MS thinks I have W8 but I have W8.1

Hi,

I have a legal version of 8.1 on my Lenovo laptop.

But MS thinks that I only have W8 and I am now getting emails telling me the benefits of upgrading to W8.1 before moving to W10

Any help would be much appreciated,

Michael

redbourn said:

I have a legal version of 8.1 on my Lenovo laptop.

But MS thinks that I only have W8 and I am now getting emails telling me the benefits of upgrading to W8.1 before moving to W10

Any help would be much appreciated,

Microsoft's Marketing arm has nothing to do with what version of Windows you have installed. All they know is, at one time you installed Windows 8. Just click at the bottom where it says to unsubscribe.

shouldnt be a problem. and its not needed to upgrade 8.1 before win10 preview anyway

Mystere said:

Microsoft's Marketing arm has nothing to do with what version of Windows you have installed. All they know is, at one time you installed Windows 8. Just click at the bottom where it says to unsubscribe.

Thanks for the reply. If I unsubscribe, how will I know when and how to get the upgrade?

batlhilz said:

shouldnt be a problem. and its not needed to upgrade 8.1 before win10 preview anyway

Thanks.

Ztruker said:

If you right click on This PC and select Properties, what does it say there about the OS? Mine has this:



Also systeminfo from a Command Prompt will tell you as well:

Code:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>systeminfo

Host Name:                 DESKTOP
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro
OS Version:                6.3.9600 N/A Build 9600
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free

The command line didn't work, says it doesn't exist.

Thanks,

redbourn said:

Thanks for the reply. If I unsubscribe, how will I know when and how to get the upgrade?

You would be unsubscribing from the Windows 8 to 8.1 upgrade marketing.. not Insider marketing, unless this is marketing from the insider program specifically...

Everyone got those at some point, at least I did.

Mystere's suggestion will stop the messages. Don't worry about a real msg - when to upgrade - that will come through Windows Update. Or hang around here ... members are really really fast on news