Symptoms
Assume that you upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 Preview. At the end of the Windows 8.1 Preview lifespan, you may not be notified to upgrade to the release version of Windows 8.1.
Cause
Windows migrates your Windows 8 license to Windows 8.1 on upgrade. This process sets certain policies that prevent the end-of-life notification for the prerelease version from being shown.
Resolution
No additional action needs to be taken. You can still upgrade to Windows 8.1 when it is available.
Update information
An update (2863147) that enables a notification is available from Windows Update.
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
More Information
For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates