Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3120 RC1 is available for download.

dkp · Jan 15, 2007

dm3 said:
What does "Parallels Desktop now shares the entire Mac file structure between OS X and Windows - no more worrying about which copy of the file is the most recently updated!" mean?

The biggest advantage of running Mac OS X is that I don't need to worry about viruses harming my files. I like that the Windows VM does NOT have access to my Mac files. If I get a virus in Windows, it cannot hurt the Mac.

Is this description now saying that my Windows box has access to my Mac OS X files so that a virus can run rampant throughout my filesystem? Can I prevent this wide open access?

Yes to all. You can disable the option in the Parallels configuration editor. This must be done before the guest is started. Use Edit->virtual machine->shared folders->uncheck global shared folders.

Lenny · Jan 15, 2007

Windows Vista

Does this release support Windows Vista?

Lenny · Jan 15, 2007

Windows Vista

Are planning to support Windows Vista for your final build? I used this RC and install Windows Vista with it. The installation went well. But, once I shut down Windows Vista and brought down virtural machine, I was not able to bring up Windows Vista in virtaul machine. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

rjgebis · Jan 15, 2007

Linux RH 4 2.6.9-34.EL after boot on MBP 17" 2G RAM allocated 256 MB RAM to Linux , Parallels Memory set to Automatic takes about 40-50%. CPUon Both cores in MAC. I am booting linux in init 3 and I did turned of as many services as possible. Linux shows idle 99-100%

Looks like Windows, Linux and Solaris has the same problem. Please Please fix this as reported by other people in this thread. The battery go down really really fast.

Bruce58 · Jan 15, 2007

New parallels corrects ActiveSync?

Hi Tim,

Sorry to bother you. new parallels user,,, removed Boot Camp because of issues, especially with External Monito reliability.

paralles is super so far, however

I am having one problem with parallels:

Active Sync, used in Windows to sync a Dell Axim x5 Pocket PC.

Does not connect all the time and when it does and launches sync, Windows does a re-boot.

Any ideas? It's Active Sync 3.7

thanks again,

bruce
585-314-4401

RobertRenneker · Jan 15, 2007

Cannot get Windows XP running?

I am a new Parallels Desktop for Mac user, I bought and installed both 1970 and XP... worked fine.

Now, I want to run 3120. It seems to install okay, but when I try to install XP, I get: (black screen)

"Boot from hard drive ... failed"
"Boot from CD/DVD-ROM drive... failed"
"Boot from floppy drive... "
"Non-System disk or disk error"

It's the same disk I just installed in 1970! I've tried every combination of Uninstalling everything and re-installing... Windows XP won't run for me using 3120.

Anybody help?

drval · Jan 15, 2007

RobertRenneker said:
I am a new Parallels Desktop for Mac user, I bought and installed both 1970 and XP... worked fine.

Now, I want to run 3120. It seems to install okay, but when I try to install XP, I get: (black screen)

"Boot from hard drive ... failed"
"Boot from CD/DVD-ROM drive... failed"
"Boot from floppy drive... "
"Non-System disk or disk error"

It's the same disk I just installed in 1970! I've tried every combination of Uninstalling everything and re-installing... Windows XP won't run for me using 3120.

Anybody help?

Use the Parallels Disk Image tool to make an ISO image of the CD and use that instead of the physical CD during the installation procedure.

RobertRenneker · Jan 15, 2007

Holy Tamole, I hope it's intutitive (never did that before) I'll try,, thanks drval.

RobertRenneker · Jan 15, 2007

Okay,, used Parallels Image Tool to create ISO of Windows XP disk on my Desktop -no problem.

Now... open Parallels --> Windows Express Installation --> OS Installation Assistant.. can't go any further because "ISO" is grayed out and I cannot select it?

drval · Jan 15, 2007

RobertRenneker said:
Okay,, used Parallels Image Tool to create ISO of Windows XP disk on my Desktop -no problem.

