
Clicking the cellular-style signal bar produces this message, in part because the “remote” Windows you’re connecting to isn’t remote at all.īeyond the Windows 10 Pro requirement, Windows Sandbox’s performance impact demands a modern, fairly powerful machine with virtualization capabilities. Here are the minimum specifications for the feature: If you open Windows Sandbox as a full-screen window, you’ll see some additional icons. What makes Sandbox so appealing is that Sandbox is to Hyper-V as Windows 10’s Mail app is to Outlook: a simplified, user-friendly version of a much more complex application. Granted, Windows already offers Hyper-V to achieve similar tasks. Virtualization creates an entire virtual computer, complete with operating system, storage, and memory, within your existing Windows PC. Technically, Windows Sandbox is a lightweight virtual machine, a tool often used by developers and researchers to test new software within a controlled environment. It’s just another Windows desktop firewalled from your primary installation. Windows Sandbox, in a window, looks like Windows-because it is. Get started with Windows Sandbox Mark Hachman / iDG Here’s everything you need to know to start using Windows Sandbox.
