Did you know you can make virtual disks on Windows? It’s a cool and underused feature that has been available in the OS since Windows 8. Perhaps you have seen files on your system with the VHD or VHDX ...

Unfortunately, Azure Virtual Desktop still only supports Windows operating systems, so if you're looking to get a Linux-based OS remotely, this still isn't the best solution for you. Amazon WorkSpaces ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new feature that it calls Windows 365 Boot, designed to enable physical PCs to boot into virtual machines rather than from their local drive. The announcement details ...

You can create Hyper-V VMs in Windows 11 using a built-in Windows app or a new developer-oriented tool. Both come with gotchas. Here’s how it all works. Though it may seem that virtual machines ...

Want to try Windows 11 risk-free? Use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine where you can test the new operating system without losing access to your "real" PC. I've got step-by-step instructions here.

So if you buy a Windows 8 System Builder OEM box and install it in a virtual machine, you can upgrade it to Windows 8.1 and you have followed the license terms to the letter.

Windows 10 already uses virtual machines to increase isolation between certain components and protect the operating system. These VMs have been used in a few different ways.

Click the "Start" button, then double-click "My Computer" to launch Windows Explorer. Browse to the location of the files to move. Press and hold down the "Ctrl" key to enable multi-select.

On Windows 10, virtual memory (paging file) is a feature that stores unused, modified pages in RAM (random-access memory) to the hard drive allowing to prioritize more physical memory for more ...

Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS all come with built-in tools to let you set up several virtual desktops on a single physical monitor. Why you need a virtual desktop ...

Why isolating Windows is a good idea. From a security standpoint, too, running Windows in a virtual machine can be much safer than running Windows on its own drive or partition, as you normally would.