diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8332aca..b9ac983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ patch --force --forward --backup -p0 --directory / --input "/absolute/path/to/pa
 If you want to revert the patch:
 `patch --force --reverse --backup -p0 --directory / --input "/absolute/path/to/patchfile.pm.patch"`
 
+After you apply the patch, you must restart the PVEdaemon to load the changes. If you do not restart it, Cloud-init will not work properly:
+`systemctl restart pvedaemon.service`
 
 If you want to apply the patch manually you can follow these steps: [Manual Patching](https://git.geco-it.net/c.soylu/Geco-cloudbase-init/src/branch/master/MANUALPATCH.md)
 
diff --git a/conf/cloudbase-init-unattend.conf b/conf/cloudbase-init-unattend.conf
index 8087ae8..7f1330f 100644
--- a/conf/cloudbase-init-unattend.conf
+++ b/conf/cloudbase-init-unattend.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 username=Administrator
 groups=Administrators
 inject_user_password=true
+first_logon_behaviour=false
 config_drive_raw_hhd=true
 config_drive_cdrom=true
 config_drive_vfat=true
diff --git a/conf/cloudbase-init.conf b/conf/cloudbase-init.conf
index 5ee67b4..aab14ab 100644
--- a/conf/cloudbase-init.conf
+++ b/conf/cloudbase-init.conf
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ username=Administrator
 groups=Administrators
 netbios_host_name_compatibility=true
 inject_user_password=true
-first_logon_behaviour=no
+first_logon_behaviour=false
 config_drive_raw_hhd=true
 config_drive_cdrom=true
 config_drive_vfat=true
-locations=cdroom
+locations=cdrom
 bsdtar_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\bsdtar.exe
 mtools_path=C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\bin\
 metadata_services=cloudbaseinit.metadata.services.configdrive.ConfigDriveService
diff --git a/powershell/sysprep.bat b/powershell/sysprep.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd958e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powershell/sysprep.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@Echo off
+cd "C:\Program Files\Cloudbase Solutions\Cloudbase-Init\conf"
+C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /unattend:Unattend.xml /shutdown
diff --git a/qemu-server-8.0.10/Cloudinit.pm.patch b/qemu-server-8.0.10/Cloudinit.pm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13aad26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu-server-8.0.10/Cloudinit.pm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+--- /usr/share/perl5/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm.orig   2023-11-25 12:19:52.306038610 +0000
++++ /usr/share/perl5/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm        2023-11-25 12:50:24.263059905 +0000
+@@ -167,13 +167,23 @@
+     $content .= "iface lo inet loopback\n\n";
+
+     my ($searchdomains, $nameservers) = get_dns_conf($conf);
++
++    ## support windows
++    my $ostype = $conf->{"ostype"};
++    my $default_dns = '';
++    my $default_search = '';
++    ##
++    my $dnsinserted = 0; # insert dns just once for the machine
++
+     if ($nameservers && @$nameservers) {
+        $nameservers = join(' ', @$nameservers);
+        $content .= "        dns_nameservers $nameservers\n";
++       $default_dns = $nameservers; # Support windows
+     }
+     if ($searchdomains && @$searchdomains) {
+        $searchdomains = join(' ', @$searchdomains);
+        $content .= "        dns_search $searchdomains\n";
++        $default_search = $searchdomains; # Support Windows
+     }
+
+     my @ifaces = grep { /^net(\d+)$/ } keys %$conf;
+@@ -193,6 +203,13 @@
+                $content .= "        address $addr\n";
+                $content .= "        netmask $mask\n";
+                $content .= "        gateway $net->{gw}\n" if $net->{gw};
++               ## Support Windows
++               if(PVE::QemuServer::windows_version($ostype) && not($dnsinserted)) {
++                   $content .= "        dns-nameservers $default_dns\n";
++                   $content .= "        dns-search $default_search\n";
++                   $dnsinserted++;
++               }
++               ##
+            }
+        }
+        if ($net->{ip6}) {
+@@ -211,19 +228,100 @@
+     return $content;
