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I'm in a similar position thinking about upgrading from 8.1 to 10, so, I've been reading everything I can find on Gabe's posts and tweets -- and, have to admit, nowhere did I find where he said specifically that the 10240 build will eventually expire. Instead, he said that "future insider builds" will expire.
So, I have a situation in which I originally installed in the Insider program by cloning my Win8.1 install and then installing Win10 TP over that. I had problems, so I then did a clean install, with a later build, over that. After that, I did Updates for each of the builds, up to, and including 10240 -- which, last time I checked, said it was activated.
Thus, if I now do another clean install, on this same PC, from an ISO downloaded from MS with the Release version, does that mean that my PC will remain activated permanently?
Or, if I already have the RTM build, leave the Insider program, and do NOT do another clean-install from the Release version, will that trigger an expiration date for the current (RTM) version?
Yep, it does say retail.
Your other point will have to be confirmed by time and Microsoft.
Actually, that's what I did earlier (use the commands you suggested) and my system says basically the same as yours. I didn't compare every letter of every line, but mine says RETAIL channel, Key: 3V66T, and permanently activated.
So, this means I can leave the Insider program NOW (before future builds get installed), and my machine will remain permanently activated?
NOTE: Sorry to keep pressing this, but this simply seems "too good to be true" -- and I've grown cynical in my "old age"!
I understand your skepticism Mark, but I doubt a clear precise answer to that has been found yet.
I would like to know too, but I want to see it from Microsoft before I feel comfortable confirming anything just because we all have the same build number.