Quote Originally Posted by Hotboat View Post
lol I was happy to get what I did working. I originally installed Windows 10, for some reason it had issues and I could not access the files in folders, so I ditched it for 8.1 Pro. So far everything works great. But we'll see what happens when I install some proprietary testing software I need for work. Its super finicky and I'm positive the OEM will just tell me to pound sand if it doesn't work

Those are Windows developer images, testing is what they are made for. If your parrallels install gives you grief, then try it in the virtual machine setting, there's a strong likelihood it will work. Those free ISO images are a fawking goldmine. Only good for 90 days, but if you clone a copy as instructed, they are supposed to last forever. I've never done it that way, I simply set up the machine, do what I need to do, then start over.

Good luck with it.