Windows 10: Win 10 Pro : What VM Can I Safely Run Tax Prep Software In?

When I used to run Windows 7, I had Win XP running in a VM and that "sandbox" is where I would install my H&R Block tax software. (I had a lot of bad experiences with installing in in Windows and not properly cleaning up after itself and causing conflicts and erratic behavior, so I began using the 'sandbox' approach where I could just rest it after I was done with tax preparation.


But in Windows 10, I'm not sure how to do this. I see there's a way to install a copy of Windows 10 in Hypervisor, but I found out that is time limited and it will expire in about 10 days. I need to use the program til mid-April.


What options exist for running the software in a sandbox under Windows 10?

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Win 10 running Winxp on VM

I am running Win 10 pro, I have installed WinXp on a Virtual machine, everything is running fine, but i can not instal software on my Winxp VM, i have tried dvd,cd discs& usb flash, i can not find any options to allow me to do this. i have read the help
files and it says click options and select etc but i do not have the option for options??

 

Physical Machine Restore Image (Win 8.1) to New VM (on Win 10)

Hello everyone,

I made a Windows Image Backup of Windows 8.1 Pro on 7/29/15 before doing a clean install of Windows 10 Pro. Win 10 is up and running. I got Hyper-V running. i want to now have my old working everything installed version of Windows 8.1 pro running in a VM
on the Win 10 machine.

I cannot seem to restore the backup image.

I have gotten close and it has taken forever to get there.

I tried installing a new Win 8.1 Pro VM and then restoring the image: Failed.

I tried an empty new VM with an empty drive, boot to 8.1 pro iso and then recover: Failed.

I get this a long error that ends with (0x80042412).

any suggestions?

Thanks.

Patrick Brewer

Edit #1: 7/31/15: No replies yet, I guess I am the only one.

 

Upgrade win 10 home to win 10 pro, keep win 10 home activation key for VM?

My current OS is Win 10 home, upgraded from win 8.1. It is an OEM installation.

I have the activation key saved in a safe place.

I also have a vmware vm running the same OS (win 10 home) with the same

activation key (yes, I know that won't work for the long term as the vm or

guest OS requires a new activation key).

I want to upgrade the host OS to win 10 pro (via the Settings/Update &

Security/Activation/Go to Store button, while still being able to use the

guest OS (win 10 home) and original activation key. Is this possible?

My fear is the original activation key for win 10 home will be nullified.

End result, win 10 pro as host OS, win 10 home as guest OS, TWO LEGAL keys.

Note: I already created a win 10 home ISO and USB drive using the

MediaCreationToolx64.

Thanks for your time.