How to upgrade from 1970 to 3186 painlessly

[joem]

Some folks seem to have had trouble with this, so here's how I did it. Everything seems to work fine.

1) Using the original version (1970) start each VM and uninstall Parallels tools using Add / Remove Programs. When the uninstall asks you to restart, just shut down.

2) After all VMs are modified, install 3186 over 1970 (no need to uninstall first).

3) Reboot the Mac.

3.5) If you have a Parallels app icon in the dock, remove it and recreate it.

4) Start each VM. Log in. Cancel any new hardware wizards. Install tools from the actions menu. When the tools install is complete, restart the VM.

When I installed tools, I deselected coherence and favorites since I don't plan to use those "features". I also disabled sharing of the desktop for security reasons.

So far, everything is working as well as or better than 1970. Drag and drop between Mac and Windows desktops works just fine (and is all I need).

Thanks Parallels team. The product runs everything I need (except one app that I haven't had a chance to test and probably won't work, but that's what bootcamp is for, and I use it rarely so the extra reboot and the 5 gig it uses is no real hardship).

[Purplish]

I have been nervous about upgrading because of all the issues I have seen in the forums.

I followed your procedure this morning (after a complete backup) and it worked great.

The only glitch I found was that when I clicked on the Parallels Icon in the Dock, I just got a question mark. I figured out that this icon was pointing to the old version of Parallels and couldn't find it. Once I navigated to the Parallels Folder and started Parallels from there, it worked great. I just needed to delete the old Parallels Icon from the dock and replace it with the new one.

I have enabled coherence mode, and I love it.

Thanks for your procedures.

[Hugh Watkins]

Brilliant post JOEM

thanks for sharing

Hugh W

[robward1@rogers.com]

I followed your instructions but nothing happens when I try to install Parallels tools. On further cheking I see that the CD/DVD drive is not accesible. I then tried to install the drive with 'Add/Remove hardware' and get the message 'this device is not working properly because windows is unable to load the drivers required. (Code 31)'
Any suggestions?

[robward1@rogers.com]

I forgot to mention my setup:
MacBook Pro,1.83 GHz Core Duo, 1GB RAM, Win2000Pro, build 3188

[David5000]

I also disabled sharing of the desktop for security reasons.

Could you please elaborate a little? Also, can this be disabled after you have already installed Parallels Tools?

Thank you,

David

[mschool]

Joem,

I followed your instructions. When I launched 3188, I got the black console window. So, I restarted the VM in safe mode, and could see all instructions for tools installation, and now I'm running 3188. Thanks very much for your help.