What are we doing?
This guide will walk you through the process of creating a new lightweight virtual machine (vm) for botting with RiD Genesis. The basic overview is that we will create a new vm and install Windows 10, patch it, apply a configuration "playbook" to strip it of the bloat, and then lastly configure it for botting - with the very end goal that you can use the VM Share guide as a sort of "part 2"
** be sure to have enabled virtualization in your host machine's BIOS (not covered in this guide, but I can try and help if you need assistance)
What you will need:
Software
Windows ISO (instructions to download below)
VMware Workstation installed (not covered in this guide)
Other
Identify where on your hard drive you will want to save your VM folders
These are the folders for the actual "guts" of your VM
Somewhere like C:\VMs\
Each VM will have a named subfolder (more on this later)
Browse to https://docs.atlasos.net/getting-started/installation/
Select the version of windows you want to download
For this guide we will use Window 10 x64
Select your desired language
Click confirm to download
The save as window should pop up once you click confirm - save it wherever you would like
Once the download completes, open VMware Workstation Pro
From inside of VMWare workstation Pro -
click File -> New Virtual Machine
Leave Typical selected, click Next
Select Installer disc image file (iso) and click the Browse button
Browse to and select the .iso file you just downloaded
Click Next
Easy Install Information
Leave product key empty
From the dropdown select Windows 10 Pro
Enter in desired username for Windows account
This will will be a local Admin account for the Windows OS
Enter in desired password for Windows account
Does not need to be overly complex or secure - "good enough" will do here. Maybe better than "password" though 😏
make it memorable in case you need it.
Check the box to Automatically log on
Name the Virtual Machine
Enter in a Nickname for the VM
W10 Altas Demo
Browse to the location where you will store the VM's files
these are all of the internal files for the VM.
I have a VMs folder where I store everything
C:\VMs\W10 Altas Demo would be the Empty folder I would select here
Click Next when ready
Set Disk Size
Set Maximum disk size to something ~60-80gb
Leave checked Split virtual disk into multiple files
Click Next
Confirm selections and click Finsh
It is on this screen where you can click edit, and then adjust the specs for your vm.
I would start with 4 cpu and 4gb ram, and then dial it back once you are comfortable with how it's running.
Power on the VM
Immediately click into the vm
When prompted press any key to boot to cd
Windows should automatically install without any additional interaction
Once windows boots -
No to Network discoverable
Fully shutdown the system to enable VMware tools installation (reboot here is NOT enough)
With the vm powered back on after the initial shutdown -
In VMware workstation, with the vm's tab selected, VM -> Reinstall VMware tools
The VMware Tools installation disk should mount in your vm as drive D:\
If this is not available, try another full shutdown of your vm
Open up File Explorer and browse to D:\
Right-click setup64.exe and run as administrator
Click Yes on the UAC popup
Next on the welcome screen
Keep Modify selected and click Next
Leave default options and click Next
Click Install (button may be be Change if tools are already installed)
Click Finish
Reboot
Right click on the desktop -> Display settings
I usually do 1440x900
From the desktop of the VM -
Right click on the Start icon and open PowerShell as admin
Paste in the following command and hit enter if it does not automatically submit
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
Press 1 on your keyboard for option one
Once the script completes press any key
Windows is now activated, close PowerShell
(credit to : https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts)
Download the following software to your vm -
AtlasOS Playbook
AME Wizard
Open AME Wizard Beta as administrator
Click on the button that says "Drag .apbx file to load Playbook"
Select the AtlasOS playbook you downloaded above
Note: the playbook must be on the vm locally
Once the playbook loads, click the Run Action button in the middle of the screen to disable security
Click the button to Open Windows Security
Toggle all options to Off
Once you see the green checkmark on the shield, close the window
Click the Next button to begin the requirements check
Click Next once requirement check completes
Click Next to accept the license agreement
Click Agree on the confirmation popup
Click Select Options
choose Enable Defender (recommended) and click Next
choose Default Windows Mitigations (recommended) and click Next
choose Disable Core Isolation (recommended) and click Next
keep checked to disable all three options (4 total screens)
choose a default browser and click OK
Once All required configuration completed, click Next
Wait for playbook to apply
this will take some time....
Once the operation completes, you should see your desktop changes and the AME Wizard will close.
I recommend a reboot here just to be safe
Your Windows 10 system should now be all ready for you to start botting! Use the links below to install java and grab the latest copy of Genesis.
From there, a good next step might be to follow my other guide to Create and Configure a VM Share to easily share files between VMs.
Feel free to @ me in the discord with any sort of feedback - it is always welcomed! = )