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My problem is, when I try to tie my windows printer to a USB port, I don't know which one to use. By trial and error I'll eventually find the correct one, but the next time I use the Guest OS (Win-XP), it will be a different USB port and I have to repeat the processes again. For example: I...

Thanks for the info. I have an old Adaptec USB2Xchange, USB-to SCSI-2 adapter, but I can't get it to work with the printer for some unknown reason. I searched Ebay for the one you referenced. Some guy is selling one for $745 if you can believe that. Oh well, I can print using a networked...

I'm running OSX 8.2, Parallels V8, and Win-XP Pro SP3 as a guest OS. I have a Ratoc FR-1 firewire-to-SCSI-3 converter working OK in the Mac environment, but so far I haven't found any way to switch it to the guest OS. I need this interface to run an old Kodak 8650 Dye Sub printer. No drivers...

I'm running Win XP as a Guest OS, and have an Adaptec USB-to-SCSI interface connected to a Kodak 8650 printer. Printer works OK with Widows, but the Mac side doesn't even know it exists (OSX 10.8). I've set the printer up as a shared printer in Windows. No way to add it as a Mac printer since...

Is there a way to prevent devices from being automatically 'adopted' by a VM? In particular, I'd like to prevent all USB devices, both those present when the VM starts and those connected while the VM is running, from being adopted by the VM (Win XP) unless I go into the device list and select...

Problem solved... almost. I found I could change the port number in the Component Manager, but for some reason it showed that all but one of the comm ports 1 through 10 were in use. The one free port took care of the immediate problem, but I am curious how all of the other ports could be in...

I've installed a new USB-to-Serial adapter (dual port), which Win XP sets to Com11 and Com12. The problem is the Win app that I'm trying to run is only able to use com ports numbered 1 thru 9. Unfortunately I don't know my much about Windows and have no idea how to reassign port numbers. Is...

I have a printer that only has Windows drivers available. The printer works fine on the VM. What I need to do is to print on this printer from the Host; i.e. use a VM attached printer with the VM's drivers. Sharing the VM's printer doesn't work since the Host doesn't have drivers for the printer.

My Mac Pro has dual network adapters. I'd like to dedicate one to the Windows XP VM and the other to Mac OS X 10.5. How can I do this?

I used 'Migration Assistant' to move from an old iMac to a new Mac Pro. This moved the Parallels environment as well. I purchased the two additional licenses for Parallels and installed it on the new computer. When I fired it up, the Windows environment, files, etc. were exactly the way they...

When I try to test a clone to make sure it is viable, I get the following message from WinXP SP2: "Since Windows was first activated on this computer, the hardware on the computer has changed significantly. Due to these changes, Windows must be reactivated within 2 days. Do you want to...

Before Parallels 3.0 and Leopard I would place my clones on an external FW800 HDD. Since switching to the new software, I start the cloning process and it runs for a minute or so then fails because the external drive has been knocked off line. I tried several times with the same results...

Somehow I think I must be stuck in an alternate reality. I have tried support@parallels.com many times. Good luck?! Here is what I get for my effort: Thank you for contacting Parallels Support! Unfortunately we provide email support for the issues submitted to us through the request form...

You took my money: The publisher of "Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac Upgrade" has been notified and is responsible for delivering this product. Parallels Software International, Inc. will provide the service by e-mail within 48 hours. I downloaded the update build 3212, installed it...

I went to your web site, but can only fine V0.1. Could you please post a link to V0.6? Thanks!

Well I always have an image of the boot drive available. Forgive a stupid question, but how do I know where all the bits and pieces of the VM are? Is there just the two locations: in the applications folder and in Library/Parallels/xpwin (my vm name); i.e. if I just copy those two folders will...

Yes, I agree I've got to get to the bottom of this, but have no idea how to go about it short of scrapping the entire installation and rebuild it. As mentioned earlier this currently isn't possible (or at least isn't practical). Anyway, when I tried to bring up the VM this morning I seem to...

When I triedt to bring up my XP VM, all I got was the original installation screen; i.e. the VM was gone. I looked in the directory: user/library/parallels/winxp/ and discovered it was empty. The VM was gone. Fortunately I had a SuperDuper disk image and found the missing files (winxp.hdd...

I had zero luck directly binding a USB-to-serial adapter to a XP VM. It would bind, but transfer speed was very low and only worked for small data bursts. The fix was to set up a virtual serial port using a server socket. The serial client (Mac side) is provided by a small application which...

Another comment... I mentioned earlier that I haven't had any luck with SerialClient. I put a line analyzer on it and discovered it never raises DTR. Apparently this accounts for some of the problems I've been seeing.