Windows 10: Question re: Media Creation Tool and Windows 10 versions ...

Hello. So, I know all about the Media Creation Tool that Microsoft has provided, and I've used it to download an installable ISO of Windows 10 after I got finished upgrading to Windows 10 via the Media Creation Tool. My question is, will Microsoft stick with Build 10240 (the version of Windows 10 that went "gold" for RTM) whenever someone downloads a Windows 10 ISO, or will they upgrade the downloadable ISO via the Media Creation Tool from time to time ? Someone on these forums did say they noticed a different version number when they downloaded a new Windows 10 ISO, so that's what prompted me to ask. Thanks in advance.

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I recently upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 But I have had some aggravations and as a result I would like to perform a fresh install I used the media creation tool to perform the Upgrade and as a result The version of Windows 10 on the media creation tool
is the old one

and I want to do a fresh install with the newest version of windows 10. My question is if I re-download the Media Creation tool will it download the newest Windows 10 version or an older Build?

 

Updating Windows 10 Built 10244 to Windows 10 Build 10586, Version 1511

Hi Nachappa,

Thank you for your prompt answer to my question.

I followed your instructions and downloaded Media Creation Tools from Windows website.

Unfortunately, the Media Creation Tools, re-installs same Windows build as the one exists on my tablet.

Any other suggestion to enable me obtain Version 1511?

Thanks Again

 

The build number is still 10240. There was an update this week (Cumulative Update KB3081424 ) that someone had commented it changed the build number but the change was to the right of the decimal.

The new build number now is:

10240.16412.amd64fre.th1.150729-1800

You have to find this detail in the Registry. If you ran Winver from the Run command, it would still show 10240.

 

Right, but as updates roll out via Windows Update, will the ISO of Windows 10 that gets downloaded and created via Media Creation Tool get updated, too? That's what I'm asking. Does anyone know the answer to this question? Apparently it has to be "yes," given the fact that Microsoft did change the version number after they released KB3081424, but it'd be nice if someone could confirm this (officially, that is). Thanks.

 

Please don't bump your threads.

And nobody can officially confirm anything of the sort as we don't work for MS. It's one of those questions that can only be answered over time as it happens, anything else would be guesswork for now.