Posted on 12/22/2018 6:20:04 AM PST by AF_Blue
Whether it’s a program you found on the Internet or something that came in your email, running executable files has always been risky. Testing software in clean systems requires virtual machine (VM) software and a separate Windows license to run inside the VM. Microsoft is about to solve that problem with Windows Sandbox.
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Pinging the FR Windows Ping List
And it’s been delivered in only a few decades!!
Break out the booze!!
Yep, but MS still has to release it to the general public first, so it can get debugged.
VMs are hard to use? They're as easy as a native Windows install. What are they talking about?
I have already left after windows 8.
Sounds like an interesting tool, although its transitory nature limits its usefulness. I can see instances where I would use it for a quick look at an exe or file.
Most businesses run VM’s for their end users ... Simply to keep the end user from screwing up their desktop as most are idiots.
I received an email a week ago talking about Windows 11. I have not seen any report of it here on FR.
Do not like them, never did. The company that I worked for was all about them and I found them slow, intermittent, and inefficient and frustrating. Individual, stand alone machines are the best. Especially for hardcore users running CAD software.
Also, network traffic must be a lot more to push all of what would be on a local desk top, around the network to peoples virtual machines.
Sort of like passing it so we can find out what’s in it
The tiny bit of overhead to install the VM software, start up a VM, etc, I guess. Or maybe they’re just idiots who’d describe showering as hard.
The next “Windows” will be Android powered. Just like the new ‘Edge’ browser is Chrome based. (Has that been released yet? I’m hanging on to Win7 so I don’t use Edge).
Yes. It works pretty well, still needs some tweaks around the edges as best I can tell. Installing legacy software, "leaky" software, shareware and isolating a web browser are good examples of uses for sandboxing.
As others have rightfully pointed out, that's what VM's are also used for. The difference between Windows Sandboxing and VM's though is VM's have a much heavier footprint than Windows Sandboxing does. So if you're concerned about sharing resources on the same physical PC with a VM, look at Windows Sandboxing.
All my VM's run on their own dedicated 8 Core 64GB server at home, my "daily driver" PC doesn't run my VM's.
I received an email a week ago talking about Windows 11.
I think Windows 10 is supposed to be a Rolling Release ,they’ll change it with those special update/upgrades ,LOL
Maybe the author thinks Windows is hard to install?? Believe it or not, some people do still think that, beats me why they would. All that's required is clicking "Next" repeatedly....
This has been available to companies for decades through VMWare. I ran a programming staff and they used it to test in the late 90s. Then around 2010 we used it to create a cloud for our software so our clients did not need to load our software on their local computers. Its very old technology that has not been made easy for regular end users. The sandbox is really just a new interface with a better marketing scheme to help end users see the value in this old technology.
I’m still using Windows 7.
I’m concerned that they are going to create a version of Windows that will force us to use Edge. I Don’t like it now and I won’t like it then. Have I even tried it? Nope. Don’t wanna.
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