Troubleshoot Which virtualization software to use (VM) ?

[MalwareT]

I have a laptop with 4GB RAM, Pentium Dual Core 2.43 GhZ, 750 GB HDD. Which (free) VM's do you recommend ? And sorry for OT, is Camtasia Studio good for recording ?

Thanks for replys.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Virtual Box has a built-in video recorder

Never knew that, thank you!

EDIT: Tried it, and it's not bad at all. Note that you must set the screen resolution of the VM to be the same as what you chose for the resolution of the video capture, otherwise not all the screen will be visible in the recording. Keep in mind it also doesn't record audio.

EDIT 2: I can't set the mouse pointer to be visible in the recording, how to do that?

 

[MalwareT]

Never knew that, thank you!

EDIT: Tried it, and it's not bad at all. Note that you must set the screen resolution of the VM to be the same as what you chose for the resolution of the video capture, otherwise not all the screen will be visible in the recording.

Yes VirtualBox has video recorder but has terrible quality. For recording Camtasia Studio is the best.

 

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

Yes VirtualBox has video recorder but has terrible quality. For recording Camtasia Studio is the best.

What do you think is bad about it?

 

[MalwareT]

What do you think is bad about it?

Bad Video Quality.

 

[MalwareT]

Does anything that i ran from VM affects my real OS (malware) ?

 

[Deleted member 178]

Does anything that i ran from VM affects my real OS (malware) ?

very rare but can happen

 

[MalwareT]

I didn't wanted to create a new thread,so i'll ask here . Which OS should i use for VM ?
-Windows 7
-Windows 8.1 ?
Thanks anyway

 

[Ink]

Either, Windows 7 will require the latest SP1 + Updates. Disable Windows Defender.
Windows 8.1 will require Update 1, and Windows Defender will need to switched off, when testing other security software. This is normally done automatically. You'll need to consider the use of SmartScreen too, if you're going to ignore, then tell the viewers.

 

[MalwareT]

Hey guys, should i switch back to XP as before ? I have Windows 7 but it lags sometimes in videos .

 

[Secondmineboy]

I use VMWare Workstation here.

When its lagging you might defragmet your harddrive, turn off your AV or defragment the VIRTUAL Harddrive of the VM.

Windows 7 is running good on my end.

 

[MalwareT]

I use VMWare Workstation here.

When its lagging you might defragmet your harddrive, turn off your AV or defragment the VIRTUAL Harddrive of the VM.

Windows 7 is running good on my end.

Defrag inside VBox or on my host ?

 

[Secondmineboy]

Both drives.

And an SSD will speed up VMs too.

I just have a 5200 Rounds HDD Drive here but still running good.

 

[MalwareT]

Both drives.

Thanks.

 

[MalwareT]

Hey guys, i miss VirtualBox a little bit so should i keep VMware Workstation or should i switch back to virtualbox ?

 

[Vasudev]

VMware workstation is the best, but I use VMware player as it suits my needs.