windows 10 / 11

Does anyone have any tips for running Parallels Desktop on External Drive? I am a Mac M1 Max user and would like a small Windows Parallels set up, but would prefer this to be on an External drive as I wouldn't be using it every day. I have heard that this is now a thing, and that its possible...

Hello everyone, I've never used Parallels before. Currently I'm in the process of evaluating all my possible options for a new laptop, macOS vs. Windows etc. An important question for supporting my decision making process: - is it possible to connect an external Windows keyboard while using...

I'm finally getting Microsoft activation messages on my MBP running Win11 on an M1Pro Mac. I found an option on ZDNET that the article says works with Windows running under Parallels, but the license has this comment. The wording is strange, I'm not sure what it really means. The 'MS...

Hello, I have a subscription and am trying to use Toolbox on Windows (I use Virtualization on Mac) and am getting a message that Toolbox has been activated on 3 different machines and needs an additional license. I assure you, there is one machine with it, and only one. Can I have my...

Dear collective intelligence I have recently bought an expensive Windows 11 license to install on Parallels but the program I need does not behave as it should in Windows 11. Actually 2 software products I want to use on Windows do not seem to work. Neither "RS MINERVE" nor "R" in my Windows 11...

Hi y'all. I'm coming from being a proficient Mac/JetBrains IDE shortcut power user. Now that I'm (kinda) forced to use Parallel's Windows 11 VM I'm trying to quickly port over my shortcuts in my Mac JetBrains IDE (Rider) to the Windows version. I use a custom split keyboard running on QMK and my...

I am on a Mac with an Apple M1 chip. I tried to install parallels tools(windows 11), but when I click either Actions>Install P.T or click the yellow warning symbol> Install P.T, nothing happens at all. I have tried reinstalling the program, closing every other app other than Parallels, hard...

Hello, as nested virtualization is not available on apple silicone... Is it possible to leverage the docker engine running on mac os host machine using the docker cli running on windows virtual machine? I'm already running a sql container on mac and accessing it using ssms on windows. As a...

Hi everyone, I have installed Windows 11 with Parallels desktop 18.1 on my iMac M1, i wanted to try and play GTA5 but when the initial mission starts I get to the first explosion and then my whole VM crashes due to a critical graphic problem... Does anyone know how to solve this?

My full job is .net development on Visual Studio 2022. It goes from writing plugins for other .net applications (which will most likely run on windows machines) to write Azure Functions and asp.net core. My environment usually is: Windows 11 Visual Studio 2022 SQL Server SQL Server Management...

Bonjour, ça fait déjà quelques jours qu'il m'est impossible d'ouvrir parallels desktop sur mon pc Mac ! une fois que je clique sur parallels, il ouvre la fenêtre windows 10 et puis rien ne se passe --> l'écran est tout noir !!! et ça reste comme ça pendant des heures ! Malgré les plusieurs...

Windows 11 won't launch. Worked fine after update to 18.1.1 ... now nothing. Please help. Thank you.

Hello, I just got Parallels Desktop 18 to try it. I am trying to run Windows 11 and any apps installed in windows from a fast external ssd drive. I did figure out how to run Windows eleven from the SSD drive, but Parallels Desktop 18 keeps installing all the apps I install in windows on my...

I purchased Windows 10/11 Home in July 2022 and activated Windows 10 on Parallels and it is running fine on my intel Mac. Windows update never offered an option to update to Windows 11. I used the link in Parallels to install Windows 11 and it seems to work OK. I now have both Windows 10 and...

I downloaded the Windows 11 integrity checking tool and started it in my virtual win 10 machine. The results were as follows: the PC has to support a safe start TPM 2.0 has to be installed and activated I do not have a supported CPU My HD has to be > 64 GB (I have configured 64 GB !!)...

Wondering if anyone else has experienced not being able to escape the Windows 11 starting screen and if there is any resolution. Have forced kill and restarted and right back to the same Win 11 starting screen (12+ hours). Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Studio, M1 Max, 32

I have a power cable connected to MAcBook but according to Virtual Machine with Windows 11 I am on battery how to change it?

I have installed Windows 11 ARM64 Build 22598. I'm on a Macbook Air (M1, 2020) using Monterey (12.2.1) and the latest version of Parallels Desktop. The program I am trying to install is Articy 3 (l3.1.36.40212), but I get the following error when I try to run the installer executable: "This...

Somebody make already a problem description with screenshots. Test: Install Civ 4 Beyond the Sword, for example by Steam. When you start the game, the settlers and borders don't appear as they should. I don't know if it's a problem by the x86 emulation of Windows 1x or if it's a display...

A client of mine has a Mac Mini (m1 processor) and in order to run his accounting package he needed Windows, hence parallels. I installed Windows 11 Insider preview for ARM and all was fine until he came to produce reports and dicovered that the package also required Microsoft Office (Word...