I'm new to parallels and it's pretty darn cool. I'm on a MacBookPro and running windows XP in parallels. Works great, however I do notice that the video performance is not that great. When I move windows around, or if I launch a new window, the view gets all screwy. Windows overlap and look broken and weird. I have to move a window around again for it to go back to normal. Is there a way to fix this? I am using 16MB for video, as it recommends. Also, is there any reason why I should do the windows updates? I suspect not, but just curious. Thanks.
I am seeing a similar problem. Parallels build 5600, Windows XP SP2 and Revit Architecture 2009. About 80% of the time a dialog box will be mostly empty until I drag the dialog off screen then back. You can see the results in the attached screen captures. Needless to say, this makes using Parallels more than a little annoying. Anything from the developer as far as fixes or workarounds? Thanks, Gordon
Please download build 5604 following link bellow: http://download.parallels.com/v3/en/GA/Parallels-Desktop-5604-Mac-en.dmg and reinstall Parallels Desktop as described in kb http://kb.parallels.com/en/4790 Install Parallels Tools and increase video memory to 4 mb, also you can try tolower resolution, if it is very high
Thanks. It seems to have gotten better, somehow. Is less memory then better? I tried increasing it and it got much worse. I brought it back down to 16MB as recommended and it seems to be ok. Before I go through the process of uninstalling/reinstalling, can I read about what build 5604 includes somewhere, or what does it do?
There is a typo in my previous post I mean increase to 64mb Build 5604, adds Ubuntu 8.04 compatibility, and resolves, problems with Windows flickering, also many code improvements were done
