Dual monitor problem with CAD program

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by janmci, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. janmci

    janmci Member

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    I was having lots of problems with a CAD program running extremely slowly (here), and I stumbled on the answer by accident - the program works perfectly as soon as I unplugged the second display.

    I don't have "Use multiple displays" ticked in the Coherence prefs, so that's not it.

    Is this a known problem? Are there any workarounds? (2 monitors are extremely convenient)

    Thanks in advance for suggestions.

    MacPro dual core 2.66 Xeon
    2GB RAM
    Parallels Build 5584
    XP Pro SP2
     
    janmci, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. Alicia

    Alicia Parallels Team

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    Hello,

    please, try to increase video memory for the VM. Will it help?
     
    Alicia, Feb 18, 2008
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  3. classen

    classen Bit poster

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    Sorry to hijack the thread.

    I'm also using a memory intensive 3D CAD program and have tried to increase the video memory, but this causes the Windows XP VM to only boot in safe mode.

    I am using 16mb, but would like to allocate as much as possible. Why can I not increase the video memory?
     
    classen, Mar 17, 2008
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