Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3150 RC2 is available for download.
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Feb 2, 2007, 04:32 AM
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mark.burton Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 20 |
I installed the new RC2 over RC1. When I try and start a VM I get a message saying: "Unable to open virtual bridge. Is it installed or started" I've not seen this before, but I tried unistalling Parallels and reinstalling RC2. Made no difference, so I tried re-creating the Bootcamp VM, but still get this error message. I couldn't find any mention of 'virtual bridge" in the manual, so any help much appreciated. |
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Feb 2, 2007, 06:14 AM
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dmcgavra Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 |
Almost perfect! So I finally have Parallels using my boot camp install that is on a second partition. I have three small problems left and I have my dream computer! I can't get coherence to work in this setup... I click the button and nothing happens... What should I try? When I resize the parallels window it doesn't do the snazzy auto resolution changes. Shouldn't that work? Third I have a plantronics USB headset for an IP phone. It works but it is very scratcy, with lots of static. Should this work? Thanks for all the hard work! |
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Feb 2, 2007, 12:29 PM
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MartinBear Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 26 |
Nokia E60 USB autoconnect works, but RC2 is unstable 1. Congratulations, sort of. Autoconnect of a Nokia E60 mobile phone via USB now works ... but 2. The app seems more unstable than RC1 a. Before I enabled USB autoconnect, I tried a manual connect of the E60. The E60 appeared in the Devices->USB menu. When I selected it Parallels quit immediately and with no warning notice afterwards. OTOH I was able to restart OK with no problems. b. I switched to full-screen mode. OK. Switched back, and again the app quit with no warning. c. These sudden exits aren't recreatable, which I suppose is good news, but the lack of stability in an "RC2" is worrying. Reported to the beta e-mail address __________________ MacBook Pro, 2.13GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 120GB disk Mac OS 10.5.6 Parallels 4 (3810) (no BootCamp partition) * WinXP SP3, 768MB RAM * shared networking * USB is set for "ask me" |
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Feb 2, 2007, 07:42 PM
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dan Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 28 |
I just love Parallels. Now, on to the whining... My Logitech USB headset sorta kinda works, now. However, when I use the microphone to record sound during a screen recording, the result is extremely poor. The sound is severely garbled, fuzzy, ugly. My testing would indicate that both input and output are affected. I tested the headphones on ScreenRecorder's sound test routine, and the sound quality was terrible. I also copied the little test movie I made over to the Mac side and played it in VLC--same bad sound quality. Is there something I can do to remedy this, or is this a job for the Parallels development team? |
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Feb 3, 2007, 06:27 AM
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j-active Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 43 |
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Feb 3, 2007, 07:45 AM
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dragonkat Senior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 361 |
Used the down load created my vm :)(32000 mb ) Installed the os :) ( used windows 2000 pro) just need a windows operating system to run another program ....cannot load the program I want keep getting a error message.:confused: Did send the error report . I have a Macbook . Any suggestions would be helpful. |
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Feb 3, 2007, 09:28 PM
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iobe Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 13 |
Boot Camp, RC2 and activation I activated my XP (Boot Camp) install from within Parallels, but now that I reboot into the Boot Camp partition it wants me to activate again. I thought this was fixed? Is there some special procedure that needs to be done to let one activation work in both environments? |
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Feb 3, 2007, 10:04 PM
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jbcaro Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 30 |
Activation has to be done in both bootcamp and parallels. so just call MS and tell them that you have it installed on one machine and are using parallels. They will give you another activation key. then you are good to go in both environments. john |
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Feb 4, 2007, 12:34 AM
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dailo Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 84 |
I've noticed that Parallels takes up about 40% CPU utilization when I am loaded in Windows XP, but not doing anything. I don't have any programs running or any programs in the background, but the CPU usage is about 40%. If I remember correctly in previous builds, the CPU usage would only be maybe 7-10% when Windows XP was just running. Could it be that I am using coherence, so Parallels needs more resources? |
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Feb 4, 2007, 09:28 AM
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bdwilso2 Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 12 |
