This tutorial shows you how to download Windows 10 ISO (or Windows 8.1 ISO and Windows 7 ISO) via official Microsoft direct download links.

WZor, the famous Russian hacker and leaker, has published a hack script which reveals all available ISO files for download. What’s hidden on the source code of Windows 10 Tech Bench Upgrade Program web page is the ability to generate download links of various editions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 ISO images. Officially, the following editions of ISO files are available for download:īoth Windows 10 Home and Windows Pro editions are available in all Windows 10 ISOs, which will be determined during installation or activation time based on product key. Microsoft has a lesser known web page for Windows 10 Tech Bench Upgrade Program which provides documentations, scripts, tools and various Windows 10 ISO images for retailers and service providers to provide support for those upgrading to Windows 10, data migration services to help people move files from old PCs to new PCs, and experience stations where people can try out Windows 10.Īs the web page is public, everybody can use the Windows 10 Tech Bench Upgrade Program web page to generate download links to generate Windows 10 ISOs directly, without MCT.

You also cannot use third party download manager to download the ISO to have better control, such as ability to pause and resume downloads. Everything is done in the background, and you don’t have control on the download process. What it does is to determine the need of the user, and then download the setup files or ISO image accordingly.

Media Creation Tool itself does not contain any Windows installation files, not to mention the ISO.

The official way that Microsoft advertised is by downloading the respective version of Media Creation Tool (MCT), and let the tool download and create the actual Windows ISO files. Microsoft allows consumers to download Windows 7 ISO, Windows 8.1 ISO and Windows 10 ISO from its server.

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