I have already submitted this to Parallels, so its FYI for the rest and a small addition for Parallels. I had just restarted Parallels and had then gone into MSM to configure my Philips ToUcam Pro II. The sound worked perfectly, but on the next step when I selected the web-cam for the video, parallels crashed completely disappearing from the screen. The only error message was from OS X crash dump Part below. @Parralells: On restart of parallels, I could no longer connect to the webcam. I got the device is in use message. Date/Time: 2007-02-02 17:02:58.644 +0100 OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L2127) Report Version: 4 Command: Parallels Path: /Applications/Parallels/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels Parent: WindowServer [72] Version: 2.5 (2.5 Build 3150.0) PID: 369 Thread: 16 Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000068 Thread 0: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009857 mach_msg_trap + 7 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082a2f3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90829b0e CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x005499b5 0x1000 + 5540277 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x004def8b 0x1000 + 5103499 5 com.parallels.desktop 0x004df0a4 0x1000 + 5103780 6 com.parallels.desktop 0x002fe7ad 0x1000 + 3135405 7 com.parallels.desktop 0x00040e9b 0x1000 + 261787 8 com.parallels.desktop 0x00006792 0x1000 + 22418 9 com.parallels.desktop 0x000066b9 0x1000 + 22201 Thread 1: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048a47 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x003c9ace 0x1000 + 3967694 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x003ca334 0x1000 + 3969844 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 2: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90037697 mach_wait_until + 7 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90039d62 usleep + 82 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0058d3f0 0x1000 + 5817328 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x005902e4 0x1000 + 5829348 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x003b4b8a 0x1000 + 3881866 5 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 3: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9000fb5c read + 12 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x003e4b51 0x1000 + 4078417 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0057cae4 0x1000 + 5749476 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x0057d688 0x1000 + 5752456 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x005905a0 0x1000 + 5830048 5 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 4: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 5: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 6: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 7: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 8: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009857 mach_msg_trap + 7 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082a2f3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90829b0e CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61 3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9146441e HALRunLoop::OwnThread(void*) + 158 4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91464239 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 93 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 9: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x90cb5129 MPWaitOnQueue + 198 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0065b2fa 0x1000 + 6660858 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x0059d9bb 0x1000 + 5884347 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x0084f994 QList<TGDev>::append(TGDev const&) + 212 5 com.parallels.desktop 0x0065b131 0x1000 + 6660401 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 10: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 11: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90037697 mach_wait_until + 7 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90039d62 usleep + 82 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0065b10f 0x1000 + 6660367 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x0059d221 0x1000 + 5882401 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x0059d9e3 0x1000 + 5884387 5 com.parallels.desktop 0x0084f994 QList<TGDev>::append(TGDev const&) + 212 6 com.parallels.desktop 0x0065b131 0x1000 + 6660401 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 12: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024427 semaphore_wait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00590608 0x1000 + 5830152 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 13: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90009857 mach_msg_trap + 7 1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082a2f3 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2014 2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083b1c8 CFRunLoopRun + 60 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x003b3ea0 0x1000 + 3878560 4 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 14: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90037697 mach_wait_until + 7 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90039d62 usleep + 82 2 com.parallels.desktop 0x003b4aa5 0x1000 + 3881637 3 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 15: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048a47 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9147165c CAGuard::WaitFor(unsigned long long) + 212 2 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9147157e CAGuard::WaitUntil(unsigned long long) + 66 3 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9146fefa HP_IOThread::WorkLoop() + 690 4 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x9146fc43 HP_IOThread::ThreadEntry(HP_IOThread*) + 17 5 com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 0x91464239 CAPThread::Entry(CAPThread*) + 93 6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 16 Crashed: 0 com.parallels.desktop 0x00683891 0x1000 + 6826129 1 com.parallels.desktop 0x00683915 0x1000 + 6826261 2 com.apple.framework.IOKit 0x90bde8f7 IODispatchCalloutFromCFMessage + 193 3 com.apple.framework.IOKit 0x90bdea02 IODispatchCalloutFromMessage + 39 4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083a3c5 __CFMachPortPerform + 136 5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082a66d CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 2904 6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083b1c8 CFRunLoopRun + 60 7 com.parallels.desktop 0x00684d78 0x1000 + 6831480 8 com.parallels.desktop 0x0032e8d6 0x1000 + 3332310 9 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 17: 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90048a47 semaphore_timedwait_signal_trap + 7 1 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21e9c1ca 0x21e8f000 + 53706 2 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21e9be36 0x21e8f000 + 52790 3 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21ea1664 iSightAudioNewPlugIn + 1254 4 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21ea354f iSightAudioNewPlugIn + 9169 5 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21ea37b3 iSightAudioNewPlugIn + 9781 6 com.apple.iSightAudio 0x21e9c44d 0x21e8f000 + 54349 7 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90023d87 _pthread_body + 84 Thread 16 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0xe00002eb ebx: 0x006837c8 ecx: 0x2123d1d8 edx: 0x00000000 edi: 0x1c6502e0 esi: 0x00000000 ebp: 0xb0939468 esp: 0xb0939440 ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x00683891 cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037