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#Virtual windows 7 machine license key#
#Virtual windows 7 machine install#
#Virtual windows 7 machine update#

Applications running inside the virtual machine are fully integrated into the host operating system. Using Virtual PC Beta and Windows XP Mode Beta (separate downloads) users will be able to run applications that may not be fully compatible with Windows 7. In order to make that transition simpler, Microsoft has provided Windows 7 users with the capability to run a virtualized, fully licensed copy of Windows XP for program capability. When the Windows Security window appears again, click Install.Īfter the virtual machine restarts, you might need to adjust the screen resolution again.Microsoft got the message after the debacle with Windows Vista and its lack of success to attract larger businesses to transition from XP to Vista.When the Windows Security window appears, click Install.When the AutoPlay window appears, click Run VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe, then tell the UAC prompt Yes. After you finish installing and updating Windows, go to VirtualBox’s Devices menu and choose Insert Guest Additions CD image.

#Virtual windows 7 machine install#

Install Windows updates, restarting the virtual machine as necessary.

Enter your Windows product key, then click Next.

Click the “3 days until automatic activation.

While holding the Windows key on your keyboard, press the Pause/Break button to launch the system information window.

After Windows starts, change the screen resolution default is 800×600 pixels.

Select your computer’s current location, either home or work.

On the Windows product key screen, click Skip.

After the virtual machine restarts, enter the user name and computer name.

Setup will take several minutes to install files.

After setup finishes create disk partitions, click Next.

With Disk 0 Unallocated Space selected, click drive options (advanced), then click New, then click Apply and click OK.

Choose the custom (advanced) installation type.

Check the “I accept the license terms” checkbox, then click Next.

Choose language to install, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method, then click Next.

Proceed through the Windows installation process:.

The virtual hard drive creation process takes several minutes. Adjust this if necessary-I bumped it up to 40 GB since I have plenty of space on the drive where I’m storing VMs-then click Create.

VirtualBox defaults to a virtual hard drive of 25 GB.

Select type of storage on physical hard disk.

The recommended and default setting is VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image), but you can choose something different if you have a particular need.

Select Create a virtual hard disk now, then click Create.

Specify amount of memory-I chose 2048 MB-then click Next.

Enter the name for your virtual machine and select the type and version as mentioned previously, I’m using Windows 7 (32-bit).

If you’re wanting to do what I did, here are the steps: Once I had the installation media in my possession, I fired up VirtualBox.

#Virtual windows 7 machine license key#

I opted to go with the 32-bit version of Windows 7, and found a legitimate license key for sale on eBay.

#Virtual windows 7 machine update#

It’s not something I need on a daily basis, but I want to have that environment available in case some future Windows 10 update changes something to the point where one of the programs I use no longer works.

Several months ago, I decided it was past time to set up a Windows 7 virtual machine on my home computer.