windows 8 store notification not appearing to install Windows 8.1

Hi , 

I have installed update and restarted my PC since yesterday. but still i waiting for the notifications to install preview. how i can install it ?

i have opened store many times and connected my live account to windows 8 and using WIFI.

Also anyone tell me if i installed preview on my genuine windows , what will happen if final release for 8.1 arrives. will it be able to convert there or

June 27th, 2013 2:20pm

I'm having the exact same problem
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June 27th, 2013 5:07pm

I get the notification. I click on it to take me to the store. The store loads up and then nothing happens.

I can uninstall and re install the update successfully but afterwards I get no prompt to enter the store.

The only way I can make the prompt appear is to do a system restore and install the update again.

of course the update never loads in the store so I can't install it anyway.

So annoying.


June 27th, 2013 7:02pm

restarted my PC since yesterday. but still i waiting for the notifications to install preview.

Are you doing that as the machine owner?  It works for me (though uselessly as the other poster notes because I have W8 Pro from TechNet) but only when I am accessing the Store as the machine owner, not as a normal user.  Heh.  Now I am seeing the option at the Store and when I click on it:  "try logging in with the user account of an administrator of this PC".   YMMV.

 

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June 27th, 2013 8:29pm

restarted my PC since yesterday. but still i waiting for the notifications to install preview.

Are you doing that as the machine owner?  It works for me (though uselessly as the other poster notes because I have W8 Pro from TechNet) but only when I am accessing the Store as the machine owner, not as a normal user.  Heh.  Now I am seeing the option at the Store and when I click on it:  "try logging in with the user account of an administrator of this PC".   YMMV.

 

June 27th, 2013 10:17pm

is there any way to manual popping up that notification from store via command

I don't know.  In fact, I'm not certain what is going on.  You say you have "installed update", so I'm wondering if you saw the same thing that I saw as a normal user?  Right now my machine owner is in the process of downloading the 2 GB.  I can hover over the message and get a progress report.  FWIW I didn't have to search for the update.  When I went to the Store it was there being offered (without searching for it), so I clicked on the Download button and am just waiting for that to complete to see what happens next.   Wow.  It's done and awaiting restart.  Unattended it appears it would have booted in 15 minutes automatically.

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June 28th, 2013 12:39am

is there any way to manual popping up that notification from store via command

I don't know.  In fact, I'm not certain what is going on.  You say you have "installed update", so I'm wondering if you saw the same thing that I saw as a normal user?  Right now my machine owner is in the process of downloading the 2 GB.  I can hover over the message and get a progress report.  FWIW I didn't have to search for the update.  When I went to the Store it was there being offered (without searching for it), so I clicked on the Download button and am just waiting for that to complete to see what happens next.   Wow.  It's done and awaiting restart.  Unattended it appears it would have booted in 15 minutes automatically.

June 28th, 2013 1:18pm

in my laptop its even neither notifying nor appearing in store. i just uninstalled update and installed again to see but same issue

Then I guess you had better try collaborating with others in this thread who are still seeing that symptom or wait for a response from someone who has access to the design spec's and source.  Otherwise my tack at this point would be using ProcMon to try to find out what diagnostics were being produced and what clues I could infer from those.  An additional benefit of running ProcMon would be that it will supplement the meaning of whatever diagnostics you do manage to find.

 
Good luck

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June 28th, 2013 5:31pm

do you use a VL key on your latop? The Update is only offered to OEM and retail version (Core and Retail Pro)
June 29th, 2013 10:16am

i am using retail and final version for win
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June 29th, 2013 11:39pm

i just uninstalled update and installed again to see but same issue

Are you telling us that we can go back to W8 from W8.1 after installing from Store?  If so, I might try doing that to get a better back up (e.g. before that 15 minutes timer takes over again. <eg>)

June 30th, 2013 7:17am

i just uninstalled update and installed again to see but same issue

Are you telling us that we can go back to W8 from W8.1 after installing from Store?  If so, I might try doing that to get a better back up (e.g. before that 15 minutes timer takes over again. <eg>)

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June 30th, 2013 9:38am

download the ISO, mount the ISO, run setup.exe and select "Upgrade".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-iso

June 30th, 2013 9:55am

download the ISO, mount the ISO, run setup.exe and select "Upgrade".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/previ

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June 30th, 2013 9:58am

download the ISO, mount the ISO, run setup.exe and select "Upgrade".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/previ

June 30th, 2013 10:43am

You can go back it's your not happy with Windows 8.1.

Are you sure?  That's not what the FAQ implies.  In fact, this is why I was asking Shan about whether an uninstall was working after installing from the Store.  The FAQ does not make that clear IMO.  Otherwise, I think "going back" would entail using an image as close as possible to the time that you did the upgrade.  I don't even have an expectation of a Restore doing that.  That's why I had been "musing about" making an image when the 15 minute timeout made my decision moot.   ; )

Sorry, it's not in the FAQ it's a caveat in the download page:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-iso?ref=technet

<quote>

If you decide that you want to install Windows 8.1 Preview using the ISO, you won't be able to uninstall it. If you decide to go back to your previous operating system, you'll need to reinstall it using the recovery or installation media that came with your PC, which is typically DVD media.

</quote>

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June 30th, 2013 4:55pm

you should be able to select what you want to keep or not. Make a full system image before doing the upgrade so that you can restore Windows 8 if you run into issues.
June 30th, 2013 10:38pm

Are you/your default (non-logged) user/store localerunning a supported localization?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/preview-faq

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June 30th, 2013 10:51pm

i donot understand but , there are two users , im the admin on the computer trying to install via Store.
July 1st, 2013 8:44am

keep in mind windows 8.1 is still a preview, so its best to install it in a virtual machine

so far I have run across a few issues but I expect them to be fixed quickly

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July 2nd, 2013 2:46pm

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