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://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Scroll down to the Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for x64 devices section
Click the dropdown and select Windows 11 (multi-edition ISO for x64 devices)
Click confirm to download
The Select the product language section should appear
Click the "Choose one" dropdown and select your desired language
Click confirm
You should finally have a blue 64-bit Download button and a note that links are good for 24 hours
Click the blue 64-bit Download button to begin the 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
Guest Operating System Installation
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
You should see a message that Windows 11 x64 detected.
Click Next
Name the Virtual Machine
Enter in a Nickname for the VM
W11 Atlas 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\W11 Atlas Demo would be the Empty folder I would select here
Click Next when ready
Configure Encryption
Leave everything default here
Click the Generate button
Ensure Remember the password... in Credential Manager is checked
You may choose to copy the password here and save it somewhere - this is ADVISED
Click Next
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 Finish
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
Once windows boots into the installer -
Select your languages if they need to be updated
Click Next
Update your keyboard settings if needed
Click Next
Leave Install Windows 11 selected
Check the box for "I agree everything will be deleted...settings."
Click Next
Click I don't have a product key
Select desired version of Windows 11
I typically select Windows 11 Pro
Click Next
Applicable notices and licenses
Click Accept
Select location to install Windows 11
There should be only one disk, Disk 0
Select Disk 0 and click Next
Ready to install
You should have two checkmarks for Install Windows 11 <version you selected> and Keep Nothing
Click Install
Your VM will reboot a few times during this process
It is done once you are at a language selection screen
Initial Windows 11 boot -
Select the correct country, click Yes
Select the correct keyboard, click Yes
Click Skip on the add additional keyboard page
VM will reboot again when this has completed
Name your device
Win11Atlas1 in this example
Click Next to reboot
Select Set up for work or school, click Next
Windows Updates
Here you have two choices
Allow updates to download and install
Update later
I typically choose to allow them to install, but the choice is entirely up to you
Once updates have finished click Sign In
In the middle of the screen click Sign-in options
Click Domain join instead
Enter a name and click Next
Enter a password and click Next
Confirm your password and click Next
Enter in the 3 security questions, clicking Next each time
Disable all of the options on the Privacy settings page and click Accept
At Windows Desktop -
Click the "I Finished Installing" button on the bottom of Vmware
Close the start menu
No to Network discoverable if it appears
Fully shutdown the system to enable VMware tools installation (reboot here is NOT enough)
You may see "Updates are underway." here
Install VMware tools
With the vm powered back on after the initial shutdown -
Log in with the account information you created in the previous section
In VMware workstation, with the vm's tab selected, VM -> Install 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 setup.exe and run as administrator
Click Yes on the UAC popup
Next on the welcome screen
Keep the top option (Typical/Modify) selected and click Next
If an option page appears leave default options and click Next
Click Install (button may be be Change if tools are already installed)
Click Finish
Click Yes to reboot
Change Display size
Right click on the desktop -> Display settings
I usually do 1440x900
Activate Windows
From the desktop of the VM -
Right click on the Start icon and open Terminal (Admin)
Click Yes on the UAC prompt
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
Press 0 to exit the activation tool
Windows is now activated, close PowerShell
(credit to : https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts)
Configure Autologin (optional)
If you would like your VM to automatically log into Windows then do the following
In VMware workstation, with the vm's tab selected, VM -> Settings
Click the Options tab
Click Autologin
If you followed the above steps you should have an Activate button
If not, please refer to the above steps in section 4.1 for installing VMware tools
In the popup enter the Windows username and password
Click OK
Click OK to close the settings menu
Reboot once more to ensure everything is applied before we run the Atlas playbook
Required software
Download the following software to your vm -
AtlasOS Playbook
AME Wizard
Installation Steps
Open AME Beta as administrator
Click on Use Existing
Browse to the playbook you downloaded from github
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
If Requirements not met appears
click the Run action button
Your VM will likely reboot here
Once you VM reboots and is signed back in, the AME Bet application will restart.
Click Yes on any UAC popups
You may need to disable security again
Once you get back to the requirements screen you should now see Requirements met with a green check
Click Next
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
I choose to Enable Automatic Windows Updates, but it is your choice, and click Next
leave the 3 options checked (Disable Hibernation, Maximum performance, Disable Core isolation) and click Next
uncheck to remove Snipping tool app, and decide if you want to remove Edge / install a browser and click Next
decide if you want to install Atlas Toolbox and click Next
choose a default browser if you chose to remove Edge / install a 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 11 system should now be all ready for you to start botting! Use the link below to grab the latest copy of Genesis.
Useful Links
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! = )