Quick guide to setting up and configuring your VM
Bring up VMware player and click on add new Virtual Machine
Click Browse and select the location of where you downloaded the course LiveCD, then click next
Enter your information, Please make sure that your username is your academy log-on, and use a simple non academy password.
Name your VM
Click Customize Hardware
Update the memory to 2GB
Make the number of cores 2
Turn off accelerate 3D graphics - you won't need this
Go back and click Finish
Let the installation continue
After a while it will reboot and you will end up at the log on screen!
Turn on file sharing between the VM and your notebook
By selecting the paths you want to add (your desktop is a good idea!)
Synchronize time with the guest