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I want to install Windows 10 on my M1 Mac Book Pro. It is no longer available from Microsoft. Can I obtan an installer from somewhere else?

When trying to do the latest Windows update since Yesterday (may 29, 2024) it will go through the motions of updating but when it restarts the VM to install said Update it causes the VM to crash and have to do a Repair on the Windows OS. Have cleared out caches, did Disk clean, etc to try...

Unable to see anything in Edge or Chrome. Brand new installation of Parallels "Windows 11" on a M1 Macbook Pro. Managed to install Chrome after having no luck with Edge but Chrome is the same thing, a black window.

Since updating Parallels this morning, I have been experiencing Windows Update issues with this preview. I have run the troubleshooter and SFC. Windows reports errors and that they have been successfully repaired. Is anyone else experiencing issues with this update or has a suggestion on how to...

Hi, I can't connect to a USB device using FTDI hardware on an Apple MacBook Pro with M3 Pro processor. This is my scenario: Apple MacBook Pro with M3 Pro chip macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Parallels Desktop 19 for Mac Pro Edition 19.3.1 Parallels ARM Virtual Machine Running Windows 11 Pro ARM 23H2 FTDI...

I'm using ver.19.3.0, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1. ( MacBook Pro 16-inch 2019) Win10 is very slow. ( assined 4 cpu 20 GB Memory) Mouse cursol moving is almost freeze. It's unusable. At ver.18 it was not so slow. Why ?

I installed Parallels a few days ago and for the most part it's worked fantastically. However, if I switch to Windows from the MacOS and while my VPN is active, Windows acts like it doesn't have any internet access. Disabling the VPN fixes the issue. I can't find a way to make it work. I live...

I understand that EPLAN Electric P8 is a native Windows application, however, I was hoping to leverage virtualization software to run the program on my Mac. Could I run EPLAN Electric P8 on MacOS using Parallels Desktop ? Please advise if this is a supported configuration and, if so, are there...

Howdy, I am running Catalina on 2018 Core i7 Macbook Pro. I want to upgrade to Monterey (or beyond) but i am running windows XP on Parallels 15. It is critical that I can keep running XP and an old PDF form software. Will I need to update Parallels? Should i expect my VPCs to transfer...

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.

Hello, I am running Parallel Desktop 18.3.2 (53621) on MacBook air (M1) 13.6.1 (22G313) and Windows 22H2. When I delete a file from a shared Mac folder under windows it is not visible under either of the Recycle bins. This is a Mac documents folder shared with Windows in the Parallel options...

I don't think this is really a bug, it just seems to be an unavoidable characteristic of running Windows 11 for ARM under Parallels on an Apple Silicon Mac. I'm running the latest version of Parallels 19 on a Mac Studio M1 Max with 64GB of memory. Everything works fine, the only slight annoyance...

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, 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...

Recently, the Parallels desktop 17 keeps crashing. After a reboot, it suddenly kills in less than a minute. It has Windows 11 installed. The desktop 17 is up-to-date. Macbook Pro 14 inch M1 Pro chip. Has anyone found a solution for this?

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...

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...

Basically, if I exit coherence mode, I get big gray window, nothing on there. When I try to open Start menu from Mac dock, nothing happens. I can launch Windows apps, but they are visible only if I enter coherence mode. Start menu does not show up either way, in or out of coherence. Any ideas...

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...