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Hi David: The scrambled screen you posted also appears on my VM. It goes away after 10 seconds or so however. I assume yours just hangs indefinitely? Also, since Parallels tools are not available for these legacy OSs, I don't believe you will be able to set up a folder share in the way...

I have encountered similar behavior for a while now, although restarting the Mac (thereby reloading the Parallels program) has always resolved it. I assume in your case you have restarted your system at least once to no avail. Keep us posted...

If you have not already look this over, please do so. Hopefully it will help you. I suggest you start off with a new VM. The discussion in this post is for the Express setup method. Also, please type the code manually. If it still fails even with this approach, there may be more to the issue...

Did you try typing the code in manually? Also, you may want to try sans dashes. It has been some time since I set up windows 7 on Parallels, but I seem to recall a case where I was having the same issue you describe, and got around it by manually entering the key. Also, if the issue is...

Hi anerni: The issue likely does not involve validity of the license key. If you bought it from Microsoft, it should activate. Parallels does not confirm this code with Microsoft. I suspect you mistyped the product key and Windows is refusing to continue installation. Parallels can't continue...

I have successfully installed the preview of Win 8. However, as reported by others, the Parallels Tools installation causes the system to black-screen after the tools install begins. So long as PT are not installed, it seems to run fine. I plan to mess with the tools install in more detail to...

Jrh68uk: Thank you for posting your fixes, as they seem a lot simpler than the original methods I pointed out. Since my system is working as I need it, I have not tried them myself.

Mick: I have tried to duplicate your issues on my system and can't get that behavior. I suspect the system is not seeing the apm setup file on the floppy drive. The only idea I have, which I suspect you have already ensured was done correctly, is to change the "a:\" drive letter to whatever...

Hi Mick, I am at a conference right now, so it will be a few days before I can look into your issue further. A few questions whose answers may hekp shed light on the problem are: 1) Are you installing from a bootable CD or are you using a bootable floppy? 2) Is the floppy drive you are...

Windows 7 SP1 32 Bit Ultimate with Parallels Build 6.0.11994 (Revision 637263; February 17, 2011)... Install went without any problems and the VM has been running well ever since the update yesterday evening. No problems here as of yet.

Interesting... your configuration regarding floppies worked differently than mine. I'm glad you got it working... Regarding the .bat file: I created the file, but instead of dropping it in the "Start" folder as directed by the Parallels Team, I placed it on the desktop. When I want to shut...

mr_p: One thing you might want to try, assuming you don't reinstall the OS using APM (which I would recommend, just try b: as your floppy drive for the APM file), is check the video system for memory conflicts. I have noticed issues with some hardware on Parallels running Windows 95 and...

1) If you boot from a bootable CD, it does create a virtual floppy drive called "A:". In this case, your other floppy image is probably labeled "B:" When I say "Where 'A' is the letter of the drive with the floppy image, I mean 'A' must be replaced with the letter of the Parallels floppy...

Possible Graphics Issues Update 1 A note to those of you who are setting up or have set up a Win98VM using these directions. It has been my experience that the ".bat" file fix for the video driver slows down the graphics performance of the Win98VM significantly once it is run. It does...

Sounds like a permissions issue. Try running the program as an administrator to see if it makes a difference. Go to the start menu and find your program. Secondary-click on it and click "Run as Administrator" and then please report any errors here.

Parallels VMs will use the amount of memory you assign to them while they are in operation. If you assign 1GB, then that amount of memory will be made available for the VM and will count against your available RAM on the Mac side WHILE THE VM IS RUNNING. Once the VM is shut down, that memory...

If it is networked... If your printer is networked as opposed to directly connected with a USB, you may want to fiddle with the Parallels network settings. Go to the VM configuration for the offending Windows system and select "Hardware". Find the network card in the list. Use the drop-down...

Please elaborate... Is this printer a "network printer" or is it connected directly to your computer? More curiosity than anything. I have seen similar behavior with networked printers when starting VMs in Parallels. My Cannon seems to go to "paused" whenever Parallels starts a VM with...

AntiVirus I would strongly recommend using AntiVirus software on your "Windows side". Since the VM will have internet access, it can become infected like any other PC. Also, if you are running in integrated mode, Windows could corrupt files on your Mac. In my case, I run Norton Antivirus...

Getting setup... This is contingent on the windows version you want. If you are referring to Windows 7, Vista, or XP, do the following: Start parallels desktop. Secondary-click on the Parallels Icon in the Dock and choose "Virtual Machine List". When the list comes up, click the "+" in...