Cursor Is Trapped and Other Vexations
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Aug 10, 2007, 06:28 PM
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drjohn Junior Member Join: May 2007 Posts: 12 |
Cursor Is Trapped and Other Vexations Hello Everyone! First, some info from System Profiler: Model Name: MacBook Pro 17" Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz OS 10.4.10 Parallels 3.0 with memory set to max 1.5 with virtual memory option turned on. I can't go running into the Mac store everytime something goes wrong. And glitchs seems to arise all the time. I destroyed XP and then decided to UG to Vista. I'm getting into Windows for the first time in my computing career (1995). Upgraded to v3, reinstalled XP sp3 (or is it sp2?), and then installed Vista Ultimate on that. At the bottom of the Parallels window, it says "press alt+cntl to relase the mouse". The mouse doesn't release. It stays in the Windoze environment. I can't do anything in the Mac OS environment. I can't manipulate Parallels, even if it's stopped. My brother, a Mac-O-Phobe of the first order, ß-tested Vista and bragged endlessly about it. Once I installed Vista, he advised that I stick with XP. ("General Lee, you might want to reconsider having General Pickett charge that hill. He's already done it?") Then I have other friends who advise moving ahead to Vista. So, I dunno. I did fresh install of Windows and the problem persists, except that there do not seem to be any Parallels tools installed, and I don't know how to install them, particularly when I can't get the cursor out of the Windows environment. I am strongly considering moving back to XP. I will have mission-critical data on the Windows part of the Mac, so when I finally figure out how to configure this and get it working smoothly, if it's possible to get Parallels running smoothly (so far I'm not convinced), I'll have to figure out a way to back up these critical files. Either to a FAT-32 partition of an external hard drive, or some other way. A phone tech from Parallels said that all I had to do was back up ________ in the userlibrary and I'd have a complete backup of the virtual machine. Forgot what that was. Thanks in Advance.....John |
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