V5 and XP, does it work?

I am new to the Mac, but not new to visualization. So far I have not managed to install Windows XP into a VM, it just sits there and appears to have hung on installing drivers.

So am I wasting my time trying to get XP to run? Please do not suggest Windows 7 as I have another machine running that, it's XP I need for some legacy apps.

Regards Paul.

 

I downloaded the trial, and installed XP without any issues.

Install CD was XP w/ SP3

 

Thanks for the reply. It seems that the problem I have is dotted all round this board, but not one definitive answer to the problem. Mine sits at installing device drivers at about 35% , I have followed nearly every post there is on this one. The only thing left to try is SP3 slipstreamed in. Have however a fully working XP in Vmware as well as virtualbox. And yes I am running the demo too. Shame as I had always had a lot of respect for Virtuozo on servers but parallels seems somewhat quirky, and the support when they are trying to sell it to you none existent.

Regards

 

Hi Paul,
please check if this Knowledgebase article helps you: http://kb.parallels.com/en/6421