#Free vm for windows 10 home install
#Free vm for windows 10 home windows 8.1
#Free vm for windows 10 home license

#Free vm for windows 10 home install

Install Windows 10 in the virtual machine $ VBoxManage setextradata 'win10' 'VBoxInternal/Devices/acpi/0/Config/CustomTable' '/home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/win10/msdm.bin' Next step is to assign your aquired data to your virtual machine. You can check if it worked by listing the content of msdm.bin file cat '~/VirtualBox VMs/win10/msdm.bin' $ sudo cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM > '/home/$USER/VirtualBox VMs/win10/msdm.bin' The variable $USER used in the command will translate to whatever username you are using on your system. Retrieve your product keyР”Р‡irst step is to create a copy of firmware table holding the product key and save it in the folder holding your virtual machine. Use VirtualBox to create a virtual machine named win10 - if you chose another name substitute win10 below with the name you have chosen. This is also the place to download earlier versions as Windows 7 and 8.1 and these downloads might require you to input a valid product key to get a download link. You can download a legal copy of Microsoft Windows 10 for your system from If want a clear conscience then remove it. The important keyword is ' simultanously'.Р”Р„s it is impossible - on the same hardware - to run a virtual Windows and physical Windows simultanously - it is up to you to remove your physical Windows installation. The requirement is that the key is not used simultanously on several systems. I encourage you to read the above post specifically the part where the author point out that Microsoft actually acknowledge the use in a virtual machine.

#Free vm for windows 10 home license

If you are sure you are not violating your license you can use the links in this post to convert your physical Windows into a virtual. From a comment in this thread it appears it is not possible to install Windows using such license. I don't know the issues surrounding a digital license. No valid digital license was found Digital Windows licenses The source of this How-To is an answer on and I have verified the answer - it checks out.

Now that you know you have a product key, you can use the key and apply it to a VirtualBox VM. You can retrieve the key using a terminal command (fake key shown) $ sudo tail -c +56 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM This How-To is the continuation of a post elsewhere in this forum.

#Free vm for windows 10 home windows 8.1

The guide might work for earlier versions of Windows, yet only confirmed working with Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 and this article will assume Windows 10. This guide assumes you are using a system with an OEM version tied to your hardware. Microsoft has made it a priority to tie the key to the system and therefore it is stored in your systems firmware instead of a sticker which can be copied. This forum does not endorse piracy - thus this is a guide to do it legally. To continue to use Windows in VirtualBox you need a separate license. When I tried to activate my Windows with the key from the firmware - Windows responded with a message stating

Very recently my Windows installation based on my firmware key began acting up. Using the firmware attached license no longer works