question about UTM Windows 11 virtualization on M1

Hi, I have gotten it working flawlessly, and don't have any of the problems you do. I think to get function keys to work, you have to have them act like normal function keys, not the Mac advanced stuff. I have audio lag, but it's only a tad more than using a virtual audio cable (around 80 ms) so can't speak to that one.

I tried doing it, but was never able to get past the point where you have to connect to the internet. I know there should be a button somewhere that will let you bypass, as there is no internet at the beginning, until you install Spice Guest Tools. How did you get around that? I am on an m1 Mac, with the Windows 11 arm build. Perhaps you used a different build? What build did you use? Do you by chance still have access to that file you downloaded? With the latest one, it would not let me bypass the internet connection screen at all. I even got sighted help, and there was no button or anything one could click to proceed with limited setup. And of course getting caps lock to behave as narrator / NVDA key wasn't working quite as expected. Any tips would be much appreciated.

If you find that command, please let me know. Did you still have speech in the terminal window?

The command to skip the Internet connection requirement is oobe\bypassnro exactly as shown here. As for audio latency, I'm not sure. It may simply be the virtualization taking a little more time to pass audio from the guest to the physical host sound device. You can get around this by connecting a USB headset or any other USB audio device directly to the virtual machine.

I didn't actually know you could use a terminal command. What I did to get internet in the VM is load the ISO file into the virtual disk drive (D:\) before booting, boot up, shift f10, windows R, type D:\, and install that way. Then reboot the VM. Should have internet after that.

So the network bypass didn't work for me, but installing guest tools did. Now, has anyone gotten caps lock to successfully work as nvda key? If so, please provide detailed instructions. If not, what key were you able to assign instead?
Also, I tried installing classic shell but it says it can't run on this version of Windows. Any free alternative that is ARM compatible?
It's still pretty cool that I got the vm up and running, and it works great. No real lag that I can detect, but I left all settings as default.
Lastly, in UTM, is there a way to share a usb audio device with both the Mac as well as the guest pc? That would help a lot, as I would love to be able to use my MacBook to do remote broadcasts for my online radio station, and while I have Windows audio coming from and going to my interface, I can't exactly have VoiceOver randomly start making noise that everyone else can hear. Especially since my remote broadcasts are for church services, so I want to make sure nothing I am doing will cause a disruption. I know I could perhaps turn VoiceOver off, but then if I somehow manage to move out of the UTM window, that opens a whole new can of worms, so would prefer to keep VO on.

Ok, glad VMware does what you need. So far, UTM is working great for me. Have you gotten caps lock working as NVDA key? Or what key are you using instead?

Not sure how VMWare compares on the M1 Macs, but UTM is running like a champ! VMWare is how people usually went about creating virtual machines in the past, but I'm not sure how good their Windows support is these days, as well as if VO support has been kept up. I remember in the past that it was very accessible, but nothing beats UTM for me. This has been the best experience ever with a vm.

Hi all,

While using UTM and a web browser, such as chrome or edge, I am unable to utilize Jaws' virtual PC cursor to browse. Is this because 1, Jaws isn't supported 2, an ID10T problem, or 3, something I'm missing?

JAWS isn't compatible with ARM Windows yet. Use NVDA or Narrator for now.

Hi all, I have noticed that when I plug in a USB headset, it gives me the option to connect it to the virtual machine. However, the vm never seems to recognize that one was plugged in. The headset works just fine in Mac OS, and on another Windows pc, but with the VM, nothing. It did recognize a flash drive for me. So, I am wondering if all usb audio devices, such as audio interfaces, will respond in the same way this headset did. It would be nice if I can get usb audio working on the VM, because then I can sell my little Dell two in one, which I only bought because I thought getting a vm up and running would be a lot harder than it actually was. But, without USB audio, I'm stuck having to carry two computers around. Anyone else had this problem? How did you fix it?

I know this post is old... but has anyone tried switching from default ?(presumably spice) to core audio? I haven't tried it yet, but I figure since it isn't capturing audio input as is output only, plus CoreAudio being OS native, it might do better. Before I commit to trying this, has anyone else?