So can this be downloaded ahead of time? Will it be detected as an official update or just Insider Preview?
If it's going to really be released on Monday, which doesn't make much sense for multiple reasons (it's a Monday, this info apparently only came from one source, 10576 is only being given to Insiders today, they'd likely want to take advantage of more of November since they announced that it would be released in November), then it would have to be 10576.
10576 isn't th2 rtm. And as for the activation stuff from some pages ago, this is what I get for not reading the Windows blog lol.
I couldn't care less. I was answering his question about rtm and insider program. I update to every released and leaked builds.
10240 was an Insider build, at first, and wasn't timebombed. Before it was confirmed as being RTM, it was released to Insiders. So there is precedence for RTM builds arriving to Insiders first officially before the general public, and not being timebombed.
It wouldn't make any sense to release two builds with the exact same build number one time bombed but not the other. They more than likely released 10576 to insider less than a week before th2 GA to check if any big issue surfaced before releasing it to the public. Build 10576 will be the same as what the general public gets next week, but it won't be the exact same build number for sure. They wouldn't have time bombed it if it was to be the exact same build number.