A virtual machine isn’t very helpful without an operating system to install on it. And for that, you might have to get a little creative.

With a virtual machine, you can dabble in all kinds of alternative operating systems, like installing Windows 10 inside Linux. Here's how.

After you're done creating the new virtual machine, it's time to install Windows 10 by going to Settings > Storage and selecting the empty IDE drive.

You can install Windows 11 as a virtual machine using the free VMware Workstation Player or Oracle VM VirtualBox.

Installing SteamOS on a Virtual PC With a little tweaking, it's possible to get SteamOS running on a virtual machine.

Here's how to download and install the Windows 8 Developer Preview into a virtual machine on your PC.

Having a virtual machine on-hand can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as testing software or tweaks in a sandboxed environment that is separate from your primary operating system. A ...

Trying the developer preview out in a virtual machine is a smart way to go, since you can do a clean install and play around without worrying about messing up your computer. All three of the ...

Install Windows 8.1 preview on VirtualBox Start by setting up a new machine in VirtualBox and click the button to show the machine description. Give the machine a name.

Virtualization programs such as Microsoft Virtual PC can help your business computers run older programs that require Windows XP. You can use Virtual PC to create a virtual machine that contains a ...