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Best third party VM software?

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Hey all!

 

This is an odd question but I've found myself in a bit of a pickle. I want to run a Windows 10 or 11 VM on my my PC (which is Windows 10 Home). The issue here is Hyper-V is not enabled on Win10 Home. I've found it is possible to enable Hyper-V on Win10 Home edition but it ends up screwing up a few other application (BlueStacks etc).

 

So my thinking is if there is a third party application when I can simply run the VM within Win10 Home, this would be fantastic but I'm a completely newbie when it comes to VM's so I was wondering, can anyone vouch for a decent "idiot-proof" VM software that isnt Hyper-V please?

 

This is for personal use if that's something you'd need to know.

 

Appreciate the help!!!! 🙂

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2 minutes ago, bobslayjupp said:

Hey all!

 

This is an odd question but I've found myself in a bit of a pickle. I want to run a Windows 10 or 11 VM on my my PC (which is Windows 10 Home). The issue here is Hyper-V is not enabled on Win10 Home. I've found it is possible to enable Hyper-V on Win10 Home edition but it ends up screwing up a few other application (BlueStacks etc).

 

So my thinking is if there is a third party application when I can simply run the VM within Win10 Home, this would be fantastic but I'm a completely newbie when it comes to VM's so I was wondering, can anyone vouch for a decent "idiot-proof" VM software that isnt Hyper-V please?

 

This is for personal use if that's something you'd need to know.

 

Appreciate the help!!!! 🙂

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On 5/6/2022 at 3:17 PM, bobslayjupp said:

Awesome, cheers guys! Will check both of theses out!

How'd your VM adventures go?

 

I've used VirtualBox to good success in the past, https://www.virtualbox.org/

They have a good manual: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html

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