CafNetMatt
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Windows 11 Slow - Recommendations

I have a MBP 16", 6-Core i7, 32GB RAM running Fusion 12.2.4

I have a Windows 11 VM that is an upgrade from a fresh installation of Windows 10.

VM specs:  2 processors, 8GB RAM, 60GB NVMe disk, 2GB Video with the battery life setting as 'Use High Performance Graphics for 3D Applications only".  vTPM installed and the VM is encrypted (didn't use the "software TPM").  It running hardware version 19.

The issue I started having is the VM has become so slow that it's unusable.  I log in and a click can take minutes to respond.  I was going to run the Optimization Tool on it but I can't even get a browser to open.  What strange is that when I first got Win 11 installed it ran fine.  I can't remember what, if anything, I changed.

The only thing I adjusted was video RAM; I kicked it up to 4GB.  I've tried disabled 3D graphics but that just causes a black screen. Now I've got it set to 2GB and that runs a slight bit faster but still not enough to even launch an application.

I did notice one thing.  Whenever it boots up, I get that "No 3d support is available from this host".  This is strange because I checked the MBP and it shows it's using the discrete video card.  Do I need to make any manual changes to the vmx file?

Can someone suggest hardware settings that they've found work well with Windows 11? 

 

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