[tusharthehottie]

I followed Aura's tutorial on installing a VM.There he had posted screenshots about installation of a windows 7 OS.What changes should I make in the settings if I want to do the testing on a windows 7 OS?Or should I use XP only?

[SureAintMe]

I like this tutorial, I support Virtual Machine use. HF users should do it more often, however, I support VMware over all other vendors. You just can't beat them.

Man, thank the computer gods for virtualization! I don't know how I lived without it! I setup a couple ESXi servers and use both the vSphere client and VMware Workstation (on a local PC) for my lab environment. It's unbelievably handy and time-saving to be able to revert back to snapshots every step of the way and have multiple VMs with different OS's up and running to practice and learn penTesting. Plus, it's easier to contain an accidental or unwanted infection and adds another layer of security to the network.

VirtualBox is good enough for most basic users-- the price is certainly right! But since I get access to VMware Workstation from my work, I prefer it much over VBox.