Sunday, September 28, 2014

People -- Now Is The Time To Upgrade -- From Windows 8 to 8.1:

Please read all of this before proceeding.

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I was mildly curious when I noticed that a new laptop I had ordered will arrive with Windows 8.1 So ... I said -- “Self. If that one will arrive with Windows 8.1, why have these others using 8? What is the difference?” So, I investigated and decided to upgrade now; before the next laptop arrives.

I was none too happy with Windows 8, and by now most of the planet knows why. I guess a lot of people just have to find out the hard way that something is really bad. I have been telling people about the Five Evils and the Monkey Lawyers and the Monkey Judges (and how horrible it all is) for decades now; and still, many people just do not get the message until it happens to them too. In the case with the Deviates; by then it is too late, and the things are claiming your soul, life, children and possessions.

My problem is -- I cannot in all good conscience allow so many people to be damaged and exposed to such lying perversions -- just to prove a point, and for my messages to be seen as the Truth that they really are.

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Windows 8, is surely an example of that. It is too bad that so many people have had to suffer from Windows 8, just to find out that I was right about what I said before -- about the Never-ending Windows Scam.

But, this message is not about scolding Microsoft. What I want to do here, is to urge all of you to upgrade to Windows 8.1 -- and to tell you how to do it.

Yes -- Windows 8.1 -- IS BETTER!

Follow these simple steps. Please do it my way, because I know this works right.

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ONE. On the Internet, locate the website at Microsoft that is the download page for Windows 8.1. Mark it. Bookmark it. DO NOT USE IT NOW! Write down the web address if you have to -- you will return to it later.

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TWO. Turn off all applications that you are running, and keep on your Internet browser. Put on some innocuous page like the Google homepage; something that will just be there, and not actively cause traffic. Minimize that while it is still on. Get it off your desktop, but still running (so, you are still connected to the Internet).

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THREE. Go to your Control Panel. Inside the selections of the Control Panel you will find 'Windows Update'. If it is not there for some reason, you have other issues to correct before you can do all of this.

Open 'Windows Update', and make it search for all possible updates. The results will come in two parts -- Important, and Optional.

To properly upgrade to Windows 8.1 -- you must first update all of the important items for Windows 8 -- which includes an update of the Update Service itself, which you might see first. You may have to restart the computer after that.

Update Windows 8 with all of the available Important Updates for that. This will take time. Hours maybe. You will have to watch over it, while the update process happens. You will want to know if the computer gives you any strange messages or warnings or says something is missing. Usually, the computer will download the Important Updates and then automatically start to install them. The install process, can make the computer restart several times -- sometimes giving you messages that only a percentage has been installed, and then it restarts again. When all of the restarts are done, the update process is finished.

[[You should not have to go through the Log On screen each time, but if for some reason you do -- just do it. This is one reason why you must watch over it.]]

It is very wise for you to leave the Internet on (Hotspot, modem etc) and cycle the computer several times manually after this.

That means, when the computer says it is finished; turn it off. Make things so when you turn the computer on again, it will connect to the Internet automatically (if you can, otherwise you will have to do it manually). When the computer reboots, and you have logged on, and after it has gone back to stasis; invariably it will start to do some more adjustments to the updates that have just been loaded -- PLUS -- a bunch of programs in your computer will start to update themselves via the Internet. You have to let that all happen.

You should have some kind of Internet Monitor like 'BitMeter' to show you what is happening (traffic wise). You MUST also have an operational Internet Firewall on at the same time. The firewall should not interfere with these processes, but it will keep assholes out of your computer. Keeping your computer non-political.

When the computer seems to have gone through all of those updates and is happy -- and BitMeter shows no more Internet Traffic -- shut off the computer again. Repeat this cycling process until the updates no longer occur.

Now -- one more time -- shut off the computer and turn it back on (use cold boots, not restarts for the cycling). Watch what your computer does; if it just starts normally, you are ready to upgrade to Windows 8.1

[[Keep in mind the difference between 'Updates' and 'Upgrades'. You are performing 'Updates' in order to gain an 'Upgrade' to Windows 8.1]]

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FOUR. You are ready to upgrade to Windows 8.1

Be on the Internet, and go back to that page that you marked -- the Microsoft one -- where you can upgrade to Windows 8.1

Start the Upgrade Process. Again, the computer will download from Microsoft for a long time; then it will automatically start to install Windows 8.1

This is very similar to the Update Process that you just went through. The computer will restart several times. Keep track of what your computer is doing -- in case you are needed for Log Ons.

When the Upgrade Process is all done (completely, after restarts) -- begin to cold cycle the computer again -- making sure that the Internet connection will come on again too. Once more, the programs in your computer will want to download updates -- let this all happen -- do not shut down the Internet.

When BitMeter (or something like it) says there is no more traffic -- cold cycle the computer again.

When all of the automatic adjusting and downloading by programs is done -- and BitMeter shows that everything is normal. There is one more thing to do.

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FIVE. Cold cycle the computer again. When everything is normal -- and you have the Internet on again, with your web browser on ...

go to your Control Panel again. Go back to 'Windows Update'. Make it find more updates -- THIS TIME for Windows 8.1!

Make it download all of the Important Updates for Windows 8.1

For the last time, watch over the download process. Watch the computer restart several times. When all of the Windows 8.1 updates have been installed, cold cycle the computer again (manually) several times. Allow the programs to update again -- readjust.

[[In situations like updates and upgrades, not everything adjusts with one cold cycle. I use the term Cold Cycle, because some people confuse 'Reboot' with 'Restart'.]]

When it is all done -- cold cycle the computer one last time. Turn it off manually. Turn it back on manually. Log on.

You should be looking at a new 'Lock Screen'. Later, you can change that Lock Screen picture to anything else -- by going to 'PC Settings' and then 'Personalization'. In there, you will find the Lock Screen controls.

For now, after you log in -- you will be facing your Desktop. In Window 8, you had to call up the desktop from the Start Tiles screen.

Now, they are gone. You have a Start Tile in your upper right corner (if you are vertical) and when you hit that, it takes you to the tiles.

This makes your computer operations much more coherent than with Windows 8. Windows 8.1 also seems to be quite stable and a bit faster.

Before, in Windows 8, my computers used to flash about. Screens would change for no apparent reason. That is gone now.

You must go to 'PC Settings', and calibrate them to your desires again.

Also -- 'My Computer' is now called 'This PC'. Maybe, to denote that you are now in Windows 8.1

[[Depending upon the condition and speed of your computer, and Internet connections, this whole upgrade could take from two to six hours. I suggest that you have an Internet Traffic Monitor like BitMeter installed before you start all of this.]]

Good Life -- and Happy Upgrading!

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Markel Peters