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USING A FREE VIRTUAL

MACHINE TO SIMULATE A

HEWLETT PACKARD

"STREAM 11" LAPTOP

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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”

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SUMMARY

From inside your existing

computer, you can use a free

copy of "Windows 8.1" inside a

free virtual machine to simulate

a Hewlett Packard $200

"Stream 11" laptop

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TOPICS• Advantages of using a virtual

machine to simulate a computer

that you or some else plans to buy

• Obtaining the manufacturer's

specifications for the HP "Stream

11" laptop

• Using published reviews and users'

comments for fine tuning the

simulation of HP "Stream 11"

laptop

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TOPICS (continued)

• Installing a free virtual machine

program into your existing

computer

• Creating a new virtual machine

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TOPICS (continued)

• Obtaining a free, time-limited copy

of "Windows 8.1 Enterprise

Evaluation" for the virtual machine

• Installing the free, time-limited copy

of "Windows 8.1 Enterprise

Evaluation" into the virtual machine

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TOPICS (continued)

• Fine tuning the number of virtual

processor cores for the virtual

machine

• Fine tuning the amount of RAM for

the virtual machine

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TOPICS (continued)

• Installing (desktop) software

application programs into the virtual

machine

• Installing "Windows Store apps"

into the virtual machine

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TOPICS (continued)

• Monitoring free space on the virtual

internal hard drive of the virtual

machine

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ADVANTAGES OF

USING A VIRTUAL

MACHINE TO SIMULATE

A HEWLETT PACKARD

"STREAM 11" LAPTOP

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ADVANTAGES OF USING A VIRTUAL

MACHINE TO SIMULATE A

HP "STREAM 11"..

• Determine of the HP "Stream 11"

laptop has enough RAM and free

hard drive space for the end user's

needs.

• Determine what additional

computer accessories will be

needed by the end user.1111

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ADVANTAGES OF USING A VIRTUAL

MACHINE TO SIMULATE A

HP "STREAM 11.. (continued)

• Determine if the HP "Stream

11" laptop is compatible with

the end users' existing

computer and networking

equipment

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OBTAINING THE

MANUFACTUER'S

SPECIFICATIONS

FOR THE HP

"STREAM 11"

LAPTOP:

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS..

• Use the manufacturer's Web

site to determine

the exact edition of "Windows..",

the amount of RAM,

the size of the hard drive,

the maximum resolution of the

monitor1414

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS (continued)

• Use a Web browser to go to

http://store.hp.com/webapp/wcs/

stores/servlet/us/en/pdp/Laptop

s/hp-stream-notebook---11-

d010nr-energy-star

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS (continued)

• For details about "eMMC", see

http://www.howtogeek.com/196

541/emmc-vs.-ssd-not-all-solid-

state-storage-is-equal/

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS (continued)

• For details about "eMMC", see

http://www.howtogeek.com/196

541/emmc-vs.-ssd-not-all-solid-

state-storage-is-equal/

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS (continued)

• Battery cannot be replaced by

the end-user of the computer.

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OBTAINING THE MANUFACTURER'S

SPECIFICATIONS (continued)

• The User's Manual is available

at

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/

Manual/c04489612.pdf

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USING PUBLISHED

REVIEWS AND USERS'

COMMENTS FOR FINE-

TUNING THE SIMULATION

OF THE TARGET

COMPUTER MODEL:

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USING PUBLISHED REVIEWS AND

USERS COMMENTS ..

• Using published reviews and

users' comments, you can

determine specifications that the

computer manufacturer does

not publish on their Web site:

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USING PUBLISHED REVIEWS AND

USERS COMMENTS .. (continued)

• Size of the C: hard drive

partition and the "Restore"

partition

• Processor Benchmarks

• Bundled software and drivers

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DETERMINE THE SIZE OF

THE C: DRIVE PARTITION

AND THE "RESTORE"

PARTITION

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DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE C:

DRIVE PARTITION AND THE

RESTORE PARTITION

• 21.5 Gigabyte C: hard drive

partition

and a

8 Gigabyte "Restore"

partition

according to: 3939

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DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE C:

