windows 8.1

Hi, I currently have some issues with my Mac and Parallels. The issue is when I want to open Parallels there's just a spinning pinwheel that just keeps spinning. Sometimes I get through and can start Windows 8.1. I've tried a lot of times and the times when Parallels / Windows actually starts...

Hi everyone!! I use OSX 10.13.4 and Parallels Desktop 13. I imported windows 10 from bootcamp - work fine. No I tried to import windows 8.1 from another PC. That doesn't worked. I tried "network" and "external drive" method to copy the data but I always get the same error. I uploaded a...

I installed Parallels 13 and Windows 8 not too long ago. I installed some Windows apps on the VM, updated it to Windows 8.1 and then, because of the Windows upgrade offer, I upgraded to Windows 10. After verifying that the Windows 10 VM was working properly and activating it I removed the...

I know that this is an odd question, and perhaps no one on the forum has tried this, but ... I have been trying to figure out how to call a Windows based photo editor from a Mac based photo workflow tool. I use a Mac workflow tool (Dxo's PhotoLab) and have been using Mac based pixel editors to...

I have been asked by the support department for one of the Windows apps that I run under Parallels to reset their software to fix an issue. The reset instructions begin by telling me to press "the Windows button and the letter R" to open a dialog box, but I have no idea what keyboard button...

I am not sure that this post belongs under General Questions as it might better be put under Installation. I just am not sure. I have Windows 8.1 installed on my system with the .pvm file stored on an external usb 3 (very fast) ssd. The other day, when running some Windows software, the system...

I have been running Windows 8 under Parallels on my Mac and finally decided to update to 8.1. I went through the update process, got all the way to "Setting up" and now am stuck at 82%. It has been sitting there, at 82%, for about 15 minutes now, and I will let it continue for another long while...

Hi, I just upgraded my parallells software to version 13.2 on my Macbook Pro this morning. I'm running Windows 8.1 and i have a couple of problems since the upgrade: 1. Screen resolution is stuck at 1024x768. It can't be changed even though i've tried the steps i found in this forum. 2. I can't...

"There is no operating system installed in this virtual machine" error. I just upgraded parallels 10 ( on osx 10.10.5 on a macbook air ) to parallels 13. I previously had a running full licensed version of windows 8.1 in a Virtual Machine which booted and ran with apps inside ( microsoft...