Install Windows 11 safely in a virtual machine with this step-by-step guide from ExtremeTech—ideal for testing software or managing files securely. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Don’t have a dedicated PC on which to install Windows 8? No problem. Just install the OS virtually on an existing PC using a free virtual machine utility. Various VM applications will let you install ...

Microsoft's Windows 10 Technical Preview has been available for a few weeks now, and if you want to get a feel for what's coming but don't have an extra PC to install it on, installing it on a virtual ...

VirtualBox: VirtualBox is the free, multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Mac, and Solaris) virtualization app from Oracle. I'm using version 4.1.2. VMware Fusion: Recently updated VMware Fusion 4, for Mac ...

BackBox Linux is a free, open-source community project based on Ubuntu. Find out how to use the BackBox Linux distribution as a virtual machine. Several Linux distributions are available nowadays for ...

Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try another operating system, or use those one or two apps ...

If you aren't happy with Windows 8, and are curious to find out what's new in Windows 8.1, rather than just read about it, why not try it for yourself and install it in a Virtual Machine? It's easy to ...

If Multipass is your virtual machine environment of choice, and you wish you could add a GUI to your VMs, wish no more. Jack Wallen shows you how to do just that. Multipass is still one of my favorite ...

Want to test-drive the new OS with the least amount of hassle? Give it a sandbox to play in. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes ...