# Windows VM Tips

## General tips
* Handeling of memory balooning works, but can cause issues when memory presure is high on the PVE host.
* When installing make sure the [virtio driver](https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers) iso is mounted.

## Windows server
* QEMU quest agent might fail to shutdown the VM, might be caused by the `Shutdown Event Tracker` to disable it:  
Open up the `Group Policy Management Console`, navigate to `Computer Configuration` >> `Administrative Templates` >> `System`.  
Set `Display Shutdown Event Tracker` policy to disable, Reboot to apply the change.