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Windows VM on Mac

  1. Click this link to visit the Microsft Imagine Webstore
  2. At the top left of the page, click "Sign in".
  3. The next window will ask you to pick your school. Select "Penn State" and click "Next". 
  4. You may be presented with a web access login box. Enter your credentials and continue. If you are already logged into web access, you will not see the login box.
  5. In the next window, click on "Windows 10"
  6. Click on "Add to cart".  
     
  7. A box may appear that says that the operating system you are using appears to be different than the one you will download. Click "ok" to continue.
  8. In your cart, click "Check out"
  9. Enter your contact information and click "Proceed with Order"
  10. On the next screen, you will get your product key. Save this somewhere and do not distribute it. You will then need to click "Download" 
  11. The next screen will give you two options to download Windows 10. Select "Download" under the 64bit version.
  12. When the download is finished, you can continue to the next step.
  13. Download Virtual Box from here.
  14. Open the dmg file and follow the install instructions.
  15. Once installed, open Virtual Box from the Applications folder.
  16. Click on "New" in the top left and use the following settings
    1. Name: win_10
    2. Type: Microsoft Windows
    3. Version: Windows 10 (64 bit)
    4. Click Continue
  17. On the next screen, set the memory size to 1024 and then click Continue.
  18. The next screen should have "Create a virtual hard drive now" checked. Click Create.
  19. Select "VDI" then "Continue"
  20. Select "Dynamically Allocated" and Click "Continue"
  21. The defaults for the next window should be "win_7" and "25.00 GB". Click "Create" and continue.
  22. Once done, Virtual Box should have a similar setup. Some things may be different based on the age of your laptop.
  23. Double-click on the win_10 image, and it will ask you to insert the Windows 7 disk to being setup. Click on the folder icon and go to your downloads folder and open the folder that starts with the text "Windows 10". Then select the file with the extension ".iso" and click open.


  24. The windows setup process will begin. Select your language.
  25. Select Custom for the installation type
  26. The next process will take some time, just let it finish. The Virtual Machine will restart twice and continue the setup process.
  27. After restarting the last time, you will be prompted for a user name and password.
  28. Enter the Windows 10 key that was sent to you. If, for some reason, it comes up as invalid, then press skip and contact us to verify you have the correct key.
  29. Once you are taken to the Windows Desktop, you can remove the installation disk.
  30. If Windows installs updates upon setup, click "Restart Now" and the virtual machine will restart.
  31. Before installing any sofware on Windows, stop the virtual machine by going to the Windows logo and click "Shut Down". Open Virtual Box. Click "VirtualBox" in the top Menu bar. Then click "Preferences". Click on "Display" and select "None" as Maximum Guest Screen Size.
  32. If you need to start the Virtual Machine again. Open Virtual Box from the Applications folder. Click on the win_10 image, then click "Start" in the top left of the Virtual Box window.
  33. Start the Windows 10 Virtual Machine. Once it has booted to the desktop, Right click, or command+click on the desktop and open "Screen Resolution"
  34. Set the resolution to at least 1024x768. Then click on "Apply". If you choose to go any higher, you will need to click on "View" in the top menu bar, then "Switch to scaled mode" so that the window fits on your screen. If you do not do this, you may have difficulty installing any software.