[usconservative]

I've been much more satisfied with windows 8.1 than I thought I would be.

The PC I'm on right now was upgraded from Windows 8 (which ran flawlessly) to Windows 8.1 yesterday.

After untold number of problems - some of which seem to be tied to a motherboard that was certified for Windows 8 -- but magically NOT for 8.1 according to MS - I've gone back to Windows 8.

I've NEVER experienced an issue with an "uncertified motherboard" during a dot-rev upgrade with ANY OS. This is a first for me, and MS has some 'splaining to do based on the forums I've been reading between yesterday and today.

[Abby4116]

I didn't think there were any hardware issues from 8 to 8.1. I upgraded back in October or whenever it came out. I did NOT set up email the 2nd time around (use hotmail and have some mail on the server going back 10 years which the live mail thing wants to download ALL to my pc) so I just use hotmail on the web.

Hope you get the upgrade straightened out soon. I know Toshiba had me download lots of little hardware updates preparing for 8.1 before the release. That may be your "motherboard" problem since so much is on the motherboard these days.