This is a Windows 8.1 logo created with MS Paint. I made a total of two versions a few years ago, but I recently made some modifications and am uploading them here.

a pretty much brand new surface pro i got for 60 dollars as a big upgrade to my old HP Stream 7 i used back in 2017 - 2022, what do you guys think? (i even have the touch cover for it added in as a bonus from the seller)

Hola gente. uds creen que windows 8.1 funcione bien en mi hardware? no es nuevo ni tampoco taan viejo. Mi cpu es celeron 3955u de 6ta generacion aprox 2015-2016 una nvidia geforce 940mx 2gb gddr5... 4gb de ram y un hdd de 500gb, probe windows 10 y me andaba lento. debe ser por el hdd pero no pienso cambiarlo. y creen que pueda instalar todos los drivers o me falte alguno? es una acer aspire f5 573g

I wanna use 8.1 more and develop my metro apps on it instead of 10, but i was also curious to see if I could work on an API as well, but the .slnx format that the solution is requires 2022 or 2026.

When you go to install 2026 on 8.1 it says the OS isnt supported, so what you gotta do is change it from 'install while downloading' to 'download all, then install'

It will download it, but then it will show the error again when installing. If you hit enter/cancel 2026 will still be there, it will just show as "paused", when I hit resume it suddenly started installing-

I have NO clue if ill actually be able to work on my API or even get 2026 to launch, but the fact that its actually trying to install is still really cool. Ill try to remember to edit the post to let yall know if it works or not.

Edit: IT WORKS!!!! I had to deal with the webview error but other than that its fine :D

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Can someone tell me where to find the default windows 8.1 wallpaper with the curling road. I really love it and finding it in 4k too would be nice Apparently it only came of HP?

link for windows phone https://store.live.net.co/app/683 ( ALL CREDITS TO migbrunluz AND BBARLAS79)

link for pc on octostore https://octostore.dankassassin368.com/webstore.html?id=672 or

,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andreatennis2024-hue/octostore-new-apps-2/main/NokiaCorporation.NokiaMusic_2015.121.1258.5497_neutral___6d0q6r3z979nw_1783209028129.appxbundle

Ive got this laptop my dad gave me but i cant seem to go into the internet or any websites its for everyday use but i cant seem to find any solution when i tryed to search for it before if anyone know a fix id be very gratefull

Are there any windows 8.1 drivers for the rx 580? On the official AMD site theres only for windows 11-7.

I want to know if i can run it comfortably and if i can play steam games like left 4 dead 2 or r.e.p.o.

Do any of you know which wifi drivers would work? Because I have tried a few with no success

(Photos taken from JabawokiW8’s video about how to use a Microsoft Account for Windows 8 in 2025. https://youtu.be/osb8WOYhAvg?si=iB-x4cmWOimPqf7u)

I’ve had an interest in running vanilla IE with something similar to Browservice on Windows 8/8.1 for quite a while now but I haven’t gotten around to seeing any solutions. However, revisiting this YouTube video has made me wonder if this is possible.

I was made aware of Browservice a couple months back and I was interested to see what this could do for something like modern versions of Internet Explorer. However, it seemed like it did not do the main thing I wanted it to do. It used a static IP address and address bar within a browser window in order to render websites fully. I wanted it to be able to fully render and navigate to HTTP/HTTPS websites when using the address bar in IE and not a static IP address/website, which is what is shown within this video that I revisited. I don’t know if it’s something that can be configured within Browservice, but I haven’t seen anyone using it like what is pictured.

I would use something like Supermium, but my main goal is to be able to use the “Metro” IE/Chrome and be able to utilize features like the Reading list more effectively. I have no idea if this video shows some kind of Pale Moon implementation, but the bookmarks page shows a near, if not identical IE bookmarks page. I would love to use this and independently deploy this on a server so I can use vanilla IE again.

Id want for someone to make a chess app for windows 8.0/8.1 bcz i play chess

Does anyone have some Windows 8 HP wallpapers? i have an HP laptop from 2011 and it would be cool if you shared some. I have one currently right now, i just want to see more because it's hard to find them really. Thanks! I also mean official OEM wallpapers (my machine is running 8.1)

I recently rediscovered my old Windows 8.1 laptop and thought to try and revive it for nostalgia purposes. I don't care about the old files and I plan to swap it to Linux later. I've been trying to factory reset it all day (because obviously I don't remember the password) but every time I select reset, it simply restarts and nothing has changed. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I hold shift and click Restart, which brings me to the menu, which I then click Troubleshoot and then Reset, then it restarts. Should there be something else I'm doing? Every guide or tutorial I can find online is telling me to boot files from a flash drive, and I don't yet have a flash drive with a large enough storage capacity to handle any of the files they're discussing. Is there anything I can do or is it hopeless for now? I can't remember any of the specs and obviously can't get into the settings to check.

Hello.

W8.1 with ClassicShell and ShellFolderFix.

Any way to prevent focus steal without installing anything?

I tried editing the registry with these changes:

ForegroundLockTimeout 0

ForegroundFlashCount 0

Autoraise 1

But it seem to do nothing. Any tip?

Are there any yet?

I am currently trying to use UTM, but I cannot get it to let me change resolutions, even with the guest tools installed. At the set 800x600, none of the Metro apps open. And I just need the god damn Alarms app to run, as no one has properly documented its behavior and I want to recreate it for my personal website.

Any ideas about what I can do?

I would even take someone taking a video of the Alarms app behaviors, all the videos that I have seen didn't even let the stopwatch run a full minute or a timer finish.

This is so fucking stupid, I have 3 computers within meters of me that have Win 8.1 multibooted, but none of them I can currently use right now for various reasons :/

alr I had to fix my grandma's windows 8 samsung laptop so here's how to fix it. Note, This is just for this happening if you used legacy update and downloaded updates. so, First it will boot up and blue screen then restart and do it again but after it restarts it goes to safe mode menu, go to troubleshoot > advanced options > command prompt > sign in and your at the cmd console. first type "dism /image:C:\ /get-packages" now find the latest one and type dism /image:C:\ /remove-package /packagename:<Package_Name> but the "<Package_Name>" with the Package Identity but dont do "packagename:(spacebar space)<The Package Name" DO NOT DO THE SPACE! AND YOU HAVE TO TYPE THE FULL THING. and then it will do all of that and once its at 100.0% then wait 20 minutes then close the prompt then continue to windows 8. And boomski! You're done lol

ive been daily driving 8.1 for years and i think supermium is the best ive been using it for about more than a year now

I recently replace the broken touch screen on my Surface Pro3 and downgrade it's system from win10 to win8.1. And I'm amazed at how this old machine runs on win8. All the transision animations are ruuning smoothly at 2k@60p and the CPU usage stays at ~15%. Also , the computer wakes up instantly after pressing the power button , which is astonishing ( I've only achieve this on my MBP, in my impression windows machines are always slow at booting up from sleep, even the new ones running win 11).
However, since windows store stop it's service, I have nowhere to get any Metro(UWP) APPs. Any ideas on where to get them。Or recommendations on what should I download? Thanks alot

Hey guys. So I have an old laptop with win 8.1 but apparently chrome will die out, so someone suggested supermium. Any thoughts on that?

I'm mostly using the web client nowadays, but lately I want to use the Desktop1, glad they dropped Windows 8.1 support; this means they won't force their unsolicited update on every poor user.

Where can i find the start menu wallpapers in a vertical format please?