Windows Insider build expires 7/15/2016

My insider build 10525 (as shown by winver) expires on 7/15/2016. What does this mean? Will I need to buy a license for $199 or whatever at that time?

yeah i agree ,update,my 10586 dosn't show the expiry any more in winver

The problem is I can't upgrade from 10525 to 10586. The update settings advanced settings show I'm on the Fast Track but it's grayed out. I haven't received any upgrades from Fast track since 10525 in fact. Since 10525 is activated you would think I could upgrade from the ISO which I presume is available. I could be that my "problem" is that I'm dual booting with openSUSE Tumbleweed but that's just a guess. In a few days I might try to recover by doing a fresh install from the recovery options - but if that doesn't work I'm just going to restore the system backup from my external drive until I can something out.

martyfelker said:

The problem is I can't upgrade from 10525 to 10586. The update settings advanced settings show I'm on the Fast Track but it's grayed out. I haven't received any upgrades from Fast track since 10525 in fact. Since 10525 is activated you would think I could upgrade from the ISO which I presume is available. I could be that my "problem" is that I'm dual booting with openSUSE Tumbleweed but that's just a guess. In a few days I might try to recover by doing a fresh install from the recovery options - but if that doesn't work I'm just going to restore the system backup from my external drive until I can something out.

Hi there. The 10586 ISO will be released within a few days: Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10586 for PC - Windows 10 Forums

If you are activated with digital rights then a fresh install of 10586 should end up likewise.


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I'm not sure what "activated with digital rights" means in the Windows 10 context. This has got to be some new roadblock MS has added.
Mine only shows "activated". Guess I'm I second class citizen in the MS world.

martyfelker said:

I'm not sure what "activated with digital rights" means in the Windows 10 context. This has got to be some new roadblock MS has added.
Mine only shows "activated". Guess I'm I second class citizen in the MS world.

Digital entitlement is a new method of activation in Windows 10 that doesn't require you to enter a product key
from this site
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-in-windows-10

martyfelker said:

Mine only shows "activated". Guess I'm I second class citizen in the MS world.

That is because you are on an older build, that "activated with a digital entitlement" line didn't used to be shown. Don't worry about it. You can check if you are permenantly activated by running slmgr /xpr from command prompt.

BunnyJ said:

OP,, you can download the ISO from here: Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO

This link will not get you 10586 yet as it hasn't been released yet - it only has 10565.

When the 10586 is released you can download the ISO and use it to either upgrade or clean install as you wish.