Windows XP (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Since some days i've the following problem: when i start parallels on my MBP parallels gives me an alert where announces a new mac address for my ethernet adapter and the name of the virtual machine increases of 1, so that from Windows XP i'm arrived to Windows XP (1), then Windows XP (1) (1) .... Windows XP (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)... i can bet that tomorrow, when i will start parallels the name of the VM will be Windows XP (1) (1) (1) (1) (1). How can i fix this problem? Someone has the same problem?

 

I want to add in attachment the message that i caught at the startup

 

Did you try deleting all the other VM's so that there's only one remaining?

Or delete them all and create a new one.

Remember to keep any virtual hard disks (.hdd) from the VM's (.pvm) so you can use them in the new VM that you create.

What Mac network adapter are you using? What are the Network Adapter settings in the VM config?

 

There is only one VM and i don't want to delete and re-create him because i'm scared that after a re-creation it won't start anymore... and the VM is a Job-VM.
Anyway the configuration of the network adapter is represented in the following image .
Every day the situation is the following , a (1) is added when i start the VM the first time of the day...
Any solution?

 

The last picture shows two VM's. One of them you seem to be running (shows a screen shot of your windows desktop). The other has a question mark. I don't know what the question mark means.

Can you delete the one with the question mark and just use the one named Windows XP (1)? Right click the VM and select Remove. Move it to the trash. If you need it back, you can get it from the Trash.

Anyway, I don't think there are any options that can't break a VM if they're changed. But if you want to be careful when recreating a VM, then copy down the settings for each item in the General and Hardware tabs of the VM configuration before removing it.

 

I've already done what you suggest and yesterday in my VM List there was only Windows XP (i have deleted Windows XP (1) ,Windows XP (1)(1) ,Windows XP (1)(1) (1) ,Windows XP (1) (1) (1) (1) ,Windows XP (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) ).
This morning, when i started the VM Windows XP appears the message about the duplicated mac address and appears the question marked VM in the VM list, finally the Windows XP (1) VM has been created....
I can't understand the reason of this behavior... i tried also to re-generate the mac address, but i've got no success...

 

When you have one virtual machine in the Virtual Machine List, do you also have only one virtual machine in your ~/Documents/Parallels folder?

Check your config.pvs file in the .pvm. It should contain one <NetworkAdapter> that looks like this:

Code:

      <NetworkAdapter>
         <Index>0</Index>
         <Enabled>1</Enabled>
         <Connected>1</Connected>
         <EmulatedType>1</EmulatedType>
         <SystemName></SystemName>
         <UserFriendlyName></UserFriendlyName>
         <Remote>0</Remote>
         <AdapterNumber>-1</AdapterNumber>
         <AdapterName>Default Adapter</AdapterName>
         <MAC>001C429C45DD</MAC>
         <Router>0</Router>
         <DHCPUseHostMac>0</DHCPUseHostMac>
         <ForceHostMacAddress>0</ForceHostMacAddress>
         <VirtualNetworkID></VirtualNetworkID>
         <StaticAddress>0</StaticAddress>
         <PktFilter>
            <PreventPromisc>1</PreventPromisc>
            <PreventMacSpoof>1</PreventMacSpoof>
            <PreventIpSpoof>1</PreventIpSpoof>
         </PktFilter>
         <AutoApply>0</AutoApply>
         <ConfigureWithDhcp>0</ConfigureWithDhcp>
         <DefaultGateway></DefaultGateway>
         <DeviceDescription></DeviceDescription>
      </NetworkAdapter>

Note that there should be only one <MAC> in the entire file.

 

Possibly, this issue is being caused by starting the VM from an alias for the .PVM file.

I just encountered the same problem when I double clicked on the .PVM file in my Documents folder.
I found that you must start Parallels and then start the VM from Parallels.

Remove all the question marked VMs from the Parallels VM list except the active one, then stop that VM and open the configure dialog and rename it to your desired name.