DRIVE PARTITION AND THE

RESTORE PARTITION (continued)

• http://www.pcworld.in/how2s/hands

-hps-stream-11-200-windows-

laptop-wants-kill-chromebooks

• http://www.amazon.com/review/R2

8HR668I6LU8Y

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DETERMINE THE SIZE OF THE C:

DRIVE PARTITION AND THE

RESTORE PARTITION (continued)

• http://www.zdnet.com/what-can-

you-expect-from-a-199-pc-more-

than-you-might-expect-

7000035888/

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DETERMINE PROCESSOR

BENCHMARKS

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DETERMINE PROCESSOR

BENCHMARKS

• 1245 =

"PCMark 8" "Work conventional"

benchmark

according to

http://www.pcworld.in/how2s/hand

s-hps-stream-11-200-windows-

laptop-wants-kill-chromebooks

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DETERMINE PROCESSOR

BENCHMARKS• 1757 =

"PCMark 8" "Work conventional"

benchmark according to

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2

817,2472504,00.asp

and

http://www.computershopper.com/

laptops/reviews/hp-stream-

11/(page)/2#review-body 4444

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DETERMINE PROCESSOR

BENCHMARKS (continued)

• 1245 =

"PCMark 8" "Work conventional"

benchmark

according to

http://www.pcworld.in/how2s/hand

s-hps-stream-11-200-windows-

laptop-wants-kill-chromebooks

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DETERMINE BUNDLED

SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• Bundled with a 12-month

subscription to Microsoft "Office

365 Personal" which is, in turn,

bundled with a 1-Terabyte cloud

storage allotment at any existing or

new "OneDrive" account.

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• Microsoft is in the process of

converting the OneDrive space

allotment that is bundled with

"Office 365.." to "unlimited"

according

https://blog.onedrive.com/office-

365-onedrive-unlimited-storage/4848

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• "Office 365.." is NOT pre-installed

into the HP "Stream 11" laptop.

After you download it into the

laptop, it will take up approximately

2.6 Gigabytes of space on the C:

hard drive partition.

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• If you activate the "OneDrive"

Windows Store app with an

existing "Microsoft account" that

already has files and folders

stored up at "OneDrive", it will

immediately "synchronize" your

"OneDrive" folder on the local C:

hard drive partition. 5050

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• If you activate the "OneDrive"

Windows Store app, it with an

existing "Microsoft account" that

already has files and folders

stored up at "OneDrive", it is best

to immediately halt the

synchronization process:

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS (continued)

• According to

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/

wc/softwareCategory?os=4158&lc

=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&pr

oduct=7538970

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• According to

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1

S8YTLV25JQS5/ref=cm_cr_pr_vie

wpnt#R1S8YTLV25JQS5,

Cisco LEAP networking software

and the following are bundled with

the HP "Stream 11" laptop:7272

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS

• According to

http://www.computershopper.com/

holidayguide/2014/analysis-best-

black-friday-laptop-deals-

2014/(page)/2#review-section

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DETERMINE BUNDLED SOFTWARE

AND DRIVERS• To confuse the end-user, "Best

Buy" throws in another antivirus

software trial which changes daily.

See http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-

stream-11-6-laptop-intel-celeron-2gb-

memory-32gb-emmc-solid-state-drive-

horizon-

blue/9195102.p?id=1219398344673&s

kuId=9195102 7676

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INSTALLING A FREE

VIRTUAL MACHINE

PROGRAM INTO

YOUR EXISTING

COMPUTER:

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INSTALLING A FREE VIRTUAL

MACHINE PROGRAM..

• Before you can create a virtual

machine in your existing

"Windows..", Mac "OS X", or

Linux computer, you need to

install a free (or not free) virtual

machine program:

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INSTALLING A FREE VIRTUAL

MACHINE PROGRAM.. (continued)• For a "Windows.." computer, you

can install the free "VMware

Player" program, or the free

"Oracle VM VirtualBox" program.

