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A customer need to perform some tests on a Windows 10 Home VM.
How can they legally install a temporary Windows 10 Home VM?
They can download Windows 10 Enterprise Evaluation (90 days), but they need to use Home Edition.
After using the Media Creation Tool to create an .iso image and installing it, how can they perform a temporary activation (10-20 days) to perform their tests?
Can slmgr.vbs solve the problem?
Is there any alternate solution?
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Answer accepted by question author
There is nothing official. You would be expected to be able to buy a licence within a few days.
Certain features like personalisation for example are not available without activation.
If you were to use it for an extended period (months perhaps) then you will be interrupted by reminders and possibly not being able to boot.
Answer accepted by question author
There is no official evaluation time for windows for Home or Pro. You can use it for a short period not activated then it must either be removed or activated with a purchased licence.
A customer need to perform some tests on a Windows 10 Home VM.
The first step is to decide which hypervisor your customer wishes to use. Popular choices include VMWare Workstation Player, Oracle Virtual Box, and Microsoft's own Hyper-V.
Having made that choice, the next step is to setup the software and create a virtual machine.
The last step is to install Windows in the virtual machine. Installing Windows in a virtual machine is the same as installing Windows in a physical computer because, for all intents and purposes, a virtual machine is just like a physical computer.
Keep in mind that Windows installed in a virtual machine needs to be activated, just like Windows in a physical machine. As a practical matter, however, if your customer is only going to be testing Windows for a short time, they can probably dispense with activation.
There is no official evaluation time for windows for Home or Pro. You can use it for a short period not activated then it must either be removed or activated with a purchased licence.
Many thanks for the answer.
How long is the "short period" to use Windows 10 Home without activating?
Hours, days, weeks...?
Rehards
