How to install VMware

Chrisbari14

Good morning fellow techies,

I'm wanting to install Vmware on my machine but I have no idea on how to go about doing this. Any help for this? I want to be able to run some virtual machines but I'm unaware on what free Vmware software I need to install, and how to get the Iso images.

Benj94

Chrisbari14 wrote: »

Good morning fellow techies,

I'm wanting to install Vmware on my machine but I have no idea on how to go about doing this. Any help for this? I want to be able to run some virtual machines but I'm unaware on what free Vmware software I need to install, and how to get the Iso images.

Google 'Free Virtual Machine Software'. One that springs to mind instantly is Oracle VM VirtualBox - https://www.virtualbox.org/

Microsoft allows people to download 180 day trails of their Operating Systems and also gives you the option to download them as a .iso file, if I remember correctly. Once again, google '[insert Operating System name] free trial'.

cyberguypr

^ this plus there are many tutorials out there both in blogs and Youtube formats. Examples:
- How to install VirtualBox on Windows 7, 8, and 10?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w591rYXjl7g
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u57Ii6vsyY

If you are set on VMware, keep in mind that they have two products you could use: Player and Workstation. Start by understanding the differences between those two and see which one is best for your use case.

Ping us back if you get stuck.

ITSpectre

One word..... *drum roll*.............................................................................

YouTube.

bettsy584

Yeah if you don't even know how to install an application you are here a bit early

Chrisbari14

I've installed workstation on my PC and tried adding a iso image to the workstation but it did not work. I will take the advice mentioned earlier and do some research on it. Thanks

ITSpectre

Chrisbari14 wrote: »

I've installed workstation on my PC and tried adding a iso image to the workstation but it did not work. I will take the advice mentioned earlier and do some research on it. Thanks

How to add ISO image to VmWare Player (in case you are using it)
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002

How to add a iso image to Oracle Virtualbox
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E26796/html/qs-create-vm.html

There you go. And that should work.... My lunch is usually between 12noon to 1pm each day and my fav thing for lunch is a salad with garlic bread, or pizza.

Just in case you wanna buy me lunch............:D

cyberguypr

What ISO? How did you attach it? What error did you get? Details get you answers.

Chris_Wess

Thanks cyberguypr! These tutorial seems very useful.:)