Experiments: One of the oldest uses of virtual machines is to test new apps or coding changes in a safe environment that won’t crash the computer if something goes wrong. This type of VM can be ...

A virtual machine (VM) is software that runs programs or applications without being tied to a physical machine. In a VM instance, one or more guest machines can run on a host computer.

You can minimize the damage caused by malware by running Windows in Linux as a virtual machine. A virtual machine's isolation helps keep you out of trouble. Here's how to do it.

Virtual machines can feel rather sluggish at times – especially if you use the default settings on a Type-2 hypervisor. But ...

You can create VMs or Virtual Machines using this screenshot tutorial. Virtual Machines or VMs let you run a different operating system on a single machine – the guest operating system.

Virtual machines can seem juuuuust a bit too geeky for most otherwise computer-friendly people. That's sad, because it's an easy, free way to try another operating system, or use those one or two ...

Conversion tools such as System Center Virtual Machine Manager or Hyper-V Server 2012 can convert VMware VMs to Hyper-V VMs, but are mainly for large-scale use. Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter ...

Click Next, and you’ll be taken to a screen that asks how much memory you’d like to devote to the virtual operating system. The 32-bit version of Windows 8 requires 1 gigabyte at minimum, and ...