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          <p><em>NOTE: This tutorial assumes the Windows VM has already been installed</em></p>

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	<li>Log into the ProxMox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the driver .iso to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>If running ProxMox 6, download the VirtIO driver iso <a href="https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso" target="_blank">Download</a> and upload it to the ProxMox ISO image library</li>
	<li>If on ProxMox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URL from above &gt; Click Query URL &gt; Click Download</li>
	<li>Select the target Windows VM in the left navigation pane</li>
	<li>Shutdown the VM is it is currently running</li>
	<li>Select Hardware in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click Machine &gt; Set Machine to Q35 if it is not already &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Double click the SCSI Controller &gt; Set  to VirtIO SCSI if it is not already &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Double click the Hard Disk &gt; Set the Cache to Write back and check the Discard box &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Double click the Network Device &gt; Set the Model to VirtIO (paravirtualized) &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Double click the CD/DVD Drive</li>
	<li>Select the Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso) option &gt; Select the storage where the VirtIO driver iso was downloaded &gt; Select the virtio .iso file &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click the QEMU Guest Agent option</li>
	<li>Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Click Start at the top right of the window to power on the VM</li>
	<li>Once Windows has loaded, login</li>
	<li>Open File Explorer and browse to the CD/DVD drive</li>
	<li>Run the QEMU guest utilities installer (virtio-win-guest-tools.exe)</li>
	<li>Complete the installation using the default options</li>
	<li>Once the installation completes, restart the VM</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_10_guest_best_practices" target="_blank">https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_10_guest_best_practices</a></p>
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