So there are two options that you can get Windows operating systems for free.
One of them is this website.
So it's a website that allows you to download virtual machines to test Windows, Internet Explorer,
as well as Microsoft Edge browsers.
And as you can see here, there are a few download options.
So I'll choose this one and the platform.
Now, look, I'm going to choose here.
This one.
And then download the zip file.
So it's going to take a little time because it's a pretty big file.
And you can also download the Windows 10 flavor as well.
And the other one is the Microsoft Evolution Center.
So you can download almost all Microsoft products here.
So let's go to the products menu.
For example, click Windows 10 Enterprise.
And what you get is a 90 day evaluation product.
Click.
Continue.
You should fill in this form and continue.
And you can go to your downloads folder.
So I'll right click it and extract it.
So the extraction is now finished and I'll go to the Windows 7 folder.
So you see, there is an F file.
Now go to VMware Fusion, expand the add button at the upper right corner and select import.
Your file is supposed to be selected here, so to be sure, I'll just select it again and click Choose
File.
Now, please go to the folder you just downloaded the file to and select the file and click open and
click continue.
And then the save button.
Okay.
So you might just very well be faced with such a message just like me.
I think it's because of the default checks of VMware Fusion.
So let's just click on Retry as it suggests and please be.
And there it is.
It's been imported as the import process may take a few minutes.
So congratulations.
And these are the default settings of the imported VM.
So as you can see here, networking is Nat or Nat, and that's what we would like.
So that's good.
And you can change these settings by clicking Customize settings if you wish, and then we can click
finish.
Now, did you notice as soon as I click the finish button, it asks me if I want to upgrade the VM.
So I say yes, let it upgrade the VM, then click the upgrade and it starts running the VM.
All right.
So this is how the Windows VM downloaded from developer Microsoft.com website.
Here's what it looks like.
And yeah, it certainly does.
It starts installing some device driver software.
So let's check the network settings.
So click the windows icon at the bottom left corner type command and hit enter to start the command
prompt type ipconfig and hit enter again.
No network interface has not been set yet.
So let's look at the network icon at the bottom right corner.
No network icon here.
Hmm.
So here I have a message that says the device driver was not successfully installed.
All right.
Well, you know what?
I don't panic.
I'm a troubleshooter.
Right?
Okay.
Well, you know, I might not entirely be truthful, but that's all right.
We'll see what we get.
Voila.
We got a message advising us to restart the system, to apply the changes.
And I think the driver installation is all finished now.
Okay, so now let's restart the system and see what happens.
Okay.
Before looking at the network settings, once again, I would like to show you some more system information
here.
Looking at the default username and password of the VM.
You know what?
Let me make it full screen.
All right.
Okay.
Let's check the network settings.
So here's a network icon and I clicked on it.
And yeah, sure enough, we have connected to a network.
Now I'll go to the start menu type command and hit enter to open the command prompt.
Now to see the network configuration just type ipconfig and hit enter.
Here it is.
All right.
So we have an active network interface and an IP address.
Looks like it's the same range with my collie.
Just as expected.
So now you can ping your collie to be sure that your Windows VM and Collie can see and talk to each
other.