Microsoft Temporarily Pulls Windows RT 8.1 Update Hot

“Your PC needs to be repaired.  The Boot Configuration Data file is missing some required information.”  This was the message displayed to “a limited number of users” who were trying to update their Surface tablet to the new 8.1 operating system.  This error then left users with the “blue screen of death” that rendered their tablets unusable.  As per a Microsoft representative, “Microsoft is investigating a situation affecting a limited number of users updating their Windows RT devices to Windows RT 8.1.  As a result, we have temporarily removed the Windows RT 8.1 update from the Windows Store.”  Microsoft has assured users that their engineers are working on the problem, but they are not giving a timeline for when the issue will be fixed.

If you were one of the unfortunate ones to get the “Blue Screen of Death” after trying to download Windows RT 8.1, Microsoft has released a fix.  To read Microsoft’s troubleshooting instructions:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40810

To read more about Windows RT 8.1:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2056295/microsoft-releases-fix-for-surface-rt-slates-borked-by-windows-rt-8-1-update.html

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9243368/Microsoft_yanks_Windows_8.1_update_for_Surface_RT_after_Blue_Screen_of_Death_reports

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