Run a Android inside of a Virtual Machine

Ever want to run Android apps on your PC?

This tutorial will walk you through how to setup Android on a Virtual Machine on your computer using RemixOS (a polished spinoff of android-x86) and VirtualBox.


Step 1: You need to go download:

• VirtualBox
• RemixOS
• A live Linux distro with GParted

  Step 2: Install VirtualBox and Create a New Virtual Machine

Step 3: Give the VM at least 2GB of RAM

Step 4: Create the Virtual Disk, Defaults are fine

Step 5: Boot the VM and, when prompted, mount the GParted Linux Live CD

Step 6: Once you're in the Linux environment, launch GParted by typing "sudo gparted" into the Terminal

Step 7: Click Device > Create Partition Table...

Step 8: Right click the Unallocated Partition and click New

Step 9: Set the File System type to ext4 and Label to Android

Step 10: Click Edit, Apply All Operations
When it is done you can Reboot and mount the RemixOS iso under Devices > Optical Drives

Step 11: As soon as you see the RemixOS boot loader, press Tab
At the end of the boot script add "INSTALL=1" and press Enter

Step 12: Select the ext4 partition you created, sda1

Step 13: Do not format

Step 14: Yes, install boot loader GRUB

Step 15: Yes, enable read-write
RemixOS will install, power off when it is finished

Step 16: Click Settings in VirtualBox > System
Change Pointing Device to PS/2 Mouse

Step 17: First boot will take forever, just give it time

Step 18: Follow the on-screen prompts, if it hangs up just Reboot
Eventually you will get to the RemixOS desktop!

Step 19: Congrats! You are up and running. Launch the Play Store and start installing some Android apps!

Disable Automatic Windows Update in Windows 10

One of the many, many, many frustrating things about Windows 10 is its forced automatic updates that it pushes to its users. Recent patches have given you "options" in choosing what time of day you would prefer to have these updates shoveled, but no actual control over install or restarts.

There is, however, a neat trick to take back control of your system: Metered Connections

Having your connection pegged as Windows decides to feast on your bandwidth is bad. Having it download gigabytes of data over your limited data cell network is worse. This is why Windows 10 has the option to set every Wi-Fi network as a "Metered Connection". Connections marked as Metered will not download updates automatically, allowing you to choose when and where your computer should be updated. Anarchy!
Note: Be certain to mark all of your current and any new hotspots as Metered. If you forget one, your system will latch on and auto-update as soon as you connect to it.


To add change a connection to metered, start by launching the Windows 10 Settings panel.

Click "Network & Internet"

 Click "Wi-Fi" on the left-hand list

 Click "Manage known networks"

Click "Properties"

Finally, click the toggle to "Set as metered connection"

And that's it! Repeat the process to disabled Metered when you want your system to update.