Darn it; I gotta re-install EVERYTHING.
So, I built a new Pc and bought Windows 8 Pro 2 months ago. Then I saw that I could install a downloaded DVD or Windows 8.1 preview edition. So I thought great; I will install it and then put my new W8 Pro code in to run that when W8.1 was properly released (like now).
BUT Microsoft decided to pull a trick on us.
Those of us who installed W8.1 preview and now put our
Windows 8 codes in are treated to a middle finger and no change except that Microsoft locks down half of the programs such as Windows Media Center etcetera.
Neat trick Microsoft; you never fail to further dispirit your customers of twenty years.
Now I gotta re-install everything again; I think. But I don`t really know because I dont want to spend fifteen hundred hours reading and trying every dam chance to fix it out there.
Booting from the disc also refuses to use the disc, and tells me it can only `refresh the Preview edition. So, I have to do a blank disc re-install. Format. Well, with all my programs and files and net-names and passwords and documents and images and film, all over the place, it will only take me maybe 250 hours to get back to where I was a couple of days ago.
Microsoft never fails to never consult the customer before planning such tricks, even where the customers mention problems with solutions that they consistently overlook.