Firstly it's not recommended to install Windows 10 S over Windows 10 Home as you won't be able to activate it. There are some other restrictions to be aware of. This is the main reason why the process of installing and running Windows 10 S in a virtual environment takes so long you first need to install Windows 10, and then 'upgrade' it to Windows 10 S, which isn't a quick process. You don't need to own or run Microsoft's operating system to do this, as it's easy enough to get a free (and perfectly legal) copy to use.

Unless you have the developer ISO (from the MSDN network) currently the only way to test Windows 10 S is to install it over a copy of Windows 10. The process is a little more convoluted than normal and takes a while longer as a result, but it's easy enough to do. If you want to try out Windows 10 S, but you don't want to spend money on a new laptop to do so, the easiest solution is to install it in a virtualised environment.

Microsoft recently made Windows 10 S available for developers on the MSDN network to download in ISO format, and then released an installer (aimed at the education market) which lets anyone take the new OS for a spin. Microsoft ditches passwords for Windows 10 S in test run Windows 10 release date, features, devices and free upgrade: Windows PowerToys customisation project returns in open source guise Why Rugby School scrapped Apple and Dell to go all-in with Microsoft’s Surface range

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