I have a nearly identical setup with a MacBook Pro late-2008 4GB RAM, 10.5.5, PD 4.0.3522, MacFUSE 1.7+NTFS3g, and Boot Camp with Vista x64 SP1 on a 140GB partition. The VM config is for 1 processor and 2GB RAM. I have been unable to install Parallels Tools at all. There have been a few failure cases, all occurring after booting into the Vista x64 Boot Camp partition:
1 - Vista reports that the Parallels Tools installer disk is corrupt.
2 - The Parallels Tools installer crashes shortly after starting.
3 - The Parallels Tools installer fails to write a file or directory to the Boot Camp partition due to a disk error.
Just in case it was an issue with my copy of Parallels, I uninstalled, downloaded a new copy of the Parallels 4 disk image, and re-installed. The same situation still occurs.
In short, I agree, Vista x64 with Boot Camp does not work at all.
I am using a competing product that does support this setup, but I really want the better integration that Parallels offers. The windowing integration is full of glitches with the competing product. I wish I tried out my configuration before actually paying for the upgrade to 4.0.
Last edited: Nov 12, 2008