Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Using Debian to manage a multiple OS machine Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:51 +0100 (BST) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: jgd@cix.co.uk Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 18:51:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f1d10892095d81b6b70bb42a81fa4766"; logging-data="3639865"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Mh0jaXol9X4s2l3B46M+3MnvrFT1qVpc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:IOTc3iuSKW4snk/QhUVvpE67cws= X-Clacks-Overhead-header: GNU Terry Pratchett Bytes: 1288 In article , ldo@nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro) wrote: > I think that after XP, Microsoft wised up and prohibited running > consumer versions of Windows inside a VM. You may be mistaken. My employer has run loads of instances of Windows 7, 10 and 11 in VMs, and some 8.1. They were Enterprise, rather than Home, but I'd be surprised if that made a difference. John