPU fan is running at full speed all the time. When I first start my computer it runs normally, but a few seconds after reaching…
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How to provide feedback on Windows beta versions?
How can I report bugs and request new features for newly released Windows versions, or beta versions?
kinokijuf
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How to connect to wifi using Windows 8.1 preview in a Oracle VM VirtualBox virtual pc
I've been thinking about upgrading to Windows 8.1 but wanted to test it first in a virtual pc I made using Oracle VM VirtualBox. I downloaded the Windows 8.1 preview software and so far it works well.
Now I want to test the wifi connection but it…
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Windows 8.1 randomly shuts self down
I have a 2011 iMac, and was having no problems using Bootcamp to dual boot the 8.1 dev preview and OSX.
However after doing the update in the Windows Store to the release 8.1 version (after making sure proper drivers were installed) my computer…
Blam
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