I have used Parallels fine for months but since I have moved to a place i cannot get broadband and had to get an apple USB external modem I am having network issues. I have always been able to get Windows XP network to work fine and use the ADSL router attached to my Macbook Pro to see the intenet with both OS's at the same time without it disconnected at all. Now I have to disable the parallels network adaptor before booting XP in Parallels . If i dont do this and am connected to the internet in OSX with the dialup modem connected to the Net it will disconnect the connection when Parallels boots XP. I do not have autoconnect USB in the Parallels enabled and am a bit nervous about changing anything incase I stuff it up. So if anyone else has a dialup modem in OSX and can get the internet to stay connected while booting XP up in Parallels I'd like to know what their secret is Thanks