Parallels Desktop for Mac internal build 1966 is ready for download

Oct 27, 2006, 12:28 PM #1
STim Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 831	Parallels Desktop for Mac internal build 1966 is ready for download Hi everyone - As part of our efforts to make Parallels Desktop for Mac even more stable and easier to use, we’re pre-releasing our next build for testing. This internal build publicly introduces several cool new enhancements and important bug fixes: * Shared Networking. This feature automatically gets your virtual machines online whenever your Mac has internet connection - be it via a hotel, airport or cafe Wi-Fi connection, at home using a dial-up, DSL or cable modem, or on the road with a GSM broadband card. This feature eliminates the complicated Bridged mode set up or using Host-Only networking with Internet Sharing when bridged mode is not possible. Additionally, this feature lets Parallels Desktop go online in the networks with PEAP security model in use. To enable Connection Sharing, start Parallels Desktop, load your VM configuration, click Network Adapter link and select "Connection Sharing" mode. * OS installation assistant. This feature helps you install Windows XP or Vista with a single click. Just enter your activation key and name, click finish, and...that’s it. The install assistant will do the rest - it will even install Parallels Tools for you. Please note, in Windows Vista you will still need to agree to new drivers installation. * Fix for "Eternal Poofs of Death" problem. * Fix for random guest OS freezes problem. * NumPad Enter key is Enter key again and is not AltGr anymore. * And many other minor fixes The build can be downloaded from here. As usual, we're extremely interested in your feedback about the new features and fixes introduced, so please let us know what you think. Best regards, Tim

Oct 27, 2006, 12:28 PM

STim
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Parallels Desktop for Mac internal build 1966 is ready for download

Hi everyone -

As part of our efforts to make Parallels Desktop for Mac even more stable and easier to use, we’re pre-releasing our next build for testing. This internal build publicly introduces several cool new enhancements and important bug fixes:

* Shared Networking. This feature automatically gets your virtual machines online whenever your Mac has internet connection - be it via a hotel, airport or cafe Wi-Fi connection, at home using a dial-up, DSL or cable modem, or on the road with a GSM broadband card. This feature eliminates the complicated Bridged mode set up or using Host-Only networking with Internet Sharing when bridged mode is not possible. Additionally, this feature lets Parallels Desktop go online in the networks with PEAP security model in use.
To enable Connection Sharing, start Parallels Desktop, load your VM configuration, click Network Adapter link and select "Connection Sharing" mode.

* OS installation assistant. This feature helps you install Windows XP or Vista with a single click. Just enter your activation key and name, click finish, and...that’s it. The install assistant will do the rest - it will even install Parallels Tools for you.
Please note, in Windows Vista you will still need to agree to new drivers installation.

* Fix for "Eternal Poofs of Death" problem.

* Fix for random guest OS freezes problem.

* NumPad Enter key is Enter key again and is not AltGr anymore.

* And many other minor fixes

The build can be downloaded from here.

As usual, we're extremely interested in your feedback about the new features and fixes introduced, so please let us know what you think.

Best regards,
Tim

Oct 27, 2006, 01:30 PM #2
Pleiades Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 80	Does this mean that Vista has its own native Parallels Tools drivers now so I don't need to run the XP version in XP compatibility mode?

Oct 27, 2006, 01:42 PM #3
workuser Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 8	Using new Shared Network The new configuration appears to work well for traditional connections, but does not allow VPN access from the guest machine through the NAT to the outside. This worked in Bridged mode. Using Cisco VPN in Guest OS. Guset OS is XP Macbook Pro

Oct 27, 2006, 01:47 PM

palter
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

* Shared Networking. This feature automatically gets your virtual machines online whenever your Mac has internet connection - be it via a hotel, airport or cafe Wi-Fi connection, at home using a dial-up, DSL or cable modem, or on the road with a GSM broadband card. This feature eliminates the complicated Bridged mode set up or using Host-Only networking with Internet Sharing when bridged mode is not possible. Additionally, this feature lets Parallels Desktop go online in the networks with PEAP security model in use.
To enable Connection Sharing, start Parallels Desktop, load your VM configuration, click Network Adapter link and select "Connection Sharing" mode.

