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    Uninstall Steelseries Engine Driver Before Windows 8.1 Upgrade

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by WhatsThePoint, Oct 15, 2013.

  1. WhatsThePoint

    WhatsThePoint Notebook Virtuoso

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    If the Steelseries Engine driver is present on your Windows installation when a Windows 8.1 upgrade is done the system will not boot.

    Uninstall the Steelseries Engine driver before upgrading say from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1

    System broken after Steelseries driver installation on windows 8.1 - Microsoft Community

    Steelseries Mouse & Keyboard software completely breaks Windows 8.1

    There is still no fix released at the time of this posting.

    In about a day from now Windows 8.1 will go from RTM to GA.

    There will be ISO downloads,downloads from the Windows Store and Retail versions in stores.

    Windows 8 had no "Retail' versions so this is one way Microsoft is hoping to get more to use Windows 8.1.
     
    WhatsThePoint, Oct 15, 2013
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    Just checked today they have it updated to 8.1 compatible,

    Will report back after making a restore point FIRST then be a guinea pig.

    edit : Seems to work fine, but reseted my old dpi setting which I forgot already grrr.
     
    baii, Nov 22, 2013
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