+ }
+
+-sub configdrive2_gen_metadata {
+-    my ($user, $network) = @_;
++# Get mac addresses of dhcp nics from conf file
++sub get_mac_addresses {
++    my ($conf) = @_;
++
++    my $dhcpstring = undef;
++    my @dhcpmacs = ();
++    my @ifaces = grep { /^net(\d)$/ } keys %$conf;
++
++    foreach my $iface (sort @ifaces) {
++        (my $id = $iface) =~ s/^net//;
++        my $net = PVE::QemuServer::parse_net($conf->{$iface});
++        next if !$conf->{"ipconfig$id"};
++        my $ipconfig = PVE::QemuServer::parse_ipconfig($conf->{"ipconfig$id"});
++
++        my $mac = lc $net->{macaddr};
++
++        if (($ipconfig->{ip}) and ($ipconfig->{ip} eq 'dhcp')){
++            push @dhcpmacs, $mac;
++        }
++    }
+
++    if (@dhcpmacs){
++        $dhcpstring = ",\n     \"dhcp\":[";
++        foreach my $mac (@dhcpmacs){
++            if ($mac != $dhcpmacs[-1]){
++                $dhcpstring .= "\"$mac\",";
++            }
++            else{
++                $dhcpstring .= "\"$mac\"]";
++            }
++        }
++    }
++    return ($dhcpstring);
++}
++
++
++sub configdrive2_gen_metadata {
++    my ($conf, $vmid, $user, $network) = @_;
++
++    # Get mac addresses of dhcp nics from conf file
++    my $dhcpmacs = undef;
++    $dhcpmacs = get_mac_addresses($conf);
++
++    # Get UUID
+     my $uuid_str = Digest::SHA::sha1_hex($user.$network);
+-    return configdrive2_metadata($uuid_str);
++
++
++    # Get hostname
++    my ($hostname, $fqdn) = get_hostname_fqdn($conf, $vmid);
++
++    # Get username, default to Administrator if none
++    my $username = undef;
++    if (defined($conf->{ciuser})){
++        my $name = $conf->{ciuser};
++        $username = ",\n        \"admin_username\": \"$name\""
++    }
++
++    # Get user password
++    my $password = $conf->{cipassword};
++
++    # Get ssh keys and make a list out of it in json format
++    my $keystring = undef;
++    my $pubkeys = $conf->{sshkeys};
++    $pubkeys = URI::Escape::uri_unescape($pubkeys);
++    my @pubkeysarray = split "\n", $pubkeys;
++    if (@pubkeysarray) {
++        my $arraylength = @pubkeysarray;
++        my $incrementer = 1;
++        $keystring =",\n     \"public_keys\": {\n";
++        for my $key (@pubkeysarray){
++            $keystring .= "        \"SSH${incrementer}\" : \"${key}\"";
++            if ($arraylength != $incrementer){
++                $keystring .= ",\n";
++            }else{
++                $keystring .= "\n     }";
++            }
++            $incrementer;
++        }
++    }
++
++    return configdrive2_metadata($password, $uuid_str, $hostname, $username, $keystring, $network, $dhcpmacs);
++
+ }
+
+ sub configdrive2_metadata {
+-    my ($uuid) = @_;
++    my ($password, $uuid, $hostname, $username, $pubkeys, $network, $dhcpmacs) = @_;
+     return <<"EOF";
+ {
+-     "uuid": "$uuid",
+-     "network_config": { "content_path": "/content/0000" }
++    "meta":{
++       "admin_pass": "$password"$username
++    },
++    "uuid":"$uuid",
++    "hostname":"$hostname",
++    "network_config":{"content_path":"/content/0000"}$pubkeys$dhcpmacs
+ }
+ EOF
+ }
+@@ -237,7 +335,7 @@
+     $vendor_data = '' if !defined($vendor_data);
+
+     if (!defined($meta_data)) {
+-       $meta_data = configdrive2_gen_metadata($user_data, $network_data);
++        $meta_data = configdrive2_gen_metadata($conf, $vmid, $user_data, $network_data);
+     }
+
+     # we always allocate a 4MiB disk for cloudinit and with the overhead of the ISO
diff --git a/qemu-server-8.0.10/Qemu.pm.patch b/qemu-server-8.0.10/Qemu.pm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2eed9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu-server-8.0.10/Qemu.pm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm.orig      2023-11-25 12:13:22.223284817 +0000
++++ /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm   2023-11-25 12:15:29.392184385 +0000
+@@ -1547,10 +1547,16 @@
+
+     my $skip_cloud_init = extract_param($param, 'skip_cloud_init');
+
++    # WINDOWS CLOUD-INIT MODIFICATION
++    my $conf = PVE::QemuConfig->load_config($vmid);
++    my $ostype = $conf->{ostype};
++
+     if (defined(my $cipassword = $param->{cipassword})) {
+        # Same logic as in cloud-init (but with the regex fixed...)