Excellent!

I was about to explain how to do this using a third party tool (IPNetRouterX). Guess I'll skip that for now.

Let me ask a question about this feature: Can I configure the guests with static IP addresses? (I'm presuming, by default, they're getting IP addresses from your builtin DHCP server.)

OK, two: If I use static IPs, what should I do about the DNS servers? (With IPNetRouterX, I can setup the Mac to act as a caching DNS server for the VM's.)

Oct 27, 2006, 01:49 PM

Delphyne
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* NumPad Enter key is Enter key again and is not AltGr anymore.

Bless you. This was driving me insane.

Oct 27, 2006, 02:42 PM

Andrew @ Parallels
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Originally Posted by Delphyne

Bless you. This was driving me insane.

It is still possible to make it AltGr using keyboard configuration file for those who need it.

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Oct 27, 2006, 02:59 PM #7
rickross Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 26	Build 1966 crashes differently, more sudden and clear The good news was that after installing build 1966 I could once again start Parallels VMs on my 4Gb Mac Pro. The bad new is that after about an hour or so of running Windows XP (and at a moment when I wasn't doing anything at all) I got a hard crash on Mac OS X telling me I had to do a power-down restart. This was different from the lockups I have eventually experienced every other time I have run Parallels for any significant amount of time (greater than 15 minutes or so.) Previously the mouse would keep moving, but no windows in XP or Mac OSX would respond, and I could open SSH terminals to the machine from others on my network. This time it was sudden and clear - everything was halted. There must be logs I can paste in for someone to analyze, but I don't know which ones. If you can advise me what you'd like to see I will be happy to send it along. Thanks, Rick __________________ Rick Ross dzone.com - fresh links for developers

Oct 27, 2006, 02:59 PM

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Build 1966 crashes differently, more sudden and clear

The good news was that after installing build 1966 I could once again start Parallels VMs on my 4Gb Mac Pro. The bad new is that after about an hour or so of running Windows XP (and at a moment when I wasn't doing anything at all) I got a hard crash on Mac OS X telling me I had to do a power-down restart.

This was different from the lockups I have eventually experienced every other time I have run Parallels for any significant amount of time (greater than 15 minutes or so.) Previously the mouse would keep moving, but no windows in XP or Mac OSX would respond, and I could open SSH terminals to the machine from others on my network. This time it was sudden and clear - everything was halted.

There must be logs I can paste in for someone to analyze, but I don't know which ones. If you can advise me what you'd like to see I will be happy to send it along.

Thanks,
Rick

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Oct 27, 2006, 03:20 PM #8
Andrew @ Parallels Parallels Team Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,557	rickross, Our support team will contact you to get details and investigate your problem. __________________ Best Regards, Andrew @ Parallels

Oct 29, 2006, 04:58 AM

luz
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keyboard configuration file?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew @ Parallels

It is still possible to make it AltGr using keyboard configuration file for those who need it.

Keyboard configuration file? Sounds very interesting - is this something in Parallels I could manually edit to tweak the keyboard mapping? Any documentation on this available?

(I searched all the forum for the keywords "keyboard configuration file" and this is the only thread the term occurs...)

Oct 27, 2006, 04:24 PM

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Robster
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

Hi everyone -

To enable Connection Sharing, start Parallels Desktop, load your VM configuration, click Network Adapter link and select "Connection Sharing" mode.

Best regards,
Tim

Hi

I cannot work this out.

What do you mean click on Network Adapter Link??????

What link?

where?

Robin

Oct 27, 2006, 04:36 PM #11
Robster Senior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 209	Okay, ignore my email. I thought you meant start up the VM......... Found the link working so far....... THANK YOU. Robin

Oct 27, 2006, 04:42 PM #12
scottmcdaniel Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 12	I am thrilled to report that my 'epod' has ceased also, yay! Good work guys!

Oct 28, 2006, 01:32 AM #13
whytyger Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 57	Virtualization mode After upgrading, I could not seem to get Virtualization Mode to turn on with the usual "put to sleep and wake up" technique. However, after installing the the updated version of Parallels Tools, it turned on. I presume this is the correct behavior but it gave me a bad turn.

