How can I do ______ with BVM?

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• How to change the amount of storage space offered to Windows?
  • If you have not yet downloaded Windows, just change the disksize parameter in the config file.
  • If Windows is already installed, then use the expand mode. Expansion won't consume any additional storage space right away. The disk.qcow2 file will grow in size as Windows uses it.
• How to change where Windows is downloaded?
  Change the folder you ask BVM to use. This can be an external drive or even cloud storage using a tool like CloudBuddy. (bad idea lol)
  • In all example commands, replace ~/win11 with the storage location of your choice.
  • To change the GUI's default storage location, edit the menu launcher, (right-click it -> Properties -> Desktop Entry -> Command) and add the directory's full path to the end of the command.
    • For example, if the command is currently /home/pi/bvm/bvm gui, and you moved ~/win11 to your hard drive at /mnt/my-hdd/win11, then the new command in the menu launcher should be /home/pi/bvm/bvm gui /mnt/my-hdd/win11.
• How to use my own Windows ISO?
  BVM detects a pre-existing installer.iso file if you put it in the right place.
  • First get the ARM64 Windows installer ISO that you want.
    • Tiny11 ISO installer seem to not work, based on what some other users have said in Discord.
  • Rename it to installer.iso (all lowercase)
  • Run BVM's new-vm step, to create a VM folder, such as ~/win11.
  • Put installer.iso in the VM folder.
  • Do this before running the download step.
  • When BVM asks permission to overwrite installer.iso, answer no by pressing the n key, then Enter.
• How to increase the VM's screen resolution? It is stuck at a low resolution.
  • Don't use the boot mode unless you have to. Use the boot-nodisplay mode and connect mode together, which supports dynamic screen resizing. Simply resize the window.
  • If you must use the boot mode for some reason, then expand the window size immediately, as soon as QEMU launches.
• How to start the VM on boot, or when logging in to Linux?
  See Is there a reliable way to get this to run on startup? #137 (comment)
• How to make the VM faster and more responsive?
  • The config file offers a reduce_graphics option that can be set to true.
  • Overclock your device.
  • Debloat Windows more than BVM does by default.
  • Keep other linux programs closed to allow BVM to use as much RAM as possible.
  • If that's not enough and you specifically need better graphics performance, Windows on Raspberry may be a better fit for you.
• How to make it run in fullscreen?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how. Or use the GUI.
• How to connect to the VM from another computer on the local network?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how.
• How to passthrough a USB device?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how. Or use the GUI.
• How to download a different Windows language?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how.
• How to force the VM to use X amount of RAM?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how.
• How to change the default username and password?
  Read the BVM config file. It explains how.
• How to debloat my Windows PC like BVM does?
  BVM uses this debloat powershell script. It can be used on any Windows 10/11 install.
• How to get microphone input working?
  • If using the direct boot mode, then just passthrough the microphone USB device.
  • If you are connecting to the VM with RDP, for the microphone to show up, you need to passthrough the microphone, and also disable RDP's sound forwarding. RDP should be able to handle microphone audio as it does for playback, but I could not seem to get it working.
    • To disable sound forwarding for Remmina, edit connect.remmina and change sound=local to sound=remote.
    • To disable sound forwarding for FreeRDP, it's possible but I did not bother to figure it out. It's likely just a sound-related flag to add to add_freerdp_flags in the config file. Maybe -sound would be enough.
• How to forward a port from Windows to Linux, or to my local network?
  • This is easy to do. See How to forward port from host to vm #151
• How to change network interface from NAT to Bridge?
  • To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what this does, or what benefits it has, but if you want to do this, go read issue How to change network interface from NAT to Bridge in BVM #94 where another user has made some instructions.