Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3036 Beta is available for download.

Dec 2, 2006, 06:20 PM #1
justadam28 Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	Got it had to reinstall Tools all set and very very cool

Dec 2, 2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by justadam28

Got it had to reinstall Tools all set and very very cool

your not wrong there pretty amazing.. it almost makes me want to use Windows !

Dec 2, 2006, 06:28 PM #3
sabotage Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 9	For anyone receiving this error, please see this thread: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?p=30449 This error seems to relate to the Tools install quiting during installation. Hopefully the mods will see it any come up with a solutions.

Dec 2, 2006, 06:59 PM #4
mungler Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Mouse and keyboard unresponsive :( ok, im having a bit of a problem, wonder if anyone can help... so i got Parallels to boot my Boot Camp install (on my MBP CD 1.83, 128Mb VRAM model, running 10.4.8 with all updates, Parallels 3036, Boot Camp was installed cleanly to a FAT32 partition the other day, I just converted it to NTFS so I could boot in Parallels), but it hasnt picked up my keyboard or trackpad - the OS is running, and throws up a bunch of Found New Hardware type things, then a wizard for Floppy Drive (!??!), but i cant move the mouse, and the usual keyboard shortcuts do nothing, suggesting the keyboard also isnt detected. i tried plugging in an external usb keyboard, but i cant ever get parallels to get access to it... i always just get the dreaded 'wait 5-10 sec and try again' message. I removed the entry for the floppy drive, but now it gets as far as saying the Found New Hardware wizard completed on some Intel bridge somethingorother. anyway, the keyboard and mouse never seem to work, although I did once see 'Microsoft PS/2 mouse' pop up in the notification area. so i CAN boot the bootcamp install, but i cant DO anyhting with it! help! EDIT: Safe mode didnt help, neither did trying to install the Parallels Tools.

Dec 2, 2006, 06:59 PM

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Mouse and keyboard unresponsive :(

ok, im having a bit of a problem, wonder if anyone can help...

so i got Parallels to boot my Boot Camp install (on my MBP CD 1.83, 128Mb VRAM model, running 10.4.8 with all updates, Parallels 3036, Boot Camp was installed cleanly to a FAT32 partition the other day, I just converted it to NTFS so I could boot in Parallels), but it hasnt picked up my keyboard or trackpad - the OS is running, and throws up a bunch of Found New Hardware type things, then a wizard for Floppy Drive (!??!), but i cant move the mouse, and the usual keyboard shortcuts do nothing, suggesting the keyboard also isnt detected.

i tried plugging in an external usb keyboard, but i cant ever get parallels to get access to it... i always just get the dreaded 'wait 5-10 sec and try again' message.

I removed the entry for the floppy drive, but now it gets as far as saying the Found New Hardware wizard completed on some Intel bridge somethingorother. anyway, the keyboard and mouse never seem to work, although I did once see 'Microsoft PS/2 mouse' pop up in the notification area.

so i CAN boot the bootcamp install, but i cant DO anyhting with it! help!

EDIT: Safe mode didnt help, neither did trying to install the Parallels Tools.

Dec 2, 2006, 06:53 PM #5
don montalvo Senior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 111	i had to install parallels tools while booted into bootcamp...then i had to reinstall parallels tools while running parallels. now coherence works, keyboard/mouse work...issues i had seem to be resolved. don __________________ don montalvo, nyc curmudgeon at large

Dec 2, 2006, 08:33 PM

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Windows XP Corporate will not require reactivation.

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Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

Hello community!

We are continuing our efforts for bringing you even more feature-full product and we are making our latest Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 early available to you. It will be one more FREE update of the currently available version.

Here’s a short overview of the new features and enhancements introduced by this Beta:

* New Look and Feel and Improved Usability. Completely redesigned windows and dialogues to make them even easier and smooth. Too many changes to describe – just check them out yourselves

* Virtual Machines Catalogue. A very useful feature for those having more than one VM – now all of them are available through centralized VM catalogue which appears on each Parallels Desktop for Mac instance start in case you have more than one VM

* One-click Virtual Machine Aliases:
* Automatically created by OS installation assistant or by drag-and-drop from title bar pressing Command-Option keys combination
* Clicking on Alias automatically starts the Virtual Machine
* Shutting down the VM automatically closes Parallels Desktop for Mac application

* Resizable Main Window. Resize Parallels Desktop for Mac main window as you do with any other Mac application

* Auto-Adjusting Screen Resolution. Your Windows auto-adjusts the screen resolution to the actual Main Window size.

* Drag and Drop files and folders between Windows and Mac. A long awaited feature that lets you seamlessly drag and drop files and folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa.

* Read/Write BootCamp partition. Since this build, an Apple Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed could be used as a virtual HDD for Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Boot from BootCamp partition. Another long awaited feature that lets you boot your 32-bit Windows XP residing on Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
IMPRORTANT! You need to boot in your Windows XP natively through Boot Camp and install Parallels Tools for Boot Camp package in it before your first boot in Parallels Desktop for Mac.
NOTE! It is not possible to suspend Virtual Machine connected to Boot Camp for integrity reasons.
NOTE! Running Boot Camp in Virtual Machine will need to reactivate your Windows XP installation.

* Parallels Transporter Beta bundled. Migrate your Windows PC, VMware or Virtual PC VMs to Parallels virtual machines. Please visit Parallels Transporter forum for details.

* Coherency. Shows Windows applications as if they were Mac ones. Try it and enjoy best of both worlds truly at the same time. No more switching between Windows to Mac OS.

* Improved graphic performance. Up to 50% on different applications.

* Connect/disconnect USB devices schema improved. No more “wait 5-10 seconds” message on USB device connecting to Parallels Desktop for Mac.

* Up to 5 Virtual NICs. Now Virtual Machine can have up to five virtual network interfaces.

* Enhanced Shared Networking Mode. Run Cisco VPN and many other complicated networking applications in conjunction with Connection Sharing Mode.

* Switch between networking modes on-the-fly. Switch networking modes while the virtual machine is running.

* Transparent mapping of Command-AZXCV key combinations. Now you can also use Mac copy/paste key combinations in Windows.

* Power On/Power Off/Suspend/Resume/Pause animation. Just try and see. :) We’re very interested in your feedback about the feature.

* Shared folders configuration on-the-fly. Add/remove/configure shared folders on-the-fly via menu or Status Bar icon without the need to stop your Virtual Machine.

* Drag and Drop CD/FDD images and folders to the Parallels Desktop statusbar. Just drag and drop CD or floppy image you want to connect or Mac folder you want to share onto a respective statusbar icon.

* And dozens of other not that evident enhancements.

Just download Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 to have them all available on your Mac! It will be a FREE update once it becomes Generally Available.
IMPORTANT! Resume and shut down all suspended Virtual Machines prior to upgrade.

Please remember that this is beta software, and like any other beta software you should treat it very carefully. Do not install this Beta into the production environment yet. Do backup your virtual machines before starting them.

If, for any reason, you would like to downgrade to previous stable build, use this link to get it.
IMPORTANT! Uninstall Parallels Tools from the guest OS prior to downgrading and install them again after finishing the downgrade procedure.

As usual, any feedback is extremely appreciated at beta@parallels.com mailbox.

Best regards,
Tim and Parallels Team

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Download links:

Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 - http://download.parallels.com/beta/P...20Mac%20en.dmg

Parallels Tools For Boot Camp - http://download.parallels.com/beta/P...-1.0.3-Win.exe

That is great. I am getting a Core 2 Duo Macbook soon and plan to use Parallels with it. The release of this version is just right. I hope this will be out of beta soon.

By the way, if you can get your hands on the Corporate version of Windows XP Professional and install it via Boot Camp, then you should not be required to reactivate if you boot from the Boot Camp partition.:)

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Dec 2, 2006, 09:20 PM #7
skimmilk Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 8	Networking issues I may be doing something wrong but I cannot access shared networking from the properties page. I -can- however, switch to it but its kind of a pain for when I get to school and I need to boot up Parallels for outlook but need shared networking. I've uninstalled, reboot, re-installed, reboot cycle several times to no avail.

Dec 2, 2006, 09:26 PM #8
skimmilk Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 8	Ok. figured this one out. Had to go into Network Preferences and click ok, then apply when I closed system preferences. Now if FAT32 support was there, I could reclaim the gigs I so desparately need.

Dec 3, 2006, 03:56 AM #9
skimmilk Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 8	Btw: Network interfaces? Are we supposed to have en2 AND en3 in network ports on the Os X side? It just seems kinda clunky to me.

Dec 2, 2006, 10:30 PM #10
mouellette Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	Great update with 2 questions You guys did an amazing job!! This update is awesome, looking forward to whatever else you can think of. Two questions for you: 1. I have several old Virtual PC 7 disk images that no longer work on my MacBook, it is possible to convert those raw disk images? How is "Parallels Transporter" supposed to work? 2. One pet peeve of mine is I find it annoying that every time I hit Apple-Tab to switch apps, or Apple-<whatever> to do something the Start Menu pops up. Is it possible to autohide the start menu if the Apple key is held down for a number of seconds or if an alternate key is hit? Maybe even having a delay for the start menu to pop up, unless the Apple key is hit and then immediately released. Your mapping of Apple-AZXCV is great, if you could take it this one step futher it would be even better. Keep up the good work.

Dec 2, 2006, 10:30 PM

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Great update with 2 questions

You guys did an amazing job!! This update is awesome, looking forward to whatever else you can think of.

