David knew he couldn't fight the Windows 11 architecture. He had to bypass it. He returned to his desk, fired up his admin workstation (running Windows 11 Pro), and opened VMware Workstation 17.
| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | "This PC can't run Windows 11" | Enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot in VM settings before install. | | Slow graphics | Install VMware Tools → Enable 3D acceleration in VM settings (up to 8 GB graphics memory). | | Network dropping | Change virtual NIC to VMXNET3 (instead of E1000E). | | Blue screen (WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR) | Reduce vCPUs to 2, disable hyper-threading for guest. | | Clipboard not syncing | Reinstall VMware Tools, enable drag/drop in settings. | vmware workstation 17 pro windows 11