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Add troubleshooting for windows 11 x86 guest on arm host #46

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Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ You are using a version of Windows that is too old. The build number should be 2

### "This PC can't run Windows 11"

If you get this message trying to install Windows 11, you can bypass it with the following steps:
If you get this message trying to install Windows 11, it can be due to the missing trusted platform module (TPM), which you can bypass with the following steps:

1. Press **Shift+F10** to open Command Prompt and type in `regedit.exe` to launch Registry Editor.
2. Navigate to **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup**
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7. Close out of Registry Editor and Command Prompt.
8. In setup, press the back button and then Next to continue installation.

If you are trying to emulate a Windows 11 x86_64 guest on an Apple Silicon (arm) host, this error can be due to UTM's VM creation assistant configuration setting for number of threads. If you left it to default/blank, it defaults to 1 thread. Windows requires >1 thread. Therefore to fix this, you can power down the guest, go to the VM system settings, and set a core count > 1. Then boot the VM again, it should work.

### Ping does not work

Note that due to libslirp limitations, `ping` will not work and so Windows may think that there is still no internet connection.
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