Contents:
Installation on Macbooks #
Boot Camp #
To download the drivers:
- From MacOS: Boot Camp Assistant -> Menu -> “Action” -> “Download Windows Support Software”
- From Windows: https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier
Workaround TPM 2.0 requirement #
Intel Macbooks have a T2 security chip, so Windows 11 is NOT officially supported.
To install:
- Use Microsoft’s Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to create the USB.
- Boot the Mac from it.
- When Windows Setup complains about TPM / unsupported hardware, press:
Shift + F10 - Run
regedit - Create this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\LabConfig - Add these DWORD values set to
1…
BypassTPMCheck
BypassSecureBootCheck
Support for HyperV #
Required for WSL2.
Install rEFInd.
NOTE: for some reason, on my Macbook Pro 2019, with Windows 11, I had to do nothing, so this may not be needed.
Third-party utilities #
- To make the Macbook’s touchpad not suck: https://github.com/imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad
Tips and Tricks #
Activate Windows license #
Set Caps-Lock as Ctrl #
Open Powershell as Administrator and execute:
$hex = "0000000000000000020000001D003A0000000000"
$bytes = for ($i = 0; $i -lt $hex.Length; $i += 2) {
[Convert]::ToByte($hex.Substring($i, 2), 16)
}
New-ItemProperty `
-Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout" `
-Name "Scancode Map" `
-PropertyType Binary `
-Value $bytes `
-Force
