Windows 8.1 official offline upgrade package & GPO question related to Metro & UAC

Hello!
I am testing pre-deployment of Windows 8.1 in our 2008R2 domain. So far only my workstation is upgraded to win8x64 (from win7x64) and I am assessing if all of our LOB aps and servers will work fine with it. A few questions
1. We use workstations coming with OEM win8 license (all currently running win7 downgrade). I noticed that oficially there is no win8.1 offline upgrade package! Does that mean that Microsoft officially wants people to sing into Windows Store with a Microsoft
account to perform online upgrade with administrative privileges? That's pretty awkward ...
I figured that I could use win 8.1 installer ISO/UFD that I created in past (for home computer actually), but am not sure if that works out with our win8 OEM license keys tied to BIOS/UEFI on each desktop computer.
Was actually expecting an 8.1 Service Pack package that I could publish to WSUS, so it could take care of upgrade on win8 computers, but there is no such thing ... and no official package for 8.1 offline deployment either ... weird ...
Currently I am actually about to upgrade my own/test workstation to 8.1 (from 8.0, using Windows Store online), then sysprep it and create a reference WIM image and see if I can deploy 8.1 thick image (with all updates and company apps installed) this way
via WDS. anybody tested if it works this way? any gotchas?
2. win8 GPOs
Can somebody enlighten me where in Group Policies I can find a setting to re-assign ALL file/media extensions (e.g. jpg, tiff, png, bmp, mp4, WMV, etc.) back to Desktop applications instead of the horrible Metro UI equivalents?
We are actually about to bypass Metro UI completely on each computer so it boots straight to desktop and all file upon double-click must open an application within Desktop (no Metro UI for end users).
I know how to do this manually one by one via Group Preferences, but am asking if there is some specific GPO ADMX setting that would replace Metro UI apps with Desktop application in any and all file associations.
Personally I see no point in using the clunky Metro UI without a touchscreen.
3. is UAC enabled required for Windows Store to work?
Seems like it needs at least the Low security setting, so the Windows Store and Metro UI stays operational. no workaround for that for disabled UAC environment?
Just asking, it's not a big deal, people can learn to live with UAC, but am curious if that's by design.
Thanks for answers!

Hi,
1. For upgrading to Win8.1, please refer the following link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/update-from-windows-8-tutorial As I know, Win8 activated using KMS, cannot upgrade to Win8.1
2. No, there is no such GPO settings added into Admin template. You will have to work around this using GPP...
3. There is no way to bypass UAC and allow Windows Store at one time. UAC is headache since Vista times and we have to live with the Protection :) Believe me, it does good to PC safety.
Regards, Brian
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thanks for the answers!
Yeah, UAC is a bit of a headache especially with legacy software. When deploying our Win7 domain clients however I got away by simply disabling it to make it easier for all users coming straight from XP environment.
for future win8.1 deployments however, I will set the UAC level to Low and keep it there, so modern apps and winstore stays operational if anybody wanted it or needed it. not a big deal, plus an added security layer, I agree with that.
As per default win8 file extension associations ... well, that's a bummer, and yeah, the GPP is what I had in mind to work around that manually.
I am running on upgraded win8.1 right now and so far I like it more or less in work environment, after adjustments that is :)
My only problem is related to win 8.1 clean installation and imaging and deployment however, wanted to use Lite Touch via WDS for w8.1, but problem is that I have no image of win8.1 that can activate with OEM licenses tied to BIOS.
Sysprep doesn't work on upgraded 8.1 (from 8.0), so I can't image that with generalization and on other hand the only generalized image I can take is from bare win 8.0 without the 8.1 upgrade. What I mean is that our computer vendor (HP) switched to OEM
win8 licenses tied to UEFI/BIOS (no more case stickers) and that doesn't activate when I try to clean install 8.1 even though it should, but the build ID string in BIOS must be changed ... need to open a case with HP to work it out, I am sure it's still possible
to achieve even without volume licensing.
We use a Basic Infrastructure model so far with retail+OEM keys (no KMS so far but it's in plans if Office deployment plans get approved by CFO). I thought for 8.1 actually it was a good idea to implement Standardized Infrastructure with thick images, as
manual upgrade to win 8.1 from win 8.0 is painful.

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