Hi does the latest Kontakt 6.71 work with Windows 8.1? My kontakt 6 is working but I got a plugin that works only with 6.71
Unfortunately, no. Since version 6.7.0, the minimum supported Windows version is now Windows 10:
https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/39/official-update-status-kontakt-current-version-6-7-1
(click the spoiler warning thing there)
Native Acces won't let you download the installer, but if you can get the installer from a W10 machine, you can copy it over to your 8.1 machine and it will work.