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oszillo said:
are you using "custom"?
Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3036 Beta is available for download.
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are you using "custom"?
No. I but I got the same error.ilkevinli said:Hi,
I have WinXP installed via Bootcamp. I installed the Parallels beta 3068 and set it up to run the WinXP via bootcamp and installed the paralles tools natively in XP. When I try and run it, I get the following error:
Anyone know whats wrong ??
MacBook Pro, OS X 10.4.8, 1.5 GB of RAM.
Would love to know what to do to fix it.
I also had problems installing the Parallels Tools for BootCamp. At first it wouldn't run, giving an error that it couldn't run something. Then it finally did run, but then just ended. There was no completed message and I don't see a Parallels folder in the Program Files folder. So not sure if Parallels Tools are even installed.
My mouse drift solution
My mouse also drifted to the right bottom screen corner after activating the coherence mode. The solution was to enable full hardware acceleration in the extended monitor settings in windows xp. I decreased the acceleration level in the past for another parallels beta and forgot this setting.
The image shows a german xp version.
rangr said:
My mouse also drifted to the right bottom screen corner after activating the coherence mode. The solution was to enable full hardware acceleration in the extended monitor settings in windows xp. I decreased the acceleration level in the past for another parallels beta and forgot this setting.
The image shows a german xp version.
Hanebambel
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oszillo said:
same problem here...
my 2 cents worth
Have installed this beta and have to say that it is an impressive set of updates. Definately some key features have been added that we have all been shouting about.
Now for the fine tuning as far as I see with regards to coherency.
In VirtualPC from Micrsoft, they had a feature that added the windows Start menu as a Dock icon. Clicking this icon brought up the start menu right in place. This should be an easy feature to add.
Finally, a feature that creates a parallel dock icon for each windows app that is running would be good. VritualPC also had this feature I believe.
With these two key features, you could automatically hide the windows start bar and it really would add a level of integration between the mac that makes it that more seemless between the two OS's. Don't forget to remap the windows ALT+TAB key to the Macs CMD+TAB. That way we see even less of that ugly windows.
A little cool addon would be a 'make windows apps look like mac apps' that changes the windows theme when in coherence mode!!! Just a thought.
Everything else are just minor bugs in my eyes.
Great work guys! Top stuff. Passion truely is the source of invention.
Have installed this beta and have to say that it is an impressive set of updates. Definately some key features have been added that we have all been shouting about.
Now for the fine tuning as far as I see with regards to coherency.
In VirtualPC from Micrsoft, they had a feature that added the windows Start menu as a Dock icon. Clicking this icon brought up the start menu right in place. This should be an easy feature to add.
Finally, a feature that creates a parallel dock icon for each windows app that is running would be good. VritualPC also had this feature I believe.
With these two key features, you could automatically hide the windows start bar and it really would add a level of integration between the mac that makes it that more seemless between the two OS's. Don't forget to remap the windows ALT+TAB key to the Macs CMD+TAB. That way we see even less of that ugly windows.
A little cool addon would be a 'make windows apps look like mac apps' that changes the windows theme when in coherence mode!!! Just a thought.
Everything else are just minor bugs in my eyes.
Great work guys! Top stuff. Passion truely is the source of invention.
…and here. I have a Windows Vista NTFS partition through Boot Camp, and a Windows XP NTFS image in Parallels from which I'd like to access it. My Parallels Tools are up-to-date. The drive does not appear in My Computer, nor in Computer Management. (If I create a new image, it is detected as "new hardware" upon next reboot.)
I also tried installing the Boot Camp tools, but figured those are only applicable if you want to *boot* off that partition, which turned out to be the case.
Has anyone gotten this to work? That is, booting off an image, but being able to access (read/write) a native NTFS partition?
P.S.: A hugely impressive update. The drag&drop works great and fast. The coherence mode obviously has some display glitches at this point, as it doesn't use composition; I suppose this can't really be addressed until 3D acceleration support comes along; other than that, coherence is terrific. Once I get NTFS read/write support working for me, I can share a lot of stuff between Parallels and Boot Camp, thus saving several Gigabytes of space
I also tried installing the Boot Camp tools, but figured those are only applicable if you want to *boot* off that partition, which turned out to be the case.
Has anyone gotten this to work? That is, booting off an image, but being able to access (read/write) a native NTFS partition?
P.S.: A hugely impressive update. The drag&drop works great and fast. The coherence mode obviously has some display glitches at this point, as it doesn't use composition; I suppose this can't really be addressed until 3D acceleration support comes along; other than that, coherence is terrific. Once I get NTFS read/write support working for me, I can share a lot of stuff between Parallels and Boot Camp, thus saving several Gigabytes of space
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"Open with..." with Parallels application
Hello guys
I had this on my mind for quite some time but the stunning new coherence mode finally "forces" me to bring this in here becauses this would be ever more useful now:
Would it be possible to implement a feature to open files inside OS X - occasionally or by default - with an application installed inside a Parallels VM (using the "Open with"..." feature of the Finder)?
Example: I would love to (always) open MS Office files with MS Office 2003 - now, I have to launch Explorer and open the file from there. Being able to open files directly from the Finder instead would really make me smile at my Mac all day long.
Thanks for listening and please keep up the great work!
Hello guys
I had this on my mind for quite some time but the stunning new coherence mode finally "forces" me to bring this in here becauses this would be ever more useful now:
Would it be possible to implement a feature to open files inside OS X - occasionally or by default - with an application installed inside a Parallels VM (using the "Open with"..." feature of the Finder)?
Example: I would love to (always) open MS Office files with MS Office 2003 - now, I have to launch Explorer and open the file from there. Being able to open files directly from the Finder instead would really make me smile at my Mac all day long
.Thanks for listening and please keep up the great work!
Hari Seldon
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oszillo said:
yep, same here ...
Godrifle said:
Yes, but it would be far preferable if they could have a more user-friendly numbering scheme, such as calling this one 2.5b1. It's a bit of a nitpick, but it's a valid one. Build numbers are for developers. Users shouldn't have to remember them, nor to look them up. You can easily remember that:
1) the original final release, back in spring, was 2.1.
2) the updates were betas of 2.2; the second final release (adding support for Core 2 Duo Macs and lots of other stuff) were 2.2.
3) the release coming up now, bringing Coherence, Boot Camp partition support, etc., will be 2.5.
4) the release bringing USB 2.0 support, 3D acceleration, etc., will apparently be 3.0.
Those numbers exist, so it's baffling why the team doesn't communicate them that way.
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