Meeting Information
Sharon Kalwani, president of SEMCO, will start the meeting and make general announcements.
Since May 12, 2024 we have been using a Hybrid Zoom and IN PERSON format for our meetings.
For In Person location see below. Come and join us in person if you can.
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When: Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 at 2:00 P.M.
Where: In person at the Rochester Hills Public Library, 500 Olde Towne Rd., Rochester, MI 48307 in Conference room A (upstairs).
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SIG Computing Topic: Install a free “Virtual Machine Program” into an existing Windows PC
Presented by Francis Chao
If you install a free “Virtual Machine Program” into an existing Windows computer or a macOS computer or a Linux computer, you can use it to create virtual machines.
These virtual machines are software entities that act like real hardware computers.
You can then install any version of Windows or any distribution of Linux into a virtual machine. Using virtual machines provides you with a simulated hardware
environment that isolates operating systems and software apps to prevent them from conflicting with existing hardware and/or software apps in your physical Windows computer.
o Overview of virtual machine programs running “guest operating systems”
o Installing free “virtual machine programs”
o Virtual networks created by virtual machine programs
o Copying or moving virtual machines in VMware Workstation Pro
o Copying or moving virtual machines in Oracle VM VirtualBox
o Copying or moving virtual machines in Hyper-V.
Francis Chao is a volunteer for the APCUG organization. He has been presenting for them for the past 16 years. He is currently a member of the Tucson Computer Society where he maintains an online presence via Zoom since he now lives in California. Francis is an avid user of Windows, macOS, and Linux computers.
Also: Questions and Answers following the presentation.
When: Sunday, Aug 9, 2026 at 2:00 P.M.
Where: Meetings will be Hybrid in person and online. Details shown above.
SIG-Linux: No Meeting
Sharan Kalwani is a High-Performance Computing Aficionado, a specialist for all things open source, soft skills, and contemporary IT Knowledge Expert.
He is open to a wide variety of training & knowledge delivery projects.
