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# Guest Install ## Windows 10 - [Download Windows 10 Disc Image](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d) - VirtualBox New - Skip Unattended Install (unless already have a licence key) - [Microsoft Activation Scripts](https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/tree/master/MAS) - Admin Powershell `irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex` # Compressing Disks - [HowToGeek](https://www.howtogeek.com/312883/how-to-shrink-a-virtualbox-virtual-machine-and-free-up-disk-space/) ## Windows Guest - defrag - get [sdelete from SysInternals](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete) - `sdelete64.exe -z c:` ## Host - `vboxmanage modifymedium disk some-disk001.vdi --compact` # Fix I/O Performance https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch05.html#iocaching ```bash vboxmanage storagectl win10pro --name SATA --hostiocache on ``` # Remote Display ## Using native RDP - disable VRDE - in Windows: system settings Allow Remote Desktop, disable Network Level Authentication - set a user password (to avoid "account restricted") - in VirtualBox port forward host 3389 to guest 3389 (default host IP is already 0.0.0.0) ## Using VRDE - Needs Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack ([downloads](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)) ```bash sudo vboxmanage extpack install ./Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-7.0.8.vbox-extpack vboxmanage modifyvm WinDev2212Eval --vrde=on --vrde-address=0.0.0.0 # --vrde-port=3389 vboxmanage start WinDev2212Eval --type headless ``` ## Optimize - Optimize Windows for performance - Desktop background: solid gray - Remmina: disable smooth scrolling # Filesystems ## Sharing Git Repos - Mounting a linux-hosted git repo into the Windows VM doesn't work because the [git cache format is different between Windows and Linux](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59061816/git-forces-refresh-index-after-switching-between-windows-and-linux)
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