I wonder what is the license of the windows in the dedicated vm?
Not sure on older versions... MS used to generate new evaluation ISOs every few months with a hard fuse in them... Can't speak for recently since it's been years since I've needed to test for old IE versions. If you choose to customise, I'd suggest going with one of the "lite" modified versions of Windows 10... since this will reduce the default surface a lot without the bridge to some of what Win11 added while jumping the shark.