Browsing the Internet with MS Explorer and Firefox from within the Windows XP virtual machine hangs up getting images from newspapers and third party advertisers as well as unable to handle logging into sites requiring username and password. Otherwise, browsers work fine. The connection attempt just times out eventually. Its as if Parallels either drops the cookie when attempting a POST or GET command back to the server after parsing the HTTP. Any suggestions as to how the network configuration might need to be customized from the default to make this basic functionality work? I've got to believe that Parallels can handle this but I've loaded Build 5584 twice as well as MS XP. I've got a MacBook Pro running the latest Leopard with 2 GB RAM and 150 GB hard drive with 120+ GB free so I don't think my system is lacking anything. I am on a Linksys home network but the IP addresses are correct (either 192.168.xxx.xxx for my Mac and the IANA 10.xxx.xxx.xxx for the private network of the MS XP OS). It is really a basic configuration - one laptop with latest OS and Parallels and Parallels tools using the default Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 operating system. I've accepted all the defaults to be safe but.... Any ideas would be appreciated.
Hello Rll, Could you try Bridged Ethernet? Open Configuration Editor and set Bridged in Network Adapter section. Please let me know if this will help. Best regards, Xenos
That worked. I'd tried it with the first install of Parallels and XP. My memory is that it just dropped the internet connection entirely. I may not have restarted the VM or something. Thank you very much for your help. I bought Parallels only so I could use Quicken for Windows and connecting to the banks was paramount. Quicken for Mac was a waste of money.
