How do I upgrade a Windows 8 machine without a network connection to Windows 8.1?
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2You should be able to use http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=271128 and the key contained in the accepted answer to this questionr: http://superuser.com/questions/661261/windows-8-1-fresh- install-with-windows-8-licence in order to do this. After your upgrade is finished you will have to change the license back to your Windows 8 installation described by the accepted answer here http://superuser.com/questions/650019/how-to-use-windows-8-1-rtm-with-8-0-key/650055#650055 **When I can provide an answer that isn't all links I will post an answer.** – Ramhound Oct 17 '13 at 17:42
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I don't think any of you have noticed that using the ISO, we lose all non-metro-applications. It's just as if we did a refresh: we have to reinstall all non-metro-apps afterwards. Yes, I tried it, only metro-apps survive this type of upgrade. There is no way shown to upgrade it offline and achieve the same as with the online upgrade. While on my first 2 win8 pro it did not work (as described before), on the other 4 it worked. A little irritating, yes. All actions were the same. So I assume, the upgrade procedure is not 100% stable. – Hagen Oct 28 '13 at 20:54
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1@hagen I used the ISO did an in-place upgrade without a problem – Ramhound Oct 15 '14 at 19:54
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Download a Windows 8.1 ISO (when you have access to it via MSDN/Technet), mount it inside Windows, run the setup.exe and select "upgrade".
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Issue with this to be aware of that MSDN/technet is not meant for production. MSDN is for development & TechNet is for testing. So if you have a retail key, it isn't the supported methods for this. – Robert MacLean Dec 23 '13 at 20:51
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