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- Aug 11, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Aug 12, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Windows 8.1 update 2 will arrive during August's Patch Tuesday
- A leak reported by CNET on 21 July 2014 pegged Windows 8.1 Update 2 for August 12, Patch Tuesday; Microsoft declined comment and the report could not be confirmed[1]
- On 5 August Microsoft blogged that no second big Windows 8.1 update would ship; monthly updates would deliver features, and Patch Tuesday became "Update Tuesday"[3]
- The August 12 update (KB 2975719, later called the "August Update") did ship, adding Precision Touchpad improvements, Miracast receiver APIs and fewer SharePoint Online password prompts; How-To Geek called it a small update[2][3]
- The Start menu, once planned for Update 2, was pushed to Windows Threshold, probably Windows 9, in 2015[1][2][3]
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- [1]90%cnet.com/news/windows-8-1-update-2-reportedly-will-land-august-12cnet.com· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Aug 11, 2014 ✓· Ends Aug 12, 2014 ✓· 96% of score
Happened as dated, per cnet.com: "Windows 8.1 will arrive during August's Patch Tuesday, claims a Russian websi…"
- [2]80%Windows 8.1 Update 2 is Here, But Its a Big Letdownhowtogeek.com· Published Aug 20, 2014· 2% of score
How-To Geek reports the "August Update" (Windows 8.1 Update 2) was released on 12 August 2014, squarely inside the pin's stored 11-13 August window, though the piece notes the update was minor enough that "you probably didn't even notice."
- [3]76%Microsoft KILLS Windows 8.1 Update 2 and Patch Tuesdaytheregister.com· Published Aug 5, 2014· 2% of score
The Register, published 5 August 2014, reports Microsoft scrapping a standalone Windows 8.1 Update 2 in favor of folding minor fixes into the 12 August Update Tuesday cycle, a date matching the pin's stored window even as the article complicates the pin's framing of it as a discrete "Update 2."
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