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This may affect how your device works with AOL products if you continue to use an older version of the software. To be proactive, check what version of Windows you are using on your PC and consider upgrading to the newest version. If you choose not to upgrade, you may be at risk for serious security issues or have other software malfunctions
Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.It was released to manufacturing on August 27, 2013, and broadly released for retail sale on October 17, 2013, about a year after the retail release of its predecessor, and succeeded by Windows 10 on July 29, 2015.
Windows Phone 8.1 is the third generation of Microsoft Mobile's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8.It was based on Windows 8.1.Rolled out at Microsoft's Build Conference in San Francisco, California on April 2, 2014, it was released in final form to Windows Phone developers on April 14, 2014 and reached general availability on August 4, 2014.
Windows 8.1 with Bing is a reduced-cost SKU of Windows 8.1 for OEMs that was introduced in May 2014. It was introduced as part of an effort to encourage the production of low-cost devices, whilst "driving end-user usage of Microsoft Services such as Bing and OneDrive ".
Windows 8.1: Blue [5] October 17, 2013 NT 6.3 Windows 8.1; Windows 8.1 Pro; Windows 8.1 Enterprise; 9600 IA-32, x86-64: January 10, 2023 May 23, 2014 [e] Windows 8.1 with Bing; Windows 10: Threshold [6] [f] July 29, 2015 NT 10.0 1507 (retroactively) Windows 10 Home; Windows 10 Pro; Windows 10 Education; Windows 10 Enterprise; Windows 10 Pro for ...
Windows Update Agent on Windows 10 supports peer-to-peer distribution of updates; by default, systems' bandwidth is used to distribute previously downloaded updates to other users, in combination with Microsoft servers. Users may optionally change Windows Update to only perform peer-to-peer updates within their local area network. [27]
The Windows Anytime Upgrade in Windows 7. Anytime Upgrade in Windows 7 no longer performs a full reinstallation of Windows. Components for the upgraded editions are instead pre-installed directly in the operating system; a notable result of this change is that the speed of the upgrade process has been significantly increased.
Syncing content between Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 and Windows PCs or Macs is provided through the Windows Phone App, which is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. It is the official successor to Zune software only for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1, and allows users to transfer content such as music, videos, and documents.