Two questions for you:
1. I have several old Virtual PC 7 disk images that no longer work on my MacBook, it is possible to convert those raw disk images? How is "Parallels Transporter" supposed to work?

2. One pet peeve of mine is I find it annoying that every time I hit Apple-Tab to switch apps, or Apple-<whatever> to do something the Start Menu pops up. Is it possible to autohide the start menu if the Apple key is held down for a number of seconds or if an alternate key is hit? Maybe even having a delay for the start menu to pop up, unless the Apple key is hit and then immediately released. Your mapping of Apple-AZXCV is great, if you could take it this one step futher it would be even better.

Keep up the good work.

Dec 2, 2006, 10:35 PM #11
mouellette Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 2	One more thing Coherency One additonal oddity that occurs in "Coherency" mode is when the screen saver pops up. It hides all your background apps, by default this creates a black abyss with a floating window, could you have a way to shut off the screen saver when in "Coherency" mode? Also the "CMD" prompt has issues displaying in Coherency mode unless another app is behind it. The effect is pretty strange, try it if you have not already.

Dec 2, 2006, 10:35 PM

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One more thing Coherency

One additonal oddity that occurs in "Coherency" mode is when the screen saver pops up. It hides all your background apps, by default this creates a black abyss with a floating window, could you have a way to shut off the screen saver when in "Coherency" mode?

Also the "CMD" prompt has issues displaying in Coherency mode unless another app is behind it. The effect is pretty strange, try it if you have not already.

Dec 2, 2006, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mouellette

check key map settings...it appears shift-alt-control is used for two options...

don

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Dec 3, 2006, 04:22 AM #13
lochi Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Problem whith Keyboard Hello.Excused for my English but are Italian. I have installed the newversion of indeed optimal Parallels. But I have a problem. After tohave installed the tool for BootCamp, restarted in native way the keyboard and the mouse of mine macbookpro do not answer more and they do not allow me to select nothing and all it turns out blocked. Help me

Dec 3, 2006, 04:27 AM #14
maxfalco Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 4	Multiple Monitor Support for Coherancy Mode Just placing my vote for multiple monitor support in coherancy mode. I do lots of moving between displays and this would make the version close to perfect. Other things on my wishlist: the start bar shows up about 3-4 pixels over the bottom of my display, can that be fixed?, put windows icons on mac desktop, let me choose a default VM to load, and then offer a menu option to load the chooser.

Dec 3, 2006, 04:27 AM

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Multiple Monitor Support for Coherancy Mode

Just placing my vote for multiple monitor support in coherancy mode. I do lots of moving between displays and this would make the version close to perfect. Other things on my wishlist: the start bar shows up about 3-4 pixels over the bottom of my display, can that be fixed?, put windows icons on mac desktop, let me choose a default VM to load, and then offer a menu option to load the chooser.

Dec 3, 2006, 05:10 AM #15
oszillo Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	"Use Boot Camp" option always greyed out First I have to say that I am very excited by the efforts of the Parallels team. The Coherence mode is fantastic. However I have problems with the new Boot Camp option: After installing Beta 3060, booting Boot Camp installation of Win XP and installing Parallels Tools for Boot Camp in every dialog of Parallels the Option "Use Boot Camp" is still greyed out. Any suggestion? (I am running german Windows XP System builder Edition)

Dec 3, 2006, 05:10 AM

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"Use Boot Camp" option always greyed out

First I have to say that I am very excited by the efforts of the Parallels team. The Coherence mode is fantastic. However I have problems with the new Boot Camp option:
After installing Beta 3060, booting Boot Camp installation of Win XP and installing Parallels Tools for Boot Camp in every dialog of Parallels the Option "Use Boot Camp" is still greyed out. Any suggestion? (I am running german Windows XP System builder Edition)

Dec 3, 2006, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by oszillo

are you using "custom"?

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Dec 3, 2006, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by don montalvo

are you using "custom"?

Yes, as I said, in all dialogs I can't choose "Use Boot Camp".

Dec 3, 2006, 05:27 AM #18
bgraff Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 12	Novice question I have only used/owned a Mac for about a week, and paralles has made that possible. I started using boot camp, but quickly moved to parallels. Can someone tell me the advantage to using boot camp with paralles, instead of using parallels only to run XP?

Dec 3, 2006, 07:57 AM #19
d0csp33d Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	So that means I can start windows from Parallels and run games and everything, since it uses bootcamp?

Dec 3, 2006, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by d0csp33d

So that means I can start windows from Parallels and run games and everything, since it uses bootcamp?

No. For 3D acceleration, you'll still need to dual-boot.

What this means is merely that you can share one and the same Windows XP installation between Parallels and Boot Camp, thus saving you a lot of space.

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