@TheTRUTH, upon first shaking hands with the new Windows 8 I'd experienced the alarming Blue Screen of Death for the 1st, and hopefully the last, time while moving to 8.1. Windows updates (at that time) threw their share of monkey wrenches into the mix as well. I'd finally felt I'd arrived safely home with the 8.1 update 1.
Here is an MT thread I hope shall apply a level of ease for your endeavor. http://malwaretips.com/threads/how-...ws-8-1-without-all-updates.24003/#post-173232