Windows 10 Guest VM Looks Terrible

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by fatk1d, Jun 3, 2016.

  1. fatk1d

    fatk1d Bit poster

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    Greetings,

    My host system is running OS X El Capitan version 10.11.5. I have a 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, 16Gb of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M with 4Gb of RAM. I have given the Windows 10 guest VM 8Gb RAM and 512Mb of video RAM. The guest VM operates just fine but has some quirks and the graphics on it are terrible. It looks like someone has taken a photograph of a Windows 10 session and I'm working off of that photograph if that makes any sense? The desktop for Windows 10 is in full screen mode but doesn't use the entire screen. The mouse when used within the Windows 10 guest VM moves much too quickly. Yes, I realize I can adjust the speed of the mouse within the guest VM OS but I shouldn't have to.

    I loaded a Linux Mint OS VM a while back and it did the same thing until I got Parallels Tools installed. So, the first thing I did was to check and see if Parallels Tools was installed in the Windows 10 guest VM and it most certainly was.

    Any thoughts/suggestions? Sure. I can add more video RAM but what about the mouse behavior? Again, it just doesn't seem like it's functioning as it should. Also, I've already re-installed Parallels Tools. No difference.
     
    fatk1d, Jun 3, 2016
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  2. Arunn

    Arunn Parallels Support

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    Hi, please follow the steps given below:
    1. Uninstall Parallels Desktop for Mac using PDRemove tool.
    2. Go to Mac > Disk Utility > Run First Aid.
    3. Restart Mac.
    4. Install Parallels Desktop for Mac by referring to the article.
    5. Install Parallels Tools manually and let us know how it goes.
     
    Arunn, Jun 6, 2016
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  3. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hi, please be informed that Parallels Desktop 11 Update 2 Hotfix 1 - 11.2.1 (32626) was released and the issue in Mint Linux 42.1 with Parallels Tools has been addressed. Please update Parallels Desktop to the latest build. To check for updates, go to the Parallels Desktop menu and click on "Check for Updates... Latest version always available here: http://www.parallels.com/directdownload/pd11/ Please note that Parallels Tools also needs to be updated (Actions > Update Parallels Tools) and let us know how it works. Check out the updates summary at http://kb.parallels.com/123410 Thanks!
     
    PaulChristopher@Parallels, Jul 20, 2016
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