Windows 10: Opinion needed - Windows Sandbox or VMware Workstation?

Hi all -

Been doing some software testing with nasty malware.
Which would be best? I want the TPM chip to be in play here.

Sandbox seems sluggish.

Thanks!

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SandBox and VMware issue

Hi,

I like the new Sandbox feature of Windows 10 1903 build and it is awesome by trying the new files without infecting the whole system. But I have the
problem of connecting it to the internet and always disconnected. I changed the adapter settings so many times but with no success.

The Other problem I am facing is that I am using VMware software. But when I run the windows inside the VMware it gives me error
"VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard. Please visit http://www.vmware.com/go/turnoff_CG_DG for more details."

So what I do is to turn off the Hyper-v by using CMD and run this command "bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off" and I have to restart my pc to take the effect. After restart, VMware works fine and run the Windows smoothly but then the
problem arises with the Sandbox and when I click on the Sandbox, it just shows the splash screen and not starting on. So for the SandBox to run properly, I have to turn on the hyper-v again by using CMD command "
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto" and have to restart the system again. Sometimes the Sandbox crashes and showing the blue screen pc ran a problem. I don't know how to solve these problems so I can run both sandbox and VMware windows
at the same time and I don't have to run the CMD command again and again and have to restart the pc multiple times. I hope Windows Software Engineer will look at this problem and solve these issues. Everyone is welcome to comment and suggest. Thanks

 

KB4517211 causes VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.7 to fail

"VMware Workstation Pro can't run on Windows" Message - Windows 10 Help Forums

better solutions to fix rather than uninstalling the update....

Either reg fix or compatibility administrator tool

For compatibility administrator tool, only need to install 1st one on list and unselect the rest (only a 7.7Meg install)

"VMware Workstation Pro can't run on Windows" Message - Windows 10 Help Forums

 

Opinion needed - Windows Sandbox or VMware Workstation?

Hi there
problem nr 1 for Windows Sandbox --- if you need to test software that needs a re-boot after install e,g configuration changes etc then Windows Sandbox isn't really much use.The Sandbox isn't persistent over re-boots. I don't think you can re-boot the sandbox itself (not the main Windows machine) without also losing persistence.

Problem nr 2 - can't move Windows sandbox data to your own choice of drives /directories.

problem nr 3 (possibly) I think you need Windows Pro as you will need to enable part of Windows HYPER-V -- might not be possible on HOME editions -- I don't know for sure but I think this is also a restriction.

Sandboxing is fine if you can test things properly and they are persistent until you want to get rid of them -- currently Windows Sandbox is not much use. (at least IMHO)

VM's take a lot more setting up but these days very efficient and are perfectly good for testing pretty well everything (unless you require real access to the underlying hardware --e.g writing fast video game drivers for specific graphic cards / GPU's etc).

Even then some of the latest hypervisors -- HYPER-V / QEMU/KVM etc allow hardware passthru so you can use the real OS drivers rather than the paravirtualised ones which make VM's have the possibility of running at near native speed and performance -- OK VMWare isn't in that league but all I'm saying here is that using a VM for all sorts of things today is absolutely OK -- even a few years ago running a video player like VLC on a VM was sluggish etc.

Another possibility is to use a cheap cloud server -- so many options today that never existed (certainly at affordable consumer prices) even 3 years ago.

I'd tend to forget using Sandbox -- even if you don't want to use a VM - HDD's are mega cheap these days --just fire up another Windows install for your test -- on the same hardware - activation won't be necessary.

Some sandboxing IMO is like a lot of these 3rd party Anti Virus solutions -- a C20 solution (e.g time of Win 7 etc) when we've got far better C21 systems available.

Cheers
jimbo