No, but all current Insider Builds are timebombed for October 1. Obviously by then, MS will have new Insider builds with new timebombs, but when current builds expire, MS likely won't provide updates to them. 10176 will probably stop receiving updates along with the other builds on Oct 1, as MS will focus on their new ones.
ah, ok....I agree, they won't as they have said there will always be a new build before the old expires.
Ok for Insider Preview, but 10176 is not an Insider Preview, it was a RTM candidate. When you activate this build, it seems that it will be for life, without timebomb. Please correct me if I'm wrong. EDIT 1: By "for life", I mean infinitely renewable 180 days and that actually what KMS activation tools do. EDIT 2: In other words, this build is the only one that is activable with "KMS v6 tools" and that is not timebombed, exactly like a Windows 8.1 system.
Indeed, but being a pre-release leaked build, MS won't allow it to upgrade to new builds (like 10147) and they'll probably stop updating it after Oct 1.
Maybe, but who cares it's junk? Anything you can drag in will get you a real windows 10, go that route.
while not legal, some people might wanna duel-boot 7/8 and 10. not me tho, i plan to duel-boot 10 final and insider
In fact, it's a frankenstein game for me. I want to know if it's possible to slipstream future updates to this build and keep the "KMS v6" working. But: You say that MS plans to keep Windows 10 systems up-to-date only by applying full upgrades each time that Windows 10 evolves ? Every time that a newer version of Windows 10 will be available, users will have to download a complete ESD (or something like that) to upgrade their Windows 10 systems ? It's not bandwidth friendly. I hoped that MS would release minimal "update pack" to upgrade our Windows 10 systems, step by step... But I expected too much from this new "Windows Update". It is a step backwards for me
From my understanding only when Insider program users had new builds would they even be offered. Also, don't sh*t on my monthly full build dream.
I'm okay with your monthly full build dream (useful when you frequently need to install clean Windows), but as a non Insider user (just a normal Windows 10 user), I expected to not to have to download full build every time my system needs to evolves (and be up-to-date). It was possible to integrate Service Packs to a Windows 7 image, for example, and tadah ! your Windows image was updated to the latest (and with some uncleaned old stuffs ). It won't be possible anymore ? Full upgrades will be the only one way, even for non Insiders users ? EDIT: MS said that Windows 10 will be the last major Windows. In fact, MS should say : "It will be the last Windows license you buy, and your OS will be full upgraded to a newer Windows system every 6 months".
We don't know exacly how frequently MS will release new Builds post-launch, but in their keynote they said: Win10 Enterprise has an LTS option for updates (long-term-support), which ONLY downloads security patches. No new features or builds. Meaning that Enterprise will probably stay on the initial Win10 build until MS migrates LTS to a new build 2-4 years down the line (kinda like MS does with service packs). Win10 Pro will have WU Branch for Business, which is a middle line between features and stability. They will periodically get new features/builds, but how often is anyone's guess. Win10 Home users are on the regular WU path, meaning they'll get feature builds the most frequently, to beta test them for Pro/Enterprise branches. And BEFORE Home users get updates, Insiders will test new features/builds, with Fast Ring users testing first, then trickling down to the Slow Ring, then WIn10 Home, Pro, and Enterprise probably won't see it until ~12 months down the line. This tiered system is how Linux has been running for years, where more bleeding-edge users can opt to get updates first (ex: running their Arch Linux system under Arch Testing instead of Stable), at the price of stability. For Windows 10, Insiders and Home users will be the guinea pigs for testing updates for enterprise. So the Win10 tiers=Fast Ring>Slow Ring>Home>WU Branch for Business>WU LTS for Enterprise (they might not see feature updates at all)
Thanks, that was clear bro. Now, I'm trying to know how Windows 10 will technically update its files. Excepted for Insiders, MS cannot provide a full upgrade each time a new core feature is available. That means that the build number of Windows 10 will probably change step-by-step through Windows Update patches (and not full upgrade). That also means that we can stay on this build for a long time, keeping it updated through Windows Update or with any manual integrations (online or offline). So: Maybe full upgrade will completely replace this 10176 build, BUT we will be able to keep this build up-to-date through Windows Update patches, and even future core features will be integrable to this leaked build, allowing this weird build to evolve.