Cannot enable Kubernetes on Docker Desktop (Windows 11 Pro)

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I am a Docker newbie, and I’ve been pursuing this issue for two days now. Whenever I attempt to enable Kubernetes in Docker Desktop Settings I get the following error.

{"message":"starting kubernetes: pulling images: pulling from host: pulling tag \"registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.30.2\": Error response from daemon: Head \"https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/docker/desktop-kubernetes-apiserver/manifests/v1.30.2\": unauthorized: incorrect username or password"}

Of course, ‘Kubernetes failed to start’ comes immediately after this.

I can successfully login to Docker Desktop and to the Docker Hub, but obviously the daemon is using different credentials. I’ve been unable to find any information on how to correct this. Any tips would be appreciated.

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I tried to download the image manually. It doesn’t require authentication, but you were not the first with this problem.

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Thank you. That worked. Although I had seen this in my earlier searches, I hadn’t realized these were Docker Terminal (PowerShell) commands (the ‘%’ prefix is a little foreign to me).