Windows 10: HTTP on my Win10 machine only?

I'm considering opening a website development section, a test-bed of sorts, on my Win10 machine, which is limited to my machine and does not connect to the WWW, and is only accessible from my machine. Is this doable? How easy it it to setup? Are there any easy-to-follow guidelines for setting this up?

:)

 

Win10: windows update stuck at never ending loop ?

When in win10:

• Update&security -> Windows update -> Finding update... .... .... ....

Planning to download the latest Win10.ISO (vers.1803) and manually update:
- Then wait that my ordered new SSD arrives and clone the old HDD to it.

 

Buy and Install Win10 on Existing Machine

I have been given a discarded laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad). There is an installation of some software on it - I'm not sure what - and in any case I have neither a logon nor licence for that software.

The manufacturer site says the machine supports Win10.

I want to obtain Win10 Media so that I can load Win10 onto this machine, discarding in the process whatever software and data is on the laptop. Of course, I expect to pay for Win10 software in this scenario.

What are the key steps including:

- What are the options to acquire Win10 software (on suitable media) and licence?

- How do I get this onto the machine.

Is the process any different if I first remove the Laptop C: drive and replace it with an SSD?

Note: I have another computer (Win7) with internet access which I can use if required (eg. to download Win 10 if that is the right approach).

Thanks

 

Activation options for Win10 with instant clones

We have a secure (no internet access) lab environment setup to test and validate a VMWare VDI deployment of Win10 clients.

Our issue is activation of the Win10 clients as they require re-activation every time we logoff and back on because we are using instant clones.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to resolve this? Here are the options we are considering and issues as we understand them:

• Setup a KMS server
  • Requires a Volume license, which is doable
  • Documentation says we must have a minimum of 25 hosts, we don' have that in our lab
• Use our MSDN account
  • No support for Win10 KMS license
  • No support for MKS activation
• Manually activate each time
  • Gonna spend a lot of time on the phone
  • Win10 has no grace period so machines are crippled w/o activation

Anyone have a thought or suggestions? I'm hoping I missed something.

Thanks