Launching a Windows VM in Proxmox

[@MichaelCook-oo8lj]

Doing this in early 2024 with Windows Server 2022, I didn't need any additional drivers for the OS to see the storage device. This must have been fixed in later versions of Proxmox

[@midwatch]

I've never commented on a KZbin video, but you are the most under appreciated channel on KZbin imho. These are great. Thanks for your efforts.

[@PeteDubler]

Absolutely THE BEST video on installing Windows on Proxmox. No assumptions made. Every step clearly covered and explained. No fluff. Great pace. Thank you!

[@NahImPro]

wow its crazy this was posted only a year ago, you've come a long way since this. and its awesome and thank you for this content.

[@fvgoya]

I probable never will find out (easy way) of how to make the Windows see the Drive... OMG, this video is EXTREMELY ESSENTIAL!!!! Thank you so much for helping the community.

[@algoa456]

Thank you. This is an outstanding video. It will save hours of fiddling to get Windows going on ProxMox. Your instructions, presentation and on screen demos are terrific.

[@tlxreed]

Ditto. I was getting some things done in Proxmox but nothing beats a good overview with specific lessons. I'm following from start to finish to get grounded in Proxmox. My first Win10 VM in Proxmox!

[@skyler550]

Your three-finger-salute comment has me cracking tf up at work today thank you

[@UltimateJiuJitsu]

Excellent video Jay.. it took me about a week to get Windows running when I first tried to do it! This will help many beginners to get up and running straight away.

[@c0p0n]

Great video. Just one thing, the virtio CD comes with an installer you can use after windows is up and running that will install all of the drivers that apply as well as the qemu agent.

[@RajaseelanGaneswaran]

These are great additions to the Promox Series. A lot of settings that we'd normally gloss over. Can I suggest doing one for OPNSense ? They have a few recommended settings like adding an IO thread, and 8 queues for the NIC

[@markgillette8028]

Great video tutorial, hate to be one of "those people", but I just wanted to point out that your NIC selection (e1000) is not the best choice for performance. You want to use the virtio option. I realise this is for demo purposes, but perhaps an explanation at this stage, pointing out why Proxmox recommends virtio for networking - spoiler (performance!) may be useful. Users will follow along with your tutorial and then wonder why Windows performance is crap and then blame Proxmox and shift off to XCP-NG. This is a much needed video series, thank you for your work Jay.

[@LukeScott-DRMG]

+1 to this comment, using the virtio NIC option only adds 1 extra step of having to install the driver from the win virtio iso, and gives way better performance

[@vahirua]

Thanks for this series! Great videos and it's really nice that you keep it simple and make it easy to follow for everyone.

[@videocity2508]

you my friend are thee best tutor for teaching all things promox and linux I now look for you video first when needing to learn any thing about linux , please keep up the excellent work, you are Worth every single penny / or cent of my KZbin subscription

[@Tom_Azin]

Great video Jay and I love your Proxmox VE course!!! It would be great if you would do another video on how to setup a VM in Proxmox for pfSense and then have Tom Lawrence do a video on how to configure it etc. This way we would have full tutorial how to get an excellent all in one home LAB setup. It would also leave room for future videos e.g. how to add Unify APs and setup the Unifi Controller in a Proxmox container...

[@seths1997]

10:40 "...and I"ll send it the virtual version of the three-finger salute". I often want to give Windows the physical version of the one-finger salute. Good video, though. Work a lot with VMware but one day will play with Proxmox. Too bad so much manual work with drivers; VMware tools installer takes care of that.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

That’s a good point, they could’ve made that 10x easier without it being much more work.

[@omack47]

Thanks for creating such amazing videos!

[@moogleworks501]

Great video as always. Feels weird installing windows here but needed it for a college project. Usually all I use is open source.