Oct 28, 2006, 05:06 AM

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mkummer
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

* NumPad Enter key is Enter key again and is not AltGr anymore.
Best regards,
Tim

I dont see a change in the Enter key behviour. After installing and updating the Parallels Tools I dont get the Enter Key to act like promised...

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Oct 28, 2006, 11:21 AM #15
ithacalaw Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 17	1966 has fixed sound VM to Mac problem I couldn't get a squeak out of my Mac with previous build. With 1966 it works beautifully. I still can't copy and paste from VM XPPro to particular applications on Mac Pro (ComChart/Word). Yet this has always worked for TextEdit and Mail. Why is this and why can't it be fixed? I would think it would be top priority - why do we purchase Parallels anyway if we can share text easily from one to the other. Also, Philips SpeechMike Pro still doesn't work as a microphone in VM XPro. However the trackball works in VM and the speaker can play from applications on VM! Why selective non functioning of microphone on VM when all else functions and the Philips driver is loaded. What micrphones do work. DNS9 is why I bought Parallels - so using a microphone and copying and pasting text are going to be the reason I continue or quit using this program. Adam:confused:

Oct 28, 2006, 11:21 AM

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ithacalaw
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1966 has fixed sound VM to Mac problem

I couldn't get a squeak out of my Mac with previous build. With 1966 it works beautifully. I still can't copy and paste from VM XPPro to particular applications on Mac Pro (ComChart/Word). Yet this has always worked for TextEdit and Mail. Why is this and why can't it be fixed? I would think it would be top priority - why do we purchase Parallels anyway if we can share text easily from one to the other. Also, Philips SpeechMike Pro still doesn't work as a microphone in VM XPro. However the trackball works in VM and the speaker can play from applications on VM! Why selective non functioning of microphone on VM when all else functions and the Philips driver is loaded. What micrphones do work. DNS9 is why I bought Parallels - so using a microphone and copying and pasting text are going to be the reason I continue or quit using this program.

Adam:confused:

Oct 28, 2006, 12:35 PM #16
Michael Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 6	Hi I want to use network sharing and use the vm as a server from the host (using Safari to access a web infra not available on the Mac). In VMWare I can define a target ip to be routed to. Is this possible too?

Oct 28, 2006, 01:07 PM #17
drjamesh Junior Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 17	1966 installed without incident. Dragon Sys. naturally speaking 9.0 still does not boot for me. 1928 was the last version that did. Thanks for working hard on these versions. Keep it up. Jim

Oct 28, 2006, 02:59 PM #18
scottdelap Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 11	Re: New Network Options Not Enabled I see the new shared network option but both it and the host only mode option are disabled. I can only selected bridged on an existing VM. Suggestions?

Oct 30, 2006, 08:43 PM #19
drjamesh Junior Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 17	1966 installed without incident. Dragon Sys. naturally speaking 9.0 still does not boot for me. 1928 was the last version that did. Thanks for working hard on these versions. Keep it up. Jim ...With 1966...DNS 9.0 still won't run.

Oct 28, 2006, 03:39 PM #20
serv Parallels Team Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 247	to Michael Whatever networking mode you set your VM to it still gets an IP address assigned (except for problem cases). This means that you're always able to access your VM from the Mac. In "Shared Networking" mode your VM IP is most probably 10.211.55.3, but check your guest ipconfig (Windows) or ifconfig (Linux) output to be sure. to scottdelap Try rebooting your Mac. Sometimes OSX is unable to reload network drivers cleanly.

Oct 28, 2006, 03:39 PM

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serv
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to Michael

Whatever networking mode you set your VM to it still gets an IP address assigned (except for problem cases). This means that you're always able to access your VM from the Mac. In "Shared Networking" mode your VM IP is most probably 10.211.55.3, but check your guest ipconfig (Windows) or ifconfig (Linux) output to be sure.

to scottdelap

Try rebooting your Mac. Sometimes OSX is unable to reload network drivers cleanly.

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