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Re: Windows Sandbox

#11

Post by n-gatedotcom »

voltagex_ wrote: post #9
dman wrote: post #2

Please do not make this a Pro / Enterprise feature. I do remote tech support for my parents and would love for them to browse / use apps in a sandbox.

Ah, it's Pro because it's using Hyper-V.

Then make Hyper-v home.

Seriously this is a killer feature needed by everybody. And specially the non-pro users.

Re: Windows Sandbox

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Post by joshAg »

dman wrote: post #2

Please do not make this a Pro / Enterprise feature. I do remote tech support for my parents and would love for them to browse / use apps in a sandbox.

why not just buy them a pro edition? I know it's more expensive, but that would also get you remote desktop, bitlocker, and group policy, which would all also be great for remote supporting your parents.

Re: Windows Sandbox

#13

Post by abhiminator »

dman wrote: post #2

Please do not make this a Pro / Enterprise feature. I do remote tech support for my parents and would love for them to browse / use apps in a sandbox.

Agreed. I'd go so as far to say that consumers -- especially technologically vulnerable ones like your parents, for example -- need this more than any other demographic.

Microsoft should make it easy to download, install and update on all non-Enterprise versions of the OS. This will also greatly reduce instances of a random ransomware holding critical data hostage and doing irreparable economic damage to small businesses (as was visible during the WannaCry episode last spring [0]).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack

Re: Windows Sandbox

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Post by ToFab123 »

fuzzy2 wrote: post #10

Based on Hyper-V? Bummer. I use VMware Workstation at work and that’s not going to change.

I could but I won't. What keeps me on VMware if that I can easily expand the vm to use 1 or more monitors. I am not sure if hyperv handles resizing of the window as smooth as VMware the adjust the display settings in the client. Last time i checked hyperv (rdp) just gave me scrollbars. It is probably antitrust concerns that is the reason why Microsoft never has improved the RDP client.

Re: Windows Sandbox

#16

Post by pjmlp »

devwastaken wrote: post #4

>this feature ships with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. No need to download a VHD! Swing and a miss. It's interesting how Microsoft will force their slow AV onto every win10 home edition device, yet won't give actual tools users can protect themselves with.

Power users get Pro, typical home users think that sandboxes are children playgrounds.

Re: Windows Sandbox

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Post by n-gatedotcom »

plq wrote: post #14

How detectable will it be? I doubt this will make the lives of malware analysts any easier.

As much as hyper-v. Without sounding disparaging (because this is really cool), its just a one-click application-on-windows-on-hyper-v. So all the pros and cons come with it.

Re: Windows Sandbox

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Post by pjmlp »

dman wrote: post #2

Please do not make this a Pro / Enterprise feature. I do remote tech support for my parents and would love for them to browse / use apps in a sandbox.

That is what Windows store apps and MSIX sandbox are for.

Re: Windows Sandbox

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Post by dingle_thunk »

fuzzy2 wrote: post #10

Based on Hyper-V? Bummer. I use VMware Workstation at work and that’s not going to change.

For some reason with the 1809 version of Windows, I've been able to run both Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation simultaneously. Never was able to do that before.

Anyway, I eventually switched for docker support, and used this powershell-based tool that converts VMWare workstation VMs to Hyper-V VMs - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=424...

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