windows 11 arm

Hello everyone, I have been testing Parallels Desktop on Apple Silicon Macs and wanted to share some observations regarding virtualization performance and system stability. Current experience: • Windows 11 ARM performs surprisingly well • RAM allocation is extremely important • Background...

I'm installing the May 12, 2026 Windows update, which is a large cumulative update. The update has now been running for about 10 hours. Is anyone else seeing unusually long install times for this update? Setup: • Windows 11 Pro ARM • Parallels Desktop 26.3.1 (57396) • macOS Tahoe 26.4.1 on Mac...

Hello, Installation has been straight forward and the system is configured as requested for the installation of the game (as well as Windows set to UK region). When I launch the game through the Steam interface the Ubisoft Connect window pops-up and closes again right away. I suspect a possible...

After I completed the Parallels 26.1.2 upgrade. Quickbooks Desktop Pro will no longer load files. Running a Windows 11 VM. Apple M4 Pro Anyone have this problem or have an idea what changed within the recent upgrade that would have broke things? The Quickbooks app loads fine, it's loading the...

Hi. I've tried searching for threads on my issue, but I haven't been able to find any, so forgive me if this is a repeat. Since upgrading to a silicon MacBook, when I force quit a macro running in Word in the Parallels ARM virtual machine, I am no longer able to rerun the macro or, indeed, any...

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...

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%.

Situation: Migration from M1 to M4 Mac (update from v.18 to v.20 of Parallels) both under MDM Host OS: Sequoia VM OS: Windows 11 Our team recently got a laptop refresh. We are standard version users. The information on moving a VM from one mac to another includes information about copying over...

Took me hours to find a figure out a fix for this so sharing in case it helps someone else! Summary: If you're using Windows 11 ARM (via Parallels) and get Error 193 when adding a 64-bit ODBC DSN, this guide walks you through creating a 32-bit DSN (Data Source Name), then converting it for...

I would like to use my YubiKey 5C NFC under Windows 11 ARM. However, when I connect it to my MacBook Air, Windows doesn't recognize it. I'm also not asked which system (Mac or Windows) the key should be used for. When I use a USB flash drive, I get the question. Can anyone help me get the Yubi...

I have been using parallels and quickbooks desktop pro for many years and quickbooks seems to run fine except for this one issue: Intuit Data Protect, the app inside quickbooks that allows automatic cloud updates, apparently cannot see the /drive file to back up. I get "Backup encountered...

I am trying to pass a USB Cadmouse to my Windows VM. It seems to connect to the VM but the cursor doesn't move. Though I can use the mouse and see things highlight, just no cursor movement at all. Is there a solution to this?

I upgraded Parallels to newest version and Windows11 ARM as well. Now the coherence mode is not useable anymore: - Windows start menu does not appear when I press dock icon (and your support chatbot is stupid). I have Stage Manager DISABLED. - Can't resize windows to be larger, it just does not...

I've installed Parallels and Windows 11 on my Mac M2 but Edge seems to be saying that my architecture is x64; it's sending that as the user agent. A side effect is that when I go to a web page like <https://docs.flutter.dev/install/archive>, it only shows me the x64 downloads. When I go to Edge...

I've been using Parallels pro for almost a year now, and among all virtualization solutions, it's probably the gold standard. But what I absolutely can't understand is why Parallels has such horrendous audio performance. I'm running the ARM version of Windows 11 on the latest Parallels 20. After...

I just bought a new M4 Max Mac Studio, and I moved my Parallels authorization over to my new computer. I'm just trying to create a fresh W11 VM, and every time I try, the same thing happens; it downloads W11 and goes through the install process, and then an error prompt appears with in the VM...

Dear Team, I am able to open all websites in Apple Safari however the same in the Google chrome browser inside the Windows VM takes a considerable amount of time. I am running all this on a Macbook M4 Max 128 GB RAM. Please let me know on how to get similar speed inside the windows VM on Mac...

Windows 11 ARM x64 vm running on MacBook Pro m4 Pro, just updated from 20.2.2 to 20.3.0, now the Windows Start menu is broken. It fails to open for periods of time after multiple clicks, then sometimes decides to open. This is new with 20.3.0. I reinstalled Parallels tools a couple of times...

I have the appropriate sharing settings turned on but my Windows VM just doesn't appear in the Network list on Finder. It used to when I first created the VM, but now its vanished and cannot get it back. (Parallels 20)