I have been experimenting with "Wine/Bottles" with little success, so I am slowly thinking of having a virtual Windows10 inside of Zorin? That way, I can run the few apps I occasionally need without poking around. Has anyone else done this, and what about protection of the unsupported Win10 after October?
I haven't tried Windows 10 as a VM but I had a 32-bit version of 7 as a VM and successfully upgraded the VM to Windows 8.1 Pro during the time I was working from home in order to access workplace secure website. First you should run a .vbs script created in Notepad to establish the C.o.A. licence key. In terms of Software I recommend virt-manager over Virtual Box every time.
Hi,
I usually do this via VirtualBox and it usually works well for your purpose.
About your concern about Windows 10 not receiving support from Microsoft, one option is to use Windows 11 without activating it. I "guess" (disclaimer: you should double check the current legal terms for this, I'm not sure about it.) you can use Windows 11 for free without activating it and the only limitations are not being able to personalize the look and feel of it and the activation notice remains at the bottom right corner of the screen all the time. You also always have the option to buy Windows 11.
Microsoft allows you to download an ISO file of Windows 11 and you can use this ISO to create a VM via VirtualBox.
Feel free to ask any follow-up questions, I would be glad to help.