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No notification about the expiration date of Windows 8.1 Preview

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Symptoms

Assume that you upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Preview. At the end of the Windows 8.1 Preview lifespan, you may not be notified to upgrade to the release version of Windows 8.1.

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Cause

Windows migrates your Windows 8 license to Windows 8.1 on upgrade. This process sets certain policies that prevent the end-of-life notification for the prerelease version from being shown. 

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Resolution

No additional action needs to be taken. You can still upgrade to Windows 8.1 when it is available.

Update information

An update (2863147) that enables a notification is available from Windows Update.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More Information

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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Keywords: kbqfe, kbhotfixserver, kbfix, kbsurveynew, kbexpertisebeginner, kb

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Article Info
Article ID : 2863147
Revision : 2
Created on : 9/26/2018
Published on : 9/26/2018
Exists online : False
Views : 215