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I have now reformatted the laptop to a basic windows 8 install but can't access the app store to do the update.

I suspect it's all the people trying to get it ;)

Try again in the morning I guess :)

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I just got in there fine :confused:

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ms-windows-store:WindowsUpgrade

paste that in metro IE that's should get it for you

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I wonder why they left me out?

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can someone post the build number please :)

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Got this from here. 9600.16384.130821-1623

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/win...oad,24008.html

edit

Sorry didn't realise the link is old!

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Wow, already 4 updates were available this morning....

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Took me nearly seven hours to do mine. But I left it downloading overnight whilst sleeping, and just finished it off in about 5 minutes when I woke up.

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I got it all working on my laptop in the end but I'm not so sure it'll be going on my main pc any time soon.

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Whats the deal with the Start button then? Just takes me to the tiled UI (ex-metro) UI. Wasn't it supposed to give you a complete list of apps now?

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move your mouse over it and ' right click ' - why they dont have it more like Windows 7 I just dont know - may be OK on a Smartphone but on a PC its just a right pain in the arse.

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I much prefer the new UI and really don't want the start menu back.

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Right click on the taskbar choose properties and then click on the navigation tab - what you're after is in the bottom half of that menu.

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Nope. But you can 'swipe' down on metro to your apps. Right clicking the start button gives you options too.

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It is the extended build number I am looking for :) From what I can see there is no option to upgrade the 8.1 RTM I have been running for ages so it is likely to be the same. The extended number gives the build date and is reachable in reg or by downloading AIDA64 trial ( New name for Everest) :)