Windows 10 Understanding Windows 10 Version History

[blksith0]

Hi, trying to understand how MS does this.

So on the win10 changelog:
Windows 10 version history - Wikipedia

You see 1607 came out, then 1704 afterwards, which seems to include a bunch of updates that were released to "fast ring" beta testers beforehand, (1) is that right? i.e. When 1704 came out initially, did it already include all of the listed updates (10.0.14901 -> 10.0.15007) included?

(2) Are all those version updates associated with a particular KB windows update?
(3) And if so, then if you're on version 1607 (build 10.0.14393) and you installed every update, would that be equivalent to just installing 1704?

Also where, from within windows, do you even find out which "1607" "1704" version you're on? I can only find the build number from the "ver" command.

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[pnamajck]

the latest official release is 1607-14393.693 … what you are referring to are those still in the testing phase (creators updates), blksith0 … hence, those are not yet officially released.

i would have shared more … but, turns out, i couldn't find supporting facts behind my hypothesis … so i scrubbed the remainder of this post.

 

[pnamajck]

mod … pls remove this reply … thanks.

 

[kemical]

Hi, trying to understand how MS does this.

So on the win10 changelog:
Windows 10 version history - Wikipedia

You see 1607 came out, then 1704 afterwards, which seems to include a bunch of updates that were released to "fast ring" beta testers beforehand, (1) is that right? i.e. When 1704 came out initially, did it already include all of the listed updates (10.0.14901 -> 10.0.15007) included?

(2) Are all those version updates associated with a particular KB windows update?
(3) And if so, then if you're on version 1607 (build 10.0.14393) and you installed every update, would that be equivalent to just installing 1704?

Also where, from within windows, do you even find out which "1607" "1704" version you're on? I can only find the build number from the "ver" command.

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We do have an open thread which has news of the most recent Preview releases. Just do a search for the build number and the page should pop right up:
Insider Preview - Windows 10 Insider Preview