[@Tofflus]

WOW!! the new camera looks amazing

[@jeromealtariba7339]

very good. Just a kick note for some of us that are facing ethernet issue when installing W10. When creating the VM, choose "Q35" as machine type. I've cosen the virtio Network type. Then continue the installation, even if no internet connexion is found. Once complete, go the device manager and update the drivers of the ethernet device, using the virtio drivers as shown in video. That's all work ! Question @LearnLinuxTv : why chosing SCSI drivers for the VM ? Why not SATA ?

[@crimsionCoder42]

I keep getting a failed to Boot0001 "UEFI QEMU DVD-ROM" Then it just goes to the interactive shell. This has to be a recent thing because when I was doing this series earlier in the year I got Windows to run NP but for some reason this time it just won't take.

[@TheMatthewDMerrill]

3:40 I had to type ".iso" in the file name, was trying to find the original link but the url shortener you use hides where it does redirect

[@spikeukspikeuk]

Don't browse for the driver disk. Just click ok and it will display a list of drivers to choose

[@Detective_Jones]

if you got problems with the internet select the drivers.iso file after installing

[@gilgameshxg]

These videos really helped me out! Thanks!

[@4g242]

This was very helpful, Thank you very much!

[@BigSneakySnake]

Thanks, I got hung up on the drivers.

[@markjacksonpulver3546]

I used an unloved lenovo yoga laptop for my proxmox server, but before beginning I copied its window key from the registry (SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\BackupProductKeyDefault). I just used this to install windows 10 back to the same hardware as VM. thanks..

[@dannypeterson-ty8yk]

clear and concise, thanks!

[@mikesudomier8288]

Thanks again from detroit!

[@ArcadeMCxd]

Thanks this really helped with the drivers.

[@jig1056]

Extremely helpful, thank you

[@fatihince2810]

Thank you!

[@hyperbabac]

You should also use the kvm native network driver during the vm creation instead of e1000 and use the proper driver from virtio-win iso disk. The native kvm driver is way faster than e1000 emulation

[@lakshanrathnakumara9158]

Thank you very much

[@jnchacon]

Hi, thank you very much for this videos. I'm just learning Proxmox and I'm following you playlist. In the previous video you install the "webserver" but you did't show how to create another disk like the one you have your ISO images. Can you explain that? Regards, Juan

[@solidUntilLiquidBeforeGas]

Hi Jay, excellent set of videos and I keep revisiting these when I get stuck. None of the other series cover it this well, yet be useful for newcomers. Quick question regarding setting up the Windows 2022 - the System panel now offer a bunch of options that I must be picking wrong and it gets stuck when starting the VM. These include Firmware questions such as BIOS (default: OVMF (UEFI)), Add EFI Disk & storage, Add TPM, or Pre-enroll keys option. Would it be possible to see a screenshot of your typical selections? Once again, kudos for building this valuable series!

[@ktraglin]

I wanted to be able to use features like "remote desktop" control/use/viewing of the VM, easily resizing the "remote desktop" window, seamless integration of the keyboard & mouse, "pass-though" of local (client machine) usb devices & folders to the VM, and ultimately, "PCI passthrough" of my accelerated 3D graphics card from the Proxmox host/node machine to the VM (for accelerated 3D graphics rendering in the VM). All of this is do-able using the "spice protocol" (support is built in to QEMU - used by Proxmox). Because of my desire to use these features, I chose/selected/set the VM's "Graphic card" to "SPICE", the "Machine" to q35, the "BIOS" to OVMF (UEFI). "Add EFI Disk" was already selected by default, so I just had to choose/set the storage location for the EFI disk (I set mine to the same as the storage location for the VM, itself - in my case - "local-lvm"). "Pre-Enroll keys" was also already selected by default. The "Add TPM" option is not required for Windows 10 or earlier, but IS required for Windows 11. Also for performace reasons, on the "Disks" tab, I checked/selected the "Advanced" box at the bottom - near the "Back" and "Next" buttons in order to also select "SSD emulation". This is because on lots of computers, the "Discard" option won't function properly without "SSD emulation" being selected. Finally, to get better network performance, under the "Network" tab I set the "Model" to "VirtIO (paravirtualized)". I hope this is helpful to you.

