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@PKcano,

As I hit send…I realized I have my Mint CD right next to my hand.  Bingo, yahtzee, connect4!

@PKCano,

I was at link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

Your link:      https://www.microsoft.com/en-hk/software-download/windows10

I am using Win7ProSp1 from US PC.  Not sure what happened to en-us…global economy I guess. (tic)

I’ll admit, I hadn’t noticed a pull down menu that offered version options.  The only iOS options I have are mobile tablets and phones.

My only goal is retaining my hardware licensure from the initial Win7 to Win10 upgrade.  I’ve done more 1507 and 1511 clean installs than I can shake a stick at, so unless something has changed in Redmond that I’ve missed (very possible), I should be ok.

My alternative is certainly to monitor for CBB announcements and ‘file away’ an ISO.  If I can’t download a 1607 CBB, I’ll simply postpone my testing until 1703 rolls CBB later this year.

@Noel Carboni @CH100,

I quit following (out of frustration) about 6 months ago.  I’m ready to try CBB 1607, and if I can get that to stick on my Vostro 1500 laptop, will likely go from CBB to CBB as a test platform.

Q: Is there a Microsoft approved method for downloading  CBB 1607 (today or really anytime after 4/11/2017 ), or does that window close once the media creation tool hops from the 1607CB to the next evolution of the Current Branch?  If not a MSFT site, a trusted third party?

I’ve had two products I use ( Newton Mail and Prism aka Mobilligy ) which are only developing on the Win10 platform.  Of course (sheepish grin), I’ve put in feature requests to support the 2008R2/Win7SP1 as a ‘minimum platform’ requirment.

As a small business, the expense and lost time in the monthly patch cycle is better mitigated by ‘layered defense’ and NIST best practice aka practical cybersecurity than Microsoft’s current monthly exercises.