Windows 10 Update Manually: Moving to Version 1903

Update: Windows 10 reached the end of support on 14 October 2025, which covers version 1903 along with every other Windows 10 feature update. Manually installing 1903 today would put you on a version of Windows that no longer receives security updates. We’re keeping the original steps below for reference, but if you’re looking to get a machine up to date now, the right move is to upgrade to Windows 11 — see our Windows 11 upgrade guide linked below for the current, supported path.

Original guide: manually updating to Windows 10 version 1903

Normally, updating to a new Windows 10 feature update just meant going to Settings > Update & Security and checking for updates, then letting them install and rebooting when prompted.

But if you were running an Enterprise edition of Windows 10, or the update simply wasn’t showing up yet on your machine, there was a manual route available.

Manual Upgrade Process

The manual method used the Windows 10 Update Assistant, downloaded from Microsoft’s software download page. Clicking “Update now” launched the wizard, which checked the machine’s specification and, if it passed, began the upgrade automatically. Once the installation phase finished, the machine rebooted and completed the upgrade — this final reboot could take a while, since the machine was configuring itself for the new version.

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Resources

• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10