How to install Windows 10 Build 15002 BaseImage-15002.wim

Today Windows 10 Creators update insider build 15002 leaked online. Windows 10 build 15002 (15002.1001) BaseImage-15002.wim leaked image size is 3.30 GB. This is not a standard ISO installation image, so you need to convert it to build 15002 ISO. Follow below steps.

How to install Windows 10 build 15002 (15002.1001)

1. Download BaseImage-15002.wim and any Windows 10 ISO.
2. Open that ISO File with a tool like UltraISO.
3. Replace the ‘install.wim’ in the ‘sources’ folder with the BaseImage-15002.wim.
4. Boot the ISO in a Generation 2 Hyper-V virtual machine.
5. Install Windows like you normally would.

After installation, you will unable to log in normally and stuck at the login screen. To get around this, do the following:

1. After restarting, boot into the ISO again.
2. Press Shift + F10 at the install screen.
3. Type notepad
4. Click file
5. Click open
6. Navigate to ‘C:\Windows\system32′
7. Delete the utilman.exe
8. Copy the cmd.exe and rename it to utilman.exe
9. Reboot into Windows

Now, after you booted into Windows:

1. Click on the utilities button in the lower right corner.
2. The cmd will now launch
3. Type ‘net user Administrator abc’
4. Type ‘net user Administrator /active:YES’
5. Now enter ‘abc’ as password

Check out what’s new in this build 15002 here.