Can't connect to server

Hi,

I'm a new Parallels user — just trying the demo to see if Parallels will work for us. I've immediately hit a snag. We're running a Windows Server here in the office and I can easily connect to it on the Mac OS side of things — the server name just pops up in the Finder (Go -> Network). However, I've installed Windows 7 under Parallels, it connects to the internet happily (so it's picking up our office WiFi) but I cannot for the life of me find the Windows Server when I'm in Windows. The only network place windows can find is "psf", which I gather is something to do with parallels. Is there some setting I'm missing in Parallels that will let me connect to the Windows Server?

Thanks. (And sorry if it's an obvious newbie question).

Andy

 

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Thanks for the reply! It wasn't the internet I was having problems with, but connecting to a Windows Server on our local area network. All it's shared drives show perfectly in the Mac OS Finder; all I have under "Network" in Windows Explorer is something called "pfs". Banging my head still on this one — it reminds me why I switched to Mac in the first place

Thanks for the KB article. Unfortunately, when I click the link it helpfully tells me "You can't see internal articles". Any thoughts?

Many thanks for any suggestions.

 

My bad on the Kb article. Have you tried creating a Support request? http://parallels.com/support

 

Hmmmm ... they want a support code, which I believe they want to charge me for. Given that I'm trying to evaluate the software to see if it meets our needs before we buy some licenses, I'm not inclined to pay them to submit what is either (a) a bug report or (b) a major documentation hole.

That PC is probably going to have to remain in the corner of the office, alas. I may also give VMWare a go, too.

Thanks for your advice and suggestions. Much appreciated!

- Andy

 

What are the specs on the Windows Server?