![]() ![]() You can then start Windows applications that you want to use (e.g. It even displays icons from the Windows system tray on the Mac menu bar: It will close the view of the Windows desktop and run Windows applications on the Mac desktop. Once you’ve got the Windows VM machine configured and running select the View->Unity menu item in VMware Fusion. To do this follow the steps in described in Optionally, setup Windows so that it automatically logs into the account you configured during setup.Apply all the latest patches using Windows Update.Open the Virtual machine and interact with the Windows desktop to: On a 8GB Dual Core Mac Mini we assigned 2 processor cores and 2048 MB of RAM You can do this in the ‘Processors and Memory’ section of the Virtual Machine settings, but only if the VM has been shut down. Optionally, you may want to allocate more CPU and memory resources to the Windows VM to improve performance.In General click on ‘Start automatically when VMware Fusion launches’.In VMware Fusion select the Windows virtual machine and then click the Virtual Machine->Settings menu item. ![]() Click Continue and run the Windows installation.We chose ‘More Seamless’ as it maps the Windows documents directory on the Mac documents directory: Click Continue and select the level of integration required between Windows and Mac OS X.Click Continue and use the Windows Easy install option to setup the Windows administrator account and supply the Windows license key.Click Continue and then check that VMware Fusion shows the correct version of Windows.Either insert your Windows installation CD/DVD into an optical drive or click ‘Continue without disc…’ if you are going to use an ISO installation image.Create a new Windows VM by going to File->New in VMware Fusion.Then select Options->Open at Login to ensure that the Windows VM is available when you restart your Mac. Start VMware Fusion and right click on the icon in the Dock.In VMware Fusion->Settings->General select the ‘Suspend the virtual machine’ option so that you don’t have to restart Windows every time you open the Windows Virtual Machine (VM).Download and Install VMware Fusion on the Mac.Our setup was created by following these steps: Setting up VMware Fusion and Creating a Windows Virtual Machine You could use older versions of Windows too Windows 7 – you’ll need an installation CD/DVD or an ISO image and a valid license key. ![]()
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