If you are running "Windows 8",

"Windows 8.1", or "Windows

Technical Preview" of "Windows

10", you can also activate the

bundled "Hyper-V" program.7979

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INSTALLING A FREE VIRTUAL MACHINE

PROGRAM.. (continued)• For a Mac "OS X" computer, you can

install the

"Oracle VM VirtualBox" program

(free),

or the

"Parallels Desktop" program

(not free)

or the

"VMware Fusion" program (not free)8080

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INSTALLING A FREE VIRTUAL

MACHINE PROGRAM.. (continued)

• For a Linux computer, you can

install the

"Oracle VM VirtualBox" program

(free),

or the

"VMware Player program (free)

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CREATING A NEW

VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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CREATING A NEW VIRTUAL

MACHINE

• Start up the virtual machine

program

• Then use its wizard for creating

a new virtual machine

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OBTAINING A FREE, TIME-

LIMITED COPY OF

"WINDOWS.."

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OBTAINING A FREE, TIME-LIMITED

COPY OF "WINDOWS 8.1.."

• To obtain a free, time-limited

copy of "Windows 8.1..", see

http://www.microsoft.com/en-

us/evalcenter/evaluate-

windows-8-1-enterprise

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INSTALLING A FREE, TIME-

LIMITED COPY OF

"WINDOWS.." INTO THE

NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE

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INSTALLING A FREE, TIME-LIMITED

COPY OF "WINDOWS.." INTO THE

NEW VIRTUAL MACHINE

• To install the free, time-limited

copy of "Windows 8.1.." into the

new virtual machine, see

http://aztcs.org/meeting_notes/

winhardsig/win8.1/win8.1enteva

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FINE TUNING THE

AMOUNT OF RAM FOR

THE VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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FINE TUNING THE

NUMBER OF VIRTUAL

PROCESSOR CORES FOR

THE VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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FINE TUNING THE NUMBER OF

VIRTUAL PROCESSOR CORES FOR

THE VIRTUAL MACHINE

• Use the benchmark values in

published reviews to fine tune

the number of virtual processor

cores in the virtual machine:

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INSTALLING (DESKTOP)

SOFTWARE APPLICATION

PROGRAMS INTO THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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INSTALLING (DESKTOP) SOFTWARE

APPLICATION PROGRAMS INTO THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE

• Use the manufacturer's

software specifications,

published reviews, and users

comments to determined what

software to install into the virtual

machine:105105

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INSTALLING "WINDOWS

STORE APPS" INTO THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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INSTALLING "WINDOWS STORE

APPS" INTO THE VIRTUAL MACHINE

• Use the manufacturer's

software specifications,

published reviews, and users

comments to determine the

"Windows Store Apps" to install

into the virtual machine:107107

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INSTALLING "WINDOWS STORE APPS"

INTO THE VIRTUAL MACHINE (continued)

• "Windows Store Apps" are also

called

"Metro Style Apps",

"Modern Apps",

"Univeral Apps",

"Start Screen Apps",

and

"RT Apps". 108108

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MONITORING FREE

SPACE ON THE VIRTUAL

HARD DRIVE OF THE THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE:

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MONITORING FREE SPACE ON THE

VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE OF THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE• All virtual machine programs do

thin provisioning of virtual hard

drives so do not use "Windows

Explorer" or "File Explorer" or

"Finder" or "Nautilus" in the real,

host computer to monitor the disk

space utilization in the virtual

machine. 110110

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MONITORING FREE SPACE ON THE

VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE OF THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE (continue)• Monitor the free hard drive space

by using "Windows Explorer" or

"File Explorer" from INSIDE" in the

virtual machine:

Use the RIGHT mouse button to

perform a click on virtual C: hard

drive.

Then click on "Properties":111111

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MONITORING FREE SPACE ON THE

VIRTUAL HARD DRIVE OF THE

VIRTUAL MACHINE (continue)• Monitor the free hard drive space

by using "Windows Explorer" or

"File Explorer" from INSIDE" in the

virtual machine:

Use the RIGHT mouse button to

perform a click on virtual C: hard

drive.

Then click on "Properties":112112

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