# Windows VM Setup

Start virt-manager

```bash
virt-manager
```

When creating VM:

- Local ISO
- Windows 11 ISO
- Firmware: UEFI (OVMF)
- Chipset: Q35
- TPM: emulated

Before you start the VM:

```bash
sudo vim /etc/default/ufw
```

Find `DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="DROP"` and change it to `DEFAULT_FORWARD_POLICY="ACCEPT"`

Now boot the VM.

## Network Issues

If the network is being wonky, or if you want to bypass updates... Shift-F10

```
OOBE\BYPASSNRO
```

Now add the PCI devices in virt-manager.

```bash
yay -S looking-glass
```

On Windows, download the host from https://looking-glass.io/downloads

```bash
sudo virsh edit win11
```

Inside `<devices>`

```xml
<shmem name="looking-glass">
  <model type="ivshmem-plain"/>
  <size unit="M">128</size>
</shmem>
```

```bash
sudo vim /etc/tmpfiles.d/10-looking-glass.conf
```

```
# Type Path               Mode UID      GID Age Argument
f /dev/shm/looking-glass 0660 YOURUSER  kvm -
```

```bash
sudo rm -f /dev/shm/looking-glass
```
```bash
sudo systemd-tmpfiles --create /etc/tmpfiles.d/10-looking-glass.conf
```
```bash
ls -l /dev/shm/looking-glass
```

Should be owned by my user.

## Install Virtual Display Driver on Windows.

## Configure Looking Glass

```bash
vim ~/.looking-glass-client.ini
```

```ini
[win]
fullscreen=yes
size=2880x18900
dontUpscale=yes
```

```bash
env -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY looking-glass-client
```

## Audio

Edit XML.  Inside `<devices>`

```xml
<sound model="ich9"/>
<audio id="1" type="spice"/>
```

## Clipboard

Edit XML.  Inside `<devices>`

```xml
<channel type="spicevmc">
  <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
</channel>
```

## File Sharing

Enable Memory → Shared in the virt-manager

```bash
sudo pacman -S virtiofsd
```

```bash
mkdir -p ~/vmshare
```

Edit XML.  Inside `<devices>`

```xml
<filesystem type="mount" accessmode="passthrough">
  <driver type="virtiofs"/>
  <source dir="/home/USERNAME/vmshare"/>
  <target dir="vmshare"/>
</filesystem>
```

Install virtio-guest-tools.  Hey guess what, this also seems to make the windows key work.

Also install winfsp