With Oracle VM VirtualBox, I had to tweak certain settings to make it work. You’ll probably have an easier time using VMware Workstation Player, but I’ll cover both programs.

Virtualbox is a great app for using different operating systems on your PC, so here's how to get a fresh virtual machine set up and running.

Host, main computer, real PC, host PC: This is the name given to the computer on which you install virtualisation software such as Vmware or Virtualbox and use it to set up and use virtual machines.

Virtualbox is one of the more user-friendly tools when it comes to setting up virtual machines, but let's walk you through your first time.