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Get a vista ISO and get VMware player

 

1. Install VMware

2. Select "Create a New Virtual Machine"

3. Pick the installer disc image and select your vista ISO

4. Enter product key and local user credentials

5. Select a path to where the VHD (virtual hard drive) will be stored

6. Select the VHD size (keep it split into mutiple virtual disks)

7. Click Finish.

8. Start the VM and treat it as a normal computer

9. Profit

 

You're welcome, it's quite easy. Let me know if you need more help.

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I really really want to play Halo 2 but I don't got no console and don't fancy buying one just for Halo so I need a VM to run Vista as Halo 2 won't run on my Windows 7 or 8..

 

Plz help me find an easy guide or explain to me easily how I can install a VM for Halo 2, thnx <3

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I really really want to play Halo 2 but I don't got no console and don't fancy buying one just for Halo so I need a VM to run Vista as Halo 2 won't run on my Windows 7 or 8..

 

Plz help me find an easy guide or explain to me easily how I can install a VM for Halo 2, thnx <3

Are you using Windows 7 or 8?

And have you otherwise tried running the game with some service pack?

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Get a vista ISO and get VMware player

 

1. Install VMware

2. Select "Create a New Virtual Machine"

3. Pick the installer disc image and select your vista ISO

4. Enter product key and local user credentials

5. Select a path to where the VHD (virtual hard drive) will be stored

6. Select the VHD size (keep it split into mutiple virtual disks)

7. Click Finish.

8. Start the VM and treat it as a normal computer

9. Profit

 

You're welcome, it's quite easy. Let me know if you need more help.

See my blog for amusing encounters from IT workplace: http://linustechtips.com/main/blog/585-life-of-a-techie/

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Get a vista ISO and get VMware player

 

1. Install VMware

2. Select "Create a New Virtual Machine"

3. Pick the installer disc image and select your vista ISO

4. Enter product key and local user credentials

5. Select a path to where the VHD (virtual hard drive) will be stored

6. Select the VHD size (keep it split into mutiple virtual disks)

7. Click Finish.

8. Start the VM and treat it as a normal computer

9. Profit

 

You're welcome, it's quite easy. Let me know if you need more help.

Sweet thanks!

 

Can I use a.......... differently acquired product key.. (HUSH DON'T TELL ON ME)

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I tried everything so VM is only option..

 

Windows 8.1 atm

Hyper-V should be installed standard on W8, so you can use that as virtual machine program.

You can make a new virtual machine and configure it (like giving it a virtual hard disk, setting the network adapter, etc.)

 

You can probably follow this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOegMFeeitw

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Hyper-V should be installed standard on W8, so you can use that as virtual machine program.

You can make a new virtual machine and configure it (like giving it a virtual hard disk, setting the network adapter, etc.)

 

You can probably follow this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOegMFeeitw

Hmmm that might be an option too.

 

Would you recommend @blu4 over your answer?

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Hyper-V should be installed standard on W8, so you can use that as virtual machine program.

You can make a new virtual machine and configure it (like giving it a virtual hard disk, setting the network adapter, etc.)

 

You can probably follow this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOegMFeeitw

It's disabled by standard on Windows 7 and 8 but it can be enabled. I'd just use VMware, it's less complicated and faster to use on a normal computer. I find that HyperV works better on a server rather than a normal desktop. I use VMware personally at home and HyperV for work servers.

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Hmmm that might be an option too.

 

Would you recommend @blu4 over your answer?

Yeah, you can do that too.

It's pretty much the same as I recommended, but with VMware instead of Hyper-V.

I recommended Hyper-V because it's standard with Windows 8 and because I have never used VMWare

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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It's disabled by standard on Windows 7 and 8 but it can be enabled. I'd just use VMware, it's less complicated and faster to use on a normal computer. I find that HyperV works better on a server rather than a normal desktop. I use VMware personally at home and HyperV for work servers.

Okies blu4 it is then :P

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Get a vista ISO and get VMware player

 

1. Install VMware

2. Select "Create a New Virtual Machine"

3. Pick the installer disc image and select your vista ISO

4. Enter product key and local user credentials

5. Select a path to where the VHD (virtual hard drive) will be stored

6. Select the VHD size (keep it split into mutiple virtual disks)

7. Click Finish.

8. Start the VM and treat it as a normal computer

9. Profit

 

You're welcome, it's quite easy. Let me know if you need more help.

Also can I just drag and drop files in to the VMed OS?

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A VM's emulated 3D acceleration is a far cry from a real GPU so I would not get my hopes up on any decent FPS and/or grahpics if the games runs at all. It's possible to use GPU passthrough into a VM for full 3D acceleration but that needs specific hardware and a Type 1 hypervisor.

I can hope :P

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