When you think about running a virtualized instance of another operating system, it generally requires hardware dedicated to the machine, such as RAM, and a large footprint for the virtual hard disk, either dedicated up-front as a single large block on your storage, or one that is dynamically increased as the storage is consumed within the virtual machine. There’s actually a lot under the hood that makes Windows Sandbox special.
#Does sandboxie work with windows 8 windows 10#
Windows Sandbox is an optional component which has to be turned on through the “Turn Windows Features on or off” menu, and it is only available in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise, so unfortunately home users are out of luck. The VMs are also disposable, so every time you turn open Windows Sandbox you’ll get a new, pristine VM. It would also be great for application testing, and many IT functions would benefit from a quick and easy to use VM without having to deal with the complexities and heft of Hyper-V.
There are many scenarios where this would be useful, and by default the VM is isolated, allowing less than trustworthy applications to be run without having to fire up a new virtual machine to do it.
#Does sandboxie work with windows 8 update#
One of the more exciting feature additions to Windows Update is Windows Sandbox, which is a containerized version of Windows which runs in a lightweight virtualized environment, and allows you to open a pristine version of Windows every single time.
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