How to install VMware
Chrisbari14
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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.
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.
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Benj94
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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'.
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cyberguypr
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^ 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.
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ITSpectre
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bettsy584
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Yeah if you don't even know how to install an application you are here a bit early
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Chrisbari14
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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
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ITSpectre
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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.
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cyberguypr
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What ISO? How did you attach it? What error did you get? Details get you answers.