Enable Virtualization from the BIOS:

To create virtual machines with VMware Workstation Pro 16, you need to
have hardware virtualization enabled from the BIOS of your computer.

If you’re using an Intel processor, you must enable VT-d/VT-x from the
BIOS of your computer.

If you’re using an AMD processor, you must enable AMD-v/SVM from the
BIOS of your computer.

Once you’ve enabled hardware virtualization from the BIOS of your

computer, you can confirm whether virtualization is enabled from the Task
Manager app.
You can open the Task Manager app from the Start Menu. Just click on
the Start Menu and search for Task Manager:

You can also right-click (RMB) on the Windows taskbar, and click on Task
Manager to start the Task Manager app:
If the Task Manager app is displayed in mini mode, click on More details:

The Task Manager app should be displayed in full mode.

Now, navigate to the Performance tab, click on CPU, and you should see
that Virtualization is set to Enabled.
If that’s the case for you, then hardware virtualization is enabled, and
you’re ready to install VMware Workstation Pro 16 on your computer:

Downloading VMware Workstation Pro 16:

To download VMware Workstation Pro 16, visit the official VMware
Workstation Pro page from your favourite web browser.
Once the page loads, click on DOWNLOAD TRIAL to download VMware
Workstation Pro 16:
To download VMware Workstation Pro 16 for Windows, click
on DOWNLOAD NOW from the Workstation 16 Pro for
Windows section, as shown below.
Your browser should prompt you to save the VMware Workstation Pro 16
installer file. Select a folder to save the VMware Workstation Pro 16
installer file and click on Save:

Your browser should start downloading the VMware Workstation Pro 16

installer file. It may take a while to complete.

At this point, the VMware Workstation Pro 16 installer file should be

downloaded.
Installing VMware Workstation Pro 16:
To install VMware Workstation Pro 16, click on the installer file from the
browser or double-click on the installer file from the File Manager:

Click on Yes:

Click on Next:
Check the “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” checkbox and
click on Next:

You can customize a few things of VMware Workstation Pro 16, as shown
below:
To enable enhanced keyboard support, check the Enhanced Keyboard
Driver checkbox, as marked in the screenshot below:

Once you’re done customizing VMware Workstation Pro 16, click on Next:
If you want VMware Workstation Pro 16 to check for available software
updates automatically when you start VMware Workstation Pro 16, check
the Check for product updates on startup checkbox.
If you want to send statistics, crash reports, and other diagnostics data to
VMware to help VMware improve their products and fix bugs, check
the Join the VMware Customer Experience Improvement
Program checkbox:
Once you’re done, click on Next:

Then, click on Next:

Click on Install:

VMware Workstation Pro 16 installer should start installing VMware

Workstation Pro 16 on your computer. It may take a few minutes to
complete.
VMware Workstation Pro 16 is being installed:

Once the installation is complete, click on Finish:

Click on Yes to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect:

Starting VMware Workstation Pro 16:

Once your computer boots, you can start VMware Workstation Pro 16 from
the Start Menu. You can also start VMware Workstation Pro 16 by using
the desktop shortcut:
Once you start VMware Workstation Pro 16 for the first time, you will see
the following window.

If you have a VMware Workstation Pro 16 license key, you can register
VMware Workstation Pro 16 from here using the license key. Simply
select I have a license key for VMware Workstation 16, and type in your
license key:

If you’re using VMware Workstation Pro 16 for the first time and would like
to try it out before you register a license key, select I want to try VMware
Workstation 16 for 30 days, and click on Continue, as marked in the
screenshot below.
You should be able to try out the VMware Workstation Pro 16 for 30 days.

NOTE: I will select this option in this article.

Click on Yes:

Click on Finish:

VMware Workstation Pro 16 should start:

Registering VMware Workstation Pro 16 Later:
If you have tried out VMware Workstation Pro 16 and liked it, you can
register a license key and activate it from the VMware Workstation Pro 16
app.

To activate VMware Workstation Pro 16, start the VMware Workstation Pro
16 and click on Help > Enter a License Key, as marked in the screenshot
below:
Type in the License Key and click on OK. The VMware Workstation Pro 16
should be activated.

Creating a VMware Workstation Pro 16 Virtual Machine:

Once you have installed VMware Workstation Pro 16 on your computer,
you should be able to create virtual machines.

Serial keys:

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YF390-0HF8P-M81RQ-2DXQE-M2UT6
ZF71R-DMX85-08DQY-8YMNC-PPHV8
AZ3E8-DCD8J-0842Z-N6NZE-XPKYF
FC11K-00DE0-0800Z-04Z5E-MC8T6