Aero not working in Windows 7 on Parallels 4.0

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by TapanD, Jun 14, 2010.

  1. TapanD

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    Hello Folks

    I have been trying to make Aero work on Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) on Parallels Desktop Build 4.0.3848.
    Despite having a strong configuration, the Windows Performance Index shows the following giving me a score of 1.0 in Gaming Graphics.

    I checked Device Manager and the display Adapter is "Parallels Video Adapter". I did some research and it does not show WDDM which i guess it should show. Did all the possible updates including installing the drivers again but still no luck My Video memory is 256 mb in total out of which 128mb is used by Virtual Machine. Graphics card is ATI Radeon HD2400 (256 Mb)

    More details about my computer


    Component Details Subscore Base score
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz 4.9 1.0
    Determined by lowest subscore

    Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 4.9
    Graphics 1.9
    Gaming graphics Not detected 1.0
    Primary hard disk 13GB Free (32GB Total) 5.9
    Windows 7 Ultimate

    System
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    Manufacturer Parallels Software International Inc.
    Model Parallels Virtual Platform
    Total amount of system memory 2.00 GB RAM
    System type 64-bit operating system
    Number of processor cores 2

    Storage
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    Total size of hard disk(s) 32 GB
    Disk partition (C:) 13 GB Free (32 GB Total)
    Media drive (D:) CD/DVD

    Graphics
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    Total available graphics memory Not detected
    Dedicated graphics memory 0 MB
    Dedicated system memory 0 MB
    Shared system memory 0 MB
    Display adapter driver version 4.0.3854.56988
    Primary monitor resolution 1355x788
    DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better

    Network
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Network Adapter Parallels Ethernet Adapter




    Has anyone faced this problem before. Please help me out folks. Any help would be appreciated. will this problem solved if i upgrade to parallels 5.0

    Thanks a lot in Advance.
     
  2. now

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    some one must have an answer for this.
     
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    Waiting for an answer. thanks
     
  4. STim

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    Aero is supported since Parallels Desktop 5. There was no such feature in Parallels Desktop 4.
     
  5. now

    now Bit poster

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    thanks for getting back to me, but my post still have been added and under my username. is there a thread about areo in version 5? a friend of mine is actually having the problem with no areo support. any info would be greatly appreciated. now from what i saw myself in version f in win 7 i had areo but the rating was 1.0 which is what i would expect in vm.
     

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