
Step 2 − A table will pop-up requesting you to find a “Boot disk”, “Boot Image” or to install OS at a later stage. Step 1 − Click on “Player” → File → New Virtual Machine. To create a virtual machine, we have to follow the steps given below. If you want to use it as a commercial version, check the second option and enter your serial key. Click on it and a table will pop–up, where you have two possibilities: If you want to use it as a non-commercial version, just enter your email address. Step 9 − An icon will be created on the desktop. Step 6 − Leave the default values and click on “Next”. Step 5 − Once again, click on the “Next” button.

Step 4 − Check the box “I accept the terms in the license agreement” → Click on “Next”. Step 3 − A Table will pop-up initializing the installation of VMware → Click “Next”. Step 2 − You will see that a file has been downloaded → double click on it.

Step 1 − Click on “Download Now” as shown in the screenshot below. To install the VMware workstation player, follow the steps given below. To download the VMware workstation player, you can click on the following link. They also encourage students and non-profit organizations to benefit from this offering.

VMware workstation player is free version and available for non-commercial, personal and home use. VMware workstation player is a “hosted hypervisor”, so you have to have a pre-installed OS before continuing to install it. In this chapter, we will understand how to install the VMware Workstation Player and its usages.
