M2 mac + W11 ARM - cannot install, no network

[rbhun]

Hi I have downloaded W11 ARM64 from Insider Preview. The filename is Windows11_InsiderPreview_Client_ARM64_en-us_22598.VHDX I had to check “Import VHDX Image” for it to work in UTM otherwise it just boots into EFI.

I get the windows installer, I can select country and keyboard, but when I get to network, it says no network ('Let's connect you to a network') and I cannot continue the installer.

I tried Shared Network, Host Only, and Bridged. I tried changing the emulated card to several things, but I never get a network in the installer. Any ideas?

[rbhun]

My apologies, I just found this in the FAQ:

If Windows 11 setup is stuck due to lack of network connection:

Go to the language select screen (you may need to restart the setup if you are past this screen). Press Shift + F10 to launch Command Prompt. Type in OOBE\BYPASSNRO and press Enter. Your VM should reboot and at the setup screen you should see an option for “I don’t have internet.” Once Windows setup is completed, make sure to install the SPICE guest tools for network drivers.

[SageSphinx63920]

Thx fixed it for me

[dohdohdog]

Hi this is not working for me, hitting shift f10 and function f10 but neither pulls up command panel. Is there another way?

[ice0]

Hi this is not working for me, hitting shift f10 and function f10 but neither pulls up command panel. Is there another way?

Please make a short video showing what you doing. Looks like you are on the wrong screen.

[ffirg]

@dohdohdog if you're still struggling with this, I used command+shift+F10 to get to a command prompt.

[ericyanush]

I also had the same issue, but, there is a bug in some of the insider builds where a UAC prompt isn't showing, so after hitting shift+fn+f10 to get the command prompt to launch, I had to option+tab to get the UAC prompt to show, then after allowing the UAC permission, the command prompt shows.

[heaven]

It seems OOBE\BYPASSNRO no longer exists.

[macuserguru]

Can be glad to have Windows 11 ARM already installed some time ago in both UTM (Qemu) and in VMware Fusion too. Both runs well. Runs on M1 MacMini, Sequoia 15.5

[LukeHearon]

I'm on an M1 MacBook Air, running Sequoia 15.6.1, installing the Windows 11 Arm64 Insider Preview build 27924.

I believe I was able to access the same bypass by using oobe\msoobe.exe/bypassnro. After after a short pause, Windows began restarting, but hanged with an infinite loading spinner. After killing the VM, I booted into a black screen showing "The user name or password is incorrect" and an OK button. On clicking OK, I was presented with the login screen showing only DefaultUser0 (a dummy account with no valid password).

So I tried a second time, but this time before running the bypass command I created a new user and deleted DefaultUser0. This time, the restart still hanged, but after killing, I could boot into my new user! (DefaultUser0 was still there for some reason).

Steps to bypass network requirement

1. Boot the fresh install
2. At the language selection screen, press Shift+F10 to open command prompt
3. Create a new user using net user <UserName> <UserPassword> /add. When I did this, the administrator account was still set to DefaultUser0. Run net user DefaultUser0 <UserPassword> and set whatever admin password you want so you can retain admin privileges.
4. Run oobe\msoobe.exe/bypassnro, causing a restart.
5. For me, the restart seemed to hang infinitely. I killed the VM and restarted. Maybe someone has a more graceful solution?
6. Met with the "password is incorrect" screen, click OK.
7. Log into your new account!

These steps were able to get me far enough to execute the utm-guest-tools executable, which also resulted in a crash but upon reboot I had networking.

[tbres01]

Hi this is not working for me, hitting shift f10 and function f10 but neither pulls up command panel. Is there another way?

so you want to hold down FN + Shift + F10