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Boot the VM, mount the VirtIO ISO manually inside Windows (drive D:), go to Device Manager, right-click "Ethernet Controller" → Update driver → Browse for driver on the VirtIO ISO's NetKVM\w7\amd64 folder.

Keep critical security services enabled; configure Windows Update via WSUS if necessary. windows 7 lite qcow2 best

Have a favorite Windows 7 Lite qcow2 build? Share your experience in the forums (but keep the links offline). Happy virtualizing Boot the VM, mount the VirtIO ISO manually

<domain type='kvm'> <features> <kvm> <hidden state='on'/> </kvm> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'> <feature policy='disable' name='hypervisor'/> </cpu> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='writeback' io='threads' discard='unmap'/> <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/win7lite.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> </domain> Boot the VM