====== Windows Guests ======

    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_10_guest_best_practices|Windows 10 guest best practices]]
    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers|Windows VirtIO Drivers]]
    * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE|Migration of servers to Proxmox VE]]

NOTE: ''QEMU guest agent'' requires  also ''virtio-serial''

===== Win7 =====
    * WIN7: do not enable KVM storage cache. Writeback cache slows down everything.


====== Tuning Guest ======
  * [[https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Performance_Tweaks|Performance Tweaks]]
  * Expose native CPU to Guest: Change Processor type to **host**
  * Do not enable any caching on storage devices, it slows down everything!
  * If HDD is used, create ZFS SLOG and L2ARC cache on SSD/NVM

===== Windows 10 =====
  * Change 
  * Disable suspending: "Control Panel" --> "Power Options" --> "Show additional plans" --> "High performance"
  * Disable hibernation: ''powercfg.exe /hibernate off''
  * launch "regedit.exe" and:
      * set value of ''HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon'' and change "ShutdownWithoutLogon" to 1
      * go to ''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\8EC4B3A5-6868-48c2-BE75-4F3044BE88A7'' and set "Attributes" value to 2
  * then go to "Control Panel" --> "System and Security" --> "Power Options" and then --> "Change plan settings" on choosed power plan --> "Change Advanced Power Settings" --> "Display" and set 'Console lock display off timeout' to 0 to disable it