

You can press Page Down to read the full Windows 2000 license terms.

This warning window appears because you have configured the hardware version for an older Fusion program.Īfter preparing a new virtual PC for Windows 2000 Pro, you can set up the system as if you were installing it on a physical computer in the real world.Īt the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen, you can press Enter to continue the installation, R to choose to repair your system, or F3 to exit the setup wizard. Set the Hardware Version value from 18 to 6 in the Compatibility settings of your virtual computer and click the Apply button.Ĭhange the Troubleshooting setting to None in the Advanced settings and disable the Side Channel Mitigations feature to make your virtual PC work more efficiently and effectively.Īfter running the Windows virtual computer you prepared, click Don’t Upgrade in the Upgrade virtual machine warning window to enable using the latest features. If you are not going to use a printer in your Windows 2000 guest operating system, delete the printer port.Īs we mentioned when installing older Windows systems with Fusion, you need to set the hardware version to an older version. Select the Windows 2000 Pro SP4 ISO file you downloaded to your Mac from this link and click Open. To add a Windows 2000 ISO file to the virtual machine, click Choose a disc or disc image from the pop-up window in the CD/DVD device settings. If you want to add your guest machine to the local network your Mac is connected to, select Ethernet in the settings of the Network Adapter device. In the summary window showing the settings of the Windows 2000 guest machine, click Customize Settings to better configure the hardware settings and click Save to confirm the default location in the installation location window that opens.Īfter opening the settings of the Windows 2000 virtual machine, click Processors & Memory and select the virtual memory size according to the RAM size of your host computer.

If you want to add a Windows 2000 system that you have installed before to your virtualization program again, you need to continue with the Use an existing virtual disk option. In the virtual disk selection window, you need to select Create a new virtual disk because you will be installing Windows from scratch.

Since you will install a Microsoft operating system in the Guest operating system selection window, select Microsoft Windows from the left panel and then select Windows 2000 Professional from the system versions listed. After opening your Fusion Pro software, select Create a custom virtual machine from the installation options methods, and then click Continue.
