Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X Product Key (Windows

Installing VirtualBox and Windows on OS X

Prerequisites:Verify that your installation of OS X and Safari have the most current updates from the Apple App Store before proceeding with these instructions.

Download Software:

1. Open Safari, and sign into the UVa Software Gateway (https://virginia.onthehub.com) using NetBadge.

2. Select “More Options,” then “Microsoft Imagine Premium” from the available tabs.

3. From the Microsoft Products listed, click Windows 10.

4. On the next page, click Add to Cart next to “Windows 10 Education 32/64-bit (English) - Microsoft Imagine“

5. Click “OK” if you receive a prompt about platform conflict.

6. Finish checkout and you will be presented with a receipt page.• (Receipts for past

orders can be found under “Your Account/Orders” at the top of the page.)

• PRINT OR WRITE DOWN the red text, the product key is needed to activate Windows:

Product Key (Windows 10): _______-_______-_______-_______-_______

Record the Product Key (shown in red), then click Download. Note: the sample product key shown above is not valid.

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7. Click the orange “Download” button, which will open in a separate tab or window.

8. Click “Download” under Microsoft Imagine -- Windows 10 Education 64-bit (English).

9. While waiting for this download to complete (which may take a while), you can proceed to the next step and download / install VirtualBox.

10. Return to Safari, open a new tab, and go to http://virtualbox.org

11. Click the big blue “Download VirtualBox” button in the middle of the page.

12. Find VirtualBox # for OS X hosts and click “amd64” beside it to download the installer.


Installing VirtualBox:

1. The disk image for VirtualBox should automatically open in a window on your desktop when the download is complete.• If it does not, double-click the

VirtualBox file in your Safari downloads window.

2. Drag a copy of “UserManual.pdf” to your desktop for your own reference.

3. Double-click “VirtualBox.pkg”• Click “Continue” to go to

Introduction.• Click “Continue” to go to Installation Types.• Click “Install.”• Enter your username and password to “Install Software.”• “Close” once the installation completes.

4. Double click on the shortcut to the Applications folder to find VirtualBox.5. Drag the icon into your dock for quick access to the program and your virtual machine.


Creating a Virtual Machine (“VM”):

1. Open VirtualBox.2. Click “New,” in the upper left

corner of the window.3. Name your Virtual Machine

“Windows 10” or something similar.• The Type should read “Microsoft

Windows.”• The Version should be

“Windows 10 (64 bit).”4. “Continue” to Memory Size.5. Set the memory to 2048 MB.6. “Continue” to Hard Drive.7. Choose “Create a virtual hard drive now”

and click “Create.”• Leave “VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)” as

the default and “Continue.”• Leave “Dynamically allocated” as the

default and “Continue.”• Leave the default name.• Set the size to 75GB or more. Windows

will occupy 20-25 GB.• Click “Create.”

8. Now your VM will appear in the left sidebar of VirtualBox.

9. Select your VM and click “Settings.”10. Select “System” then “Processor.”

• Increase the number of processors to 2.


Continue only when the Windows download (in Safari) is 100% complete.

Installing Windows to the VM:

1. Select your VM and click “Settings.”2. Select “Storage.”

• Click the CD icon labelled “Empty.”• Another CD icon appears to the far right.

Click the icon.• Select “Choose Virtual Optical Disk File...”

• Navigate to your Downloads folder and highlight the downloaded Windows 10 .ISO file (will be a very large file, more than 3GB).

• Click “Open.”• The name of the “.iso” now appears next to the first CD icon.• Click “OK.”

3. Select your VM and click the green “Start” arrow in the top menu bar.


4. Windows will begin installation.• Leave the defaults: English as language and time/currency and US as keyboard layout.

5. Click “Next.”6. “Install now.”7. Enter the product key you recorded on page 1 (or printed) from UVa Software Gateway.

You cannot copy and paste between MacOS and Windows at this point – you have to type the product key manually.

NOTE: The sample product key in the screenshot at left is NOT valid. Use the product key provided to you.

8. Click “Next.”9. Check “I accept the license terms” and click “Next.”10. Choose “Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).”11. Select “Drive 0 Unallocated Space” and click “Next.”12. Wait for Windows to install – this will take several minutes, and the virtual machine will reboot at least once.


