Legal note: the Microsoft license for these VM's states: 'You may use the software for testing purposes only'. It's therefore useful to keep the downloaded file after three months, that'll save you some time. Don't forget to activate it, by means of the DOS command slmgr /ato (see the instruction on the wallpaper of Windows 10).Īfter those 90 days you can simply delete the existing VM and import a new clean VM, which should give you another 90 days. You can use this legal VM with Windows 10 for 90 days. Now download a free legal VM with Windows 10. So user 'John' types here 'john' (instead of 'your_own_username').Ĥ. Note: the username must only contain lowercase letters, because 'under the hood' your username doesn't contain capital letters. Select Yes with the Tab key and press Enter.Ģ. Only then you'll be presented with the actual agreement screen (sigh.). With that, you've confirmed that you've read it. Press the Tab key to activate the 'button' (it becomes red then) and press Enter. Now you'll be prompted to agree to reading a license agreement from Oracle. In Mint this has changed: you'll see asterisks when you type. In Ubuntu this remains entirely invisible, not even dots will show when you type it, that's normal. Sudo apt-get install virtualbox virtualbox-qt virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Type or use copy/paste in order to avoid errors (this is one line!): (You can launch a terminal window like this: *Click*) First install VirtualBox and its extension pack. That's because a VM runs in a virtualized sandbox, which effectively isolates it from the underlying operating system.ġ.

Running such a VM is safe for your Linux: even if a Windows VM would become infected with viruses and malware, it can't do any harm at all to your Linux.

If this applies to you as well, then you can make use of VirtualBox and a free legal Virtual Machine (VM) with Windows 10.

For example when they have a navigation device that can only be updated by means of a Windows application. Unfortunately, some people still need Windows for a particular end. How to install a free legal Windows in VirtualBox in Linux Mint

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