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Thank you Scott, much appreciated.
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And TP comes after the Insider Preview that I am using and I have already once had to reformat.<br />
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So TP is the one release between test and production.
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And TP comes after the Insider Preview that I am using and I have already once had to reformat.

So TP is the one release between test and production.

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Thank you John, I appreciate the additional content, especially since I closed-out the question.
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Thank you John, I appreciate the additional content, especially since I closed-out the question.

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Glad to have helped. &nbsp;You could re-open and split the points as John's comment was an excellent point.
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Glad to have helped.  You could re-open and split the points as John's comment was an excellent point.

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No need to re-open. I was happy to add the comment but do leave as is.
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No need to re-open. I was happy to add the comment but do leave as is.

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Hi all. I have searched for answers on this but cannot find any one-liner that tells me the difference, If Released to Manufacturer, is for the purpose of identifying bugs and problems that hardware manufacture ID problems before getting the finished product, &nbsp;and technical preview is the same thing, where it gets tested, how do they differ? Does TP comes before RTM, for example. <br />
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Many thanks
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Hi all. I have searched for answers on this but cannot find any one-liner that tells me the difference, If Released to Manufacturer, is for the purpose of identifying bugs and problems that hardware manufacture ID problems before getting the finished product,  and technical preview is the same thing, where it gets tested, how do they differ? Does TP comes before RTM, for example. 

Many thanks

How does windows RTM differ to Technical preview edition?

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