I'm not sure if this is related, but I've had mouse & keyboard issues (Logitech Wireless Comfort Control) since installing this latest version. I noticed when selecting my Blackberry from the USB selector on Parallels, sometimes it will disable my mouse & keyboard. In order to get it back, I have to disconnect the wireless receiver from USB or undock my macbook. Also, as others have noted, I also get lots of spinning beach balls where the VM seems unresponsive, then 4-5 seconds later things go back to normal. Very annoying! |
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Feb 4, 2007, 05:31 PM
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doug13 Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 |
BSOD error when installing Parallel tools update + Once I booted from the Boot Camp partition, I got through login and to the dialog asking whether to update the drivers to correspond with the version of Parallels. I clicked Yes or OK or whatever the button is. Very shortly thereafter I got a BSOD which was wiped by an immediate parallele reboot that clears it so fast that I could not read or note anything from it. I tried again. Same result. Any suggestions? FYI in case it's relevant, immediately prior to this I had teh following experience: After installing RC2 (3150), when I tried to open the Boot Camp VM I got the "More than one windows partition..." message reported by a few others. This installation is completely standard and worked fine with RC1. I tried a variety of workarounds and finally got it to start by removing my USB2 drive that contains two FAT32 partitions. (I haven't used this with Parallels in the past, but it was attached to the system.) This may be fixable with the custom config file edits, although that process is a bit cryptic to be needed for a simple installation... |
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Feb 4, 2007, 07:26 PM
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clbell Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 9 |
I just noticed there is an option to turn off live previews in the parallels icon. This is something I had requested earlier. I don't know if I had anything to do with adding this option or not but I have to say you guys are awesome for being so responsive to your customers. |
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Feb 4, 2007, 08:22 PM
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arisobrat Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 1 |
I can use my VZW BB as a modem in RC2! Just wanted to give a huge THANK YOU to Parallels. Up until tonight, I've had to use Boot Camp in order to use my Verizon BlackBerry 7103e as a modem. In all versions before RC2, the Verizon VZAccess Manager program couldn't see the BlackBerry (even though the BlackBerry Manager software would), so using it as a modem was a no go. Now it works great! :) |
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Feb 4, 2007, 09:27 PM
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John@flavors Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 18 |
Build 3150 Does Not Support The Blackberry 7100! Parallels, Keep Coding! John |
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Feb 4, 2007, 11:16 PM
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rwbaskette Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 |
Usability Question : Coherence and multiple monitors Thank you for all of the great work! I use my Mac Book Pro with a secondary monitor and have been running the Parallels betas and release candidates and one thing has stuck out that has yet to be addressed or brought up. The MBP runs at 1440x900 natively and my secondary display runs at 1280x1024. If I enable multi-monitor support for coherence with the MBP screen as my primary display, the secondary display only has a 900 pixel high band available to it for windows applications. As such, I tried seeing what might happen if my primary display were the 1280x1024 screen. The results were somewhat better, however, the top of the application is cut off in somewhat of an awkward place relative to the primary display when the dock is used as a cut-off for the coherence display. This behavior does not bother me, just noted. What is particularly bothersome is the combination of these behaviors and the setting of a window to the "maximized" state (or where it would be by default). I've attached screenshot examples. Is there the possibility to create a secondary virtual display driver for windows to mirror or virtualize a second display so that the windowing behaviors remain consistent? For those of us who work frequently with multiple displays for software development ( as I am sure you know! ) and other complex tasks, any information on this issue would be of great interest. Thank you again for all of the hard work! Robert With apologies for the imageshack links... 1440x900 Display : http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?i...cture22vh7.jpg 1280x1024 Display : http://img470.imageshack.us/my.php?i...icture2wf5.jpg |
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Feb 5, 2007, 12:16 AM
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seaQuest_AMD Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 2 |
Apple USB Modem is still broken, I get a very staticy dial-up noise, then the system blue screens. I need it to log into some of our customers servers, and the sharing dial-up method via OSX doesn't work. |
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Feb 5, 2007, 01:51 AM
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aosborne Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 |
Memory leaking badly I just start either a windows 2000 or windows xp VM, and leave it run, and in activity monitor you can see memory getting chewed up, it never stops. When you quit parallels the active memory also remains high. :( |
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