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curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

So its not Word for me, but some manufacturer specific applications that dont play well in Wine or other scenarios.

So I start the VM when I need it, use the app I need, shut it back down. The VM has no internet access, only a designated VLAN with no outbound, and any documents going to or from I use a thumb drive. Excessive, yeah, but its how things work for me.

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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

So I start the VM when I need it, use the app I need, shut it back down. The VM has no internet access, only a designated VLAN with no outbound, and any documents going to or from I use a thumb drive. Excessive, yeah, but its how things work for me.

This was my thinking, but office suite, and the documents would get saved to the NAS. How do you manage it as a VM? Are you using proxmox or similar? Do you use a setup script of somekind? What version of microsoft? Keys?

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- curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Proxmox
  
  rufus to bypass some silly MS stuff, bypass online user requirements, etc
  
  https://massgrave.dev/
  
  I’m using windows 10 mostly, but I have another one made recently for win 11 because of another stupid manufacturer with stupid requirements.
  
  Once I made the first VM, I made a clone. The clone is what gets the software installation, the original just stays stored on my NAS so I can clone again as stupid manufacturers distribute stupid software that requires windows. I name each VM based on the app its going to run.
  
  Some are a suite of apps and companion applications, some are just a singular application.
  
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  - Jayb151@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Op, This is the best answer. I’ve set up a Windows server using this method. I was blown away by how easy proxmox makes the whole thing.
    
    I use rust desk too btw when I need to remote on for maintenance, etc.
    
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