My parallels install on os/x with windows xp seems to work in all aspects except 1. I cannot see the local workgroup or a printer to be shared by another computer on the network from windows xp. The Mac has no problem seeing any of this and cheerfully shares shared drive areas and printers. I have parallels set to a bridged ethernet connection and it gets an ip from the switch and all internet functionality is fine. It would seem I do not have parallels configured to allow it to see what os/x does from a windows workgroup perspective. The guest is the latest version of xp sp2 and latest patch set as is os/x. Parallels version is 1970. any thoughts would be appreciated
As proof of concept, my Win2K VM sees my workgroup, and connects to printers on other machines using 1970. I can connect to both Windows machines and Mac disks via the network. I'm using bridged networking. Your setup sounds as if it should work. You could try going to a Windows command prompt and doing an ipconfig /all and post the results to see if anyone can come up with a thought or two.
Joem, Been awhile, I needed to get work done so I have lived without the printer, but now I need it so the ipconfig is below. Symptoms are still the same as described in the original post Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : robertanderebcc Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Parallels Network Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-5F-B9-A0-E4-18 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:21:58 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 08, 2007 6:21:58 PM C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
I figured out a solution. Installing the Bonjour client in windows xp.Once done the printer was visibile and all the usual windows printer mechanisms worked.