13. “Use Express Settings,” when prompted.

14. Windows will ask how you will connect. To create a local account:• Click “Join a local Active

Directory domain” and click Next.

15. Set your name for the user name.16. Creating a password for the

Windows account is optional; if you don’t want to use a password, you can leave those boxes blank.

17. Click “Next.”18. Windows will finalize the install

and bring you to the desktop (this may take 5-10 minutes).


Running Windows Update

1. Click the Start button at bottom left, then click the small “Settings” gear icon.

2. In the Settings window, click the Update & Security button (last one in the list, you may need to scroll down to find it).

3. Click the “Check for Updates” button.4. Restart when prompted, and repeat this process until Windows

informs you that “Your device is up to date.”


Configuring Windows for Best Use:

1. Right-click (or press the Control button and left-click) on the Start button and choose File Explorer.

2. Click on This PC in the left sidebar.3. Right-click CD Drive (D:) and click “Eject” to remove the Windows

install disk.4. From VirtualBox’s options menu at the top of the screen, go to

Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image… to mount the install.5. Double-click CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox Guest Additions to launch the

installer.• Click “Yes” if you see an install prompt.• Click “Next.”• Leave the default destination folder and click “Next.”• Leave the default options and click “Install.”• Click “Install” when prompted by Windows Security.• Select “I want to manually restart later” and click Finish.

6. Shut down Windows from within the virtual machine.• Right-click (or Control-click) the Start

button and choose Shut down or sign out, and then click Shut down.


7. From VirtualBox, select your VM and click “Settings.”

8. Select “Shared Folders.”• To the right, click the folder icon with a

green plus.• Click the drop-down menu for “Folder

Path.”• Select “Other…” to open a Finder

window.• Click and highlight your “Downloads”

folder.• Click “Open.”• VirtualBox will fill in “Folder Path” and

“Folder Name” for you.• Check “Auto-Mount.”

• For “Downloads,” it’s also recommended to check “Read Only” as well so that you do not accidentally save content back to that folder.

• Click “OK.”9. Repeat steps 7a – 7g for adding additional

folders. Do so now for “Documents” and “Box Sync” if you have UVa Box (https://virginia.box.com) setup on your Mac.

10. Start up your VM.11. Return to File Explorer - This PC12. Notice the new category “Network

locations.” These “virtual drives” are linked to your user folders in OS X. This way, you can save files to the Mac and access them from either operating system. It is highly recommended that you save your work to one of these locations.

13. Right-click CD Drive (D:) VirtualBox Guest Additions and click “Eject.”


Installing Windows software on your virtual machine

The Windows-only applications used most often by McIntire students are Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio. The instructions below guide you through a download of MS Project from UVa Software, and a subsequent installation. Other Windows software from UVa (or other sources) can be installed in a similar fashion.

Obtain the software

1. Open your Windows virtual machine, open the Edge browser from the Start menu, and sign into the UVa Software Gateway (https://virginia.onthehub.com) using NetBadge.

2. Select “More Options,” then “Imagine Premium” from the available tabs.

3. Click on Microsoft Project 2016.4. Click on “Add to Cart” for “Microsoft Project Professional 2016 32/64-bit (English) -- Microsoft

Imagine.” 5. Click checkout, agree to the license terms, and you will encounter a receipt page.

• (Receipts for past orders can be found at “Your Account/Orders” at the top of the page.)• PRINT OR WRITE DOWN the red text, this is a product key you need to activate Project

Product Key: _________-_________-_________-_________-_________

6. Click the orange “Download” button, which will open in a separate tab or window.7. Click “Download” under Project Professional 2016 32/64-bit (English).

8. Click “Save” and wait for the download to complete (over 2GB, may take a while).9. When the download is complete, click Open Folder.


10. Right-click (or control-click) on the downloaded Project ISO file and choose Mount.

11. Double-click the Setup file.12. Click Yes when prompted by a

User Access Control dialog box.13. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and

click Continue.14. Click Install Now.15. When installation is complete, click Close.16. Launch Project: click the Start button, then click

Project 2016.17. You will be prompted by a box asking for your

product key.• Enter the product key you recorded from UVa

Software and click Continue.18. Click Yes when prompted by a User Access

Control dialog box.19. Click Accept on the Auto-Updates screen.