parallels

I am very frustrated with Microsoft right now. I currently have a Macbook Pro with Retina Display and want to install Windows 8.1 in virtual box. I went to the MS website and was a little confused about the options so I started a live chat for help. They told me to purchase the Windows 8 Pro and...

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Hi I have an imac running windows 7 pro via parallels and so far it's been almost a year with zero issues but lately whenever I shut down the windows 7 side it just stalls at the shut down screen. I have left it on overnight returning in the morning still spinning saying shutting down. I read...

Three points of happiness that I got out of this combination seem to be very decent speed, excellent graphics, and a very decent amount of free memory after bootup. Also should add the Windows 7 backup across network drives seems very nice, as well as copy and move files. Even with 8 gig's...

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I work on a Mac. Recently (for online business purposes) I purchased Parallels in order to download Windows 7 Home Premium. This is where my problems started. I am a South African working in Korea. I could not download Windows 7 because I was told that my purchase would not be valid for that...

I have seen this problem before in other threads but my problem is that my computer won't even start up now. I am running Parallels 6.0 on my Macbook Pro and I have Windows 7 Ultimate installed. When I downloaded the Service Pack 1 update, everything was fine until I tried to reboot and my...

I have read other posts about this same issue but I can't even get windows to open up now. When I try to boot, it asks to do sysem restore and then it says it can't be restored, and when I try to boot windows normally, it goes through the update and stops around 140,000 out of 320,000 and says...

I have a problem which goes like this. When I click on Outlook 2010, I get an error that says that Outlook.pst (I believe) is not an Outlook data file. So I am curious what I can do to fix this problem? I tried reinstalling Office, and that does not work, nor does deleting the offending file...

I recently installed Windows 7 64-bit on my iMac using Parallels Desktop for Mac. The install went smoothly. But I've run into an issue now: Any time that I try and use a program that has embedded HTML (i.e. it calls an html file in the program file directory to display some information within...

A new version of Parallels Server for Mac adds automation and support for newer operating systems. Parallels Server for Mac 4.0 provides host and guest support for Mac OS X 10.6 Server, plus guest support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Linux and older versions of Windows are still...

Well I had no issues either installing Windows XP under Parallels, or after getting it installed. Everything works pretty much as planned. This is installed on the Macbook 2.4ghz. . It's obviously better than emulation has ever been but, it still leaves a lot to be desired. It's no PC for...

The software maker says Parallels software, aimed at easing the upgrade to Windows 7, is likely to cause users to violate Microsoft's licensing terms. Compare your salary Use the IT salary benchmark wizard and know the average salary differences between different job functions. Join...

Hi, I've 7 on the VM (Parallels) on macbookpro. I see the BT device on the Mac OS - it can easily connecting other devices(for example telephon Nokia). There is a problem in Windows 7 The device(BT) do not see at all in device manager. I have downloaded all the updates.

I'm getting an Error 1935 when I try to install MS Office Access 2007 on my Mac Mini. My machine is running Snow Leopard 10.6.x, Parallels 5, and Windows 7. I do not have a full version of Office just a full version of Access. When I go to the Control Panel it doesn't seem like the...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Note: This article is adapted from Windows 7 Secrets Chapter 2: Installing and Upgrading to Windows 7 --Paul When Apple switched its desirable Macintosh computers from the aging Power PC architecture to Intel's PC-compatible x86 platform in 2006, the computing...

I've seen on other sites people complaining about not having any sound after install Windows 7 under Parallels. The fix is to do the following: 1. Make sure you've updated Parallels to the latest version 4.3180. 2. Make sure you've installed the Parallels Tools pack. 3. From the Control Panel...

None of my PCs will run the premium version of Vista as they are configured leaving me at a crossroads:( . As I move to dual processor system, should I stick with Windows and go Vista? Or since I have to buy a new computer anyway, should I go with a Mac? I'm not much of a PC gamer (I prefer my...