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In a Windows Virtual Machine on Parallels 19.2.1 (54832), using applications (not games) the mouse pointer is offset vertically, which is maddening - by approximately one line. When clicking on a line, the previous line is selected. Switching to the "gaming" mouse mode fixes the offset, but...

Hi All thinking about getting an Apple desktop, ideally I'd like to run Parallels but have two seperate environments, one for work and one for personnel use. A few questions: 1. Can I have 2 seperate windows environments that don't share any information? 2. Do I need 2 seperate windows licences...

I can no longer print to Mac printers from Win XP. What is a work around since all the posts say that "Show Page Setup Before Printing" has been been removed from parallels?

I have Windows on my PC but just got Parallels on the Mac .Do I have to buy another Windows for the Mac?

I'm unable to see Windows 11 Pro for Workstation as an option when trying to install Windows in PD19. Does anyone know how to do it so I can choose it as an option in PD? I can't find a copy of the iso to manually install as well. Any idea how to get it installed?

Windows 11 N - What's The 'N' for? I believe it has something to do with having the multimedia features stripped out. Seeking a better explanation / clarification.

I am running Parallels Desktop 19 on a MBP (M1 Max, 32GB Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.1.2). I have a Windows 11 VM, nothing massive, around 60GB size. Up until today it ran great. However today Parallels starts up unresponsive with the spinning color wheel. It responds to nothing but force quit...

How to pin the Desktop to the Quick Access bar in Windows 11? When I drag a link to the Desktop, it isn't added to the QA bar.

Hi, I'm new to the Windows on ARM virtualization thing and cannot seem to find a definitive answer to my question; Can I run Visio and MS-Project? I cannot use 3rd party apps since I need 100% compatibility with file exchange and access to the MS-Project Server. Your direction and hints are...

Hello everyone I have - iMac 2012, i7 - MacOS Catalina (10.15.7) - Parallels Desktop 18 Mac (version 18.3.2 (53621) - Windows 10 My problem is: I have hardware with FireWire on the Windows 10 side. Now the Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter from Apple (original) is still not visible. And this...

Hi, Today I found that my Windows 11 for ARM VM can not open any USB drives. It is visible in device manager but not in Windows Explorer. Any idea how to fix it? BR Arek

Hi, The shared network is not working on Windows 11 ARM virtual machine. When changing to Bridge mode, the internet works normally. Report ID: 440190569

I have a similar problem that I had with the 22H2 update. On windows update it doesn't show the new version. To obtain the windows 11 22H2 update I switched from the home to the pro version. Now I don't know what to do. I tried to force the update with the method from the guy of the 22H2 update...

I am using this application named "AppsAnywhere" for using enterprise software remotely. The connectivity is done via an app called "Cloudpaging Player". However, Cloudpaging Player does not work on my Parallels Windows 11 and gives me error "unable to create com objects". I have tried to find...

Hi. I've been trying to install SolidWorks 2023 (SP2.1) (Student Edition) on a fresh Windows 11 installation on Parallels. Keep getting a message saying "The installation folder contains data from previous SolidWorks versions" (or something along these lines). Tried installing the previous...

I need to use windows education in order to access some of the learning tools my university uses. I have Parallels 17 installed with regular windows 11 on a laptop with an apple M1 chip. However when I attempt to activate my windows education key it gives this error message (see picture...

Hey there I want to use the Quantower trading platform through Parallels but am having a few issues with the UI. When running in Parallels the menu icons throughout the interface are displayed as square boxes, please see attached. Is there any way to resolve this as I 100% do not want to fire...

I have two Windows 7 VMs installed under MacOS Mojave and Parallels v16. I am unable to install the Parallels Tools in either VM. Generally the installation gets to about 60% on the progress bar and then an error message ("a problem occurred") appears and the only option is to reboot. This...

My iPod nano is recognized by Windows, but iTunes doesn't see it. How do I fix this?

When I try to start the VM it gets stuck on "Please wait". Yes, I let it on the entire night to check if it really gets stuck. It does. So, how can I fix this? Or do you need more information.