Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3036 Beta is available for download.

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Hello community!

We are continuing our efforts for bringing you even more feature-full product and we are making our latest Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 early available to you. It will be one more FREE update of the currently available version.

Heres a short overview of the new features and enhancements introduced by this Beta:

* New Look and Feel and Improved Usability. Completely redesigned windows and dialogues to make them even easier and smooth. Too many changes to describe just check them out yourselves

* Virtual Machines Catalogue. A very useful feature for those having more than one VM now all of them are available through centralized VM catalogue which appears on each Parallels Desktop for Mac instance start in case you have more than one VM

* One-click Virtual Machine Aliases:
* Automatically created by OS installation assistant or by drag-and-drop from title bar pressing Command-Option keys combination
* Clicking on Alias automatically starts the Virtual Machine
* Shutting down the VM automatically closes Parallels Desktop for Mac application

* Resizable Main Window. Resize Parallels Desktop for Mac main window as you do with any other Mac application

* Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution. Your Windows auto-adjusts the screen resolution to the actual Main Window size.

* Drag and Drop files and folders between Windows and Mac. A long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.

* Read/Write BootCamp partition. Since this build, an Apple Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed could be used as a virtual HDD for Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Boot from BootCamp partition. Another long awaited feature that lets you boot your 32-bit Windows XP residing on Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
IMPRORTANT! You need to boot in your Windows XP natively through Boot Camp and install Parallels Tools for Boot Camp package in it before your first boot in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
NOTE! It is not possible to suspend Virtual Machine connected to Boot Camp for integrity reasons.
NOTE! Running Boot Camp in Virtual Machine will need to reactivate your Windows XP installation.

* Parallels Transporter Beta bundled. Migrate your Windows PC, VMware or Virtual PC VMs to Parallels virtual machines. Please visit Parallels Transporter forum for details.

* Coherence. Shows Windows applications as if they were Mac ones. Try it and enjoy best of both worlds truly at the same time. No more switching between Windows to Mac OS.

* Improved graphic performance. Up to 50% on different applications.

* Connect/disconnect USB devices schema improved. No more wait 5-10 seconds message on USB device connecting to Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Up to 5 Virtual NICs. Now Virtual Machine can have up to five virtual network interfaces.

* Enhanced Shared Networking Mode. Run Cisco VPN and many other complicated networking applications in conjunction with Connection Sharing Mode.

* Switch between networking modes on-the-fly. Switch networking modes while the virtual machine is running.

* Transparent mapping of Command-AZXCV key combinations. Now you can also use Mac copy/paste key combinations in Windows.

* Power On/Power Off/Suspend/Resume/Pause animation. Just try and see. :) Were very interested in your feedback about the feature.

* Shared folders configuration on-the-fly. Add/remove/configure shared folders on-the-fly via menu or Status Bar icon without the need to stop your Virtual Machine.

* Drag and Drop CD/FDD images and folders to the Parallels Desktop statusbar. Just drag and drop CD or floppy image you want to connect or Mac folder you want to share onto a respective statusbar icon.

* And dozens of other not that evident enhancements.

Just download Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 to have them all available on your Mac! It will be a FREE update once it becomes Generally Available.
IMPORTANT! Resume and shut down all suspended Virtual Machines prior to upgrade.

Please remember that this is beta software, and like any other beta software you should treat it very carefully. Do not install this Beta into the production environment yet. Do backup your virtual machines before starting them.

If, for any reason, you would like to downgrade to previous stable build, use this link to get it.
IMPORTANT! Uninstall Parallels Tools from the guest OS prior to downgrading and install them again after finishing the downgrade procedure.

As usual, any feedback is extremely appreciated at [email protected] mailbox.

Best regards,
Tim and Parallels Team

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Download links:

Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 - http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels Desktop 3036 Mac en.dmg

Parallels Tools For Boot Camp - http://download.parallels.com/beta/Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe
 
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Windows security update KB890859?

Wants to run every time I boot into Parallels. If I run it, it comes back again the next day and wants to be run again and rebooted. This is using a Boot Camp installation of XP SP2 fully patched. Has anybody else noticed this?
 
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Try discrete download

snodman said:
Wants to run every time I boot into Parallels. If I run it, it comes back again the next day and wants to be run again and rebooted. This is using a Boot Camp installation of XP SP2 fully patched. Has anybody else noticed this?
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This happened to me as well. I got it to go away by downloading the update by itself (not the automatic update). It came back when I upgraded to 3036, installed manually again, and it has gone away again. Very strange...
 
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bootcamp will no longer boot

installed the 3036 beta on fully patched 10.4.8
then after installing the parallels tools - Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe on a fully patched sp2 xp pro install....

I can run windows through parallels but when i try to boot directly into windows via bootcamp the screen hangs on the "please select the operating system to start:" window and I have no keyboard control to let me select either microsoft windows xp professional or parallels configuration. And the screen just hangs here - it doesn't eventually continue on to the bootup.

any suggestions?
 
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Network - Outlook loses network mapped drive connection

I am using Outlook in my VM to connect to my PC that hosts my email via a share. What I am finding is that Outlook loses the ability to open the mapped drive or loses the connection to the email folders. And yes, it is reconnect at startup is selected.

I am playing with keeping the folder open for the mapped drive t see if this helps keep open the connection and it seems to b working.

I have no issues when accessing the data folders, but Outlook in the VM after a few minutes, I am guessing standby or background mode, loses the connection state. Close Outlook and open it and all is well.

Obviously this can produce a corrupted email file.

And of course the iSight issue as documented, I would agree it is lit up, but not sending video.

MG
 
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PPC locks up whole system

OK.. another BIG one..

