ok, i tested a kms activated windows 10 by removing its existing key, changing it to retail key, i did slmgr -ato afterwards just to be sure, it said activated successfully then I wiped the machine, installed a oem copy of windows, didn't select a key and it installed retail and was activated.
Its goes to show the M$ Activation Server is just storing basic information, that is machine ID specs and Activation key. It means that as long as the activation key (which is generic for retail upgrades), is on their data base, M$ don't care how you installed Windows 10. More importantly, clean install will be safe after end of July if you have the generic retail key in their server database.
If you can make a better OS, I'm sure we'd all be interested in trying it. Keep in mind that it has to run all pre-existing software and can't do anything very different or people won't buy it.
well i would wait after the 29 and see what happens....they been sending a lot of security updates down the pipe....u never what their up to....maybe is nothing will see just a few days more to go
After update kb3074679 (security update), I checked in regedit, There is new UBR version now 16397 right now for me.
Yes, if I had a KMS/MAK install from any kms activation tools i'd rapidly be converting it to retail, I would feel 50 times safer that way.
hmm I'm in New Zealand which means I get the 29th before the rest of the world. I bet nothing instantly happens on the 29th though, they're not even pushing out Windows 10 to everyone on the 29th, their servers would explode. It will all take a long time... months I suspect.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion] "UBR"=dword:0000400d (16397) "BuildLabEx"="10240.16393.amd64fre.th1_st1.150717-1719"
Asking myself likewise. One should check (if): Code: reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "BuildLabEx"