Windws 10/11 Guest Confusion

[RobinK]

Host System:

Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.4
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 5.14.21-150400.24.38-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2

Output of <VboxManage –version> is:

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7.0.4_SUSEr154605

Output of <VboxManage list extpacks> is:

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Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:        7.0.4
Revision:       154605
Edition:        
Description:    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe, full VM encryption.
VRDE Module:    VBoxVRDP
Crypto Module:  VBoxPuelCrypto
Usable:         true
Why unusable:   

Problem:

I cloned a VM running Windows 10 guest and successfully upgraded it online to Windows 11. But the VirtualBox Manager (the GUI) reports under the General heading that although the VM is named “Windows 11”, the Operating System is “Windows 10(64-bit)”. Yet it boots to what is without doubt Windows 11, not 10.

I don’t understand this. Do I need to do anything about it, and if so, what?

[mpack]

VirtualBox is telling you the name of the guest OS template you assigned. It will continue to tell you that regardless of which OS you actually install.

[RobinK]

Thank you. I'd mistakenly assumed the "Operating System" entry would have been a result of detection by the system rather than something assigned by the user.

Never mind. I've since found that I can change it by going to Settings > General > Version and selecting the dropdown list "Windows 11(64-bit)" there.

All good. Panic over.