diff --git a/content/desktop/install/windows-install.md b/content/desktop/install/windows-install.md index 8cb60c4b8f..780d4a14da 100644 --- a/content/desktop/install/windows-install.md +++ b/content/desktop/install/windows-install.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ _For checksums, see [Release notes](../release-notes.md)_ - WSL version 1.1.3.0 or later. - Windows 11 64-bit: Home or Pro version 21H2 or higher, or Enterprise or Education version 21H2 or higher. -- Windows 10 64-bit: Home or Pro 21H2 (build 19045) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 21H2 (build 19045) or higher. +- Windows 10 64-bit: Home or Pro 21H2 (build 19045) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 21H2 (build 19045) or higher. - Turn on the WSL 2 feature on Windows. For detailed instructions, refer to the [Microsoft documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10). - The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ _For checksums, see [Release notes](../release-notes.md)_ BIOS settings. For more information, see [Virtualization](../troubleshoot/topics.md#virtualization). +> **Important** +> +> To run Windows containers, you need Windows 10 or Windows 11 Professional or Enterprise edition. +> Windows Home or Education editions only allow you to run Linux containers. +{ .important } + +> **Note** +> +> Docker only supports Docker Desktop on Windows for those versions of Windows that are still within [Microsoft’s servicing timeline](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet). + {{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="Hyper-V backend and Windows containers" >}} @@ -67,13 +77,19 @@ _For checksums, see [Release notes](../release-notes.md)_ BIOS settings. For more information, see [Virtualization](../troubleshoot/topics.md#virtualization). -{{< /tab >}} -{{< /tabs >}} +> **Important** +> +> To run Windows containers, you need Windows 10 or Windows 11 Professional or Enterprise edition. +> Windows Home or Education editions only allow you to run Linux containers. +{ .important } > **Note** > > Docker only supports Docker Desktop on Windows for those versions of Windows that are still within [Microsoft’s servicing timeline](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet). +{{< /tab >}} +{{< /tabs >}} + Containers and images created with Docker Desktop are shared between all user accounts on machines where it is installed. This is because all Windows accounts use the same VM to build and run containers. Note that it is not possible to share containers and images between user accounts when using the Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend. @@ -94,10 +110,6 @@ Looking for information on using Windows containers? - Docker Container Platform for Windows [articles and blog posts](https://www.docker.com/microsoft/) on the Docker website. -> **Note** -> -> To run Windows containers, you need Windows 10 or Windows 11 Professional or Enterprise edition. -> Windows Home or Education editions only allow you to run Linux containers. ## Install Docker Desktop on Windows