Why cannot you run Windows 11 on Oracle Virtualbox VMs?

Recently, Windows 11 was publicly released. Owing to its great hype, many people are eager to get this new operating system installed on a virtual machine with the assistance of tools like VirtualBox. If you are attempting to get Windows 11 installed on a VM, you may have felt that it is not easy. Several users are suffering issues like installation errors on VirtualBox. They get errors like ‘This PC can’t run Windows 11‘. The solutions to such errors are available.

Insiders who would now try to update their Windows 11 builds on the virtual machines which don’t have TPM support will receive an error. But Oracle developers are attempting hard to get a reasonable solution for the same. Since VMs have become common, their use for future OS can be considered. Remember that forthcoming Windows OS is no longer compatible with the popular Oracle VirtualBox virtualization after Microsoft modified its hardware requirement policies for VMs.

When Redmond officials initially declared Windows 11, they mentioned that the system requirements threshold for setting up this operating system was somewhat modified. Although many people deemed that it’s only a matter of time before Microsoft supports older software and hardware. In spite of the considerable backlash, nothing has been changed, yet.

System requirements restriction on VMs:

Considering how the software developers and enterprises typically use VMs to test the new OS, the tech giant mentioned that Windows 11 would not check for compatible hardware whenever upgraded or installed.

This build entails a change that lines up the enforcement of the Windows 11 system requirements on the VMs to be identical to physical PCs. The previously created VMs running Insider Preview builds might not update to the newest preview builds.

In the Hyper-V, the VMs should be created as a Generation 2 VM. If the hardware requirements are fulfilled, running Windows 11 in VMs in other virtualization products from vendors like Oracle and VMware would continue to work. There will be no longer an issue as long as they continue to support Secure Boot and TPM passthrough.

Currently, Oracle VirtualBox does not support such features. This caused Microsoft’s latest policy change such that you could not use this operating system. Oracle cannot say precisely when the new version will be out. However, it wants to assure its customers that the work is going on in this direction and the future VirtualBox releases would support Windows 11.

How to run Windows 11 on Oracle VirtualBox VMs:

Method-1: Choose VBoxSVGA as your video adapter:

You need to go to your VM settings and choose VBoxSVGA as your video adapter from the display settings. The same will allocate adequate video and graphical resources to your VM. Consequently, you can easily install Windows 11.

Method-2: Enable TPM

TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is a microcontroller on a motherboard (or CPU) that contains encryption keys and some other essential data that lets you validate the identity of your platform. If you want to run VMs on Windows 11, you have to enable TPM in the BIOS settings.

The majority of systems must have TPM enabled by default. However, if you are finding errors with your Windows 11 installation, then it is recommended to check TPM in your BIOS. If it is turned off, turn it back and try again. After turned on, you can easily install Windows 11 on a VM in VirtualBox.

Method-3: Enable VT:

Virtualization (VT) is the BIOS setting needed to execute VMs on any system properly. This setting enables your system to virtualize CPUs for the virtual machines. Errors such as ‘This PC can’t run Windows 11’ are typically due to such settings.

You need to reboot the system and make sure that VT is enabled in your BIOS. But if Virtualization is disabled, then allow it and try installing Windows 11 again.

Method-4: Replace appraiserres.dll:

A file within the installation .iso may be causing the problem like ‘appraiserres.dll.’ If you tried the above methods but could not succeed, you can try substituting this file with the one associated below. Now extract the iso to a suitable location and replace the file in the directory with the one associated.

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