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In AutoCAD there is a command called ZOOMFACTOR. On my Windows PC this is set to 60. In my Parallels VM I had to drop it all the way down to 20. This will fix the super fast mouse scrolling/zooming in AutoCAD.

A workaround has been discovered; you have to disable the cloud sharing feature. Credit to MarcelloS: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?290902-Trouble-opening-MS-Office-2010-Applications-from-Open-With-menu-in-Finder

Could it be the CD drive needs to be assigned to Parallels so it will recognize the disc? You have to switch the CD drive from the iMac to Parallels so that Windows XP will recognize the disc. This is done under the 'devices' menu in Parallels. Make sure the iMac's CD drive has a check mark...

It sounds like you have the gist of it but to clarify; Parallels itself cannot run a Windows program, you still need to have the Windows operating system. Think of Parallels as just a virtual computer as opposed to a physical box (the PC you are going to throw away). You still need to install...

Correct. In the Windows VM it maps a drive to the Dropbox folder on your Mac OS so you can access it without installing the clients in the VM. Be warned though, this feature breaks the ability to launch Windows programs directly from the Mac Finder, I ended up having to turn it off. I keep...

Thank you, MarceloS! Too bad though, the shared cloud feature was one of the things I was most looking forward to.

I am also having the same issue with Parallels 9 not launching any Windows applications from the Mac Finder. It doesn't matter if it's in coherence mode or not; I have to open the Windows program first and then open the file I want to work with. Very annoying for an "upgrade" to break such a...

A couple things to try. 1. Universal Access panel under System Preferences has the settings for scrolling speed on the Magic Mouse. Slowing it down will improve Windows scrolling but it may slow down Mac OS X scrolling too much. 2. AutoCAD has a command called ZOOMFACTOR that will...