Build 10240 - Any expiry on ACTIVATED versions??

There may not be any expiry that we can see, but there is still development code and references to it - Flightsigning certificates and "TH1" for instance - that are referenced in the Registry and the BCD entry for Windows 10.

There are probably other things that are well obscured that can timebomb your installation.

I read somewhere (lost and forgotten) that the expiry for 10240 is the same as other prerelease Versions - 15th October??

Anyway, how many of you have had an apparently permanently activated system suddenly appear as non-genuine in notification. It happens all the time, doesn't it?

All that is required is that the 10240 key -3V66T gets blacklisted, and the license server sticks a notification on your licensing, and a little watermark appears on your desktop.

Hi there

Anyway interesting things to look out for.

It does seem though Ms wants to keep the Insider preview going so we might get Freebies. Actually in some way it's far cheaper for Ms to have loads of REAL users testing REAL applications on REAL Practical hardware rather than Ms itself having to design tests which can't possibly replicate anything like the actual hardware 100,000's of users are really using.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

I'm confused now -- if build 10240 is as good (or for most people as near as good) as it will be for the Windows delivered to people after 29 Jul - and it's activated already what is the point in purchasing new licenses.

I've got about 6 versions running -- I just don't envision Ms as a company that dishes out that amount of FREE Software -- so I'd assume these must become de-activated some time in the future.

Anybody got any knowledge or info in that. Previous builds were set to expire on 02 Oct.

There's no expiry as far as I can find out currently on activated 10240 builds.

Cheers
jimbo

See table in Download Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO File - Windows 10 Forums

version	Expiry	warnings	stops booting
10240	September 17th 2015	October 1st 2015	October 15th 2015

KMS activation is for 180 days only, I believe. It then has to be reactivated for a further 180 days. Thus not permanent.

Furthermore, the key may be blacklisted as it has come from a source that should not be distributing it, and the KMS server you used may be persuaded to close down, since it should not be used to activate illicit keys.

@ Slartybart - So that's where I read it! Nowhere else on the internet from official MS sources though?

Fafhrd said:

KMS activation is for 180 days only, I believe. It then has to be reactivated for a further 180 days. Thus not permanent.

exactly I have only 180days for two pcs