Windows 10: Will VMPlayer be safe to use

I have a spare copy of Windows 8.0 Pro I installed it under VMPlayer and it worked just fine I then installed windows 10 tech preview build 9841 and it seemed to work until I shut it down and then later started it back up. I came up with the splash screen and asking for my password. It started up fine inVMPlayer but when it gave me the splash screen from my Windows 8.1 which VMPlayer is running under I got out and since I had done a image backup of my whole system with Macrium Reflect I just restored the image from earlier today.

Has anyone tried something like this.

Larry

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Need information on XP Mode on Windows 10

Hi Rufus07,

I can tell you how it worked for me.

(1) When I was still on Windows 7, I used both Virtual PC and VMWare VMPlayer. In Windows 7, VMPlayer prompted me to convert my "free" Virtual PC Windows XP mode file to a VMPlayer virtual machine. This involved using "VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone
Client" -- and VMPlayer walked me through the process very nicely.

(2) Once inside the VMPlayer Windows XP virtual machine, I was prompted to activated Windows XP through it's built-in activation technology. The Virtual PC Windows XP mode was still activated though. Like you I had an appropriate Windows XP license to use.
All my VMPlayer VMs worked great after the upgrade to Windows 10, as did VMPlayer itself.

(3) An appropriate path for you may be (while still in Windows 7) to convert your Virtual PC VMs for use in another product: e.g. VMPlayer, Virtual Box, etc. and activate them if necessary. Make sure they work in the new environment, then do the upgrade
to Windows 10. Back up your computer before the upgrade.

So the upshot is, once you create a Windows XP virtual machine using something other than Virtual PC Windows XP mode, you'll be prompted by Windows XP to activate. I personally I have found VMPlayer to work very well, I would suggest that. Turn on Internet
with the VM to activate, turn it off after.

If you have questions please ask!

Best Regards.

 

Free VMPlayer compatibility with Windows 10 as the host OS

Does anyone know which (if any) version of the free VMPlayer is compatible with Window 10 as the host OS? When I first received the Windows 10 app, it said VMPlayer was not compatible. Now it doesn't mention that, although I haven't updated VMPlayer. My
current version of VMPlayer is 6.0.7 build-2844087. Thank you for any help you can offer.

 

I was able to re install using the ISO file and so far it is working OK.