> > Just wondering what you updated from. 7 or did you already have a version of 8?
>
> I've cooled off a bit now :-) but still wish I hadn't updated. I was updating from
> Windows 8 and I was expecting that it would update as Service Packs did in previous
> versions of Windows. It doesn't - it updates just as if you were coming from a
> previous version of Windows to Windows 8. I would highly recommend that anyone
> wanting to install Windows 8.1 without a Microsoft login or if, like me, want to
> revert to a local login to read this article:
>
> http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-8-1-without-microsoft-account/
>
> Here's what it's done to Firefox. Hopefully Mozilla will fix it quickly. It's
> definitely not just my install as I installed Firefox Portable and it looks the same
> way:
Oh, and in case anyone is wondering... The only way I could get that "Switch Between Apps" box to go away was to go into Metro mode (which I never use) and click in the corner and then go back to Desktop mode. It popped up while I was in Desktop mode browsing for a solution to go back to a local login and disassociate the Microsoft Login from my install.
Just some of the other shit that has come up off the top of my head:
After updating to 8.1 there is a Windows Update for Windows Defender (definition 1.161.211.0). Windows Update claims it updates successfully bu then when I "Check for updates" that same update is back in there again. I must have done the update at least 10 times now and it just won't accept it even though it says it updated successfully (rebooted a few times, etc).
At least one of my file associations are back to the Windows default instead of using the programs I had set up.
All graphics extensions (png, jpg, etc) used to use IrfanView but Windows put them back to the stupid-ass Metro application... Maybe more have reverted but I haven't been using it long enough to find out yet.
I always do fresh installs of Windows when moving to new version (XP > 7 >  but I figured this was just a Service Pack, not a complete OS install. At this point I'll either go back to Windows 7 or fresh install Windows 8.1. I desperately want to go back to Windows 7 and the only reason I haven't before now is because I didn't feel like re-installing and setting everything back up.
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but I figured this was just a Service Pack, not a complete OS install. At this point I'll either go back to Windows 7 or fresh install Windows 8.1. I desperately want to go back to Windows 7 and the only reason I haven't before now is because I didn't feel like re-installing and setting everything back up. 
Windows 8.1 with Media Center is released.
