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mr__ed
Explorer
Oct 30, 2018

Just Installed Windows 10 Pro

Liking to experiment with my Pc's I installed W10 Pro on my W10 Home Toshiba laptop. There was nothing wrong with the Home version, but I went ahead anyway. I was particularly interested in the Hyper-V program found in Pro, which allows you to operate another operating system in a virtual machine, side by side with the installed OS. So far, it's been a challenge setting it up, but I'm trying to follow instructions on the Web. Hopefully, I'll get it done. I'd enjoy trying the various OS's available. I'm leaving my HP laptop on W10 Home for the time being. and experiment with my Toshiba.

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  • theoldwizard1's avatar
    theoldwizard1
    Explorer II
    Oct 31, 2018
    joshuajim wrote:
    Mac has been running windows in virtual for over 10 years. Yeah, Windows the “innovator” :B

    The only need to run "virtual machines" on any OS is to make up for a major flaw in the design of the OS !

    In Windows Server's case, it is the Registery. The Registry was "invented" as a repository for application setup "data" that the end user could not easily screw up. But it was invented in the context of Windows being a SINGLE USER computing environment. This does not work when you want to run multiple client/server (database) apps that serve totally different clients.

    This problem was solved over 30 years ago, but there was no way around the Registry that would turn Windows into a true multi-user OS.

    For that matter, a large percentage of "database" applications could be easily implement with index sequential access (ISAM) files. That technology is probably 50 years old, but "not invented by Microsoft" or anyone in the UN*X/Linux crowd so now it is lost technology. SIGH ! BTDTGTT !!!
  • joshuajim's avatar
    joshuajim
    Explorer II
    Oct 31, 2018
    Mac has been running windows in virtual for over 10 years. Yeah, Windows the “innovator” :B
  • Chris_Bryant's avatar
    Chris_Bryant
    Explorer II
    Oct 31, 2018
    Fwiw, I've been running Windows as a virtual machine since 2000, running Win98. Nice to be able to clone and backup very quickly.
    I no longer need Windows for anything, so my Windows 7 install will likely be the last- haven't booted it up in months.
  • mr__ed's avatar
    mr__ed
    Explorer
    Oct 30, 2018
    OP here. I've played around quite a bit but still having difficulty with the Hyper-V virtual machine. I kept getting messages that there wasn't enough memory. My Toshiba has 6 GB ram. I'm not going to add any more. So I downloaded VirtualBox and will play with that for a while (I have VirtualBox on my HP laptop, but have never gotten it to work).

    In retrospect, I should have saved the money I spent on W10 Pro since I was already pleased with the Home version. That's what I get for experimenting!
  • CA_Traveler's avatar
    CA_Traveler
    Explorer III
    Oct 30, 2018
    Please post information on how you set the virtual machine. I checked all of the requirements for a virtual machine and it's a go but I haven't actually tried the process.

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