Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3106 Beta 3 is available for download.

CD burning

Hi,

so far this beta works as perfect as the others before. Question: Did anybody try CD burning yet? With the last beta, Nero always stopped burning after a few minutes just creating a coaster :D.

Michael
 
Garmin GPS still does not work.

I have been waiting since the first release for this to be fixed, but it still does not work. The cost of broken software lingers long after the money savings of pre-release pricing are gone.

One work around for the Garmin USB problem is to run the VMware converter on your VM, and then run your VM machine in Fusion. I guess VMware overcame the "its Garmin's Fault thing".

I would trade all the desktop hiding Coherence crap in the world for my MapSource to work in Parallels. Coherence looks cool, but the USB 2 problems are functionality, guess looks must sell more copies of Parallels than Functionality.
 
> The cost of broken software lingers long after the
> money savings of pre-release pricing are gone.

> guess looks must sell more copies of Parallels than Functionality.

Waaaaaaah!

I particularly enjoyed the part where the Parallels team deliberately conned you into buying a Garmin GPS by promising imminent and full Mac support despite Garmin's nonstandard USB implementation.

Look, you whiner, if you must have the Garmin GPS software, spend $100 on a used PC and you'll be in business.

Otherwise vent your torpid spleen at Garmin. That's Lenexa, Kansas, I'm sure they'll be glad to hear from you.

The current version of Parallels implements my (old) USB2 peripherals flawlessly.
 
lhaas said:
I have been waiting since the first release for this to be fixed, but it still does not work. The cost of broken software lingers long after the money savings of pre-release pricing are gone.

One work around for the Garmin USB problem is to run the VMware converter on your VM, and then run your VM machine in Fusion. I guess VMware overcame the "its Garmin's Fault thing".

I would trade all the desktop hiding Coherence crap in the world for my MapSource to work in Parallels. Coherence looks cool, but the USB 2 problems are functionality, guess looks must sell more copies of Parallels than Functionality.
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you're expecting a lot from a beta. :) why not wait a couple weeks until trainingcenter for mac is released to the public? i'm a garmin user as well (edge 305) and i would love to see my garmin work with parallels...but it doesn't and i don't expect it to...because this is a beta.

don
 
Coherence is working fine on my Core Duo iMac with a 23" Cinema display. Has worked fine across all these betas. However, it isn't working on my MacBook Pro.


spblat said:
Ditto the "Parallels rocks" comments.

My Coherence experiences with beta3 are nearly the same as with beta2. Multi-monitor mode isn't working.

View -> Customize -> Coherence, Working area, Use multiple displays, Exclude dock both checked. Windows Task bar is set to show and relocate automatically. Under these settings, entering coherence mode makes the whole app vanish entirely until I use the menu bar to leave coherence mode. Single monitor mode is working fine when invoked in either of my two monitors, which is an improvement over beta2.

Keep up the insanely great work.

EDIT: My two monitors are at different resolutions. Is this a factor?
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atrick said:
Sorry to have so many questions tonight! Just playing around with the new build, and there's something I really need to do but can't. And it may have nothing to do with Parallels, but if it does, thought I'd ask.

I really need to be able to establish a VPN connection to my work network. Colleagues tell me they can do it from their XP machines at home, and I've duplicated their settings in the Windows VPN connection item. But Windows won't let me do it. Is there a reason this might not be working due to me using Parallels?

I'm on a DSL connection going through a wireless router/modem and have suspected the problem might lie there. But I've spent hours on the phone with my ISP and they've reset the modem to its factory state, as well as forced a static IP address on my machine (in ipconfig). Perhaps this is a result of using Airport to get to that modem though?

If anyone has any guesses what might be wrong, please let me know -- or point me to the proper place to post this if it doesn't have anything to do with Parallels.

Thanks!

Allan

(That's it for me today in this forum. :) )
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The problem may reside in your firewall. Put the IP address of your servers into the "trusted" area of the firewalll program.
 
Tim Surgent said:
Hello everyone!

Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta 3 is now available for download.

