A virtual machine isn’t very helpful without an operating system to install on it. And for that, you might have to get a little creative.

Here's how to download and install the Windows 8 Developer Preview into a virtual machine on your PC.

Trying the developer preview out in a virtual machine is a smart way to go, since you can do a clean install and play around without worrying about messing up your computer. All three of the ...

After you're done creating the new virtual machine, it's time to install Windows 10 by going to Settings > Storage and selecting the empty IDE drive.

Installing SteamOS on a Virtual PC With a little tweaking, it's possible to get SteamOS running on a virtual machine.

How to install Ubuntu on VirtualBox? To install Ubuntu on VirtualBox, users need to download the Ubuntu ISO file from its official website and create a new virtual machine. Once they are done, the ...

With a virtual machine, you can dabble in all kinds of alternative operating systems, like installing Windows 10 inside Linux. Here's how.

Install Windows 8.1 preview on VirtualBox Start by setting up a new machine in VirtualBox and click the button to show the machine description. Give the machine a name.

Learn how to install Manjora Linux on VirtualBox on a Windows 11/10 host machine and configure it properly to all the benefits of Arch Linux.

But a virtual machine dedicated to reading emails and Web surfing should at least stymie amateur hackers and script kiddies and persuade them to target other lower-hanging fruits instead.