How to force Windows 10 to download the Fall Creators Update

Microsoft is starting to push out the free Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. As always, this will be a gradual rollout, meaning not everyone will get the update on day one. Microsoft will slowly ramp up the release — but if you don’t want to wait, you can get the latest and greatest update today.

The best way to do so is to use the Windows 10 Update Assistant. Otherwise, you will have to wait for Windows Update to serve the Fall Creators Update to you — which, by the way, Microsoft recommends. If you’re OK with disregarding this advice, on the Windows 10 computer you want to update, head to microsoft.com/software-download/windows10 and click the blue “Update now” button. This will download the Windows 10 Update Assistant.