windows 10 version 1709 came out on october 17, 2017.
windows 10 version 1709 came out on october 17, 2017.
when did windows 10 version 1709 come out?
october 17, 2017
windows 10 mobile fall creators update, also known as version 1709 and codenamed "redstone 3", is the third major update to windows 10 mobile and the third in a series of updates under the "redstone" codenames. it carries the build number 10.0.15254. despite sharing the same codename and version number with the pc version of windows 10 fall creators update ("redstone 3"), the update is still in build part of the "redstone 2" branch. the first preview was released to insiders on april 14, 2017. it was released to the public on october 24, 2017.
windows 10 mobile version history
on the general availability build of windows10 version 1507, to activate and generate the "digital entitlement" for windows10, the operating system must have first been installed as an in-place upgrade. during the free upgrade, a genuineticket.xml file is created in the background and the system's motherboard details are registered with a microsoft product activation server. once installed, the operating system can be reinstalled on that particular system via normal means without a product key, and the system's license will automatically be detected via online activation - in essence, the microsoft product activation server will remember the system's motherboard and give it the green light for product re-activation. due to installation issues with upgrade only installs, in november 2015, windows 10 version 1511 was released with additional activation mechanisms. this build treated windows7 and windows8/8.1 product keys as windows10 product keys, meaning they could be entered during installation to activate the free license, without the need to upgrade first to "activate" the hardware with microsoft's activation servers. for major original equipment manufacturers (oems), windows 8/8.1 and windows 10 oem product keys are embedded in the firmware of the motherboard and if the correct edition of windows 10 is present on the installation media, they are automatically inputted during installation. since the release of windows 10 version 1709, microsoft decided to release multi-edition installation media, to alleviate installation and product activation issues users experienced due to accidentally installing the wrong edition of windows 10. despite the 1-year free upgrade offer having long expired, all activation mechanisms involving windows 7 and windows 8 keys still work with all subsequent builds of windows 10, even windows 7 and windows 8/8.1 product keys that have never been used for a previous windows 10 installation.
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