It’s easy to set up a virtual machine on your PC, creating a machine within a machine, using free desktop virtualization software from VMware. Here’s a look at the advantages, plus instructions.

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...

I often install and test different applications and features in Windows as part of my work. And most of the time, I don't necessarily want those new or unknown apps and features to affect my main ...

There’s no doubt that Windows 11 is the latest and greatest operating system from Microsoft. However, be it TPM 2.0 or CPU restrictions, not everyone might be able to run the new operating system on ...

Anyone who frequently installs and uninstalls new software, tests beta versions of programs, or tinkers with the registry in Windows, often reaches the point where they have to completely re-install ...

Windows 7 is already a big hit for Microsoft, according to market-share tracker Net Applications, which shows it rising past all the extant versions of Linux and Windows except Vista and XP and into ...

Thanks to products like VMware Pocket ACE, the soul of your PC can be reduced onto the likes of an 8 GB memory stick. That fact struck home the other day when VMWare executive Jerry Chen dropped by ...

Just glancing at MS's listed specifications I'm assuming they're grossly understated as with all their minimum specifications.<BR><BR>But that leaves me with the question, what specs SHOULD I look for ...

Virtualization unquestionably pulls more power out of today's PCs, which are often loaded with more processor and hardware muscle than your everyday apps require. While many virtualization vendors and ...