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Windows 10 Enterprise Getting 'InPrivate Desktop' Sandboxed Execution Feature (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the currently-in-the-works dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bleeping Computer: A recent Windows 10 Insider Feedback Hub quest revealed that Microsoft is developing a new throwaway sandboxed desktop feature called "InPrivate Desktop." This feature will allow administrators to run untrusted executables in a secure sandbox without fear that it can make any changes to the operating system or system's files. This quest is no longer available in the Feedback Hub, but according to it's description, this feature is being targeted at Windows 10 Enterprise and requires at least 4 GB of RAM, 5 GB of free disk space, 2 CPU cores, and CPU virtualization enabled in the BIOS. It does not indicate if Hyper-V needs to be installed or not, but as the app requires admin privileges to install some features, it could be that Hyper-V will be enabled. "InPrivate Desktop (Preview) provides admins a way to launch a throwaway sandbox for secure, one-time execution of untrusted software," the Feedback Hub questions explains. "This is basically an in-box, speedy VM that is recycled when you close the app!"

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  1. Re: Seriously, though... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Linux is a kernel. A.distribution is an operating system. Debian is certainly consistent across the versions, and so is SLED or RHEL. Linux is also consistent with itself in this regard, sometimes painfully so.

    it's an administrator's job to know how to install and maintain software. Once a company decides to use a particular OS, it will be consistent across the company. Simple as that. The end user has to know only how to click on things and how to type in things, and that hasn't changed for a generation.

    All the problems that you describe are certainly not corporate problems. They are problems of a distro-hopper who is not inclined to learn the concepts behind the technology.

  2. Re:Seriously, though... by GerryGilmore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    OK, serious question - how exactly are you managing the ever-shifting versions and their environments from XP-specific apps to ever-migrating methods of app data exchange?
    I'm serious - bad as Linux is, at least you have some modicum of control over your destiny vs just blindly following MS, n'est pas?