Windows 8.1 Update is not appearing in the Windows Store

My reasons not to join the Apple Cult differ somewhat, to wit:

1.  They are the ultimate elevation of style over substance.  I prefer substance.

2.  Their marketing is the most emotionally manipulative I have ever seen in any industry.  For cryin' out loud, they try to get you to say "I love you" to their cell phones.  And, what's worse, they succeed.

3.  They get their cult followers to line up around the block for a incremental upgrades that bring their devices almost up to the performance standards and feature sets of the PREVIOUS generation of their competitors' products.

4.  They cost 50% more than their competition at every performance and feature point.

5.  They are utterly proprietary and strictly control what you can do with devices you purchase from them.  I like my property to be mine.

6.  They foster a false sense of security when the only thing that protects their users from malware is the overwhelming numeric superiority of their competition's installed base, making them a less attractive target for criminals.

7.  Their manufacturing is even more similar to slave labor than their competition's, which is bad enough already, but their exploitation of desperate workers does not bring their prices in line.

8.  Most of their products are impossible to service even for something as simple as replacing the batteries, but... (read next comment)

9.  They suddenly render whole families of their products deliberately obsolete, as they just did with iPod accessories when they changed the data connector.

10.  They do not adhere to otherwise universally accepted standards, like SD cards and USB ports.

Everything that transmits data is a backdoor to the NSA, so singling Apple out in that regard is unfair.  And being "Not Windows" is also an unfair criticism, as Windows is similarly not iOS.  Their are enough valid grounds on which to criticize Apple and avoid their products without overreaching.

Tried everyone and nothing is working to update it to 8.1 This is the worst thing ever created. Far worse than any apple laptop I've used. I have no choice but to return this and switch to apple. It's really upsetting because I was hooked on windows specially windows7

Don't switch to apple!

But I do have to say the upgrade process is a little scratchy and hard......

Have had same problem as this thread. Ailenware X51 R2 OEM Windows 8; Win 8.1 Upgrade does not appear in the Store. Followed all of the reccomendations in this thread. My Windows 8 is OEM_DM_channel

 

1. Uninstalled KB2871389
2. Reboot
3. Windows Update - Reinstall KB2871389
4. Reboot
5. Windows 8.1 Update appeared in the Store

 

Upgrade went without a hitch.

 

Regards,

Dave

I was trying everything else suggested.  Nothing worked.  I cannot believe I hadn't thought of this earlier!  Thanks for the idea!  I finally have 8.1  (What a pain though!)