Windows 10 1903 Sandbox

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  1. SPDIF

    SPDIF MDL Junior Member

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    #1 SPDIF, May 29, 2019
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    Just want to warn people that if you use the sandbox option in Windows 10 V 1903, then VMWare will not work anymore on your system. Even if you disable the sandbox option again. It seems VMWare is not compatible with some options that Windows 10 sandbox is using. Switching off the Virtual Credential Guard with GPEdit.msc, was the only way to get VMWare running again.

    Sandbox option is only available in the Enterprise, Professional and education versions off Windows 10.
     
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  2. Cag

    Cag MDL Member

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    Thanks, but we know. The use of one excludes the use of the other.
     
  3. boyonthebus

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  4. boyonthebus

    boyonthebus MDL Expert

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    Use Hyper-V for installing virtual builds.
     
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  5. Needy

    Needy MDL Junior Member

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    Thank You for posting this. I was looking at Sand Box and about to try it. You saved me a lot of trouble.
     
  6. Cag

    Cag MDL Member

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    We were talking about VMWware, BUT THANKS
     
  7. boyonthebus

    boyonthebus MDL Expert

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    Hyper-V is a better option than VMWare anyway, IMHO.
     
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  8. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    That's up to what you do with it, afaik, no bios rom/bin slic/msdm emulation in hyper-v?
     
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  9. boyonthebus

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    Well, I don't do that anyway. Like you said it is what you do with it. I use Hyper-V for testing builds. I can install it offline so it is ready on first boot (just like Sandbox,) and set up the whole thing in way < 1 min. It also uses minimul resources. The best thing about it is that it is built into Windows so it works really well. I have used VMWare extensively, but find it cumbersome.
     
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  10. Enthousiast

    Enthousiast MDL Tester

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    I only use VMWare for audit/sysprep/capture and testing MRP releases, easy testing slic and msdm recognition and ignoring (msdm) :)
     
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  11. SPDIF

    SPDIF MDL Junior Member

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    Well you think you know everything, but...
    At the moment it happened with me, i could tear my hairs out. Thought my Virtual machines being destroyed.
    Sandbox option is not my favorite, i will stay with VMWare. Many programs simply do not work in the sandbox, while they running okay in VMWare.
    I had an program that i did try in sandbox, and it complained it needed .NET4.0. So i want to install it in the Sandbox, and get the screen that it is installed already?

    For me i find VMWare the best option here, could not miss it anymore.
    Using it for testing CNC-Machining software, some off them are older software and does not work in Windows 10.
    Testing with Software from Fanuc and Siemens, LVD. And some older games for the kids here.
     
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  12. °ツ

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    What's better for you might not be better for somebody else. From my experience VMWare is better then Hyper-V and Virtualbox.

    Sandbox option is limited anyway, can't drag and drop files to it, better to use other VM solutions.
     
  13. SPDIF

    SPDIF MDL Junior Member

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    Ah yes, i did forget to mention that! No Drag and Drop, what a bumbler was that. I did try it hundred times, keep thinking what i was doing wrong! :eek:
    I tested many different Virtual Machine software, but VMWare was the one that do all i needed.
    Like the option to reverting the Machine to an older Snapshot... It just take some seconds! Just Fantastic for testing with trial and error.

    But yes other users maybe do not need all that, and are happy with Hyper-V. I respect that, just use the one you feel comfortable with.
     
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  14. toyo

    toyo MDL Senior Member

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    #14 toyo, May 30, 2019
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    You need TWO reboots to fully turn off the Sandbox feature, by the way. You shouldn't need gpedit unless you manually activated something else that requires the HyperV hypervisor.

    I like it, but it hits host CPU and RAM performance, which is quite bad. VMware is not.
     
  15. SPDIF

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    Well anyway there is still a lot of work to do on this Windows Sandbox...Many programs just hangs or even could not install.
    Something that i never got with VMWare. In my eyes, as it is now, Windows Sandbox is not worth the hassle. In some cases even the Sandbox itself was frozen and had to shutdown.
    I did try to install a trial from Kaspersky Antivirus, and it could not install in the Sandbox. In VMWare it works like a sun. Bitdefender could install in the Sandbox, but after look around and playing with it, all the sudden the screen in the sandbox was hiking up and then the whole thing just hangs. Never happen in VMWare.
     
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  16. SPDIF

    SPDIF MDL Junior Member

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    Even a simple Drag and Drop does not work in this Sandbox...And the windows in the Sandbox is a copy from your OS said Microsoft. But it is not even activated.
    Yes in one word, The Windows 10 Sandbox is totally crippled as it is now. For testing purposes? Yeah halve the programs you give it could not even install, or the Sandbox could not swallow it and then just dies.
     
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  17. boyonthebus

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  18. SPDIF

    SPDIF MDL Junior Member

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    Yes i know, i did find it myself at that time already. Just find drag and drop easier, i know it is only a few mouse-clicks more, but i do not find it easy this way.
    Sometimes i ended up doing a copy, but there was no paste in the sandbox to see, i could paste outside the Sandbox.

    Anyway i will stop using it, and go further with VMWare for now. If it is better and have an solution for VMWare being not compatible, i surely will try again.
     
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  19. JeanYuhs

    JeanYuhs MDL Member

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    ... unless you want to run something like macOS, of course, 'cause that'll never happen with Hyper-V. :)