download windows 10 1709 without using media creation tool

Choose a file destination and wait for the download to complete. You will be prompted for a location on disk to save the ISO file. For this tutorial please choose ISO, and then click Next. The media creation tool gives you the option of putting the installation files on a USB flash drive or into a single ISO file. Choose the language, the edition, and the architecture when prompted, and then click Next again.Select the option to Create installation media, and then click Next.

When you run the media creation tool you will have the option to either Upgrade this PC now or Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC. You must actually be logged-on to the computer as the administrator before you run the media creation tool, otherwise the tool will not let you proceed. It is *not* sufficient to use ‘run as’ to run the tool with elevation as an administrator. When you run the media creation tool you *must* be logged on to the computer as a local administrator. You cannot use this tool to obtain anything other than the current/latest version, so if you are needing an older version then you would have to obtain it through some other means, such as through a volume licensing agreement with Microsoft. It will enable you to obtain the most recent version of Windows 10, which at the time of this writing is version 1709. You can download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool directly from Microsoft at this link. Use the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool to obtain the ISO installation media for the version of Windows 10 that you want to deploy.However, the alternate Windows 10 feature update deployment method outlined below can be used with any version of BatchPatch. Beginning with BatchPatch version 202004, Windows 10 ‘feature upgrades’ or ‘feature updates’ such as 1607, 1703, 1709, 1803, 1809, 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2, 21H1, 21H2 etc can all be installed with the normal Windows Update actions in BatchPatch (you must disable cached mode and also check the ‘Upgrades’ classification under ‘ Tools > Settings > Windows Update‘).

Download windows 10 1709 without using media creation tool