Vmware workstation 10 windows 10 guest free. Installing Windows 10 as a Guest Operating System in VMware Fusion

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  Windows 11 is a free upgrade for Windows 10 users, when you try to install Windows 11 as a guest on your VMware workstation. This video provides steps to install Windows 10 as a guest operating system in VMware Fusion. This article provides step by step process to install Windows 10 as a guest operating system in a new virtual machine under VMware.  

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Mac owners often need to run their favorite Windows applications that are not supported on macOS. However, it is possible to do so if Windows is installed on the Mac computer. Before proceeding with installing VMware Fusion, check system requirements. In this section, I list the requirements for VMware Fusion 12, the latest version at the time of writing this blog post. If your macOS version is older than What is a guest operating system? The difference between host and guest operating systems is that a host OS is installed on the hardware, and a guest OS is running on a virtual machine that uses virtualized hardware.

In my case, I have a separate disk partition to store installation files and virtual machines on Mac. You can create a separate partition or create custom folders in your home user folder to store installation files and virtual machines. In my tutorial, the names of the installation files are:. Boot macOS on your Mac.

Locate the VMware Fusion installation file in Finder, and double click this file to open the installer in my case — VMwareFusion Wait until the installer opens.

Enter the credentials of your macOS user account to grant administrative privileges to the installer, and hit OK to continue.

If the key is valid, the corresponding green icon appears. You can also enter a license key after finishing the installation in the graphical VMware Fusion user interface.

The macOS security notification messages pop up. Unable to access Accessibility. You should also see a request to enable VMware Fusion notifications. Click Allow because important information may be displayed in notifications when you work with VMware Fusion. In order to provide VMware Fusion with access, click the lock to make changes in the privacy settings this icon is located in the bottom left corner of the window.

Now the privacy settings are unlocked. Select VMware Fusion in the list of allowed apps select the corresponding checkbox. In the main window of VMware Fusion, you can see a big area with the text: Install from disc or image. This is what you need to start creating a virtual machine and installing a guest operating system. Create a New Virtual Machine. The ISO installation image is already selected after the drag and drop. Otherwise, you cannot continue the configuration of a new VM.

Click the Allow button near this message to unlock VMware Fusion and allow the required access. Easy Install requires minimum user interaction during the installation process, but in this case, a user has the lowest level of control. You can enter some settings such as a user name, password, the Windows product key, select the needed language.

Then the entire process of VM creation and guest operating system installation is completed automatically by VMware Fusion. Once the needed option is selected we unselect the Use Easy Install checkbox , click Continue. More Seamless. If you use this option, Mac user folders such as Desktop, Documents, and Downloads are shared between the host OS and guest OS with write permissions for guest Windows users. The Seamless option provides more convenience, including the ability to use the Unity mode.

You should use antivirus software because if a guest OS is infected, the shared files can be corrupted on the host OS and vice versa. Read about ransomware to learn more. More Isolated. This option is better from the security point of view. User folders are not shared automatically, but you can drag and drop files between the host OS and guest OS without violating the isolation.

You can select one of these two options of Mac integration settings only at the step of creating a virtual machine. Choose Firmware Type. Hit Continue.

The configuration of the virtual machine is now complete. Click Customize settings to define the path to store VM files before you click the Finish button. Select a folder to store your VM files. Note : In VMware Workstation, you can select a folder to store VM configuration files and virtual disk files at different steps of the new VM wizard with the ability to use different folders to store these files. However, in VMware Fusion, all VM files and virtual disks are automatically stored in one selected folder.

VM settings are displayed in a separate window. Select MB of memory and 2 processor cores for a VM to run Windows 10 this configuration may vary. You can expand advanced options to enable nested virtualization and other useful features for your VM.

Close the window after finishing configuration. Once you have finished configuring a virtual machine, including virtual hardware, start the VM, boot from the Windows 10 installation ISO image selected automatically with the current configuration, and install Windows 10 as a guest operating system on the VM. Click the Play button to start a virtual machine. These errors are displayed due to the security configuration of macOS. Issues related to macOS security settings require manual configuration.

Click the Apple button , and click System Preferences. Click the lock icon to unlock settings similarly as you did multiple times before. Once settings become active, select the checkbox near VMware Fusion to allow full disk access for this virtualization application. If VMware Fusion is running now, a notification message is displayed:. Now the VM should start correctly without displaying any errors. Installation of Windows 10 as a guest operating system on VMware Fusion is similar to the installation of Windows 10 on a physical machine.

We disconnect the machine from the internet until finishing the installation of Windows Select a language to install, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method.

We use English United States in this example. Click Next at each step to continue. Activate Windows. If you have bought the Windows 10 license, you can enter the product key now.

Select the Operating system you want to install. If you use VMware Workstation Player, skip to the next method involving a registry hack and vmx file modification. Now you can go ahead and install Windows 11 on VMware Workstation Pro without the system requirement error. Another way to fix this error is to modify and add new entries to the Windows registry.

It will help you to bypass the minimum system requirement-related error on VMware Workstation. This method involves editing and adding a registry entry when the system requirement message appears on your screen.