- #Windows 10 vm license preview install#
- #Windows 10 vm license preview for windows 10#
- #Windows 10 vm license preview windows 10#
My question is - which windows license or licenses will I need to acquire to do this? Again, one physical machine, already with a licensed Windows 10 Pro as its host OS, want to run, at any time at most one instance of a Windows 10 VM as a guest, but yet store multiple instances of Windows 10 VMs as dev and test beds. In the past, I've resorted to resetting my OS to undo these types of problems and want to minimize my need for that option in the future. I prefer to use VMs rather than the host OS on this machine for isolation purposes, to keep the install/uninstall process of various development tools from harming or affecting the host OS registry settings, environment configurations, etc.
#Windows 10 vm license preview install#
I would like to have a single (one instance running at a time/multiple instances stored) Windows 10 Virtual Machine(s) as development/testing beds where I can install Microsoft and freeware/open source windows development tools, Visual Studio Community etc, where I can develop, test, and build my projects. I own a computer with Windows 10 Pro and Hyper-V installed. Close the Command Prompt, go back one step, then continue as normal and you'll be able to complete the Windows 11 installation process.I'm a hobbyist developer/open source contributor. This will add the necessary instructions into the registry to skip checks for both TPM and Secure Boot. REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassSecureBootCheck /t REG_DWORD /d 1 REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig /v BypassTPMCheck /t REG_DWORD /d 1 When you reach the error screen, hit Shift + F10 to open a Command Prompt and enter the following two commands. So, we'll just tell our VM to skip those checks. Likewise, some can inject a virtual TPM, but most, again like VirtualBox, cannot currently. Some VM software, such as VMware, can handle the Secure Boot aspect, but VirtualBox, for example, cannot. This is down to two key Windows 11 hardware requirements: TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.
Whichever virtual machine tool you're using to install a Windows 11 VM with on Linux there's one thing you're more than likely going to come up against: an error saying your PC can't install it. Now, you're ready to actually get into the Windows installation process. VirtualBox will now create the container you need to install Windows and run it as a virtual machine. Generally speaking the more the better, and 64GB is a good starting point if you can spare that much. Here we're going with a fixed drive.Ĭhoose how much storage space you wish to allocate your virtual machine. Generally speaking, the more, the better.Īt the next screen make sure the box marked create a virtual hard disk now is checked.Ĭheck the VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) box.ĭecide whether you want a dynamic or fixed hard drive for your virtual machine based on your own system and needs.
#Windows 10 vm license preview for windows 10#
Make sure the version dropdown box is for Windows 10 (Windows 11 isn't yet specified but works with Windows 10).Ĭhoose how much RAM you want to allow your virtual machine to use.Make sure the type dropdown box says Microsoft Windows.Once you have VirtualBox installed on your Linux system, the setup and installation process for a Windows virtual machine takes only a matter of minutes.Įnter a name to identify your virtual machine, in this case Windows 10.