Windows shuts down each hour through Parallel on my Mac OS X

Discussion in 'macOS Virtual Machine' started by ClaudiaF, Jun 23, 2015.

  1. ClaudiaF

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    Using Parallel for Mac OS X 10.9.5 and bought Parallel + Windows 8. It worked great the first month, then all of a sudden it shuts down and returns me to a blue screen after exactly one hour (to the minute!). When I turn it back on, it shuts down again randomly between 1 hour or less throughout the day. I have been on the phone forever with Parallel/Windows/Mac who just waste my time and blame each other.

    I only have one program on Windows, do not use Windows for anything else, and Windows shuts down even if I am on the first page that the internet explorer opens, which makes me think it is not that program's problem and it is a Windows problem.

    Help???????
     
  2. PaulChristopher@Parallels

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  3. ClaudiaF

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    I am not using, neither do I want to use, Bootcamp!
     
  4. marat_t

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    can it happen that you are running win8 tech preview?
     
  5. ClaudiaF

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    It worked fine the first couple of months. Supposedly I am running Windows 8 Enterprise.
     
  6. marat_t

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    win8 or win8.1? are they any warning/errors popping up? can you check C/windows/minidump folder? are there any files? if so, can you upload the latest somewhere and provide us with the link?
     
  7. ClaudiaF

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    Windows 8.1, sorry.

    How do I go to find C/windows/minidump

    Im not familiar with navigating Widows.
    Upload what on C:?

    Attaching what's in C
     

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  8. ClaudiaF

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    I could not find C/windows/minidump by conducting a search as attached
     

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  9. marat_t

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    You should open disk C, then go to Windows folder and then go to Minidump folder
     
  10. Specimen

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    Did you actually acquired this license or otherwise given by your company (Enterprise licenses are sold in volume); or you downloaded what Microsoft calls evaluations? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise
    Which will work normally for 90 days (your couple of months) and then they shut down every hour.
     
    Last edited: Jul 4, 2015

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