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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