...
Wiki Markup Enter your *Name*, a *Password* and the *Windows Product Key*. "The entry in the *Name* field is displayed in information boxes as the name your Windows software is registered to. It is not the Windows user name. The entry in the *Password* field is the password for the windows administrator account only." \[_[_Getting Started with VMware Fusion_|http://www.vmware.com/pdf/fusion_getting_started_11.pdf]_\] If you download the Windows XP installation ISO from the [IS&T's Microsoft Campus Agreement download site|https://msca.mit.edu/cgi-bin/windows], the *Windows Product Key* was e-mailed to you. Windows Vista does not require a product key. Click *Continue.* _Note:_ When installing Windows Vista, you will be warned about not entering a product key. Click *Continue Without Key* _Result:_ The *Finish* panel is displayed: !Picture 7.png!
Wiki Markup Choose *Use operating system installation disc image file* and select the ISO file you downloaded in step 1 in the pull down menu. (xp-sp2.iso for Windows XP32-bit and vista-enterprise-dvd.iso for Windows Vista 32-bit.) Click *Finish* _Result:_ "VMware Fusion installs Windows. This can take up to 45 minutes. After installing Windows, VMware Fusion installs VMware Tools, and powers on the virtual machine." \[_[_Getting Started with VMware Fusion_|http://www.vmware.com/pdf/fusion_getting_started_11.pdf]_\]
Post Installation Setup
- Install virus software
- Install OS updates
- Configure automatic updates
- Set correct time zone
- Enable "Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host operating system" via the VMware Tools installed on the virtual machine.