Windows 10: Threshold 1 Refresh comes via Windows Update and ESD

Anyone who is now updating to Windows 10 or is referring to the new Microsoft operating system in the Windows Store saves the Threshold 1 Refresh downloading previous updates after the initial setup. Microsoft has released an updated version of its new operating system on Windows Update servers and Windows Store. The new version includes all Windows updates that have found their way into Windows 10 since the release on July 29.


Also, anyone who is considering a neat new installation of Windows 10 will receive the new version of Threshold 1 Refresh from Windows 10. The Media Creation Tool from Microsoft to create USB or DVD installation media now automatically gets the updated version. This means that at least at the current level, no tedious downloads and reboots are required, which Windows users had to perform almost always after the initial setup of a system. This will of course change at the latest from the next patch day in mid-October.


The current build of Windows 10, which Microsoft delivers, also bears the number 10240. It is at first glance, therefore, the RTM version (release-to-manufacturing) of Windows 10, the manufacturers in the second half of July received, To play their devices with Windows 10. The update can be detected on the so-called build string of Windows 10.


This can be read and checked via the registry. To do so, you must open the registry (Click "Start", "Run" and type "regedit"). Then, navigate to the path "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionBuildLabEx". The value "10240.16384.150709-1700.TH1" should now be "10240.16393.150909-1450.th1_refresh" under the entry "BuildLab". This shows that Microsoft has updated the new version of Windows 10 with updates until September 9 ("150909").