Now... open Parallels --> Windows Express Installation --> OS Installation Assistant.. can't go any further because "ISO" is grayed out and I cannot select it?

You need to use Custom not Express.

RobertRenneker · Jan 15, 2007

Used Custom, nope... still unable to select ISO at OS Installation Assistant dialog box; still grayed out.

(The ISO file doesn't have any extension on the desktop. What extension do ISO files usually have, what should it be.. why doesn't mine??)

drval · Jan 15, 2007

RobertRenneker said:
Used Custom, nope... still unable to select ISO at OS Installation Assistant dialog box; still grayed out.

(The ISO file doesn't have any extension on the desktop. What extension do ISO files usually have, what should it be.. why doesn't mine??)

I don't know why yours doesn't have an ISO extension but I would think that it should.

Try the Disk Image tool again and make certain it completes.

dkp · Jan 15, 2007

RobertRenneker said:
Used Custom, nope... still unable to select ISO at OS Installation Assistant dialog box; still grayed out.

(The ISO file doesn't have any extension on the desktop. What extension do ISO files usually have, what should it be.. why doesn't mine??)

The common extension is .iso. If yours doesn't have this as an extension you can easily rename it with the Mac Finder tool.

murex · Jan 15, 2007

I've used a vmware image and import it to parallels. Everything worked fine except file sharing. When i open the \\pms link on my desktop i see the shared folders but i can't access them. Luckily i can map it as an external drive from Windows. Is there a workaround for this?

photo · Jan 16, 2007

drval · Jan 16, 2007

Have you sent any of these to [email protected]?

photo · Jan 16, 2007

My own ones, yes. It is a good idea - I'll send the lot this time!

chemLL1 · Jan 16, 2007

Ditto on no recognition of external drive with 3120

lundrigan said:
I have installed RC and all seems to be working fine except I cannot get any of my external drives (I have tried 3 different drives) to actually show up in My Computer or Disk Management. I can see the drivers have propely loaded and are recognized, it just never assigns a drive letter and makes it accessbile. Since this is a bootcamp install of windows I can boot into windows and the dirves is recognized just fine.

Any help would be appreciated. If there is additional information necessary to troubleshoot, please let me know.

Pete

I've experienced the same problem - upon updated to 3120 external USB drive doesn't show up in My Computer or Disk Management. No problem when using beta3.

LSL

Doobla · Jan 16, 2007

misterjangles said:
It's helpful that you posted your test was only 4 hours. I do have the crashing problem but it doesn't occur usually until over 12 hours or more. if you're an "always on" type of user then it's still not really usable because it crashes at least once per day.

I use Parallels in the same way as you and while in the last beta release I had the crashing problem about once per day, I no longer have this problem with the latest release.

Doobla · Jan 16, 2007

ChrisF1 said:
Absolutely love the software. Just a few glitches/bugs to speak of. System is a MBP 2.33 w/2GB RAM, 120GB HD. XP is installed thru Parallels and I am not using Boot camp.

1. After editing the VM to automatically launch XP and then shut down the Parallels app when XP is shutdown, I now have a Catch 22 for adjusting these settings since they can only be edited when the VM is shutdown or dormant. Since Parallels auto shuts down on XP shutdown, I can't edit it.

2. When I launch the VM, I get the quick launch and launguage toolbars on the XP task bar. I then uncheck language bar, shut down the VM and reboot it and the language tool bar comes back...every time. It's as if XP is not retaining my settings.

3. I installed MSFT Activesync 4.2 so I can sync my Moto Q with Outlook. When I plug in my Q to the MBP USB port, I get the usual ding DING (USB recognition sound), but it does not properly recognize the Q so it can connect and sync.

Would love answers and or suggestions for any fixes, workarounds for these. If they are still pending bugs, would love to know that too.

Thanks

In regards to #2, this is a common thing on Windows XP. Every Windows XP install I have ever used that has Office installed simply will not let me turn off the language bar permanently. I don't think this is Parallels related at all.