I downloaded the ISO file of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate on the Microsoft MSDN website. I could install it on my home PC running Windows 8.1 without problems. However
I had issues installing VS2013 the log referred to framework 4.5 problems. I attempted to fix this a number of times and then gave up.
I then went to Microsoft website 4.5.1 framework download and now its installed.
Hope that helps
Geoff