I use Windows-7 in part of our backwards compatibility testing.
As of Version 17 running OSX Monterey latest public release, Windows 7 nolonger functions:
* Ping 8.8.8.8 works fine.
* Ping google.com FAILS.
* Network diagnosis -> DNS not responding.
* Manually configure DNS, same results-- fail to look-up
* Opening any kind of browser, results in process-lockup afterwards any attempt to resolve DNS.
* Parallels tools now wants to install as some kind of 'legacy driver' requiring 'test signing enabled'. It never used to do that, and our anti-tampering will not permit the application to run when the operating system is in test-mode.
Testing the EXACT SAME VM under Parallels 16 works fine.
I have also tested this under a fresh Win7sp3-Ultimate ISO from Microsoft with the same results after install.
All other OS's (Win8->11 work fine)
I have also changed the networking from Bridged to Shared, etc.. same result.
(Keep in mind, until I attempt to resolve an address via DNS, network IO works correctly, including Sharing between guest and host mapped drives)
As of Version 17 running OSX Monterey latest public release, Windows 7 nolonger functions:
* Ping 8.8.8.8 works fine.
* Ping google.com FAILS.
* Network diagnosis -> DNS not responding.
* Manually configure DNS, same results-- fail to look-up
* Opening any kind of browser, results in process-lockup afterwards any attempt to resolve DNS.
* Parallels tools now wants to install as some kind of 'legacy driver' requiring 'test signing enabled'. It never used to do that, and our anti-tampering will not permit the application to run when the operating system is in test-mode.
Testing the EXACT SAME VM under Parallels 16 works fine.
I have also tested this under a fresh Win7sp3-Ultimate ISO from Microsoft with the same results after install.
All other OS's (Win8->11 work fine)
I have also changed the networking from Bridged to Shared, etc.. same result.
(Keep in mind, until I attempt to resolve an address via DNS, network IO works correctly, including Sharing between guest and host mapped drives)