Starting Your Windows XP Virtual Machine

Starting Your Windows XP Virtual Machine

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    Click Start, All Programs, VMWare, VMWare Workstation. If you see a “Tip of the day” box, click Close. If you see a “VMware Web Check” box, click Cancel.
    
12. 
    In the VMWare Workstation window, from the menu bar, click View, “Go to Home Tab. Click the Open Existing VM or Team icon.
    
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    In the Open box, click “My Computer”. Double-click the “VMs (V:)” drive to open it. Double-click the "CNIT80 VMs" folder to open it. Double-click the “Win XP Pro for Hacking” folder. Double-click on the “Windows XP Professional.vmx” file. (The .vmx filename extension may not be visible.)
    
14. 
    The VMWare Workstation window reappears, with a tab labeled “Windows XP Professional”. In the left pane, click the blue Start this virtual machine link.
    
15. 
    If a “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens with a long message about product activation, click OK.
    
16. 
    A “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens asking if it should create a new unique identifier (UUID). Accept the default selection of Create and click OK.
    
17. 
    A “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens warning you that it “could not connect to floppy”. Click OK.
    
18. 
    A “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens warning you that it “virtual device floppy0 will start disconnected”. Click OK.
    
19. 
    If a “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens warning you that the default sound device cannot be opened. Click OK.
    
20. 
    If a “Windows XP Professional – Virtual Machine” box opens with message about the keyboard timeout hook value, click OK.
    
21. 
    When the virtual PC launches, if it doesn't automatically log on, log on as Student with no password. A Windows XP desktop appears within the VMware window.