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    Windows 8.1 Update 1 installed but how do i know?

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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @IRJ
      last edited by

      @IRJ What do you do with a random person on the phone? I do not have internal users with all of these tools installed.

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      • IRJI
        IRJ @JaredBusch
        last edited by

        @JaredBusch said:

        @IRJ What do you do with a random person on the phone? I do not have internal users with all of these tools installed.

        These PCs arent on your network, then?

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by JaredBusch

          I work from home. I don't have a network. A client calling in is where I use this info.
          Thinking about it some more, I can get information from ScreenConnect as soon as we start the session.

          Also, I know that I can have them just click on the Start button and see if the power icon is on the Start Screen. But seriously, it is the SYSTEM screen......

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          • IRJI
            IRJ
            last edited by

            I forgot you're a MSP and not an internal guy. So my solution wont work for you.

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender
              last edited by Dashrender

              If they have a spy glass next to their name on the start screen, they have the Update.
              Additionally, if they have the power symbol (weird almost circle with a line out the top of it), which would be right next to the spy glass for searching.

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              • T
                technobabble
                last edited by technobabble

                I had read about the new update and that the Start Screen would have the Power and Search icons by the username. So I decided to reboot to complete my update. After I logged in, I waited almost 5 minutes staring at 2 black screens before hitting Ctrl Alt Del and I got the screen I expected and I chose task manager. The disc was at 100% and stayed that way for about another 2 minutes before everything was back to normal, well except I was at the desktop and not the Start Screen (as I expected from prior reading)

                I unchecked bypassing the Start Screen in Navigation properties and since I have two monitors, I checked show Start on display I am using.!

                Image below was created by using Windows Key and PrintScreen, had forgotten about that since I usually use the Snipping Tool. Anyway, there is the icons next to the image of the user reflecting that you are using W8.1 Update 1

                Screenshot small.png

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @JaredBusch
                  last edited by

                  @JaredBusch said:

                  ** Also, I know that I can have them just click on the Start button and see if the power icon is on the Start Screen. **But seriously, it is the SYSTEM screen......

                  Reading comprehension is lacking today it seems. You guys say to look on the start screen... I said that... I know that. That is NOT the point.

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                  • NaraN
                    Nara
                    last edited by

                    It isn't a service pack, so I wouldn't expect it to show up on the system properties page.

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                      technobabble @Nara
                      last edited by

                      @Nara I agree that it's not a service pack, but since so much has changed in this last update, it acts more like a service pack, and because of that I believe @JaredBusch has a point, it should show up somewhere.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch
                        last edited by

                        Also I was under the impression that they are supposedly moving away from the big service packs and towards the update rollout schedule.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                          last edited by

                          @JaredBusch said:

                          Also I was under the impression that they are supposedly moving away from the big service packs and towards the update rollout schedule.

                          I believe that that is true. The big SP thing did not work well, they developed a very unhealthy culture of people reading too much into the SP numbers.

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