Question 1

⊞ Upgrading Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro Using the KMS Client Key

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📋 Overview

This article walks you through upgrading a Windows 11 Home edition machine to Windows 11 Pro by installing the built-in KMS client setup key and activating against your organization’s KMS host. This approach is ideal for volume-licensed environments where you manage activation centrally.

🔑 Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have:

Administrative privileges on the target PC.
Network connectivity to your organization’s KMS host (default TCP port 1688).
The appropriate KMS client setup key for Windows 11 Pro:

   NRG8B-VKK3Q-CXVCJ-9G2XF-6Q84J

(Optional) The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or IP of your KMS server, if it isn’t published via DNS.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Upgrade

1. Open Settings → Activation

Press ⊞ Win + I to open Settings.
Navigate to System → Activation.
Click Change product key.

2. Enter the Windows 11 Pro KMS Client Key

In the Enter a product key dialog, paste the Pro KMS key:

   NRG8B-VKK3Q-CXVCJ-9G2XF-6Q84J

Click Next, then Activate.
Windows will stage the Pro edition upgrade; your PC will automatically reboot when prompted.

3. (Alternate) Use Command-Line to Install & Activate

Tip: A command-line approach

Question 2

How to Download the ggLeap Client

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How to Download the ggLeap Client This article outlines the steps necessary to download the ggLeap Client.

After subscribing to ggLeap, you will receive a URL via email where you can create an account for Web Administrator access.
Log into the ggLeap Web Admin with the created account.

https://admin.ggleap.com
From the "Dashboard" screen, click the "Settings" button.
From the "Settings" screen, hover over the "Client configuration" menu, then click the "Download Installer" menu item.

Question 3

Updating Games, Apps, or Other Software with ggRock (from a ggRock VM)

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Updating Games, Apps, or Other Software with ggRock (from a ggRock VM) This article describes the general procedure for updating games, apps, or other software when using ggRock, using a ggRock VM.

Problem

A game, application, or other software package requires an update, however the installed update is removed (the system state is reverted) upon rebooting.

Solution

General Outline

Boot up the VM you would like to apply changes from
Install the update
Shut down the VM you would like to apply changes from
Commit Writebacks
Reboot all systems to ensure the changes propagate to them

Full Procedure

1. Create a VM.

Create (if not already created) and Turn On a ggRock VM with desired System Image and Games Image you with to apply updates to in local drives mode (This is for speed purposes - you could boot the VM in network mode, but it serves only to slow the process down here). (See the Virtual Machines Administration Manualfor more information). Additionally, please refer to "Controlling a Virtual Machine" for more information on how to control VMs.

NOTE:

*If you do not yet have a VM set up on your ggRoc

Question 4

How to Create a UEFI Bootable Memtest USB Drive

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This article explains how to download the UEFI-compatible memtest.efi binary and copy it to a USB flash drive in Windows, setting it up as /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI so that the drive will boot Memtest on UEFI-based systems.

📋 Prerequisites

A USB flash drive (at least 16 MB) formatted as FAT32
A Windows PC with UEFI firmware (no Legacy/CSM boot mode)
Administrator privileges on the Windows PC
Internet access to download the memtest.efi file

🔽 1. Download the `memtest.efi` Binary

On your Windows PC, open a web browser and go to the Memtest86+ EFI Binary Downloadspage.
Find the latest release (e.g., v6.10) and click to download the memtest.efi file.

The file is typically named memtest.efi or uefi-memtest.efi.

Save the file to your Downloads folder (e.g., C:\Users\YourName\Downloads).

💾 2. Format the USB Flash Drive as FAT32 in Windows

Caution: This will erase all data on the USB drive. Back up any important files first.

Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port on your Windows PC.
Open File Explorer and right-click on the USB drive letter (e.g., E:).
Select Format… from the context menu.
In the Format dialog:

Set File system to FAT32.
Leave Allocation unit size as Default.
Optionally set Volume label to MEMTEST.
Ensure Quick Format is checked.

Click Start, then OK

Question 5

🥗 Getting Started with Salad: System Requirements & Setup Guide

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Welcome! This guide will walk you through everything you need to get Salad running smoothly in your environment — from operating system and hardware requirements to virtualization and WSL installation. Let's dig in! 🍽️

🖥️ Operating System Requirements

Make sure your systems are running one of the following:

✅ Windows 10 (version 2004+, Build 19041+)
✅ Windows 11

🧰 Minimum Hardware Requirements

To ensure smooth performance with Salad, your machines should meet the following specs:

💾 Storage: 50 GB free space
🧠 RAM: 16 GB minimum (32 GB recommended!)
🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM
🌐 Bandwidth: Minimum 10 Mbps download speed

⚙️ Virtualization Requirements

Salad runs in a containerized environment and requires virtualization to be enabled in BIOS.

🔍 Check Virtualization Support

Reboot your machine and enter BIOS (usually by pressing Del, F2, or Esc on startup).
Look for Intel VT-x (Intel) or AMD-V (AMD).
Ensure virtualization is enabled ✅
Save and exit BIOS.

🏷️ Manufacturer-Specific Virtualization Guides

🛠️ Need help? Check these:

Does My PC Support Virtualization?
Enable Virtualization on Asus PCs
[Enable Virtualization by Motherboard: Gigabyte](https://support.salad.com/article/281-ena

Question 6

Games and Apps overview

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Overview of the functions within the "Games/Apps" page of the web admin.

What we have done with the games list is provided a large catalog of games and apps with many settings pre-selected including game art, launcher settings, etc. This is in an effort to allow you to get up and running faster when setting up your LAN gaming location, cybercafe, or esports center.

Here is an overview of the abilities of the Games area. To access it in the web administrator, go to Settings > Client configuration > Games/Apps.

Games and Apps Tab

Search games & app field

The search box allows you to filter down to the game that you would like to edit or enable/disable in the ggLeap.

All Games button

It will show all available catalogs of games and apps that are added to our library.

It does hide all other catalogs when you are trying to search for something.

Enabled Games button

Clicking this button will only show the games you have enabled to be available in the ggLeap client user interface.

Note: Clicking the slide toggle located on the top left of the game/app box art will set it to Disable.

Disabled Games button

Clicking this button will only show the g

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