Two MCT ISOs are ever the same (due to MCT always regenerating the ISO content on the fly) it is currently impossible to On the other hand, regardless of the manner in which Microsoft's Media Creation Tool produces its content, because no
Validate beforehand if you have the slightest concern about security, does match, bit for bit, the one that Microsoft
This, in turn, offers assurance that the content YOU are using to install your OS, which it is indeed critical to Sure that the image you are using has not been corrupted and is safe to use. Have access to it, or from sites such as this one) allowing you to be 100% Master for each of them, Microsoft retail ISOs are the only ones you can obtain an official SHA-1 for (from MSDN, if you Indeed, because there only exists a single Microsoft's own Media Creation Tool (MCT), this is because using official retail ISOs is currently the only way toĪssert with absolute certainty that the OS content has not been altered.
That create an exceedingly counterproductive, if not downright unfriendly, consumer experience and that greatly detractįrom what people really want (direct access to ISO downloads).Īs to the reason one might want to download Windows retail ISOs, as opposed to the ISOs that are generated by This script exists because, while Microsoft does make retail ISO download links freely and publicly available (at leastįor Windows 8 and Windows 10), it only does so after actively forcing users to jump through a lot of unwarranted hoops, ISO download links as well as provide convenient access to bootable UEFI Shell images. Fido: A PowerShell download script for Windows ISOs and UEFI Shellįido is a PowerShell script that is primarily designed to be used in Rufus, but thatĬan also be used in standalone fashion, and whose purpose is to automate access to the official Microsoft Windows retail