FQC-06949

Overview:

Update from Windows 8.1 Preview to Windows 8.1
Thank you for using Windows 8.1 Preview. The preview is no longer available for download, and the license for it expires January 15, 2014. If you have not yet installed the final version of Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1, you should do so now.

If you are still running Windows 8.1 Preview, you'll see the following notification every time you sign in. After January 15, 2014, your PC will also restart every 2 hours and you will lose any unsaved data.

To install the final version, tap or click Get Windows in this notification or complete the steps in the following sections.

Updating to Windows 8.1 or Windows RT 8.1
Your options for updating to Windows 8.1 depend on how you installed Windows 8.1 Preview or Windows RT 8.1 Preview.

Returning your PC to its previous operating system
In some cases you might want to go back to your previous operating system before updating or upgrading to Windows 8.1. You have different options depending on what version of Windows your PC was running before you installed the preview.

Warning

• When running Windows 8.1 Preview, if you used Add features to change editions, you might need to reinstall or reactivate using your edition product key. To find out more about changing product keys, see .

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