[@mercury1fatalshadow]

Love the series, thanks for such a well outlined and informative course.

[@ClaedEntertainment]

Thank You! :Thumbs Up:

[@scooterphoenix]

This video is terrific!

[@deathvaps]

Great video!!! :)

[@elleryfamilia8291]

What's the best way to consume a ProxMox VM as a desktop OS? Can I use a RPi as a thin client that automatically connects to the VM?

[@cybershelltech]

How do you keep your images on your NAS always up-to-date? Is that automated or do you do it manually?

[@daveparish9847]

you need to update your course; I installed windows without that other file, when I try to use it, all It did was crash, I like the info you give but UPDATE you information I am running Proxmox 7.3.3, and you need to let them know that you have a subscription, because some of the items you tell them to do, can only be run if you have a subscription, but over all you course is ok, and thank you for some of the information you do show.

[@dovermeyers8560]

Thanks for the helpful video Jay. You clearly stated that Windows licensing is not your area of expertise, but I have just one burning question which pertains to microsoft licensing. Do you know if it is possible to migrate an existing bare metal Windows licence to a virtual machine on the same device after wiping the SSD and installing Proxmox or another hypervisor?

[@gaurav.69420]

Thankyou

[@magicmanj32]

Hi Jay is there a difference to creating a template for windows vms as opposed to linux

[@detox670]

Great video. I always learn a lot with your series. Is it possible to create a lesson where you create a VM with windows 10 but booting from an attached SSD? I want to virtualize my current Win10 computer and I want to create a VM inside Proxmox that will boot from that SSD.

[@applemodus]

Thanks for the video

[@denirodarkqwerty]

your milky way goin type brazy brother

[@fredjones-r6p]

Your links are some sort of redirect and confuses proxmox when pasted into the download from url box. I had to go get the link w/o all the redirect stuff.

[@andynikonoff]

Is there any part of the series where is no bragging about how plenty he have memory on his server?

[@ncodr]

stating a fact is not bragging.

[@hosseinajili9409]

Was great thanks 👌🌹

[@dimitristsoutsouras2712]

6.15 That could be a video by itself. Because kvm64 might be the most compatible cpu type, it is not the fastest. Host type > cpu family type (ex..Ivy Bridge) >Qemu64 > kvm 64 Problem is what happens if you choose a cpu type that is different on another node (so I am speaking for host or cpu family here) and you authenticate win serv with that cpu type. Later on you migrate because of a maintenance to another node and what happens then? OS understands the different hardware and breaks authentication? Also what happens if you choose Qemu64 and a new version comes out of that virtual cpu comes out. Does it breaks win authentication also? Maybe all of the above falls under the reply .... not the scope of this video / channel but I cant find help with that matter anywhere (not in the proxmox forum) PS How come an you installed balloon driver . It still has the known bug (at least to my knowledge)

[@marceltoms]

Great video. Can you do a video about amd and nividia gpu passthrough in a Windows VM?

[@murilosilvamonteiro]

Thanks!

[@Errantduvide]

We can no more install windows 10 now unless its my proxmox is broken. But i managed last week to install windows server. Can we make a game server like Space Engineers directly on the windows server or i have to make a kind of VM?

[@voiceoftreason1760]

why are you installing with BIOS/MBR?

[@bobkoss280]

The windows driver link doesn't seem to go anywhere.

[@janprinsloo9990]

Thanks.

[@Rohambili]

Hi! I just installed proxmox on my Dell Latitude E6330 followed your tutorial, but stucked after select driver then copy files and reboot... then constantly rebooting the system ... couse the first reboot was interupted... What i notice, and i really dont liked in proxmox somehow say i have only 30 something GB free space after i installed proxmox... In ESXI i can almost all space of my 128 gb SSD can usable for Virtual machines... I guess Proxmox is not for me Thnx for your upload...

