Windows 10: want to try Windows 11 24H2 Pro... by Download ISO... in a VMware VM

I want to try Windows 11 24H2 Pro... by Download ISO.Well, I want to try this in a VMware VM but the other PCs I have stayed at - Windows 11 23H2, NOT upgraded.WELL, HOW TO PROCEED...?

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Finding .IMG or .ISO file in Windows 8.1 Pro download

Hey guys,

In preparation for my new PC I downloaded Windows 8.1 Pro from Dreamspark, and I wanted to burn it to a DVD, so I can install it on the new PC.
However, in the downloaded files I can't find a .IMG or .ISO file anywhere. I understood that the .IMG file is the one you need to burn to the DVD?

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

 

Problem activating Windows 11 after switching VMs

Hi there,

I purchased Windows 11 Home a couple of months ago and installed it on a VirtualBox VM. But VirtualBox was crashing quite a bit so I deactivated Windows 11 using the following commands:

• slmgr /upk
  
• slmgr /cpky
  

(as suggested on Redirecting ) and then installed it on a VMWare VM. Problem is, I can't activate Windows on the new VM even though it was deactivated on the old VM. I tried the recommended Troubleshooting Wizard solutions to no available and I couldn't find a Microsoft email address or support number, so I am posting here. Can anyone suggest how to contact Microsoft about this activation issue?

Thanks,

Darryl

PS: I have already deleted the old VM so I can't log back onto it.

 

VMware Workstation 16 Pro + Ubuntu 22.04.1 - VM unresponsive with high CPU introduced with Windows 10 September 2022 monthly update

Several users are reported to be seeing VM unresponsiveness with high CPU using VMware Workstation 16.2.x Pro + Ubuntu 22.04.1 introduced after the Windows 10 September 2022 monthly update.

VMWare Workstation as not seen any similar performance issues like this in well over 2 years (or longer) as reported in the above VMware community post and was successfully integrated with Windows, but some incompatibilities were introduced by Microsoft with the Windows 10 September 2022 monthly updates.

VMware Community Post (showing several users experiencing same issue): Re: VMWare Workstation 16 Pro + Ubuntu 22.04.1 - V... - VMware Technology Network VMTN

Running: Windows 10 Enterprise 21H2 (OS build 19044.2006)

Current troubleshooting reported 10/17/22 in above VMware community post:

1. User uninstalled September KB5017308 and everything was fine.
   
2. When user updated Windows in October and KB5018410 (part of the Microsoft October Patch Tuesday update, 2022-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems) was downloaded, it was worse than ever.
   
3. When user uninstalled KB5018410, everything was fine again.
   
4. When Windows reinstalled KB5018410, nothing works more than 5-10 min before VM freezes up due to 95%+ CPU.
   Several watchdog: BUG: soft lockup = CPU#x stuck for 24 s! errors but not enough log information to report issue other than this symptom error (not root cause).
   

When actively using the VMware Workstation Linux RHEL 8 VM, the symptom manifests as the VM quickly goes from responsive to sluggish, to extremely sluggish, to unresponsive.

This is causing a lot of enterprise users to halt critical software development.

How do we go about solving this?