Update is not applicable to your computer

Update is not applicable to your computer install#

Temporarily set your region to вЂњUnited StatesвЂќ and this may fix your issue. You should then see Region on the left.ДЇigure: вЂњRegion | Administrative | Change local settings | Current System LocalвЂќ Open your regional settings by typing вЂњregionвЂќ when you are at the start menu and selecting вЂњSettingsвЂќ. If this is the case you can probably get away with changing your region to вЂњUnited StatesвЂќ until the update is done. Most likely is that you have a US OS that has been set to a different region. There are a couple of tricks to try first though: Solution #1 вЂ“ Change your region to get Windows 8.1 Preview update to work

Update is not applicable to your computer install#

If however you have installed another language (installed perhaps from вЂњen-gb_windows_8_ењ†4_dvd_915412.isoвЂќ) then you may need to install a fresh copy of Windows.

If you have a вЂњen-usвЂќ copy of windows (installed from вЂњen_windows_8_ењ†4_dvd_915440.isoвЂќ) you can easily bypass this protection by either changing your windows regional settings to вЂњUnited StatesвЂќ, rebooting and retrying. This update is supposed to be for US customers only and has some checks to make sure that you have the correct region set. Unfortunately Microsoft looks to have done a poor job of detecting the region of the user. Some system are receiving an error when trying to install the Windows 8.1 Update patch (вЂњWindows8-RT-KB2849636-ењ†4.msuвЂќ) and they get a вЂњThe update is not applicable to your computerвЂќ error.ДЇigure: Windows 8.1 Preview вЂ“ The update is not applicable to your computer Applies to