User:AlfCraft07/Hacks and workarounds

Windows 10/11 graphical effects not working even with installed drivers: tested fix
I tested it in VMware 15 with VMware Tools version 11.3.5 and 12.0.5 installed, but more tests demonstrated that this fix works even with the basic display adapter, also in Windows 10. This means that even unsupported PCs on the latest versions of Windows can have the effects, but one downside of doing this without drivers is that you can't get the right resolution in most cases, as the basic display adapter only supports 4:3 resolutions (this only applies to physical PCs since most virtualization softwares allow the user to set any resolution even without installing the program's additions).

1. Press ⊞ Win and type.

2. Navigate to

3. Add a new DWORD value called  and set its value to 2.

4. Restart the DWM process.

5. Enjoy the OS with graphical effects.

Unexpected crash/reboot and error message during Preparing devices, Starting services or Getting Ready phase of Windows 10/11 setup: tested fix
Tested on a build 25158 clean install after a BSOD during the Getting Ready phase, and after an unexpected reboot during the Getting Ready phase of a clean install of the RTM of Windows 11.

1. On the boot screen with the error message, press Shift.

2. On the command prompt that opens, type.

3. Navigate to.

4. Change the  DWORD value from 1 to 3.

5. Close the registry editor and command prompt, and press OK on the error message to reboot.

6. The "Just a moment..." screen will appear, then OOBE follows, letting the user set up everything normally.