On how to login and download software fromn DreamSpark. You can download a full version of Windows 8.1 as a student in this course from Microsoft DreamSpark. Of course it could also be Windows 8.1 as in this example.This is possible because Ubutu distributions are free. You can also download a copy of a 14.04 LTS VM for It could have been from a DVD or CD where you had the OSĭistribution. In our example an ISO file that I downloaded to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (You can download it hereįor you PC.

Will see a first dialog asking you to tell the source for the OS you To create a new VM click on Create a Virtual Machine and you.Double-click on the VMware Player 6 to open it and you will see what is shown in this image.Accept the creation of virtual networkĪdapters as the installation asks you to do so. Once you download the VMware Player 6 install it as any.You can download VMware Player 6 from a link in its Web page.In addition you can also see how to install Virtual Box in OS X, and then install Windows 8, at this Microsoft page. Here is a Virtual Box Manual and a You-Tube video of creating a Windows 7 VM in OS X. There are other tutorials on how to do the same using Oracle Virtual Box. Particularly to create a Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and a Windows 8 VM in This tutorial cover the basics on how to do so using VMware Player 6, You can see here an overview of hypervisors. There are many tutorials on how to create a virtual machine in Windows to run other operating systems.

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