Yes. I have a Windows license, but it is for Windows 8. That system is activated and I had upgraded it to 8.1 when I got the offer to upgrade for free to Windows 10. But I have no idea if my Windows 8 SN works for Windows 10, and I have received no serial number from Microsoft for the upgrade to Windows 10, so I do not see how I can just download the Windows 10 iso file. If there is an embedded SN for Windows 10 in the desktop for the VM I do not know where to look for it.
When my system upgraded to 10 it created an iso file, but I suspect that if 10 is not working properly, then perhaps the iso file is not valid, and I do not know how I could do an install using it without the 10 serial number. If, on the other hand, you think it is just an Edge issue, then perhaps I should make sure all of the updates are installed before I go through the process of reinstalling.
UPDATE:
Two things. I downloaded the Windows 10 iso file again and it replaced the one on my system. Now things seem to be working properly and even the browser is no longer freezing. I am a bit puzzled, though, as Windows seems to want me to leave the iso file around. The last time I moved it to the trash Windows 10 would not start. Windows 8.1 does not seen an iso file to run, so I do not know why Windows 10 wants one.
Second, I must have not been thinking clearly when I thought that the upgrade to Windows 10 was free. This is Microsoft and now they are asking me to buy a Windows 10 license. I guess the upgrade was sort of a trial.
I use Windows only rarely and see no reason to buy a Windows 10 serial number when I have a license for Windows 8.1 and do not really need 10. I will see, but I suspect I will remove the Windows 10 VM as it is not worth spending more than $100 for another Windows version to run under Parallels.
Last edited: Dec 15, 2017