Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows RT 8.1 Preview are prerelease versions of
Windows 8.1 and are scheduled to expire soon. Therefore, the Windows 8.1 Preview and
Windows RT 8.1 Preview communities are scheduled to retire on 14 January 2014.
When the Windows 8.1 Preview and
Windows RT 8.1 Preview communities retire:
- The Windows 8.1 Preview and
Windows RT 8.1 Preview versions will be removed from all forum dropdowns.
- You will not be able to create new threads in the
Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows RT 8.1 Preview version forums.
- Threads you participated in or followed will be archived to your profile.
- All threads will be locked and become read-only.
- All threads will be hidden from search engine indexes.
We recommend that all Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows RT 8.1 Preview users update to Windows 8.1 and
Windows RT 8.1 and start new conversations in the
Windows 8.1 and
Windows RT 8.1 communities.