Windows 8.1 - November Update Available

[francescob]

Yeeeeeeey!! I hope they finally fixed the endless amount of errors in the italian translations (note to italian translators: update/refresh are not the same thing). And maybe I'll hopefully be able to print with WDS without all sort of connection issues within this lifetime.

 

http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-has-quietly-released-windows-81-update-3-november-update

 

[Praetor]

what problems with WDS are you having? and yeah, i notice that too...700MB+ update (November Update).

[francescob]

what problems with WDS are you having? and yeah, i notice that too...700MB+ update (November Update).

Every damn time I need to print the printer is seen as offline (OfficeJet 8600 Plus), but everything works if I reboot. It's like the WDS stack dies or something like that. Other protocols work perfectly. If the description is correct the WDS problem they fixed is the one I'm currently having though it also happened on Win7 as well so I'm starting to doubt it's going to be that easy.

[Praetor]

Every damn time I need to print the printer is seen as offline (OfficeJet 8600 Plus), but everything works if I reboot. It's like the WDS stack dies or something like that. Other protocols work perfectly. If the description is correct the WDS problem they fixed is the one I'm currently having though it also happened on Win7 as well so I'm starting to doubt it's going to be that easy.

 

and the printer has the newest firmware? because if that happened in Windows 7...

 

are you sure it's not a printer problem? have you checked HP page for that printer if they posted any case?

[francescob]

and the printer has the newest firmware? because if that happened in Windows 7...

Yes the printer automatically installs all the latest firmwares (latest came out just a couple months ago).

 

are you sure it's not a printer problem? have you checked HP page for that printer if they posted any case?

There are a lot of people complaining about this issue but also for other printer models as well. When I had Win7 I also had another printer (8500A) and the problem was always there. It's like something in the WDS stack goes wrong during standby/resumes, if I restart the print server service everything works fine again.

[pratnala]

I wonder why the update is under optional. Not done with QA Microsoft?

[+Warwagon MVC]

Every damn time I need to print the printer is seen as offline (OfficeJet 8600 Plus), but everything works if I reboot. It's like the WDS stack dies or something like that. Other protocols work perfectly. If the description is correct the WDS problem they fixed is the one I'm currently having though it also happened on Win7 as well so I'm starting to doubt it's going to be that easy.

 

Yes it's annoying as hell. Usually with network printers. Apparently the work around is to use the net use command command and map the ip or printer share the LPT1 port

 

net use lpt1 \\192.168.1.12

[f0rk_b0mb]

Isn't this update soposed to include a start menu? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-update-threshold-2015,27128.html

 

For those with fast internets: Does it? Screenshots please!

[xrobwx71]

Downloading Update 3 now.....

 

4% @ 13:20

 

@ work sigh aka Not downloading at my home speed shown below.....

[indospot Veteran]

Isn't this update soposed to include a start menu? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-update-threshold-2015,27128.html

 

For those with fast internets: Does it? Screenshots please!

Have you checked Neonwin's homepage anytime for the past 6 months?

[francescob]

I wonder why the update is under optional. Not done with QA Microsoft?

It has always been like that. If I remember well even with service packs were usually distributed a month or so later.

[f0rk_b0mb]

Have you checked Neonwin's homepage anytime for the past 6 months?

 

Nope. Just logged on two nights ago.

[indospot Veteran]

Nope. Just logged on two nights ago.

 

Well, the Start menu isn't coming to Windows 8.1. The only way to get it is by using the Windows 10 Tech Preview.

[xrobwx71]

Isn't this update soposed to include a start menu? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-update-threshold-2015,27128.html

 

For those with fast internets: Does it? Screenshots please!

Nope. No start menu....

[f0rk_b0mb]

Well, the Start menu isn't coming to Windows 8.1. The only way to get it is by using the Windows 10 Tech Preview.

 

Ok I thought Microsoft promised it to us a while back. Here: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-shows-off-the-start-menu-that-is-coming-to-windows-81

 

That purview looks like Windows 10. They shouldn't have called it a Windows 8.1 update. 

[Setnom]

Interesting. This update crashes my Chrome x64 (stable).

[MorganX]

Updates are good.

[zhangm Supervisor]

I don't see any interface level changes. Nevertheless, the update itself proceeded smoothly.

[Studio384]

Don't call it thing that it isn't. It's the November update, not Update 3, because why would they jump from Update to Update 3 without passing by Update 2 (and no, they didn't, August had the August update, it wasn't the planned "Update 2", just the small parts of it). WinBeta is just giving it names because they saw it on a roadmap that doesn't exist anymore.

[Raa]

Sweet, so service pack 3 is out now? Yay! :D

[Ironman273]

I'm not sure if they're related but I installed the update on my Surface 3, rebooted and now OneDrive is gone from the Navigation Pane and the taskbar.  I tried downloading it and reinstalling it and it just finished and dissappears, no login taskbar icon...

[Setnom]

This update seemed fidgety to me. Chrome x64 crashes on Google searching, IE crashes randomly, hard-drive access is slower, basically every x64 application I tried seemed slower or crashed... uninstalled.

[francescob]

Considering the size (700+MB) and the fact it adds some new features I think it would be fine to call it "update 3" or even more hilariously "Windows 8.1 update update update". How comes this hasn't been covered on the front page yet?

[pratnala]

It has always been like that. If I remember well even with service packs were usually distributed a month or so later.

 

So it will become compulsory later?

[francescob]

So it will become compulsory later?

I don't know if it will be flagged recommended first but eventually it will be marked as important and automatically installed. It will also likely become mandatory to receive future updates.