lurk&jerk Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) Has anybody who has upgraded Windows 8 through the Microsoft Store figured out a way to capture the Windows 8.1 update and slipstream it into Windows 8 to make a clean install of Windows 8.1? As it is now, the 8.1 update, strips out most registry customizations, leaves un-deleteable $Windows.~BT and Windows.old directories on my C:\ drive and junk throughout the appdata and Temp directories. Edited October 18, 2013 by lurk&jerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 8.1 is a NEW Windows, not a MSU update like other Windows updates. You can download the ISO with this tool:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/upgrade-product-key-only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurk&jerk Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) Thanks, however, that doesn't seem to work for upgrades from 8.0 or at least it won't accept my serial. Seems to be for new 8.1 or 8.0 purchases only. So I'm back to square one.BTW, for anybody else wondering about 8.1 changes, these are the one's MS doesn't tell you about that might affect your installation. The first four could eat up significant space on your %systemroot% drive:New persistent Default.migrated subfolder @ %appdata%New persistent $Windows.~BT @ %systemroot%New persistent Windows.old @ %systemroot%Turns System Restore back on to default and creates a system copyResets UAC to default settingsResets most context menu settings to defaultLeaves customized OEM information on the System Property page but appears to remove the rating for the Windows Experience Index and doesn't appear to have a way to rerun the testReset my 1GB Ram drive to 1MB for some reason. Can be increased after installNo longer shows last five digits of your Windows product key on the System Property page. You can use this registry file workaround:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Display the last five digits of your product ID on the Windows System Property Page where XXXXX is shown[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]"ProductId"="*****-XXXXX"To be continued. . . Edited November 17, 2013 by lurk&jerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I didn't read the above post before sending a message to Andre asking about $Windows.~BT and Windows.old!Too bad, it seems that we can't delete these two folders, huh? They are not big on my computer however, one is 100 MB and the other 37 MB. I just don't like to see or have such folders on the Windows drive at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 you can delete them with the disk cleanup wizard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Andre,I deleted them both by using Unlocker. I was wrong about the size of these two folders though. After deleting them, I have more than 2 GB of free space on the hard disk.Btw, I notice something strange and silly about Win 8.1. I opened several applications on the Start Screen and then closed them one by one. After that, I saw them all still running in the Task Manager and I had to stop them there again. This new feature of Win 8.1 reminds me of the very first version of Win 8 I had 2 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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