Microsoft Releases Massive Windows 8 Update Prior to General Availability

Last Tuesday Microsoft announced it was releasing 'a set of improvements' to Windows 8 dealing with performance, power management, battery efficiency, media playback and compatibility.

If you are an MSDN or enterprise customer, these updates will be available for your Windows 8 PCs via Windows Update as of today (October 9), following Microsoft's standard cadence for Windows Updates on the second Tuesday of each month at about 10:00am (PDT).

The update is listed in the Microsoft Knowledge Base Article KB2756872 and can also be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.

The update is 97.4 MB for the 32-bit version or 162.8 MB for the 64-bit version of Windows 8.

Read more in my HelpWithWindows article.