Can you install the windows 8.1 update on this tablet? Are the drivers ok? After installing the 8.1 upgrade version, is there any issue with it?
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I installed the update to 8.1 on my W700 with no problems with the updating itself. After upgrading Norton 360 would no longer work. My Logitech wireless trackball would not work either but I downloaded a new driver for it and it works OK now.
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I upgraded to W 8.1 and the W700 will not connect to a blue tooth earpiece. I updated the blue tooth drivers and no change. The keyboard works fine, but trying to connect an earpiece (pairing is ok) it shows connected for just a moment and then changed to not connected every time. I made sure the tablet was set as discoverable and ready.
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I have not updated it yet. I assume I can and will look into it on the coming weekend.
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Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/acer-iconia-w700-slow-after-installing-windows-81/c6287ebd-7095-4364-b48e-068a82295778?page=2 and it resolved the issue. Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at... » Read More Finally updated to Win 8.1. Created full system image for Win 8, just in case something goes wrong. After installation in device manager all drivers seems OK, however the "Bluetooth audio device" has an exclamation mark, does not seem to impact anything, and driver is updated. If you will need to update other drivers they are available on the Acer site. After the upgrade the tablet seemed a bit slow so I researched it a bit found info at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/acer-iconia-w700-slow-after-installing-windows-81/c6287ebd-7095-4364-b48e-068a82295778?page=2 and it resolved the issue. « Show Less
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I finally hooked it up to my Windows 8.1 tablet. It was true plug-and-play with the Microsoft drivers. I was unable to install the Lenovo drivers on Windows 8.1, as opposed to Windows 7, but I don't need them.Jim
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Follow up: Right after I responded to your inquiry my new computer upgraded to 8.1 automatically via Windows updates, and for free. Now I have 8.1 Pro. :)
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Mine has win 8.1 on it. You can tell when you turn it on and if it has the windows logo in the left corner it's windows 8.1. Even if it comes with win 8.0 it is just an update from the windows store after you install a certain update to allow it from the store. The. There is the windows 8.1 update. It adds a lot of fixes to 8.1
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Came with Windows 8. When the upgrade to 8.1 came, I let it upgrade. The computer does not have a touch screen so those "features" don't work.
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This particular machine is Windows 8; however, I'm very curious as to why you don't want Windows 8.1. I would like to upgrade to Windows 8.1 because I'm finding Windows 8 just too weird and not user friendly. If you have any question about the machine itself, I can honestly say that it is awesome!! If you're a gamer like me, you're going to love it.........great ventilation, it's fast, and the graphics are tantalizing. If you know of any virtues of Windows 8 over 8.1, I would appreciate knowing; otherwise, I will surely ditch 8........as soon as I can figure out how to upgrade to 8.1.
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No. I wouldn't count on any of the drivers working. You most likely will have to download a generic driver or let windows update find it for you
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I have a Windows 8.1 64 desktop and it works perfectly. Have had no problems since updating to 8.1
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Hi Molllie. I don't know if the tablet works with Windows 8. I have Vista. I can say that the instructions are not that good. I went online and printed the manual. I still have not got the tablet to work the way I thought it would.
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8.1 is just the upgrade of Windows 8 so should it should work. Just make sure if you have a 32 bit or 64 bit OS when you download the driver
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Hi! I use it on Windows 8.1 and really like it. Win 8.1 upgrade is also great. Jim
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It does, but it's a little tricky. There is someone else by the name of David L Dalley who put down a review about how they got it to work with Windows 8, which I will now quote here. "My main purpose for this review is to help those users with Windows 8 to get the drivers that come with the tablet to function properly. The tablet will not run well without the included software and this will definitely affect your experience. I recommend that you download the software directly from their website and install as the instructions provided describe. The problem here (at least the problem I encountered) was that when I went into the system tray and double clicked the tablet icon nothing happened. All I would get is the spinning circle. After tremendous frustration I hunted through the files provided in the download. First off when you download the file it creates a folder labelled H610_H580_H608. Open the folder and you will see another folder that says Win Driver. Open that folder and you will see 2 folders that will apply to you. One is labelled WIN7_32 and other labelled WIN7_64. The last 2 digits of each folder corresponds to if you are using a 32 bit operating system or the 64 bit operating system. Both folders contain an icon called TabCfg. While your tablet is connected to your computer, double click this icon and then (hopefully), you will see the configuration screen. From here you can fine tune your tablet. I recommend that you send this icon to your desktop just to make it easier to find when you need it." This is most of his review on the subject. Hopefully this was able to give you some insight.
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no, i have tried many driver updates and end up disappointed. Ion claims they have the driver update. It doesn't work with windows 8.
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Gina: I got this for my wife. She loves it, B U T we were unable to upgrade to 8.1. We went through all the updates for Windows 8, then it asked and still asks to update to 8.1. Unfortunately when we updated to 8.1 it took over 4 hours to download the files, then after they were installed and the machine re-started the radio in the tablet for the Wi-Fi would not work (no Wi-Fi connection), soooo I backed it back to version 8 and the radio worked for Wi-Fi. I did get the extended warranty so I plan on filing a claim and send it back to asus. Are you having the same experience?
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The download works. I can't say the same for 8.1. But the download will run as well as anything can on that version of Windows.
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Yes(suggestion). Window's 8.1 rarely requires special drivers. Try installing an older driver in unsigned driver mode. Windows eight will need to be specially booted into this "unsafe" mode(just for the driver install,, after installation standard booting is fine.) Manually click update driver from the malfunctioning device. I gotten even ancient XP-designed equipment to run with unsigned drivers like this, where other have said no way will it run.
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It is Windows 8. As far as I know 8.1 is only available currently as a Beta. Also, I have read that if you install the Beta and have problems, there is no way to uninstall it without wiping the hard drive clean and reloading the entire Gateway load set and also any user software you added. I don't plan to try 8.1 until it is released. Also, go to Microsoft's site and take a look at the improvements in 8.1 Microsoft has mentioned, many of them have to do with Touch and other features that I am not much interested in for a desktop. So I am not holding my breath on 8.1, but I will try it when official, if I don't switch to Windows 7 first.