Click New.; Give your new virtual machine a name that will help you identify it in the Name box.; If you want to change the location it installs to on your PC, select that in the Folder dropdown ...

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 PC will work on chips that don’t have those hooks, but not well. Microsoft provides a free utility to check your processor. Intel and AMD have their own utilities as well, if you want to ...

Here’s how to set up your own VM. Pick a product. ... Additionally, password managers should be installed on the main PC host and not the guest virtual machine environment.

Some virtual PC software — including VMWare’s — let you save multiple versions on your machine; each can gobble gigabytes, however. Keep an eye on available disk space, especially on a notebook.