Additional details and download information is available on this page: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/beta_testing/

PLEASE REMEMBER: this is a beta software, and like any other beta software you should treat it very carefully. Do not install this Beta 3 into the production environment yet. Do backup your virtual machines before trying them with Beta 3.

This beta does not introduce any new functionality, but provides several very important fixes to the problems found in previous Betas:

* Coherence now handles round windows like Windows Media Player or Winamp correctly.

* Fullscreen and Coherence mode on secondary monitor fixed.

* Guest pixel size calculation was fixed applications like MS Access or MS PowerPoint should handle graphs correctly.

* Guest Linux screen resolutions in 24 bit mode fixed.

* Possiblity to switch off Command+ZXCV mapping or swap Control and Command keys introduced (the feature was requested by a number of beta-testers)

* Several USB 2.0 fixes more bulk devices to work since now. The work on web cameras and other isochronous devices is still in progress.

* And many others

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

Best regards,
Tim and the Parallels Team
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3106 doent work w/ W2k. last week upgraded from 1970 to 3106. W2k didnt work. uninstalled, reinstalled, and so on. then i tried w/ XP and it worked but i coulnd figure out how to retrieve my applications and documents from W2k. I used then Transporter, which within the XP screen opened the W2k screen (?) but w/ a very low screen resolution ( and no way to cgange resolution). everything worked until i tried to go on Internet ( IE and Firefox), and once again it froze... so im back to 1970 and everything works. I sent 3 messages to Parallels Team: no answer
 
Ok so I have Beta 3106 and everything seems to work fine EXCEPT that my auto resize when I stretch parallels is not working and neither is full screen!! I have a Mac Book Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz 2 Gigs ram and with the previous Beta everything was working fine...
 
lhaas said:
I have been waiting since the first release for this to be fixed, but it still does not work. The cost of broken software lingers long after the money savings of pre-release pricing are gone.

One work around for the Garmin USB problem is to run the VMware converter on your VM, and then run your VM machine in Fusion. I guess VMware overcame the "its Garmin's Fault thing".

I would trade all the desktop hiding Coherence crap in the world for my MapSource to work in Parallels. Coherence looks cool, but the USB 2 problems are functionality, guess looks must sell more copies of Parallels than Functionality.
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Dude! Take a friggin chill pill. Its frickin BETA --- > B. E. T. A.

Beta software is not intended for people like you that require everything to work out of the box. Its PRERELEASE CODE to stress test and validate what works and what does not.

Chill the F out and relax! I'm sure they will figure this out and get things working better by the time it ships as RELEASED software.

Christ with users like you its a wonder that any company even extends the offer of a public beta.
 
New Problem with build 3106 beta 3

For Parallels technical staff--I have been using ver 3106 on my mac book pro and my MacPro without difficulty. For my electronic dictation- I have been using Olympus DS4000 dictaphone with the Olympus DSS Pro (ver 4.85) without any probelms using the beta 2 verison (3106)- it nicely automatically recognizes the dictaphone when connected by USB-- however- after the upgrade to Beta 3- the ablity to automatically detect the dictaphone by USB connection no longer works. So I reinstalled Beta 2 and everything (USB detection) works again.
 
mpelzer said:
Hi,

thanks for the update - the new features are awesome!

What I would really really love to see is support for Garmin GPS USB devices! Pleaaaaase guys - make this work. I read already in this msgboard that it is Garmins fault that their decives are not being recognized by their software (mapsource). However, it's unlikely that they will bring a patch for Parallels to make it work. So it would be really great if you guys could implement a work-around. I'm sure many paying users are waiting for this!

Thanks, Marc
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Another data point: My Magellan eXplorist works just fine in both modes (usb data storage and NMEA). The explorist appears as a "modem" in the VM.
 
EricN said:
I just installed 3106. Vista will no longer boot normally. It starts to come up and then hangs. If I start it in safe mode with no networking it comes up OK. If I start it in safe mode with networking it hangs. :(

My WinXP VM works fine.

