1. What is best - CD, .VDD file, or .iso and why? Are there any
costs and limitations to the iso file that may be important?
2. Does it make any difference if Win10 is Home or Pro edition?
It depends on the license you have. To use Win 10 you need a license.
If you enter your key in the installation process it selects the proper version (Home/Pro) for you.
I'm going to upgrade the computer soon. I need tor be able to virtualize Windows, but new computers usually don't have a Windows CD (without a lot of extra cost anyway). My understanding is that Win10 will let me create a .vdd file from within. Ihave also seen where I can download an .iso file from Microsoft. Then set up Virtual Box.
My questions are:
1. What is best - CD, .VDD file, or .iso and why? Are there any costs and limitations to the iso file that may be important?
2. Does it make any difference if Win10 is Home or Pro edition?
3. Anything else I should ask?
Thanks!
Dave
Windows 10 .iso used to be downloadable for no charge from the
Microsoft website. This could be done even using a Linux system.
After a while you cannot customize it, but I downloaded it more than
once.
Am Samstag, 01. Januar 2022, um 22:59:19 Uhr schrieb David Catterall:
Windows 10 .iso used to be downloadable for no charge from the
Microsoft website. This could be done even using a Linux system.
After a while you cannot customize it, but I downloaded it more than
once.
As I know this image includes all variants like Home, Pro, Pro N, etc.,
so there is no need to "customize" it.
I also downloaded them many times with Linux.
I have been running a downloaded copy of Win 10 Pro for over a year
on this machine, with the "Activate Windows" message glowing lika a
beacon in the corner of the screen (well, one of the screens)
It's a desktop machine, so it’s possible that there's a different set
of default power management settings from any system built on a
laptop ?
Also, as I said before, this is Win 10 Pro - the Enterprise version
may have a different set of rules (I wasn't aware that it was
available as a free download)
Doesn't it shut down every hour?
I tried out Win 10 Enterprise in 2015 without activation, after the 90
trial days it shut down every hour. Did MS change that behavior?
Am Sonntag, 02. Januar 2022, um 13:57:16 Uhr schrieb Abandoned_Trolley:
It's a desktop machine, so it’s possible that there's a different set
of default power management settings from any system built on a
laptop ?
No, it wasn't the power management - it was the shutdown because
Windows wasn't activated. Vista and 7 shut off with a blue screen, Win
10 shuts down properly.
Also, as I said before, this is Win 10 Pro - the Enterprise version
may have a different set of rules (I wasn't aware that it was
available as a free download)
The evaluation versions are Windows 10 Enterprise and as I know it is possible to download them for free for evaluation purposes from
TechNet. IIRC you need an MS account to do that.
Sure, you can virtualize Windows 10, run it in VirtualBox,
bring all your software with you. Any expensive licensed software,
will do its own activation analysis, determine this is not Kansas
and deactivate the licensing.
I'm going to upgrade the computer soon. I need tor be able to
virtualize Windows,
On 02/01/2022 14:02, Marco Moock wrote:
Am Sonntag, 02. Januar 2022, um 13:57:16 Uhr schrieb Abandoned_Trolley:
It's a desktop machine, so it’s possible that there's a different set
of default power management settings from any system built on a
laptop ?
No, it wasn't the power management - it was the shutdown because
Windows wasn't activated. Vista and 7 shut off with a blue screen, Win
10 shuts down properly.
Also, as I said before, this is Win 10 Pro - the Enterprise version
may have a different set of rules (I wasn't aware that it was
available as a free download)
The evaluation versions are Windows 10 Enterprise and as I know it is
possible to download them for free for evaluation purposes from
TechNet. IIRC you need an MS account to do that.
so what ?
one of the questions posed by the OP was "Does it make any difference if Win10 is Home or Pro edition?
as I said before - "You might get some more sensible answers by posting in a Windows orientated NG rather than in here ?
Am Sonntag, 02. Januar 2022, um 11:02:56 Uhr schrieb Abandoned_Trolley:
I have been running a downloaded copy of Win 10 Pro for over a year
on this machine, with the "Activate Windows" message glowing lika a
beacon in the corner of the screen (well, one of the screens)
Doesn't it shut down every hour?
I tried out Win 10 Enterprise in 2015 without activation, after the 90
trial days it shut down every hour. Did MS change that behavior?
Am Sonntag, 02. Januar 2022, um 11:02:56 Uhr schrieb Abandoned_Trolley:
I have been running a downloaded copy of Win 10 Pro for over a year
on this machine, with the "Activate Windows" message glowing lika a
beacon in the corner of the screen (well, one of the screens)
Doesn't it shut down every hour?
I tried out Win 10 Enterprise in 2015 without activation, after the 90
trial days it shut down every hour. Did MS change that behavior?
On 01/01/2022 20:34, Marco Moock wrote:/You just need activation key.
It depends on the license you have. To use Win 10 you need a license.
If you enter your key in the installation process it selects the proper
version (Home/Pro) for you.
Has something changed during the last year?
Windows 10 .iso used to be downloadable for no charge from the Microsoft website. This could be done even using a Linux system.
After a while you cannot customize it, but I downloaded it more than once.
Cheers,
David in County Longford
On 2022-01-01, David Catterall <djcatt@eircom.net> wrote:
On 01/01/2022 20:34, Marco Moock wrote:
It depends on the license you have. To use Win 10 you need a license.
If you enter your key in the installation process it selects the proper
version (Home/Pro) for you.
Has something changed during the last year?
Windows 10 .iso used to be downloadable for no charge from the Microsoft
website. This could be done even using a Linux system.
After a while you cannot customize it, but I downloaded it more than once. >>
Cheers,
David in County Longford
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