Does NIS for Windows work on a virtual Windows 8.1 machine?

I will install Parallels 9 and Windows 8.1 on my iMac (OSX 10.9.2).  A 10/17/13 post on the Parallels Consumer Tech Blog site warned that, as of that date, NIS would not run on a virtual machine using Windows 8.1.  I purchased my copy of NIS around 03/21/14.  1) Will it run properly, now?  2) How long is the usual lag between when Microsoft sends users a patch for Windows and when NIS will work on a virtual machine that installs the patch?  Thank you for your help.

 

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NIS works on windows 8.1

All Norton products work just fine on windows.

 

If it does or doesn't work on a virtual system depends on how well the VM emulates a physical system.

Virtual machines running on a Windows client like Hyper-V or VMware have an obvious advantage because the host system is using the same windows API's as the virtual machine.

 

I have no experiance with running VM's on a Mac but if you encounter problems it's not going to be the fault of Windows or Norton, it's going to be a fault of Apples emulation of a windows machine.

 

Best of luck,

Dave

 

 

I will install Parallels 9 and Windows 8.1 on my iMac (OSX 10.9.2).  A 10/17/13 post on the Parallels Consumer Tech Blog site warned that, as of that date, NIS would not run on a virtual machine using Windows 8.1.  I purchased my copy of NIS around 03/21/14.  1) Will it run properly, now?  2) How long is the usual lag between when Microsoft sends users a patch for Windows and when NIS will work on a virtual machine that installs the patch?  Thank you for your help.

 

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It's been my experience that such cautionary statements from the Parallels Support Staff are not uncommon.  You might consider bouncing the same inquiry off the support forums over at the VMWare website.

 

FWIW, Here's a link to a 3-year old article at lifehacker that's (sort of) on the subject:

 

http://lifehacker.com/5861391/the-best-virtualization-app-for-mac-os-x/all

 

Regards,

John