However, you can choose to continue with the Offline Account. Using a Microsoft account, you can back up your files online and work in sync across your devices. If your current network environment has Active Directory, we recommend continuing with Set Up for an Organization, otherwise, continue with Set Up for Personal Use for normal setup.

You can choose the purpose for which you will use your guest machine from this screen. If you don’t need a second keyboard layout, you can skip this step. If you want to change your keyboard layout at this stage, select the layout that suits you from the list and click Yes. When you reach the personalization screen, first select the location you live in from the list and continue. You can now double-click that descriptive name to start the virtual machine in its own window and begin installing Windows 10.īefore you do that, though, consider making a few adjustments to other settings, a topic I cover in the next installment.Wait while the wizard copies all the system files of Windows 10 onto the partition you selected.Īfter the copying process of the necessary files is finished, you can wait for the specified time or restart your virtual system directly.Īt the first startup of Windows, wait for a while at the “Getting devices ready” screen.

Replace the generic 'New Virtual Machine' placeholder with a descriptive name for the new VM and, if necessary, specify a virtual network switch to use instead of the default switch.Ĭlick Create Virtual Machine to finish the process.Īn entry for your new VM appears in Hyper-V Manager's Virtual Machines.

If you don't do this, you'll get a generic name for your VM and its underlying files.

Click More options to show the Name and Network boxes.

Hyper-V will mount the ISO file as a virtual DVD drive.

Click Change installation source to specify the full path to the ISO file containing the Windows 10 installation media.

Instead, click Local installation source.

Because you're creating this VM from scratch, you don't want to use one of Microsoft's download-and-run virtual machines.

(Each step is labeled in the accompanying screenshot.) Here are four items to check every time you use the Quick Create option.

Install windows 10 vm