Get the Most Out of Windows Guest VMs in ProxMox VE

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0605.html

NOTE: This tutorial assumes the Windows VM has already been installed
 
   01. Log into the ProxMox web UI
   02. Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the driver .iso to
   03. Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane
   04. If running ProxMox 6, download the VirtIO driver iso  https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso and upload it to the ProxMox ISO image library
   05. If on ProxMox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above ≫ Click Query URL ≫ Click Download
   06. Select the target Windows VM in the left navigation pane
   07. Shutdown the VM is it is currently running
   08. Select Hardware in the left sub-navigation menu
   09. Double click Machine ≫ Set Machine to Q35 if it is not already ≫ Click OK
   10. Double click the SCSI Controller ≫ Set to VirtIO SCSI if it is not already ≫ Click OK
   11. Double click the Hard Disk ≫ Set the Cache to Write back and check the Discard box ≫ Click OK
   12. Double click the Network Device ≫ Set the Model to VirtIO (paravirtualized) ≫ Click OK
   13. Double click the CD/DVD Drive
   14. Select the Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso) option ≫ Select the storage where the VirtIO driver iso was downloaded ≫ Select the virtio .iso file ≫ Click OK
   15. Select Options from the left navigation menu
   16. Double click the QEMU Guest Agent option
   17. Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box ≫ Click OK
   18. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu
   19. Click Start at the top right of the window to power on the VM
   20. Once Windows has loaded, login
   21. Open File Explorer and browse to the CD/DVD drive
   22. Run the QEMU guest utilities installer (virtio-win-guest-tools.exe)
   23. Complete the installation using the default options
   24. Once the installation completes, restart the VM
 
Source:  https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_10_guest_best_practices
 


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