Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X

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1 Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X Prerequisites: Verify that your installation of OS X and Safari have the most current updates from the Apple App Store before proceeding with these instructions. Download Software: 1. Open Safari, and sign into the UVa Software Gateway ( onthehub.com) using NetBadge. 2. Select More Options, then DreamSpark Premium from the available tabs. 3. From the Microsoft Products listed, click Windows On the next page, click Add to Cart next to Windows 10 Education 32/64-bit (English) - DreamSpark 5. Click OK if you receive a prompt about platform conflict. 6. Finish checkout and you will encounter a receipt page. (Receipts for past orders can be found at Your Account/ Record the Product Key (shown in red), then click Start Download. Note: the sample product key shown above is not valid. Orders at the top of the page.) PRINT OR WRITE DOWN the red text, the product key is needed to activate Windows: Product Key: Click Start Download.

2 8. Click Download SDM and wait for the download to finish. 9. Run SDM.pkg by double-clicking on it in Safari s download window. Continue to License. Continue to Destination Select, and Agree to the terms of service. Click Install for me only and Continue to Installation Type. Install. Authenticate your username and password to Install Software. Close once the installation completes. When the SDM.pkg download has completed, double-click the file to launch it. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 2

3 10. Return to the webpage, click Download.SDX, and wait for the download to finish. 11. From Safari s download window, double-click the.sdx file to open SecureDownloadManager. 12. Find the 64-bit version of Windows and Start Download. This download will take the longest. Let it run in the background. 13. Return to Safari, open a new tab, and go to Click Downloads in the left margin. 15. Find VirtualBox # for OS X hosts and click x86/amd64 beside it to download the installer. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 3

4 Installing VirtualBox: 1. The disk image for VirtualBox should automatically open in a window on your desktop when the download is complete. If it does not, double-click the VirtualBox file in your Safari downloads window. 2. Drag a copy of UserManual. pdf to your desktop for your own reference. 3. Double-click VirtualBox.pkg Click Continue to go to Introduction. If you have multiple users on your Mac, choose Install for me only. Click Continue to go to Installation Types. Install. Enter your username and password to Install Software. Close once the installation completes. 4. Double click on the shortcut to the Applications folder to find VirtualBox. 5. Drag the icon into your dock for quick access to the program and your virtual machine. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 4

5 Creating a Virtual Machine (VM): 1. Open VirtualBox. 2. Click New, in the upper left corner of the window. 3. Name your VM Windows 10 or something similar. The Type should read Microsoft Windows. The Version should match the Name followed by (64 bit). 4. Continue to Memory Size. 5. Set the memory to 2048 MB. 6. Continue to Hard Drive. 7. Create a virtual hard drive now. 8. Click Create. Leave VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) as the default and Continue. Leave Dynamically allocated as the default and Continue. Leave the default name. Set the size to 75GB or more. Windows will occupy GB. Click Create. 9. Now your VM will appear in the left margin of VirtualBox. 10. Do not start the VM until the Windows OS installation media has finished downloading McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 5

6 VM Optimizations before Windows Install: 1. Select your VM and click Settings. 2. Select System then Processor. Increase the number of processors to Select Display then Video. Increase the video memory to 128 MB. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 6

7 Continue only when the Windows download (in the Secure Download Manager window) is 100% complete, and Done appears in the green bar as below: Installing Windows to the VM: 1. Select your VM and click Settings. 2. Select Storage. Click the CD icon labelled Empty. Another CD icon appears to the far right. Click the icon. Select Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file Navigate to your Downloads folder, open the Windows 10 folder, and highlight the.iso file (the only file inside that folder). Click Open. The name of the.iso now appears next to the first CD icon. Click OK. 3. Select your VM and click the green Start arrow in the top menu bar. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 7

8 4. Windows will begin installation. Leave the defaults for English as language and US as keyboard layout. 5. Click Next. 6. Install now. 7. Enter the product key you recorded on page 1 (or printed) from UVa Software Gateway. You cannot copy and paste between the Host OS (OS X) and the Guest OS (Windows VM) at this point you have to type the product key manually. NOTE: The sample product key in the screenshot at left is NOT valid. Use the product key provided to you. 8. Click Next. 9. Check I accept the license terms and click Next. 10. Choose Custom: Install Windows only (advanced). 11. Select Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next. 12. Wait for Windows to install this will take several minutes, and the virtual machine will reboot at least once. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 8

