Periodically, my Windows 10 VM pauses and becomes unresponsive to mouse and/or keyboard input. This lasts for about 5-10 seconds and then everything is fine. I've found no particular pattern associated with the occurrence. This is the second Windows 10 VM I've created (thinking it may've been tied to that instance) but the problem continues. I have a Windows 7 VM that never experiences this behavior; it is definitely just the Windows 10 VM.
A particular difference between the two VMs (possibly significant) is I'm running HyperV on the Win10 because it is for Xamarin mobile development and it runs the Android emulator on HyperV. However, the pausing happens regardless of what is running. It does seem to be more likely to happen with VS 2015 and SSMS 2016, but it may seem that way because those are the apps I'm using a lot right now.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac; Business Edition; Version 12.1.3 (41532)
Host: MacBook Pro; OS X El Capitan; Version 10.11.6
Guest: Windows 10 Enterprise; Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.318)
Last edited: Feb 28, 2017