

There, right-click on the Setup key and select New => Key. When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the path below to create a new key and values Next, click the Install now screen, and press the SHIFT + F10 keys on your keyboard at the same time to launch a command prompt.Īt this command prompt, type regedit and press enter to launch the Windows Registry Editor. On the Windows Setup window, select the language to install, time and currency format, and keyboard input method, and click Next. Once the machine is started, you’ll be prompted to type any key on your keyboard to boot Windows 11. Next, click the Start button to start the Windows 11 VM. Click the OK button to return to the VM center. Once mounted, you should see the Windows 11 ISO attached to the CD/DVD device. Then use the browse button to browse for the ISO file or DVD with Windows 11. Now that the VM is validated to meet Windows requirements, select the Windows 11 ISO file or insert a disc containing Windows 11.įrom the VirtualBox menu, go to Settings > Storage and select Empty device. When everything is validated, you can continue installing Windows 11 on the virtual machine.

On the Display window, confirm that Video Memory is 256MB and Graphics Controller is VBoxSVGA and enable 3D Acceleration. Next, select the Storage window and configure that a minimum of 64 GB was created.

On the same windows, under the Processor tab, make sure 2 is selected. Under the Motherboard tab, make sure 4096 MB or 4 GB RAM is set up. Open VirtualBox and go to Settings > System. Once you’ve done the steps above, go to these settings and validate that they meet Windows 11 requirements. To learn how to do that, read the post below: Next, you’ll need to create a Windows 11 virtual machine (VM). If you haven’t already done so, read the post below: To install Windows 11 on VirtualBox, the first step is to properly configure the virtual machine to meet Microsoft requirements for running Windows 11.īefore we begin, make sure that you have VirtualBox installed. Below we will show you how to do that when using VirtualBox. How to install Windows 11 VM on VirtualBox #Īs mentioned above, users can create a VM on VirtualBox and install Windows 11 using non-standard installation workarounds. To be able to install Windows 11 on VirtualBox, you’ll need to include some registry flags to not check for TPM, RAM, and Secure boot requirements, and we will show you how to do that when we’re installing Windows 11. However, when one creates a Windows 11 VM and attempts to install Windows 11, one will get an error that the machine does not meet Windows 11 basic requirements. The latest version of VirtualBox has a template for Windows 11. VirtualBox is an open-source, cross-platform virtualization software that allows users to run multiple guest machines (virtual machines) simultaneously on a single host computer.
