Microsoft has finally published RS5 ISOs today

Aug 1, 2018 05:30 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has finally released Windows 10 Redstone 5 ISO images for insiders, allowing for a clean-install as the new OS feature update is nearing the stabilization phase.

What’s important to know is that these are the final ISOs and they are only aimed at users who are participating in the Windows Insider program.

There are ISO images for three different Redstone 5 builds, namely build 17713, 17127, and 17115. Microsoft hasn’t yet published ISOs for the recently-released build 17728.

Clean-installs and quick updating to recent builds

In case you are wondering who needs such ISOs, Windows insiders typically use them for quickly updating systems to recent builds, while others turn to them for clean installs.

A clean-install is typically the easiest way to solve problems in Windows 10, and since we’re talking about the Windows Insider program here, where bugs are more or less something to be expected, it makes sense for a clean install to be a common solution.

More often, insiders build their own ISOs using the ESD files that Microsoft employs for delivering new Windows 10 builds, and this is pretty much the only option when the software giant needs so much time to publish new images.

Windows 10 Redstone 5 is projected to be finalized in the fall, with September currently the target for the RTM build. If everything goes according to the plan, Windows 10 Redstone 5 should begin rolling out for users in the production ring in October, with Microsoft likely to complete the phased release by the end of the year.

Windows 10 Redstone 5 is expected to be called October 2018 Update, as Microsoft has switched to a naming scheme that makes a bit more sense given the timing of the release. No confirmation has been offered in this regard, though.