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Windows 11 Pro VMWARE WORKSTATION HOST AND WINDOW 11 Pro GUEST RUNNING WSL USING NESTED VIRTUALIZATION
Can you run a Windows 11 Pro Host running VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 running a Windows 11 Pro Guest set to auto-start when the Host boots? Yes! However there are caveats: Unfortunately you can't run Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation Pro the Windows 11 Pro VM Guest on...
Downloading VMWare Workstation Pro
I have a license (less than a year old) for VMWare Workstation Pro I migrated my account from VMWare.com to broadcom.com but my license keys, entitlements, downloads are not appearing in the support dashboard. I tried to raise a support ticket but it says I need a...
Windows 11 Enterprise host running VMWare Workstation Pro and Windows 11 pro Guest WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
So I've got the latest version of VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 and running on Windows 11 Enterprise Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631,3880) Host Trying to run a Windows 11 Pro guest encrypted VM results in a consistent "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" blue screen in the...
Get a list of remote desktop sessions via Command Line
qwinsta # or query session
Robocopy exclude Directories
Just trying to copy everything except a couple of directories from a drive to my NAS This is the secret incantation of robocopy when running in a Power Shell Terminal on Windows 11 robocopy d:\ \\mynas\toggen\DATA\ *.* /XD 'D:\$RECYCLE.BIN' 'D:\.Trash-1000' /E /Z From...
Create a Bootable Windows 11 Installation USB Drive on MACOS
Format the USB using the MacOS Disk Util with MSDOS (FAT) Format and Master Boot Record Scheme Secret sauce https://wimlib.net wmlib-imagex split /Volumes/path/to/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WIN10USB/sources/install.swm Youtube Video...