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            <h1>Fix Proxmox Windows VM Reporting Incorrect Memory Usage</h1>
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          <h2>What are VirtIO Drivers?</h2>

<blockquote><em>VirtIO Drivers are paravirtualized drivers for kvm/Linux. In short, they enable direct (paravirtualized) access to devices and peripherals for virtual machines using them, instead of slower, emulated, ones. -<a href="https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers" target="_blank">https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers</a></em></blockquote>

<h2>Configuring VM Settings</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Proxmox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download an .iso file to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>If running ProxMox 6, download the VirtIO Windows .iso <a href="https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-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>Expand the Proxmox node in the left navigation and select the Windows VM</li>
	<li>Select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click the CD/DVD drive &gt; Select the Storage with the VirtIO .iso &gt; Select the VirtIO .iso &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click the QEMU Guest Agent option &gt; Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Click Start to power on the VM</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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<h2>Installing VirtIO Drivers and QEMU Guest Agent</h2>

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	<li>Log into Windows</li>
	<li>Open File Explorer &gt; Navigate to the CD/DVD drive</li>
	<li>Launch virtio-win-guest-tools.exe</li>
	<li>Step through the VirtIO-Win installer accepting all the defaults</li>
	<li>Restart the Windows VM</li>
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>

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	<li>If Proxmox still isn&#39;t reporting the correct memory usage, navigate to VM &gt; Hardware &gt; Memory</li>
	<li>Check the Advanced option &gt; Make sure ballooning is enabled &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Stop then Start the VM for the change to take effect</li>
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