9 13. When prompted, give your computer a name (no spaces or punctuation) and click Next. 14. Use express settings, when prompted. 15. Windows will ask to create a user account. Windows will first ask to create a Microsoft account, but we will create a local account. Click Create a new account. Click Sign in without a Microsoft account. This allows you to create a local account. 16. Set your name for the user name. 17. There is no need to create a password for the account. 18. Click Finish. 19. Windows will finalize the install and bring you to the desktop. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 9

10 Running Windows Update From the Start menu >> Control Panel, run Windows Update until no more critical or important updates from Microsoft are available. This may require you to restart the virtual machine several times until the process is complete. Run Windows Update repeatedly until you see that no more critical / important updates are available. You can omit any updates labeled as optional. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 10

11 Configuring Windows for Best Use: 1. Open a File Browser and navigate to This PC 2. Right-click CD Drive (D:) and click Eject to remove the Windows install disk. 3. From VirtualBox s options menu at the top of the screen, go to Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image to mount the install. 4. Double-click CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox Guest Additions to launch the installer. Click Yes if you see a User Account Control prompt. Click Next. Leave the default destination folder and click Next. Leave the default options and click Install. Click Install when prompted by Windows Security. Select I want to manually restart later and click Finish. 5. Shut down Windows from within the virtual machine. Right-click the Start button and choose Shut down or sign out, and then click Shut down. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 11

12 6. From VirtualBox, select your VM and click Settings. 7. Select Shared Folders. To the right, click the folder icon with a green plus. Click the drop-down menu for Folder Path. Select Other to open a Finder window. Click and highlight your Downloads folder. Click Choose. VirtualBox will fill in Folder Path and Folder Name for you. Check Auto-Mount. For Downloads, it s also recommended to check Read Only as well so that you do not accidentally save content back to that folder. Click OK. 8. Repeat steps 7a 7g for adding additional folders. Do so now for Documents and Box Sync if you have UVa Box ( virginia.box.com) setup on your Mac. 9. Start up your VM. 10. Return to This PC 11. Notice the new category Network locations. These virtual network shares are linked to your user folders in OS X. This way, you can save files to the Mac and have the option of working with them on your Mac or from within Windows. It is highly recommended that you save your work to these locations. 12. Right-click CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox Guest Additions and click Eject. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 12

13 Visual Settings: The default setting for VirtualBox VMs is called Scaled Mode. This puts the Windows VM in a small scaled window, as if it were an individual app in OS X. If you go to View in the toolbar, you have two other options, you can switch freely between them at any time the VM is running: 1. Fullscreen Maximizes the VM to occupy the entire screen. Guest Additions will resize the desktop. 2. Seamless Mode Adds the Windows taskbar above the Mac dock and opens Windows programs in separate windows as if they were apps on your Mac. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 13

14 Installing Windows software on your virtual machine The Windows-only applications used most often by McIntire students are Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio. The instructions below guide you through a download of MS Project from UVa Software, and a subsequent installation. Other Windows software from UVa (or other sources) can be installed in a similar fashion. Obtain the software 1. Open your Windows virtual machine, open a browser, and sign into the UVa Software Gateway ( using NetBadge. 2. Select More Options, then DreamSpark Premium from the available tabs. 3. Click on Microsoft Project Click on Add to Cart for Microsoft Project Professional /64-bit English -- DreamSpark. (Click OK if you receive a warning about a platform incompatibility.) 5. Click checkout, agree to the license terms, and you will encounter a receipt page. (Receipts for past orders can be found at Your Account/Orders at the top of the page.) PRINT OR WRITE DOWN the red text, this is a product key you need to activate Project Product Key: (Note: the product key in the screenshot below is a sample only and is not valid.) 6. Click Download. 7. Click Download SDM. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 14

15 8. When your browser prompts you to Run or Save, choose Run. Click Next on the Welcome screen. Choose I Agree on the license page, and click Next. Click Next on the Installation folder screen. Close once the installation completes. 9. Return to the webpage and click Download.SDX. 10. When your browser prompts you to Open or Save, click Open. 11. Choose the 64-bit version of Project Professional 2016, and click Start Download. 12. When the download bar shows Done, click Launch. 13. Click Yes when prompted by a User Access Control dialog box. 14. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Continue. 15. Click Install Now. 16. When installation is complete, click Close. 17. Launch Project: click Start, All Apps, Microsoft Office 2016, Project On the Activate Office screen, click Enter a product key instead. Enter the product key you recorded from UVa Software and click Install. Do not use the sample key shown in the screeenshot below; it is invalid. 19. Click Yes when prompted by a User Access Control dialog box. 20. Choose Use Recommended Settings in the First things first and click Accept. McIntire Help Desk: Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X 15