in future, will Microsoft force computer down using this way? say Windows 20 is to release, and Microsoft forces Windows 10/11 or earlier versions to exit/expire?
Big no. Builds without expiry date will continue to run forever as long as your hardware is in working condition and build you are running is certified to run on that hardware.
All development builds (Insider Dev) and most interim Beta builds are timebombed, so folks like the OP won't run those unfinished builds forever. Usually, all builds that have a forced "Evaluation build" watermark are also the ones that'll expire.
[DISCUSSION] Windows 11 Official Build 22000.xxx (PC) [co_release] or [DISCUSSION] Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.1 (PC) 22H2 [BETA Channel - ni_release] Download section and check the tools section too.
thank you enthousiast I am still lost...Can I do an upgrade? I would prefer, actually, I cant do a clean install.... Can you please point me in the right direction to do this? I looked at the tools..I need a windows 10 disk to do this? I am more lost now than I was when I asked the original question... Please forgive me as I am 62 years old....I have been doing computers since 1982....Just built an AMD Ryzen 9 with GeForce graphics card, 32 gigs of ram, an M.2 1 TB which is lightining fast Thank you
You can patch setupcompact.dll to remove the version check and downgrade. Remove LicensingUI.exe, disable UAC and they work fine.
To stop the insider preview from expiring, I went into services.msc and disabled the main Windows License Manager service along with the main Windows Update service. Will this stop my windows 11 from expiring?
Then you can enroll into any preferred channel: Dev channel = 25151.1010 (time bombed, will expire) Beta channel = 22621/2.290.1.1 (no timebomb) Release preview channel = 22621.169.1.5 (no timebomb)