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hkunc
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Windows 10 Support in Horizon View

Hi,

is there a timeframe for Windows 10 Support in VMware Horizon View? Didn´t find anything according to Windows 10... or am i blind?

best regards,

Holger

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glennvelsol
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As far as I know, Windows 10 is compatible with VMware horizon already, but your hyper-visor isn't fully...which will need an update to be released shortly.

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SysteembeheerNS
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I got the following problem with Windows 10. Sometimes on the first logon i get a black screen. Then i kill the view client and start a new session there is no problem.

Windows 7 / 8 i dont have any problems.

Vmware View windows 10.PNG

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MattDav
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Haven't seen that behavior.  Unless it's related to this.  I'm still using this fix so it's possible this is still needed.

Re: Updating Windows 10 Enterprise 64 from 10074 to 10130 fails with LSI Paravirtual disk & View...

After solving the Windows Activation Issues, the only problem I'm having is a blank Start Menu, and Windows Edge browser missing.  Still scratching my head on that one.

-Matt

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anvr
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Hi SysteembeheerNSD,

You mean the use of VMware Horizon Client installed on Windows 10 gives sometimes the blankscreen?

I have the same issue here.

Think the client is not compatible yet.

And to access a Windows 10 desktop in View 6.1.1 is an nice job for next week :smileylaugh: .

Regards

Ronny.

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TrotmanRalphCBS
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I'm looking for the support dates 7, plus any docs on optimization since the experience of win10 on view is pretty laggy compared to win7

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glennvelsol
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I'm posting from a Windows 10 VM on Horizon 6.2. I don't notice any lag. I optimized my image like I always do with the VMware optimizer and group policy.

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ajlafrance
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We have a pool set up using Windows 10.  With one user, all is good.  More than one user and it gets laggy.  We used the optimization tool and it still does it.

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MattDav
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ESXi 6.x

vSphere 6.x

Windows 10 VM on v6.x host.

I'm noticing this behavior now when taking snapshots.  First boot after the snapshot, the VM seems frozen.  I have to restart it then it's fine until the next snapshot.

Not sure if this is related.

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Gaurav_Baghla
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Hi Hoger,

Windows 10 is supported with Horizon 6.2 Release Notes for VMware Horizon 6 version 6.2

It is also supported on vsphere

6.0 U1

6.0

5.5 U3

5.5 U2

Refer to the compatibility Guide https://vmware.com/go/hcl

Regards Gaurav Baghla Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer. https://twitter.com/garry_14
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Gaurav_Baghla
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If you upgrade from a Windows 8.1 desktop to Windows 10, log in to the desktop, and press a key on the login screen, Windows displays a black screen and the desktop is unusable.

Workaround: Take these steps:

    1. Connect to the machine from a vSphere Web Client console or RDP (not from Horizon Client) and use the on-screen keyboard to log in to the Windows 10 guest operating system.
    2. Open Device Manager, logging in with administrator credentials when prompted.
    3. Select Keyboards.
    4. Right-click the displayed keyboard device and select Properties.
    5. Click the Driver tab. The current driver should be the Lenovo ThinkPad PS/2 keyboard driver.
    6. Click Roll Back Driver to go back to using the Microsoft keyboard driver.
    7. Reboot the Windows 10 system.
  • Windows 10 unmanaged machines are displayed as Windows 8 on the Registered Machines page in View Administrator. vCenter Server-managed Windows 10 machines that are in manual desktop pools and Windows 10 machines in automated pools are displayed correctly as Windows 10.
    Workaround: None
  • Windows 10 is not supported as a guest operating system for ThinApp in this release of Horizon 6.
    Workaround: None
Regards Gaurav Baghla Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer. https://twitter.com/garry_14
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Bouda0175
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Agreed with the laggy system. I am using about 80 desktops now with Windows 7 which are optimized by optimization tool and system consumes about 300 MB RAM. Everything is really fast, no lagging. I decided to test Windows 10 in the same environment with the same optimization tool. I have some issues about uninstalling windows store apps, they are like crapware. I created pool with 5 desktops. Logging was quite longer then I expected and user experience is not as good as on Win 7. I think, the Win 8.1 was faster. For the las I tried last technical build 14352 which was much faster than official build. I guess, the best way is to wait for big update this summer. Anyone has different experience?

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