Cannot disable auto-fitting of Windows 11 screen resolution
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Cannot disable auto-fitting of Windows 11 screen resolution

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Article ID: 423780

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Even if you add options in the following KB to fix the screen resolution of Windows 11 via Web Console, the settings are not reflected.

How to disable auto-fitting of Windows guest OS screen resolution when accessing from Web Client and VMRC

Windows OS other than Windows 11 such as Windows Server 2012 and Windows 10 etc. will have their resolution fixed with the settings in the above KB.

Environment

VMware ESXi 7.0.x
VMware ESXi 8.0.x

Cause

Windows 11 is encrypted using vTPM. In this encrypted state, there is an issue with the process of reading information from the guest OS, which affects the resolution.

Resolution

This issue has been fixed in ESXi 7.0U3o and ESXi 8.0U1c and later versions.

If you wish to fix the resolution in Windows 11, consider updating to the fixed version.

Additional Information

Japanese Version:
Windows11 の画面解像度の自動調整を無効にできない

How to disable auto-fitting of Windows guest OS screen resolution when accessing from Web Client and VMRC