Virtual Labs
In order to acquire a VMware academic software license for 180-days for course work or research topics, your professor must submit the following information to Computer Science room 111.
- Title(s) of the course(s) or research topic(s) in which the student will be using the licenses.
- Number of students per course or research topic.
- VMware products for which you are requesting the licenses we currently offer student licenses for VMware Workstation for Windows or Linux, and VMware Infrastructure 3.
Faculty and Staff:
In order to install the 32 bit Windows Workstation you must download and sign the agreement form and submit it to Computer Science room 111 or 323.
VMware academic software list:
- Workstation for Windows version 6.5.x (32 bit version)
- Workstation for Linux version 6.5.x (coming soon)
Virtual Machines available:
( Virtual Labs Form and MSDN AAA required )
- Windows XP Pro (SP3)
- Windows XP Pro (SP3) with Matlab 2007b (Requires a wired connection in the College of Engineering)
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Server.
- Windows Vista
- Linux CentOS 5.x
Free VMware Player
VMware FAQs
Virtual Machine Specifications
Quick Commands
For Windows:
Ctrl+Alt+Insert Equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete on the host
For all Clients:
Ctrl+Alt Releases mouse focus from the virtual host and back to the host
Ctrl+G Direct input to the virtual machine
Activation and Snapshots
Windows Activation Required:
- Upon receipt of your VM AA & MSDN AA, you will received by email a personal License to activate the Windows VM machine. Please make the necessary adjustments on memory or virtual configurations to the machine like network cards, hard drives before activating your VM.
- You will only be given on license key per operating system Windows XP, Windows 2003 or other Microsoft license software.
Snapshot Feature (Available on the VMware Workstation):
Always take a snapshot of your VM machine when installing software that is experimental so that if it corrupts or is not what you want, you can undo the changes.
- Power of your VM machine
- On the VMware Workstation go to VM, then select "SnapShot/Take Snapshot", then named your Snapshot