And here it is: after several months of waiting, some pirated editions and prerelease officially released by Microsoft in June, Windows 8.1 is finalized . Redmond has already distributed to manufacturers of PC and tablet, and has also delivered to account holders MSDN and TechNet. In fact, this is the version RTM (Ready To Manufacturing) , who should know that very few changes by the version available in stores and on Windows Update. You may already recovered this version by some means or another? Or would you rather wait until October 17, when the operating system will be officially available to the common man? In any case, here is a series of questions and answers that should help you regardless of your configuration. Windows XP , Windows Vista ,Windows 7 , Windows 8 or even Windows 8.1 , and all systems will be discussed in this folder .
How to enjoy Windows 8.1?
Microsoft has not officially announced the minimum configuration of the final Windows 8.1 , but the company did on the preview release last June. As there is no reason to change that in such a short time, you can already find the minimum vital to the new OS run: a 1 GHz processor , 1 GB (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) , and between 16 GB and 20 GB of space on the hard disk. Besides a graphics card to the minimum compatible with DirectX 9 . Clearly,
any PC released in the last ten years can do the trick, with of course,
the best results in terms of speed and responsiveness of the latest
equipment.
Another point, the method of updating. Thereupon, Microsoft has made it clear it is possible to migrate from any version of Windows, but the result differs. Since XP and Vista for example, Windows 8.1 erases all data from older versions of the OS (it is therefore not an update but a complete reinstallation). It is therefore necessary to make a backup of your personal data first.Windows 7, however, it retrieves its data, but it is necessary to reinstall all programs. Finally, under Windows 8.0 , it is as if they were to install a service pack. Therefore no need to reinstall anything.All installation procedures are also detailed in the following pages .
Another point, the method of updating. Thereupon, Microsoft has made it clear it is possible to migrate from any version of Windows, but the result differs. Since XP and Vista for example, Windows 8.1 erases all data from older versions of the OS (it is therefore not an update but a complete reinstallation). It is therefore necessary to make a backup of your personal data first.Windows 7, however, it retrieves its data, but it is necessary to reinstall all programs. Finally, under Windows 8.0 , it is as if they were to install a service pack. Therefore no need to reinstall anything.All installation procedures are also detailed in the following pages .
