Microsoft has revealed that the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview supports nesting virtualization, meaning that users can run the OS inside itself.
Sure, Windows 10’s newest feature isn‘t as exciting as the Christopher Nolan film was, but it is still a neat trick.
Microsoft has revealed that the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview supports nested virtualization, which lets you launch a virtual machine within another virtual machine – yes, you can run Windows inside of Windows inside of Windows.
The trick is a new feature that supports hardware-based virtualization within a primary virtual machine, providing for that one extra layer. There are limits, of course. Features like dynamic memory won’t work, and nesting currently requires an Intel processor with VT-x support (most chips from the past several years will do).
Windows 10 within Windows 10
So long as everything lines up, though, you too can create a hall of mirrors effect on your PC – even if it doesn’t serve much of a practical purpose for most people.
Source: Virtualization Blog
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