[@sanjeev2003]

After a long time saw "loading files". Reminded me of win 7. 😁

[@LearnLinuxTV]

I think even the installer still has some of the same Windows 7 code.

[@gracelobo8113]

Hey Jay! I have an other small question for you. Say I'm running a ressource consumming app - simulation app - that needs a lot of CPU but I just started with 1 pve node(1 server). Then, I get some money and buy new hardware and I want my running app to also use this new server CPU and scales CPU usage with as many more servers as I add. How can I achieve this using Proxmox and if my app runs in a windows OS? Some people may refer to it as building a farm/parallel computing but not sure if it is. And it seems that big companies like google did it running thousands of servers to power-up their search engine (1 website).

[@gf88888]

can the console window be detached from the gui (like in vmware) ?

[@pepinope100]

Hi Jey, thank you for your videos from Proxmox VE virtualization and I would like to ask you to shoot a video on how to add HD to Proxmox VE. Thank you Petr

[@experiment18a40]

i cant seem to fix the balloon driver one. i pointed it exactly at the w10 folder and the tried the folders within. trying to fix on windows 10 home vm. any idea why it wouldnt work?

[@tpulse2001]

Hi there, i have an os (windows) which i use on my pc already. This pc doesn't have an vm or what so ever. I wonder, can i implement this proxmox to make a dualboot pc so the Windows (i want to have my existing os which is installed already) and other os can be on and used side by side??? If yes, what's needed for it?

[@papperme]

Thanks for your great video. I can see that you did not success install sound from windows in proxmox. Same for me inmy installation. Any great tips on how to do that?

[@pentagongaming8992]

KZbin redirect link really hassle, cant get the "real" links any solution?

[@kellytruong5404]

How does your promox automatically give the windows VM a static IP with an online connection? I'm having issues with setting up the windows 10 network.

[@ShuhDonk]

What is the feature called on the motherboard that allows you to remotely control the pc as if you were at the pc with kb/mouse? Does this model board have that feature? M12SWA-TF Thanks!

[@psychonighty3076]

I know I'm late with the video time but I have a question , is there a way through the console or noVM to auto login the user password after the start , almost like a bot that writing the password once the vm has started up

[@Punchmememe]

Can u make a new video for proxmox 7.4.3 and include a fresh start ? From beginning? Would appriciated! - installation - networking - Iso’s - windows installation - update Because i am getting stuck already i have installed it have network but it says “no real ip” i bought an action dedicated server from hetzner and i am getting frustrated 😂

[@Void12398]

Hey everyone, I ask here and everywhere else, is there a clear method to do nested virtualization on a proxmox windows 11 vm using virtualbox ? I mean i grew up knowing that, No you can't, but I heard recently that apparently it's not as impossible as I thought it was. Is there a way ?

[@ktachenygmail]

Do you get the same behavior if you avoid scsi and select ide for the hard disk?

[@vladimirvracaric]

Why there are two videos that we can not see?

[@francyssosa1346]

Hi and thanks a lot for these videos I have a question, is there anyway to have proxmox install on my main computer which has 32GB of memory and an i9 processor and still use it to create VM or CT from the web interface? or do i need a separate system?

[@8bitkid408]

Have you tried to make a small Linux VM and point it's web browser to the Proxmox UI URL?

[@MrChipBreak]

will there be a video on creating a windows template, is there anything special you need to do?

[@Dr.LeoDaFastLion]

Thanks for the great video! I love this series and am running Windows 11 Pro now, but I am not able to access Proxmox other than via ethernet at home. This defeats the whole purpose of using Proxmox since I want to be able to access my VMs from any place and not just my home. I am using the Console in Proxmox and there it runs fine. Any advice?

[@Dr.LeoDaFastLion]

No one?

