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The Media Creation tool always downloads the latest stable version and build of Windows 10. The edition is determined by your license and the tool can install any of the four editions. That is how it determines which edition it should install. When you install Windows 10 with a USB, it asks for a license or reads it automatically from your motherboard during installation. The Media Creation tool can download any edition of Windows 10. All Windows versions support both the 32-bit and 64-bit architecture. This is a hardware property and your OS’s architecture must match it. ArchitectureĪrchitecture has to do with your processor’s capabilities. Examples of the build are build number 6 for when Windows 10 was first released, and build number 16299.125 the current build at the time of writing.

Examples of Windows 10 versions are 1507 (the very first version), and version 1709 (the current version). The version is updated when a large feature update is rolled out to all users. Microsoft uses the word version to describe it as well so it makes sense if users confuse the two. v.1, v1.2, etc, Windows 10 has build numbers and a subset version number that corresponds with it. Other editions include Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Education. Windows 10 has two main versions or editions Pro, and Home. 1507 or Creators Update, and they use it to refer to the architecture i.e. Windows 7 and Windows 10, the use it to refer to the build e.g. People use it to refer to a version of Windows e.g. The word ‘version’ is used interchangeably to describe several different aspects of an operating system. Version vs Build vs Architectureīefore we explain what Windows 10 version the Media Creation tool downloads, there are three concepts that we need to explain. Users who want to install Windows 10 using the Media Creation tool may wonder what Windows 10 version the tool will download. All you need is a license that goes with your version of Windows 10. The tool can download Windows 10 and update the current PC, and it can create installation media. Microsoft has made the OS available to everyone via the Media Creation tool. Installing Windows 10 is the easiest it’s ever been to install any version of Windows.