parallels desktop 20

I am using Ventura 13.7.8 on a iMac 2017. I installed parallels desktop 20 I am using Windows 11 as virtual machine. I am using a rapoo 9300M keyboard german. Problem: I do not get a @ sign. I get a €. So in case of @ it does not work while in case of € ist does not work. I do not get the sign...

I still use Windows 11 23 H2 as virtual machine because 3D performance is better than with 24H2. However with the Cumulative windows update from august, the performance in Passmark Performance test 11.1 drops significantly from 8850 to 5160! 2D graphics are down from 1385 to 682! How can we...

I have a Windows 11 ARM VM running on Parallels Desktop (20.4.1) on my MacBook M4. The VM is set up to use Bridged Networking When I access the VM from Parallels on the M4 I can see the shared Mac folders and I have a "Mac Files" shortcut on the desktop. But.. If I use Remote Desktop to access...

Hallo, ich wollte heute unter Windows 11 Pro ARM Bitlocker aktivieren und zusätzlich eine Bitlocker-PIN Eingabe beim Hochfahren erzwingen. Das Einrichten von Bitlocker hat wunderbar funktioniert. Jedoch wird beim Starten von Windows 11 nach keiner PIN gefragt. Das System startet direkt durch...

After upgrading to the latest version, I am having the following problem on my ARM Mac. I use Cisco VPN within my Windows 11 ARM. At some point, networking in MacOS will be blocked and my ExpressVPN will disconnect, and I will not be able to connect to the Internet at all. This usually seems...

Running Ubuntu 24.04 in parallels desktop 20 (offy image). The thing continuously keep messing up with the mouse cursor, after a short while there are patches (squares) at the bottom -sometimes left, sometimes right- where the mouse stops working, left, right button or scrollwheel. Then it also...

After updating to this latest version, I have terrible network issues. My host has no IP-adress in the 10.211.55.x range (bridge100 has no IP). My guest OS homestead gets the address 10.211.55.4 but I cannot reach it via ssh. My guest macOS gets no address at all. I reinstalled everything with...

Parallels prompted me to upgrade this evening and after the update I received an error that Parallels cannot access the microphone and camera due to macOS privacy restrictions. I disabled/enabled the toggles in System Preferences but that didn't fix the issue. I used the tccutil utility to reset...

I have purchased and installed Parallels Desktop 20 on my MacBook Pro 16" 2019 back in May 2025. So far I have installed Windows 11 using the inbuilt options in Parallels. I have not activated Windows at this time. I have tried several times to install Parallels Toolbox after launching "Install...

Windows 11 ARM VM takes 100% cpu (4cores 400% in mac) even during windows rebooting and ready-for-login state. After login the cpu usage is the still high even no any app started. The detai list of task manager show no process using much CPU, but performance tab shows 58% cpu usage overall in...

Hello Everyone. MacBook Pro M3 Max 36GB Ram Sonoma 14.6.1 Parallels, Desktop Pro Version 20.4.0 (55980) I run an application called Rhino on my Mac using a windows VM through parallels. It runs great. So does the Rhino Cam plug-in. However, recently I tried to install a trial plug-in...

Hi all, I'm using a Mac Mini M4 Pro and Parallels Desktop 20 (Pro Edition). I'm experiencing a peculiar problem with my Windows 11 VM on my Mac. Normally, when the VM is running and I connect an external USB disc drive, my Mac correctly detects it and prompts me to choose whether to connect it...

For reference, I'm on macOS 26 Beta 3 (25A5306g) on a 2024 MacBook Pro. For some reason I'm unable to install Parallels via the Automatic Installer. It just gets stuck at this screen forever and will not continue. I obviously do have internet, I've tried everything I could think of. Using a VPN...

Setup: Apple Silicon Parallels Pro 20.4.0 Windows 11 for ARM VM, updated to latest Windows updates/release 8 vCPUs, 24GB RAM for the VM (my machine has 14 cores and 48GB RAM) I have been having this pesky problem. I leave my Mac running all the time and most of the time I leave the VM running...

Operating system: Mac OS Hardware: MacBook M3 64GB ram VM: Windows 11 Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631 Since the last update to Parallels Version 20.4.0 (55980) windows virtual machine shows Task Manager running continuaously at 60%.

Hi - Macbook Pro M3, latest Sequoia 15.5, latest Parallels build, just loaded Windows 23H2 July update. Everything seemed to work fine - but I noticed that the machine was still pegged (fan running, temp high). I rebooted the mac, booted back into Parallels/Win11, and it ended up with the...

I am running Parallels Version 20.4.0 (55980) on macOS 15.5 (24F74) which in turn runs a macOS VM which is also 15.5. Host is running an M4 with 32GB RAM. I find that the microphone and sound sometimes works in the macOS VM, sometimes not. And I've never managed to get the camera working in the...

I just read in the release notes for 20.4.0 that this feature has been eliminated. I am one of the users who does set a manual configuration for my Windows VM - I have a program that does use plenty of CPU/memory, so I often assign it 10 CPU's and 64 gb of memory (I have 96 gb of memory on a M3...

Hello! The situation is that most games I play via Steam doesn't work in Parallels (or work with major visual glitches) compared to running the same games via CrossOver (including DX11 games). I am on Apple Silicon M4 Max MacOS 15.5, running Windows 11 VM. Is it the limitation of Parallels? or...

Hi Anyone having the same issue? When starting my win11 vm it crashes and throughs an error report. I've tried to install a new win11 via the wizard and it does the same thing. I'm running Parallels 20 on MacBook Pro M1 with Sequoia 15.5 Thanks