Devide your computer into multiple computers with VMWare

You have a powerful computer, you want to share it with friend, to playing game together, watch different film,...

I introduce you to how to devide your computer into multiple computers

We use VMware  workstation to do it

VMware Workstation Pro is a hosted hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems,

it enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine. Each virtual

machine can execute its own operating system.

1. Install VMware (Virtual machine software)

Install VMwares is same with others software, only take a few steps to complete install.

Please referent to https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2057907 for detail

2. Create Virtual machine in VMware

a. Run VMware software

b. Click File -> New Virtual Machine

c. Select Typical option and click Next

d. In next screen, choose path to iso file (Iso file of you os you want setup) and click Next

e. Continue, enter the name for your Virtual machine, in Virtual machine name box

In Location box, That is where your Virtual machine is stored, you shoud browse to D disk or E disk or etc, but not C disk

f. In the next step, on maximum disk size box, that is total disk space for Virtual machine, that will be split from your physical disk

In option store virtual, you shoud select a single file, that is simple to backup data

g. In final step, you will be overview all config your virtual machine, and click Finish to comlete

You can referent to https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1018415 for detail

3. Setup to divide computer

a. Config your virtual machine to USB devices connect to your VM

- Shut down your virtual machine

- Plug the second mouse/keyboard

- Edit your virtual machine config .vmx file,.vmx file in location in step 2(d) above

Add the following 2 lines to the end of .vmx file

usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
usb.generic.allowLastHID = "TRUE"

- Start your VM

b. Setup physical device

Device requirements:

- Second screen

- Second mouse

- Second keyboard

- Second speaker (if you want to listen to music independently)

Chose VM > Removable Devices to connect to your mouse/keyboard/speaker to your VM

Follow the steps in the picture to connect to each device

Good luck!