Anyone else having this problem?
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I have the same problem. Any solution?
 
jp20r said:
3106 doent work w/ W2k. last week upgraded from 1970 to 3106. W2k didnt work. uninstalled, reinstalled, and so on. then i tried w/ XP and it worked but i coulnd figure out how to retrieve my applications and documents from W2k. I used then Transporter, which within the XP screen opened the W2k screen (?) but w/ a very low screen resolution ( and no way to cgange resolution). everything worked until i tried to go on Internet ( IE and Firefox), and once again it froze... so im back to 1970 and everything works. I sent 3 messages to Parallels Team: no answer
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Incorrect. I'm running Win2k just fine on 3106.

My biggest issue was forgetting to shut a VM down before installing the new build, so I had to reinstall 3036, launch and do Shut Down... with my Win2k VM, then reinstall 3106 and I was golden.

Incidentally, launching a paused VM from 3036 in 3106 caused my Mac to hang for a long time, force quit failed to help, and finally I got the gray screen of doom...

But rebooting, reinstalling and then reinstalling (like I said above) and then relaunching W2k worked just fine. I also uninstalled the Tools while I was in there and installed the new ones clean after I relaunched.

J
 
This beta rocks!!!

Hey guys... I just created my account on the forums because I wanted to say:

This. Is. The. Coolest.

My Dad has a Dell and I was showing him my MBP 17" running Parallels build 3036, with IE running in a window on the desktop and a Windows Media Player video running in the browser window at full speed, outputting very clear and comfortable audio, etc. The only thing he said was "Sheesh... I want my OWN computer like yours!" He's also a Macophile, but it's been a while since he's had one. He's even got his Windows XP desktop and software skinned with the OSX skins.

Anyway... I'm so impressed (and was so in need of something performant) that when I realized just how powerful and performant Parallels was, I wrote a brief review of my experiences. The URL to the blog post is (actually 2 blog postings):

Just a desktop screenshot running Windows on my Mac

A review focusing on getting Oracle 10g XE running for a project

All I have to say is EXCELLENT work so far and I'm very impressed.

Thanks!
 
Windows Updates

Has anyone noticed that something funky goes on with the Windows updater.

Nearly every time I've booted up the boot camp image in parallels, I get the yellow shield with new windows updates. I don't think Microsoft is putting them out this often, and I don't get them in the PC environment where I normally work.

Also, I still get that "installing parallels tools" every time I open up the vm.
 
Hi, this beta is quite a bit slower (and seemingly CPU intensive, when dragging windows?) than the previous. Esp the graphics seem to have become so much slower, it's noticeable even in web browsing.

I'm on a C2D MBP.

Thanks, keep up.
 
rougly the same problem description as you have. But I never managed to ever get started on using boot camp partition (ntfs) with parallells beta 2 or 3. I sucessfully ran beta 1 with it's own disk image, but then uninstalled, set up boot camp, prepared everything there according to instructions but ALWAYS get a blue screen of death after loading ../mtu trying to run my licened and registered XP boot camp install "through" parallells
 
ArmchairDeity said:
Incorrect. I'm running Win2k just fine on 3106.

My biggest issue was forgetting to shut a VM down before installing the new build, so I had to reinstall 3036, launch and do Shut Down... with my Win2k VM, then reinstall 3106 and I was golden.

Incidentally, launching a paused VM from 3036 in 3106 caused my Mac to hang for a long time, force quit failed to help, and finally I got the gray screen of doom...

But rebooting, reinstalling and then reinstalling (like I said above) and then relaunching W2k worked just fine. I also uninstalled the Tools while I was in there and installed the new ones clean after I relaunched.

J
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I had the grey screen of doom issue too before upgrading Parallels Tools (I'd remembered to shut my machine down first though) - I found that restarting in safe mode, removing the tools and then reinstalling the tools fixed this. I am getting constant Parallels crashes now though - W2k isn't usable here. XP seems to work fine though. Do you have Service Pack 4 + all updates installed, as I do?
 
I'd also like to add, that yeah, this is a Beta, so I'm expecting bugs and don't mind them!

Parallels Desktop is a brilliant product, Coherence mode is something I've been looking for in a VM for years - congratulations Parallels!
 
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