# Windows 10 VM with Qemu

## Display requirements

QXC doesn't seem to work out of the gate. Virtio is fine, boot using that.

## Valid Key

GCRJD-8NW9H-F2CDX-CCM8D-9D6T9

## Bypass Microsoft Account Requirement

1. shift + f10 to open command prompt during setup
2. `oobe\bypassnro`
3. shift + f10 again to open command prompt
4. `ipconfig /release` to disconnect the internet
5. Continue with limited setup

## Create installer iso

mkisofs -o ~/Downloads/win-install.iso /tmp/windows-installers/

## Snapshot qcow2 storage

```bash
# list
qemu-img snapshot -l win10.qcow2

# create 
qemu-img snapshot -c $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE

# apply
qemu-img snapshot -a $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE

# delete
qemu-img snapshot -d \
  $SNAPSHOT_NAME \
  $DISK_IMAGE

```

## Setup

Install and configure windows as normal to start. Boot into the installation and finish the setup.

## Auto resize display

1. Ensure the video device is set to "QXL" on the host
2. Download [virt-win-guest-tools](https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts) and install on guest
3. Download [spice-guest-tools](https://www.spice-space.org/download.html#windows-binaries) and install on guest
4. Shutdown the guest machine
5. view -> Scale Display -> Auto resize VM with window
6. Start the guest machine, it should now auto resize

## virtio network driver

1. Download [virt-win-guest-tools](https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts) and install on guest
2. Shutdown the guest machine
3. Change the network device model to virtio
4. Start the guest machine

## virtio boot disk

1. Attempted virt-win-guest-tools install but boots with boot_device_not_found error