[@shmasshah]

@@Dr.LeoDaFastLion no bro i would like to know as well

[@mercury1fatalshadow]

I think you might need to set up a VPN connection along with firewall rules for remote access.

[@shmasshah]

there is a lot of lag with the mouse on VMs. any solution for this?

[@royprice931]

can you setup proxmox as vm on proxmox, for like learning how to cluster

[@8bitkid408]

Do you have a more up to date video on the latest Proxmox 7.4.3 as I cannot boot Windows and the driver disc as the bios cant boot more than three IDE devices. Thanks.

[@LearnLinuxTV]

The current series is compatible with the latest version. The main differences are going to be the absence of newer features, such as dark mode. Your issue shouldn't have anything to do with Proxmox.

[@Steamrick]

"Class 09 - User Management: This video" I see someone was lazy with the description copy&paste :)

[@LearnLinuxTV]

You've just made a completely true and accurate statement. Update: I just fixed it, but I almost considered leaving it like that because it's kinda funny in hindsight.

[@kantilalpatel453]

Proxmox VM shut down automatically after 24 hours or within 3 days

[@hanshofman]

Nice video. But I noticed that the sound icon is blocked. So how can you have sound in Windows on Proxmox?

[@LearnLinuxTV]

To be honest, I'm not sure, I haven't checked that. I did try audio through Windows in Proxmox last year and it did work, but there were sync issues. So I just assumed that maybe audio in virtualization isn't stable. Perhaps this is worth another look.

[@jeffm6767]

Turn off your W10 VM. In VM hardware, add the Audio Device (something like ich9-intel-hda) with backend driver set for SPICE. Then edit the Display and set the graphic card to SPICE. Power on the W10 VM, and install a SPICE client for your workstation. By now W10 is booted up, in Proxmox click the Console dropdown and pick SPICE. That should open up your SPICE client, and it should have sound. Tah dah * this is probably doable over RDP, but I generally find spice easier to deal with, it does multiple monitors very well, and is what I use for I'm using a Linux VM as a desktop

[@alliedcareexpertsmedicalce5157]

do you have blog proxmox vms shutting down unexpectedly

[@EdithHazel-g9o]

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[@DavidKHill]

I'm on ProxMox 7.1-7. Apparently there are quite a few more options added that is making it difficult to create the VM. I'm trying to build a Windows 2016 server. The creation process asks for UEFI options and TMP settings. (New to mean and not covered in this video). Any suggestions?

[@ktraglin]

I wanted to be able to use features like "remote desktop" control/use/viewing of the VM, easily resizing the "remote desktop" window, seamless integration of the keyboard & mouse, "pass-though" of local (client machine) usb devices & folders to the VM, and ultimately, "PCI passthrough" of my accelerated 3D graphics card from the Proxmox host/node machine to the VM (for accelerated 3D graphics rendering in the VM). All of this is do-able using the "spice protocol" (support is built in to QEMU - used by Proxmox). Because of my desire to use these features, I chose/selected/set the VM's "Graphic card" to "SPICE", the "Machine" to q35, the "BIOS" to OVMF (UEFI). "Add EFI Disk" was already selected by default, so I just had to choose/set the storage location for the EFI disk (I set mine to the same as the storage location for the VM, itself - in my case - "local-lvm"). "Pre-Enroll keys" was also already selected by default. The "Add TPM" option is not required for Windows 10 or earlier, but IS required for Windows 11. Also for performace reasons, on the "Disks" tab, I checked/selected the "Advanced" box at the bottom - near the "Back" and "Next" buttons in order to also select "SSD emulation". This is because on lots of computers, the "Discard" option won't function properly without "SSD emulation" being selected. Finally, to get better network performance, under the "Network" tab I set the "Model" to "VirtIO (paravirtualized)". I hope this is helpful to you.

[@eduardojavier112]

UEFI???????????

[@owieOne]

Hi

[@LearnLinuxTV]

Greetings!

[@michaelrafferty660]

Thank you!