Lots of users are still experiencing problems when trying to install Windows 8.1

Jan 6, 2014 13:01 GMT  ·  By

Back in October, Microsoft rolled out the Windows 8.1 OS update with much fanfare, giving Windows 8 adopters the chance to quickly and easily install it from the store.

Many users, on the other hand, experienced issues with the installation process, mostly due to incompatible drivers. Redmond hasn’t talked too much about this, but recommended users to check for the latest drivers and compatible software.

Fast forward to January 2014 and people are still struggling to cope with the same installation errors, with the Microsoft Community forums still assaulted by posts revealing a number of errors returned when trying to download the update.

Error messages 0xC1900101-0x40019 and 0x80070652 are still among the common problems encountered by users and no workaround is available at this point, aside from driver updates and the installation of some patches released by Microsoft.

Here’s what one user posted recently on the forums:

“Turns out this issue was easily resolved for me. I had a couple of updates available and after applying them, I attempted another upgrade to 8.1 and it was successful.

“Another thing which might have contributed, although I'm not at all sure; I set power options to maximum performance and enabled 100% brightness on both sliders.”

Windows 8.1 was officially launched in October and was supposed to be available as a free update that could be quickly installed on all devices running the new Windows 8.

The update, on the other hand, caused quite a lot of issues to many users, pretty much because installation failed completely and got stuck before deploying all files.

Most of the instructions provided by Microsoft made almost no difference, so users are still struggling to diagnose the bugs and find the cause of the problems that prevent them from deploying Windows 8.1 on either desktop PCs or tablets.