Project 5x: Installing Windows 7 Ultimate in VMware (15 points)

What You Need for This Project

Getting VMware Player

The machines in S214 already have VMware Player installed. If you are using some other machine that doesn't have it, you can get it from the link below. Download it and install it with the default options.
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0

Making a Folder for your Virtual Machine

If you are working in S214, DO NOT SAVE VIRTUAL MACHINES ON THE C: DRIVE! That causes the drives to get full and the machines stop working.

Instead, make a folder on another partition for your virtual machines this way:

Click Start, Computer. Double-click the VMs-S214 drive. Create a new folder with your name on it.

If you are working on your own computer, this step is not necessary--you can save your virtual machine in your Documents folder or any other place you wish.

Installation Media

If you are using a physical installation DVD, insert it into the drive.

If you are using an ISO file, save it in your folder on the VMS-S214 drive, or somewhere you can find it.

Creating the Virtual Machine

Start VMware Player.

On the right side of the "VMware Player" window, click "Create a New Virtual Machine".

In the "New Virtual Machine Wizard", select one of the top two options, to tell VMware where your Windows 7 installation medium is.

Click Next.

In the next screen, In the "Version of Windows to Install" drop-down list box, select "Windows 7 Ultimate", as shown below.

Leave the Product Key empty.

You can leave the other fields at default values.

Click Next.

A box pops up asking if you want to continue without a product key, as shown below. Click Yes.

In the next screen, enter a "Virtual machine name" of YOURNAME-Win7-Ultimate, as shown below. Don't use the literal text "YOURNAME"--replace that with your own name.

Click the Browse button and browse to the VMs-S214 drive, and open your folder.

Click Next.

In the "Specify Disk Capacity" screen, accept the default options and click Next.

In the "Ready to Create Virtual Machine" screen, click Finish.

The installation proceeds automatically, as shown below. You will probably have to click through a few warning boxes VMware pops up when the machine starts.

Saving the First Screen Image: System Properties

Once your Windows 7 Ultimate is installed, click Start. Right-click Computer and click Properties.

You should see a System window showing that your Windows edition is "Windows 7 Ultimate", as shown below.

Click outside the vitual machine on the host machine's taskbar.

Press the PrintScrn key. Paste the image into Paint. Save the image with the filename "Your Name Proj 5xa".

Saving the Second Screen Image: Student Account

If you are working at home, you don't need the second image, but you must state in your email message that you did the project at home.

If you are working in the S214 lab, you need the second image to show that you have created a Student account for the other students to use, as shown below on this page, with these steps:

Your screen should now look like the image below.

Make sure the Student account is visible, showing its Administrator status, and no "Password protected" message.

Click outside the vitual machine on the host machine's taskbar.

Press the PrintScrn key. Paste the image into Paint. Save the image with the filename "Your Name Proj 5xb".

Turning in Your Project

Email the images to me as attachments to an e-mail message. Send it to: cnit.345@gmail.com with a subject line of "Proj 5x From Your Name, replacing "Your Name" with your own first and last name. Send a Cc to yourself.

Antivirus

I recommend that you use antivirus. Please proceed to "Project 4x: Microsoft Security Essentials".

Last Modified: 1-20-13