+-       $param->{cipassword} = PVE::Tools::encrypt_pw($cipassword)
+-           if $cipassword !~ /^\$(?:[156]|2[ay])(\$.+){2}/;
++        if (!(PVE::QemuServer::windows_version($ostype))) {
++            $param->{cipassword} = PVE::Tools::encrypt_pw($cipassword)
++                if $cipassword !~ /^\$(?:[156]|2[ay])(\$.+){2}/;
++        }
+     }
+
+     my @paramarr = (); # used for log message
diff --git a/qemu-server-8.0.8/Cloudinit.pm.patch b/qemu-server-8.0.8/Cloudinit.pm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13aad26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu-server-8.0.8/Cloudinit.pm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+--- /usr/share/perl5/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm.orig   2023-11-25 12:19:52.306038610 +0000
++++ /usr/share/perl5/PVE/QemuServer/Cloudinit.pm        2023-11-25 12:50:24.263059905 +0000
+@@ -167,13 +167,23 @@
+     $content .= "iface lo inet loopback\n\n";
+
+     my ($searchdomains, $nameservers) = get_dns_conf($conf);
++
++    ## support windows
++    my $ostype = $conf->{"ostype"};
++    my $default_dns = '';
++    my $default_search = '';
++    ##
++    my $dnsinserted = 0; # insert dns just once for the machine
++
+     if ($nameservers && @$nameservers) {
+        $nameservers = join(' ', @$nameservers);
+        $content .= "        dns_nameservers $nameservers\n";
++       $default_dns = $nameservers; # Support windows
+     }
+     if ($searchdomains && @$searchdomains) {
+        $searchdomains = join(' ', @$searchdomains);
+        $content .= "        dns_search $searchdomains\n";
++        $default_search = $searchdomains; # Support Windows
+     }
+
+     my @ifaces = grep { /^net(\d+)$/ } keys %$conf;
+@@ -193,6 +203,13 @@
+                $content .= "        address $addr\n";
+                $content .= "        netmask $mask\n";
+                $content .= "        gateway $net->{gw}\n" if $net->{gw};
++               ## Support Windows
++               if(PVE::QemuServer::windows_version($ostype) && not($dnsinserted)) {
++                   $content .= "        dns-nameservers $default_dns\n";
++                   $content .= "        dns-search $default_search\n";
++                   $dnsinserted++;
++               }
++               ##
+            }
+        }
+        if ($net->{ip6}) {
+@@ -211,19 +228,100 @@
+     return $content;
+ }
+
+-sub configdrive2_gen_metadata {
+-    my ($user, $network) = @_;
++# Get mac addresses of dhcp nics from conf file
++sub get_mac_addresses {
++    my ($conf) = @_;
++
++    my $dhcpstring = undef;
++    my @dhcpmacs = ();
++    my @ifaces = grep { /^net(\d)$/ } keys %$conf;
++
++    foreach my $iface (sort @ifaces) {
++        (my $id = $iface) =~ s/^net//;
++        my $net = PVE::QemuServer::parse_net($conf->{$iface});
++        next if !$conf->{"ipconfig$id"};
++        my $ipconfig = PVE::QemuServer::parse_ipconfig($conf->{"ipconfig$id"});
++
++        my $mac = lc $net->{macaddr};
++
++        if (($ipconfig->{ip}) and ($ipconfig->{ip} eq 'dhcp')){
++            push @dhcpmacs, $mac;
++        }
++    }
+
++    if (@dhcpmacs){
++        $dhcpstring = ",\n     \"dhcp\":[";
++        foreach my $mac (@dhcpmacs){
++            if ($mac != $dhcpmacs[-1]){
++                $dhcpstring .= "\"$mac\",";
++            }
++            else{
++                $dhcpstring .= "\"$mac\"]";
++            }
++        }
++    }
++    return ($dhcpstring);
++}
++
++
++sub configdrive2_gen_metadata {
++    my ($conf, $vmid, $user, $network) = @_;
