My virtual Windows 7 boots within 45 seconds. This will prevent Windows from hogging disk space over time, and keeps your VM image compact. When you're done with using the VM, restore the snapshot. Set your preferences (homepage? IE settings?), and save a snapshot of your VM. Disable all unnecessary services, to increase the booting speed.Disable the page file (especially recommended when you've got a SSD).Ĭontrol Panel > Advanced system settings > Performance > Advanced > Virtual memory > No paging file - Set.Install CCleaner, to wipe (temporary) (log) files.Ĭontrol Panel > System Protection > Configure.2 GB RAM (Minimum of 1 GB, to ensure that your system doesn't crash).Create an new VM, and put the ISO image in the virtual CD slot.More details (about the old image) can be found here. For more information, and the tools used to create this image, see this forum.ISO size: 700 MB (after installing: less 2GB).I myself use an image, created by ivankehayov: I have not tested it in VMWare, but there should be no differences.
Afterwards, you have a fully functioning Windows 7 + IE9 system, which takes only 2GB of physical space: Getting Windows 7 Lite The following steps will take a maximum of ten minutes. For that reason, I recommend to only use Windows 7 if you want to test IE9+ (which requires Vista+). From the developer: VMware Workstation Pro lets you run multiple operating systems as virtual machines (VMs) inside your Windows PC. Even the cleanest installs have a size of at least 10 GB. The latest version of VMware Workstation can be installed on PCs running Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, both 32 and 64-bit. Ordinary Windows 7 installations are shipped with a full load of crap.
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