How to Install Windows 11 in VirtualBox

In this video, I show you how to install Windows 11 in VirtualBox.
Installing Windows 11 in VirtualBox is complicated by the fact that having a TPM and Secure Boot support are hard requirements to even just install Windows 11 on a PC, and the fact that VirtualBox doesn't virtualize either of these. Fortunately, there is a workaround, which I go over in this video.
Links:
VirtualBox Download: www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downl...
Windows 11 ISO: www.microsoft.com/en-ca/softw...

[@walterkepler8878]

Really good! Thanks!

[@suborgay]

You have just earned a sub and a like thank you so much

[@DrewHowdenTech]

You are very welcome.

[@hrushikeshsilam5508]

Nice video mate

[@karamoh1]

Thank You

[@rodrigomusics2]

How are you? I recently downloaded the Windows 11 ISO and installed it in virtual box, but to my surprise the installation was complete and did not ask for the requirements that would be TPM 2.0. You know why? do you know if virtual box is emulating a machine that already has the required requirements?

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Well did you add the registry values that I told you to add prior to installation?

[@Poopyy69]

Thanks for the tutorial , keep going my friend :)

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Glad it helped.

[@ranjanojha9058]

Thanks for the video. I installed the system. However, I am unable to ping the ip address of the windows11 from outside or the host system on which the virtualbox/windows11 is installed. What could be the issue?

[@DrewHowdenTech]

I don't think modern versions of Windows accept pings by default. Besides that, if your network adapter mode is set to NAT in your virtual machine setting, that will prevent machines other than your host system from reaching your virtual machine.

[@jamiepritchard9049]

Hi, i keep getting errors, i followed all your instructions although i have a newer version of virtual box. its telling me Not in a hypervisor partition and AMD-V is disabled in the bios (or by host OS) (Verr_SVM_Disabled)

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Go into your BIOS settings, and find and enable AMD SVM.

[@Ulfeneimer]

Hey, while setting up the windows 11 I ran into some trouble. At the point allow microsoft and apps to use location I coult not aceept or not accept it. It just showed the (confirm choice) but I could not make the choice so the confirm choice is greyed out. does somebody has a solution for this issue?

[@Ulfeneimer]

translations might not be completly correct cause I am using the German Windows 11 (which could be installed just fine on my non virtual pc)

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Try restarting your Windows VM.

[@Ulfeneimer]

@@DrewHowdenTech I just installed the US Windows ISO, now it is working. Thanks for the great tutourial!

[@thebdr7826]

I have i5 6300U(4) and 16gb RAM . Will I be able to install it fine on Vbox??

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Should work okay, though on install, in addition to the other registry values, you may need to add a value called "BypassCPUCheck" (in the same place), and set it to 1.

[@ashkantaghdiri9627]

hia mate, thanks for your tutorial, mine still doesn't install it for some reason, i did created everything correctly and as you did, do you know why this might be please? thanks

[@DrewHowdenTech]

How big is your virtual drive?

[@anonymousanonymous5579]

Hey man, I just wanted to say I really appreciate this video. It feels like a huge leap for me on my path to becoming a cybersecurity professional. That being said, I’m having trouble doing the very last step, which was to “Insert Guest Additions CD Image…” When I click on it, nothing happens. No download pop-up shows up. Could you help me on this?

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Are you sure the window isn't popping up behind your virtual machine, where you can't immediately see it?

[@anonymousanonymous5579]

@@DrewHowdenTech yep, checked behind the tab, and nothing’s there. When I click on that “Insert Guest Additions CD Image…” it’s as if I clicked on nothing. Any thoughts?

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Just to verify the problem, does the VirtualBox Guest Additions CD Image show up in File Explorer in your Windows 11 guest?

[@anonymousanonymous5579]

@@DrewHowdenTech I’m sorry, could you repeat that but with a little less tech? Are you asking if when I click on the “Insert Guest Additions CD Image…” if it shows in File Explorer of my virtual machines’s Windows 11? If so, no.

[@DrewHowdenTech]

I would manually download the VirtualBox Guest Additions CD Image from download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox, and attach it to your Windows 11 VM. To do this, click the link above, then select your VirtualBox version, then click on the "VBoxGuestAdditions" ISO.

[@not_sure_about_that_but]

Thanks bro I was stuck on those 'tpm secure boot ram bypass', although my host pc got all of them but it was showing my device is incapable of running windows 11 lol

[@DrewHowdenTech]

Did you create the registry keys and values in your Windows 11 installer? If you did, try creating a "BypassCPUCheck" value, and set "1" on that.

[@not_sure_about_that_but]

@@DrewHowdenTech yep I solved that thanks to you but virtuabox wasn't giving the best performance idk why, it was kinda laggy so I installed it via hyper v but hyper v doesn't support native audio so you have to virtualize it through vb cable and get the output by parsec but now parsec is having compatibility issues cuz my host machine is win10 and I'm trynna virtualize win11 😭 when does the problems end💀

[@DrewHowdenTech]

In general, virtual machines don't have the best performance, but have you tried enabling 3D acceleration and jacking the video memory all the way up in your virtual machine's "Display" settings? Also, try changing the "Paravirtualization Interface" under "System" > "Acceleration". If you can, try allocating more CPU cores and RAM to your VM.

[@not_sure_about_that_but]

@@DrewHowdenTech ya I'll try again with a clean installation next

[@slickfye]

mine gets stuck on UEFI shell screen

[@DrewHowdenTech]

When you boot up your VM, you should see a screen that says “Press Enter to boot from CD/DVD.” On that screen, you need to press enter for your VM to boot into the Windows 11 ISO.

[@harry-_-barry]

@@DrewHowdenTech It really works without selecting the "Enable EFI option". That option causes the machine to get stuck on the UEFI shell screen. So try unchecking it.

[@reaganrontech9790]

Enter is only creating next line

[@DrewHowdenTech]

You have to press enter when it says “press any key to boot from CD or DVD.”

[@maxcraft3837]

It Sadly Didnt Work😔

[@DrewHowdenTech]

What happened? Did you get any error message?