Virtual Machines let you run an operating system - like Windows 11 or Ubuntu - without needing a different physical computer.In this guide, I'll show you how to install VMware (actually its full name is VMware Workstation 16 Player) on Windows for free legally. You can create a virtual computer that runs on your existing PC. You have to meet the regular Windows 11 hardware requirements in order to run a Windows 11 virtual machine, those are: Virtual machines are extremely handy for testing out new operating systems, beta releases of operating systems, testing out software in a sandbox, or any number of other things.1 GHz Two-Core Central Processing Unit (CPU).4 Gigabytes of Random Access Memory (RAM).The CPU, RAM, storage, and display requirements are all pretty easily met on most modern computers.

Even solid-state drives - which are ideal for running virtual machines - aren’t all that much more expensive than conventional hard drives. How to Install Windows 11 in a Virtual Machine The real problematic requirements tend to be TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot - either (or both) will often prevent a Windows 11 virtual machine from being installed. There are a few different ways to run Virtual Machines on Windows. The two most popular options are VMWare Workstation Player and Oracle VirtualBox. The user interfaces are entirely different, and they have slightly different requirements. You can use whichever you like - it doesn’t really matter here - but don’t install both unless you want to use both.

Note: It is possible to use TPM within VMWare Workstation Player, and Oracle Virtualbox’s 7th edition will support it too. However, we’ve just disabled it here since it is much easier. If there is other virtualization software you like to use it’ll probably work - you’ll just need to adapt these steps to your software.

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