++
++    # Get mac addresses of dhcp nics from conf file
++    my $dhcpmacs = undef;
++    $dhcpmacs = get_mac_addresses($conf);
++
++    # Get UUID
+     my $uuid_str = Digest::SHA::sha1_hex($user.$network);
+-    return configdrive2_metadata($uuid_str);
++
++
++    # Get hostname
++    my ($hostname, $fqdn) = get_hostname_fqdn($conf, $vmid);
++
++    # Get username, default to Administrator if none
++    my $username = undef;
++    if (defined($conf->{ciuser})){
++        my $name = $conf->{ciuser};
++        $username = ",\n        \"admin_username\": \"$name\""
++    }
++
++    # Get user password
++    my $password = $conf->{cipassword};
++
++    # Get ssh keys and make a list out of it in json format
++    my $keystring = undef;
++    my $pubkeys = $conf->{sshkeys};
++    $pubkeys = URI::Escape::uri_unescape($pubkeys);
++    my @pubkeysarray = split "\n", $pubkeys;
++    if (@pubkeysarray) {
++        my $arraylength = @pubkeysarray;
++        my $incrementer = 1;
++        $keystring =",\n     \"public_keys\": {\n";
++        for my $key (@pubkeysarray){
++            $keystring .= "        \"SSH${incrementer}\" : \"${key}\"";
++            if ($arraylength != $incrementer){
++                $keystring .= ",\n";
++            }else{
++                $keystring .= "\n     }";
++            }
++            $incrementer;
++        }
++    }
++
++    return configdrive2_metadata($password, $uuid_str, $hostname, $username, $keystring, $network, $dhcpmacs);
++
+ }
+
+ sub configdrive2_metadata {
+-    my ($uuid) = @_;
++    my ($password, $uuid, $hostname, $username, $pubkeys, $network, $dhcpmacs) = @_;
+     return <<"EOF";
+ {
+-     "uuid": "$uuid",
+-     "network_config": { "content_path": "/content/0000" }
++    "meta":{
++       "admin_pass": "$password"$username
++    },
++    "uuid":"$uuid",
++    "hostname":"$hostname",
++    "network_config":{"content_path":"/content/0000"}$pubkeys$dhcpmacs
+ }
+ EOF
+ }
+@@ -237,7 +335,7 @@
+     $vendor_data = '' if !defined($vendor_data);
+
+     if (!defined($meta_data)) {
+-       $meta_data = configdrive2_gen_metadata($user_data, $network_data);
++        $meta_data = configdrive2_gen_metadata($conf, $vmid, $user_data, $network_data);
+     }
+
+     # we always allocate a 4MiB disk for cloudinit and with the overhead of the ISO
diff --git a/qemu-server-8.0.8/Qemu.pm.patch b/qemu-server-8.0.8/Qemu.pm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0900513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qemu-server-8.0.8/Qemu.pm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm.orig      2023-11-25 12:13:22.223284817 +0000
++++ /usr/share/perl5/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm   2023-11-25 12:15:29.392184385 +0000
+@@ -1540,10 +1540,16 @@
+
+     my $skip_cloud_init = extract_param($param, 'skip_cloud_init');
+
++    # WINDOWS CLOUD-INIT MODIFICATION
++    my $conf = PVE::QemuConfig->load_config($vmid);
++    my $ostype = $conf->{ostype};
++
+     if (defined(my $cipassword = $param->{cipassword})) {
+        # Same logic as in cloud-init (but with the regex fixed...)
+-       $param->{cipassword} = PVE::Tools::encrypt_pw($cipassword)
+-           if $cipassword !~ /^\$(?:[156]|2[ay])(\$.+){2}/;
++        if (!(PVE::QemuServer::windows_version($ostype))) {
++            $param->{cipassword} = PVE::Tools::encrypt_pw($cipassword)
++                if $cipassword !~ /^\$(?:[156]|2[ay])(\$.+){2}/;
++        }
+     }
+
+     my @paramarr = (); # used for log message