====== Windows Guests ======

    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_10_guest_best_practices|Windows 10 guest best practices]]
    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers|Windows VirtIO Drivers]]
    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE|Migration of servers to Proxmox VE]]

NOTE: ''QEMU guest agent'' requires  also ''virtio-serial''

===== Win7 =====
    * WIN7: do not enable KVM storage cache. Writeback cache slows down everything.


====== Tuning Guest ======
  * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Performance_Tweaks|Performance Tweaks]]
  * Use ''kvm64'' CPU: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Proxmox/comments/18w5k8c/windows_vm_insanely_slow/|Windows VM insanely slow]]
  * [[vm:proxmox:kvm:windows:mitigations]])
  * Do not enable any caching on storage devices, it slows down everything!
  * If HDD is used, create ZFS SLOG and L2ARC cache on SSD/NVM
  * <code shell>sfc /scannow</code>

===== Disable Core isolation =====

''Windows Security'' (PL''Zabezpieczenia Windows'') -> ''Device Security'' (''Zabezpieczenia urządzenia'') -> ''Core Isolation details'' (PL: ''Szczegóły usługi Izolacja rdzenia'')

<code powershell>
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard\Scenarios\HypervisorEnforcedCodeIntegrity" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
</code>


===== Windows 10 =====
  * Change 
  * Disable suspending: "Control Panel" --> "Power Options" --> "Show additional plans" --> "High performance"
  * Disable hibernation: ''powercfg.exe /hibernate off''
  * launch "regedit.exe" and:
      * set value of ''HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon'' and change "ShutdownWithoutLogon" to 1
      * go to ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8EC4B3A5-6868-48c2-BE75-4F3044BE88A7'' and set "Attributes" value to 2
  * then go to "Control Panel" --> "System and Security" --> "Power Options" and then --> "Change plan settings" on choosed power plan --> "Change Advanced Power Settings" --> "Display" and set 'Console lock display off timeout' to 0 to disable it