Windows 10 Creators Update: A Guide to Upgrading Using the Windows 10 Update Assistant

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 6, 2017

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Windows 10 Creators Update: A Guide to Upgrading Using the Windows 10 Update Assistant

 

Yesterday Microsoft made the Windows 10 Creators Update available early for advanced users and we have already showed you how to install the upgrade on your Windows 10 system using the Media Creation Tool (MCT).

One of the other methods you can use to obtain the Creators Update is the Windows 10 Update Assistant.

This small download checks your systems current build against the latest feature update build and if there is a newer one available it will offer it as an upgrade.

With the release of the Creators Update, Build 15063, anyone running an earlier version of Windows 10 like the Anniversary Update, Build 14393, will now be offered this update.

This gallery will show you the steps to download and use this tool to upgrade your own system.

If you have any questions about this process or run into problems just leave a comment below and we will get you some assistance.

Note: Just like with my step by step guide for upgrading using the MCT, this upgrade as also done in a virtual machine so you will see the VM frame around the images of Windows 10 Home in these screenshots. The steps in this process are the same whether they happen in a VM or on a physical device.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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