Installation

• Press Shift + F10 to open terminal at installation

Bootable Media

• Rufus: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus (Windows)
• WinDiskWrite: https://github.com/TechUnRestricted/WinDiskWriter (MacOS)

• For older system it has to be formatted in FAT-32 (ExFAT won't be recognized)

• Installation ISO

• https://www.microsoft.com/pt-br/software-download/windows11
• If installing in a VM, make sure if has at least 2 cores set up, UEFI and TPM enabled

Bypass Hardware Check

• Rufus

• It's possible to include some "registry hacks" that allow installing W11 on unsupported hardware

• W11 Server Installation (upgrading from W10)

• Run the W11 installation from cmd
• E:\setup.exe /product server
• Make sure to also disable updates during the setup

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3aWGBkH9P4

• W11 Clean Installation

• Press Shift + F10 to open regedit during the installation
• Add registry to bypass certain hardware verification
• DWORD Value (32-bit) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig\BypassTMPCheck = 1 (hex)
• DWORD Value (32-bit) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig\BypassCPUCheck = 1 (hex)

Answer files (unattend.xml)

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/update-windows-settings-and-scripts-create-your-own-answer-file-sxs
• https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTdRZNqODY

• Answer files need to be included to the root of the installation media

• unattend.xml
• autounattend.xml