I am trying to get my PPC 6700 phone to use ActiveSync 4.2 with Outlook 2003. It shows up on the list but no action in the VM other than it locks up the VM and my whole MacBook Pro.

Outlook was not loaded, I knew better from my last post.

I need to remove the batteries to recover... So REALLY hurts when I do that... so after trying it 2 times.... "Don't do that" seems prudent. ;-)

So similar I am guessing to the iSight issue.

Please fix this one...

Thanks.

MG
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lwhitten said:
This happened to me as well. I got it to go away by downloading the update by itself (not the automatic update). It came back when I upgraded to 3036, installed manually again, and it has gone away again. Very strange...
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It finally went away for me as well. I agree, very strange..... At least everything else has been working swimmingly for me. No stability problems at all.
 
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The problem was the CD connection

snodman said:
Wants to run every time I boot into Parallels. If I run it, it comes back again the next day and wants to be run again and rebooted. This is using a Boot Camp installation of XP SP2 fully patched. Has anybody else noticed this?
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Similar issue here. Each time restoring VM from suspended state, it invited me to unload Parallels tools. I found that the CD/DVD-ROM 1 had attached itself to an iso file (on OS X) and was mounting, then executing in the VM each time the VM was restored. The solution was to disconnect the CD drive in Parallels and re-connect it to Default CD/DVD ROM where it used to be. I'm suspecting that I suspended Parallels when the iso file was mounted and it wouldn't forget it. I had troubles with a USB card reader that needed a force quit so maybe that was the cause of the problem. Anyway, the solution was to disconnect the CD in Parallels from the iso file.
 
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SteveDemy said:
Similar issue here. Each time restoring VM from suspended state, it invited me to unload Parallels tools. I found that the CD/DVD-ROM 1 had attached itself to an iso file (on OS X) and was mounting, then executing in the VM each time the VM was restored. The solution was to disconnect the CD drive in Parallels and re-connect it to Default CD/DVD ROM where it used to be. I'm suspecting that I suspended Parallels when the iso file was mounted and it wouldn't forget it. I had troubles with a USB card reader that needed a force quit so maybe that was the cause of the problem. Anyway, the solution was to disconnect the CD in Parallels from the iso file.
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Well, the "Groundhog Day" issue of the same XP patch getting pushed to my BootCamp installation each new day when accessed through Parallels came back for me the past couple of days. I have tried what you recommended and will let you know if it fixes it for me tomorrow.
 
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RC 3036 - USB Printer problems

Hi. I'm having problems getting an Epson R340 printer to work. The printer is found and I can run through the Epson install utility. At best I seem to be able to get the printer to print once, right after running the installer. After that all print jobs hang in the print queue. I used printer driver v5.5aA, the latest available on the Epson site. Any suggestions on resolving this?
 
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diamondsw said:
Unlikely - you need root privileges to unmount the drive, which needs to be done before Parallels can safely start playing with it.

However, they've surprised me before. :)
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A standard user can mount and unmount drives.

This will be unfortunate for a corporate environment were the computers are locked down, and they are setup so users do not have Admin Access, i hope there is a way around this.
 
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Beta Release 3150 Still Has Parallels Tools Crash Problem

I installed Beta Release 3150, received the tools not compatible message, and then BAD POOL HEADER problem I reported back in December.

The work around is boot up in Safe Mode with Networking (Hit Apple-F8 immediately during Windows Boot) and install the Parallels Tools while in Safe Mode.

Once up and running, I've only had one unexplained crash in 40 days of usage. Kind of typical for Windows..

Enjoy!
 
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Transport Image to Boot Camp?

Overall, THIS BETA IS SOLID!!! I'm glad to own a full license and support continued development of this fantastic product. I mean come on, Coherence.... Such a GREAT thing! Now I can run the already purchased copy of Office and don't have to bend over for Bill again. :eek:

errandwolfe said:
Now that we have the ability to boot a physical partition, is there any way to convert an existing VM machine to a physical partition or do you basically have to start over from scratch?
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So, is this possible? Image Transporter doesn't seem to do the trick. I haven't tried BartPE or ebcd yet, but why make it that much effort.... :cool:
 
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timsmyname said:
installed the 3036 beta on fully patched 10.4.8
then after installing the parallels tools - Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe on a fully patched sp2 xp pro install....

I can run windows through parallels but when i try to boot directly into windows via bootcamp the screen hangs on the "please select the operating system to start:" window and I have no keyboard control to let me select either microsoft windows xp professional or parallels configuration. And the screen just hangs here - it doesn't eventually continue on to the bootup.

any suggestions?
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I have the same problem. The keyboard on a MacBook Pro doesn't appear to supply the cursor keys to navigate. I adjusted the boot.ini file to have a 30 second time out, so that the original bootcamp partition is launched. Unfortunately it continues to a repair screen where again I have no keyboard control. I don't know enough about boot.ini to attempt anything else :(
 
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Tools Intallation Problems

For some reason once I installed the new version, I haven't been able to install parallels tools. I uninstalled tools and when I go to actions/install parallels tools, no dialog pops up to continue with the installation. Though the option from the main menu goes from the above to actions/cancel installation of parallels tools. Is the installation in the background and does it take awhile or something? Are there alternative ways to install it? Without tools installed, once I go inside the virtual machine interface with my mouse, I can't escape it however.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris
 
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USB 2.0 support

I've just installed the latest beta but now my external hardrives and mp3 player are no longer connecting properly. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
 
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The current release is build 3186, it's not a beta and that's the one you should be using. It's the one you get if you go to the main download link at the top of the page.
 
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