[OPLINTECH] Windows 8.1 Pro upgrade info

[Dan Will]

Ed,
    I've read about Windows 8.1/ Microsoft account login screen. And yes you
can get around it by telling it you want to create a new account then using
the option to use a local account. It is undoubtedly one of the stupidest
tricks MS has tried on us. While MCDPL will remain pretty much a MS/Windows
library for our patrons (we do use Linux where applicable, though that is
generally behind the scenes). This little stunt along with the fact that
even If I have Windows 8 installed, I cannot simply do an in-place upgrade
to 8.1. The few benefits of 8.1 do not out-weigh having to do a clean
install of the OS. One other thing (yeah I know, there are more than one but
I'm disregarding the whole METRO issue), is the fact that Deep Freeze is
still in beta for 8/8.1. Our Staff are using 8 (with classic shell) just to
get used to it.

Dan Will
Technology Supervisor
Meigs County District Public Library
740.992.5813
Disclaimer: These are my opinions, not the MCDPL's. They are my 2¢ worth,
take them for what they are worth.


-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org
[mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Ed Liddle
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 12:51 PM
To: oplintech at lists.oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] Windows 8.1 Pro upgrade info

I upgraded a lenovo windows 8.0 pro computer to Windows 8.1. After the
update was installed I was presented with some setup menus. After going
through those, I am presented with a screen requiring a microsoft account
and a link to use to create one if I don't have one. The screen has no way
to get around doing this, no cancel button, or optioon to do it later. I
backed out of the setup screens and then selected  that I wasn't the same
user as the one logged into the computer that was on the first screen. After
doing this I was then presented with the windows 8 log-in screen where I
selected the local user account, typed in my password and I was able to get
to the windows 8.1 desktop screen. I currently do not have the machine
joined to the domain so I do not know if this user experience would be the
same if it was joined to a domain before the update was performed. 

I thought I would pass this info along so if anyone else had a similar
experience it would help them get around creating a microsoft account after
upgrading from windows 8.0 to windows 8.1.  


-Ed Liddle

Marysville Public Library
http://marysvillelib.org
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