Switching back to Windows?!?

About this video

The host, a Mac daily-driver user who keeps a Windows PC mainly for the Windows-only vMix app, tests OpenAI’s Codex app now running Windows-native instead of inside WSL2. Prompted by a poll of over 60,000 responses showing most viewers use Windows daily, he focuses on why native matters for Windows sysadmins: the agent lives in PowerShell and can work with environments such as Active Directory and domain controllers. The core of the video is the sandbox OpenAI built because Windows lacked an equivalent to Mac Seatbelt or Linux bubblewrap. He shows, via icacls, the sandbox users and restricted identity it creates, and how it confines the agent to a project folder, blocks network access by default through firewall rules, and asks for explicit approval to act elsewhere, with modes including auto-review and full access. He then demos Codex cleaning bloatware, tidying a desktop, spawning sub-agents, building a Hyper-V hacking lab with Kali Linux and Ubuntu, and creating an automation to re-check his changes every six hours, interspersed with Windows trivia such as clipboard history and the God Mode folder. He closes saying he is not switching yet, but wants Windows to improve.

Key takeaways

• Codex on Windows can run Windows-native in PowerShell rather than inside WSL2, making it more integrated for Windows and sysadmin work.
• OpenAI built its own Windows sandbox, described as over 15,000 lines of Rust using file-system ACLs, firewall rules, and restricted tokens, instead of using a VM or container.
• The sandbox runs the agent as separate sandbox users (online and offline), confines full rights to the project folder, and blocks network access by default.
• Actions outside the sandbox folder or on the network prompt for explicit approval; auto-review can approve low-risk actions and full access removes those protections.
• Codex features highlighted include sub-agents, plugins, skills, and scheduled automations, demonstrated on cleanup tasks and building a Hyper-V lab with Kali Linux and Ubuntu.

Episode details: published June 1, 2026 · 21:54 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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