he OS restore point idea doesn't work for the reason you've stated. OS in VM is not an option, because firstly I want to run Win 7 (which would need another license, presumably), would waste a lot of ram and certain parts of the OS wouldn't be able to interact with native hardware

But if I use VM, I have to install/run a whole operating system in a VM just to run applications in a VM, no?. Is there any way to run just applications in a VM on top of non-VM OS. How are others who insta