Qubes Windows Tools (QWT) were removed from Qubes OS ( replaced with a dummy placeholder file ) due to potential risk of QWT being compromised . I want to make clear, if possible: What is plan for this situation? How long will it take to make QWT available again? Dates, releases? How users are expec…

You could get a physically separate Windows computer to compartmentalize your Windows dependencies; they are a dime a dozen.

Perhaps you could also build the compromised Xen component from source and then QWT. But I don’t know how complicated that will be. But I agree it that it’s an unfortunate situation. Also, super happy to see a cyber security professional using Qubes. Given that in this profession you’re already at…

The issue with Windows not working properly on Qubes OS R4.2 should be indeed addressed sooner. It is one of major features of the Qubes OS, that is broken that much first time in its history. Also we should take into account the fact that user cannot use VirtualBox or other software to run Windows…

Perhaps you could also build the compromised Xen component from source and then QWT. But I don’t know how complicated that will be. But I agree it that it’s an unfortunate situation. Also, super happy to see a cyber security professional using Qubes. Given that in this profession you’re already at…

You could get a physically separate Windows Thank for your proposed solution, but unfotunately this wont work for me. While this is the approach i took for my personal system(s), in a corporate setting it does not work that way. I have one company issued laptop and i am pretty certain that my I…

@HardcodedNonce You can consider using RDP from another qube as a quick workaround.

You can consider using RDP from another qube as a quick workaround. Thank you very much! This is a great idea that would work basically flawlessly for me from an usability perspective and would offer enough security.

I hope I don’t get flamed for ignorance but I have Windows 7 and 10 running on Qubes 4.2. (as stand-alone HVM) I have been running Qubes as my daily driver since 2018 so I have a pretty high tolerance for experimentation. I read that Windows with QWT, would not run in 4.2 but since I had been runn…

[image] estoner: If anyone @Gweck could enlighten me on why I seem to have full Windows functionality on 4.2 please do. Is it maybe because its a stand-alone HVM qube? If you have installed QWT before, when the Windows qube was running on Qubes R4.1, then it wouldn’t suddenly lose QWT capabil…

I did pretty much the same thing estoner did, and I did so last night. (I’m glad I remembered to back up the template and appvm before I decided to upgrade my desktop machine! Thanks to this topic I was reminded of it. I don’t use the windows qube often, but when I do I absolutely need it.) Unfo…

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QWT (support for Windows in Qubes OS) is not available anymore. When will this be solved?

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