


Next, launch the installer and decide what you want to include in your VM.

You’ll need to set up a VMware account but, like the software, this is free for personal, non-commercial use. Start by downloading vCenter Converter (opens in new tab) onto your Windows 7 system. Fantastically, should a bug still slip through, with a VM, you can always roll back to an earlier version of your virtual hard disk file. This is how you minimise the threat of malware and other security issues, by using the more advanced security of Windows 10 (opens in new tab) (which is regularly patched). It is quite the compromise, if we do say so ourselves, but you simply create an image of Windows 7 installation and run it inside a virtual machine (VM). Allow us to introduce to you, virtualisation (opens in new tab). If only there was a way to have the old look and feel of Windows but with the resilience of today. How to run Windows on a Mac How to unlock Windows 10's secret modes The autopsy of Windows 7īut of course, this is almost a forbidden love, because Microsoft doesn't support Windows 7 anymore, which means using the actual version of it will leave you unpatched, unprotected and highly vulnerable to all sorts of malicious bugs - and there are plenty of those around these days.
