New build 3186 not yet localized??

Feb 28, 2007, 02:33 AM #1
pit29 Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 6	New build 3186 not yet localized?? -- SOLVED, see post #35 in this thread Hi, I was very happy when I heard that the final Parallels build (3186) is available for download. However, I cannot activate this product with my activation key (which requires, I think, a localized Parallels version). Has anyone of you had the same experience? Any German / French / etc. users who could activate this product? Pit

Feb 28, 2007, 02:33 AM

pit29
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New build 3186 not yet localized?? -- SOLVED, see post #35 in this thread

Hi,

I was very happy when I heard that the final Parallels build (3186) is available for download. However, I cannot activate this product with my activation key (which requires, I think, a localized Parallels version).

Has anyone of you had the same experience? Any German / French / etc. users who could activate this product?

Pit

Feb 28, 2007, 04:03 AM #2
maclover Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 4	Same problem here! And I don't have any localized version at all as it is in English. Bought at UK AppleStore .... Hope they solve this fast, as they sent out the email announcement even to me (and they know my code wouldn't have worked!) cheers Emanuele

Feb 28, 2007, 05:30 AM #3
timadlr Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 19	Well it is the same with the 2.5 since the beginning of public beta-testing. Seems like they don't really care to change this for the European people. Buying a valid key only gets you down. Hopefully there will be localized builds soon. I wonder what this whole thing with keeping UK/European keys out of the beta is for...

Feb 28, 2007, 05:44 AM #4
pit29 Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 6	Actually, for the beta-builds it was explicitely mentioned that they were not localized. I am using a trial key now, so I am hoping that this will be fixed in less than two weeks time...

Feb 28, 2007, 06:01 AM #5
ozean Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 7	us second class Parallels users I must say that I am really bothered by this. There are several reasons for this: Parallels is not "localized" in a real sense. That is, it is not translated and thus the Parallels team does not have to wait for localization staff to complete their work before publication. I have not yet seen a real explanation why we "international" users are treated differently than those who bought Parallels online. I have been told that I can use the beta with a trial key. I did so. And then my trial key expired. And I should stop using my Boot Camp install? I e-mailed and contacted the Parallels team, asking for a new trial key or changing my key to a "non-international" key. During the first time I got a polite answer and my account was reset so that I could get a new key. After that one expired I contacted the Parallels team at least three times. No response at all. I have been told that I will be able to use the new release build with my key. The build is here. Can I use it? No. Therefore I would ask, implore, and beg the Parallels Desktop for Mac team to please, please, please change this behaviour and (a) open up the next beta for all owners of keys, US, international or whatever, and (b) either provide us left-alone, second class users with a build that works for us as soon as possible or at least give us some information why we have to wait and when the wait will be over. Sorry for the rant, but very seldom has a registration issue bothered me as much as this. Thinking about it: probably never before. :(

Feb 28, 2007, 06:01 AM

ozean
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us second class Parallels users

I must say that I am really bothered by this. There are several reasons for this:

Parallels is not "localized" in a real sense. That is, it is not translated and thus the Parallels team does not have to wait for localization staff to complete their work before publication.
I have not yet seen a real explanation why we "international" users are treated differently than those who bought Parallels online.
I have been told that I can use the beta with a trial key. I did so. And then my trial key expired. And I should stop using my Boot Camp install? I e-mailed and contacted the Parallels team, asking for a new trial key or changing my key to a "non-international" key. During the first time I got a polite answer and my account was reset so that I could get a new key. After that one expired I contacted the Parallels team at least three times. No response at all.
I have been told that I will be able to use the new release build with my key. The build is here. Can I use it? No.

Therefore I would ask, implore, and beg the Parallels Desktop for Mac team to please, please, please change this behaviour and (a) open up the next beta for all owners of keys, US, international or whatever, and (b) either provide us left-alone, second class users with a build that works for us as soon as possible or at least give us some information why we have to wait and when the wait will be over.

Sorry for the rant, but very seldom has a registration issue bothered me as much as this. Thinking about it: probably never before. :(

Feb 28, 2007, 06:27 AM #6
Judith Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	Oh my, I so agree with you. I've been pressing the 'check for updates' button a million times the last month and I was so happy to see the final update ready last night and now I can't install it...I've already sent the Parallels team an e-mail. I hope they hurry up a little. I find it strange that they use different keys anyhow. What do I care if my version is localized or not. Ah well.. be patient my dear european friends.

Feb 28, 2007, 06:27 AM

Judith
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Oh my, I so agree with you. I've been pressing the 'check for updates' button a million times the last month and I was so happy to see the final update ready last night and now I can't install it...I've already sent the Parallels team an e-mail. I hope they hurry up a little.

I find it strange that they use different keys anyhow. What do I care if my version is localized or not. Ah well.. be patient my dear european friends.

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