activation

Hi everyone, I recently purchased and installed Parallels Desktop 17 on my M1 MacBook Pro. When I ran Parallels Desktop it automatically gave me the option to download and install Windows 11 Home edition, which I did. I didn't (need to) sign up for the Windows Insider program or anything. Of...

I have installed windows 11 pro insider preview on my M1 iMac, but will the insider preview expired? When I do a winver, on the edition page is says the effective date till 2022/09/16 2:05AM Will my windows not able to use after this date?

Hi guys. I am running Windows 10 ARM via Parallels on an M1 Macbook. I intend to use it to stream games. However, there is an "activate Windows" watermark in the bottom right of the screen. My question is: how do I acquire an activation code? Do I have to pay for this experimental version of...

I bought Parallels Desktop For Mac Business Edition in July 2021 and since then I'm having troubles with Windows 10. I see 'Activate Windows' on the bottom right corner of my desktop. I entered my Windows product key as provided by my institution, I get the a message saying 'The product key...

Hello, I have had Windows 10 activated on my M1 Mac Mini ever since your update allowed ARM systems to run it. However, since having to use Time Machine yesterday to roll back my machine, and then re-updating Parallels afterwards, Windows 10 is no longer activated and won't transfer the licence...

I have a legacy 2x RAS license and when I try its conversion to be able to activate it I get no KEY to install. I have read and followed the steps in the Knowledgebase. Can anyone help on what to do in this case?

I put a fresh copy of Parallels on a new M1 Air. I downloaded and installed the M1 preview build, which is Win 10 pro. How do I activate it? If I buy Win 10 pro, does that come with an activation key that I can enter? As it is it's pretty useless because I can't "personalize" or customize...

Hi ... I've recently purchased desktop for Mac on Macbook pro 13" M1, I found out that windows is not activated and when I attempt to activate it using my product key, it says that "some of these characters can't appear in the product key" such as the letter S. Please help ..

Can I remind you Maria, that YOU asked me to raise my problem with information in a PM. I have done that twice now, yet days go by between replies. What is the matter with you? How can any problem - which by the way is entirely of Parallels' doing - be resolved if you either cannot or will not...

Hi Maria You asked me to send you a PM regarding activation problems. I did, but you haven't replied. What do I have to do to get you to reply to your "conversations"? Patiently... so far...

Does anyone know how to do this? I have my product key, and I haven't deleted my Boot Camp partition yet. I tried deactivating that BC install and then trying to activate the Parallels one, and it fails and fails. Help?

I've spent days installing my MacOS (Mavericks) on an external SSD prior to cloning back to my Mac as a leaner meaner quicker system. The time is taken up by copying across all my applications (I have many) with their support folders and preferences. Some applications launch straight off but...

I've spent days installing my MacOS (Mavericks) on an external SSD prior to cloning back to my Mac as a leaner meaner quicker system. The time is taken up by copying across all my applications (I have many) with their support folders and preferences. Some applications launch straight off but...

I am running P10 successfully on my Mac, but having copied all the files to an external version of the same OS, it won't launch as on the Mac but asks for Activation. I can't find an activation key but in the "licenses.xml" file it says the key is...

I've spent days installing my old MacOS (Mavericks) on an external SSD prior to cloning back to my Mac as a leaner meaner quicker system. The time is taken up by copying across all my applications (I have many) with their support folders and preferences. Some applications launch straight off but...

Hi. Every time I try to activate my Parallels account on a new mac, I get this error message: "This key cannot be used to activate parallels desktop". There is no information anywhere as to what the issue is. If I could get some help that would be appreciated!

I bought a new license key but during the installation and activation, the message "the license key is already registered in a different account" appears and I can not activate it, as showed in image linked to this post.

I was having trouble getting my Windows 10 Pro to activate in Parallels like so many other folks around this forum and around the web. I didn't find any other solution other than to go ahead and purchase another license while in Parallels to get rid of the non authentic Windows message and...

Hi, I bought Parallels 16 through the App Store and it installed and activated without problem. Now I've had to reinstall MacOS on the same Macbook (I did not deactivate my license on the previous install). Even though I'm logged into iCloud before installing Parallels, clicking "Restore...

I purchased a Windows 10 Pro license from a 3rd party vendor (not MS) and have been completely unable to activate my copy of Windows 10 Pro. The vendor has had me try multiple licenses, and none of them work. We are at our wits' end. The message I get from Windows is that my license is...