yes, the 8.1u1 is terrible. Everything keeps dropping back to desktop. For the people who couldn't figure out how to use the start screen, then maybe this will help them. My opinion is that this isn't helpful either. I was fine with 8.1 ON MY LAPTOP. I also like it on my tablet. The blackbar at the top is terrible. I want the desktop to close when I am not using it. The start screen should have been developed as the new desktop. Certain Apps close to the Desktop, which wasn't the case before. How is that helpful? I will concede that it took a bit of time to get used to Win8, but this feels like too many concessions backward on my laptop where my tablet is forward progress.