Windows 11 & Server 2022 Support

[ElliotKillick]

Downloads and answer files have been added for Windows 11.

Windows 11 is completely untested as of now (I haven't done any test runs). Please feel free to test Window 11 and report your results here.

Windows 11 is currently built on the same 10.0.x NT kernel API as Windows 10 so it's likely our current drivers will continue to work.

Windows 10 EOL date: October 14, 2025 (assuming it's not extended)

I recommend continuing to use Windows 10 for now due to the increased bloat and telemetry included in Windows 11. Also, the more secure Enterprise LTSC edition of Windows 11 is scheduled for release on (according to MS): Second half of 2024

[milesmcclane]

Hello. I tried to install windows 11, and it came out with a notice that the machine is incompatible with windows 11 just after entering the initial windows language preferences at the start of the install. It’s a dell Inspiron 13 5370, and so according to dells site it should be compatible.

I have a very limited knowledge in this type of thing, so that’s about as much info as I can provide. I did notice that the minimum disk space required as per Microsoft minimum system requirements was 64gb, and the VMs is created with 30gb. I tried changing it after the case within the Qubes manager - but that (probably obviously) didn’t work. I wouldn’t know how to alter the script to up that amount, or even if it will work anyway.

Anyway, if I can provide any extra detail let me know. I’m pretty new to qubes and very inexperienced with this type of thing in general.

In the meantime I’m going to try win 10 anyway.

Cheers.

[ElliotKillick]

As many already know, Windows 11 has all these new requirements for a TPM, CPU support, hard drive size, etc.

Rufus knows how to modify a Windows ISO to bypass these checks: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/#features

However, we would like to interact with untrusted ISO contents as little as possible. So, instead we will modify the Windows 11 answer file by placing some reg add commands on initial setup start (before the Windows installer starts installing Windows): https://www.elevenforum.com/t/bypass-windows-11-system-requirements.1989/

Luckily, Microsoft left those easy configuration options for us to use in VMs and possibly elsewhere.

Could someone test if Windows Server 2022 works? There may not be the same default restrictions there and it uses the same base as Windows 11 anyway.