Windows 11 preview has been out for a while, if you want to try it out, but also be frightened by all kinds of negative information, dare not cover the good work of Windows 10, then what to do? Is there a way to try it quickly and painlessly? Totally, this article will take you step by step to install Windows 11 on VirtualBox and teach you how to solve two big pitfalls that you generally encounter.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > preparations</h1>
The first thing is, of course, to download the Windows 11 ISO installation disk. Download ISO files directly on Microsoft's official website[1], completely free of charge, no need to go to the mess to download. I downloaded the Chinese Simplified x64 version, 5.13GB in size.
Next is to go to the official website of VirtualBox (hereinafter referred to as VBox) [2] to download the latest version of VBox, the latest version is currently 6.1.28.
I'm installed on Windows 10, so download Windows Hosts Edition. The file is not large and will be downloaded quickly.
An important prerequisite for Windows 11 to be able to install is to have TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Although my Host machine has both, this does not mean that virtual machine VirtualBox can emulate this capability, especially TPM 2.0. The latest VBox 6.1.28 Guest OS list has added Windows 11 x64 to the list, I thought it would be natural to support, guess is not the host's TPM 2.0 like USB penetration, TPM 2.0 penetrated into the Guest OS. It turns out that I still take it for granted, there is a big pit here. We'll get to the table later.
Here to be sure, the BIOS must turn on VTx in order to perform the following operations.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > the first attempt to install</h1>
Installing VBox is a routine operation, the process is skipped. Then follow the general operation to create a virtual machine, found that Windows 11 x64 is indeed already in the column, and was overjoyed:
Everything follows by default. After finishing, follow the general operation and apply the Windows 11 ISO file to the CD drive:
Now click To Run the Virtual Machine. What the! The virtual machine doesn't work at all! Prompts THE VM failed to start. Looking at the VBox official website, this version runs and needs to completely turn off Hyper-V, while 6.1.26 is completely unnecessary. Well, in order for this version to support Windows 11, I endure. This goes to shut down Hyber-V.
Open the "Start or close Windows features" program, turn off Hyper-V:
Students who do not know where "start or turn off Windows functions" can find it by searching for "hyper" directly in the search:
Is that enough? Not enough, this is a big pit one, here also bcdedit to turn off hyper-v automatic start. Open a command line window in administrator mode:
Enter bcdedit and you'll see that hypervisorlaunchtype is auto:
You need to change to Off with the following command:
A reboot is required to take effect, reboot the machine. Rerun, these virtual machines start up normally.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > install Windows 11</h1>
Important The installation has started. Because it is a trial, select "I don't have a product key" on the activation page:
Next click on "Install Now":
Choose which version of Windows 11 next, and while you're waiting for the familiar installation screen, you'll see a screen that says "Your machine doesn't meet the requirements to install Windows 11"! This is the second pit.
Code farmers' self-esteem won't let computers beat it, so let's skip the TPM 2.0 test. Back to the "Install Now" screen:
Press Shift and F10 to open a command line window and enter Regedit to open Registry Editor. at
key, create a new LabConfig key table with two new DWORD (32-bit) keys:
And set their values to 1. The effect after completion is as follows:
Close Registry Editor and continue down. This time you can start the installation:
After the installation is complete, it needs to go through several restarts:
Then start setting up Windows 11:
After another reboot:
Start again and officially enter the world of Windows 11.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" > the first experience of Windows 11</h1>
The classic start button has been completely changed, there is no tile design, but unfortunately I just got acquainted and liked it:
The central task strip that copied apple is slightly ugly, can not be fixed, not very accustomed. However, a multi-desktop design is built-in
The login screen looks cool a bit:
The system overview looks relatively rudimentary:
File managers don't make much difference:
There have been some minor changes to the right-click menu, and the sticker copy has become an icon:
Finally, it is recommended that you install the VBox driver, so that you can change the resolution and provide some convenient functions. Screen resolution cannot be selected before installation:
To start installing VBox Addins:
Addins and Windows 11 have no compatibility issues and the installation completes successfully. You can now set the resolution:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="44" > supplement</h1>
Friends who want to try Windows 11 and don't have TPM 2.0, you can use rufus, the latest 3.17[3] support to make features that bypass TPM and secure boot:
You can try it. Of course, this method can also be used in VBox installations.