Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2013 August 6

= August 6 =

Windows 8.1
Does anyone know when Windows 8.1 will be available to the general public? I checked the Wikipedia article; it does not say. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 13:21, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * You can already download it for free on Mirosoft. 2A02:8422:1191:6E00:56E6:FCFF:FEDB:2BBA (talk) 16:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I think I heard about Sept. 1. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 14:24, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * According to this it is coming out "in Autumn." --Yellow1996 (talk) 16:42, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * [This] says by the end of August to OEM companies and late September to the general public. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 23:49, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to all! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:21, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Youtube loading slowly
Whenever I go to Youtube to watch a video it loads very slowly. This just started today and other websites load quickly so I don't think my internet connection is the problem. I did just update Adobe Flash Player and Reader so maybe those might be the problem? I'm using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer. Any help to fix this would be greatly appreciated. 2001:5B0:25FF:1CF0:0:0:0:39 (talk) 23:31, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * This is actually a common problem with Adobe Updates. Follow the instructions on this page to uninstall Flash; then, reinstall it and the problem should be gone (if that was what was causing the slowdown in the first place.) Good luck! --Yellow1996 (talk) 01:09, 7 August 2013 (UTC)