I am having a huge issue each and every time I run Windows from Parallels. A large number of smbd, hundreds in fact, start up and eat all available system resources. I have windows sharing turned off, shared folders disabled, and still cannot seem to stop this from happening. I end up having to restart my computer after every use of Parallels, which isn't going to work for me. Any ideas?
i had the same problem, here's how i fixed it... edit /etc/smb.conf and add... local master = no domain master = no preferred master = no os level = 0 worked like a charm after a reboot.
Try editing smb.conf to add, e.g. "max smbd processes = 5" (or some other low value) to the [global] section. I've heard that this doesn't always work though, but downloading and reinstalling the last Mac OS X combo update has helped some people. Edit: or try nivenh's suggestion - I didn't know about that.
