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I came to this thread because I am deciding if I want to upgrade to Parallels 11 Desktop right now. I am also trying to decide about Windows 10. Currently I am running Windows 8.1 on Parallels 10 (latest build) on a 2014 rMBP Pro. I use it in windowed or full screen mode, finding fewer problems...

I just had a thought about this. Count me among those who would like to see Yosemite running as a guest under parallels. However, being a beta, it occurs to me that such an arrangement may introduce variables that Apple would not like to contend with as it develops Yosemite. Just a thought...

My experience with every version of windows is that after you first install it, it proceeds to churn, churn, churn the disk running diagnostics, updating itself, running antimailware etc. etc. etc. The best fix is just to plan to do your installation at the end of the day so the damned machine...

FWIW, I have noticed super high CPU usage ever since I replaced Windows XP with Windows 8 and, recently, Windows 8.1. I have always traced this straightaway to either Microsoft's anti-malware activity or an update procedure of some sort running in the background. If one is having this, it seems...

My first take on this is that your Parallels installation is somehow corrupted. You can easily uninstall Parallels and reinstall Parallels without losing your configuration settings or deleting your Virtual Machine image. That said, I have no idea of your level of confidence and would strongly...

I am posting to reinforce the idea of first UNINSTALLING and then installing Parallels Tools. This worked for this problem, a major one for me since my QuickBooks files reside in a shared folder! In fact, whenever "they" say reinstall Parallels Tools, I think they should say, "First uninstall...

I had a similar problem wherein QuickBooks 2013 could not find the company file which resides in a Shared Folder on my Mac. Indeed It was not necessary to JUST reinstall Parallels Tools but to go to the Windows 8.1 Control Panel and use the Programs & Features section to uninstall Parallels...

I have had this problem from time to time with current and past installations of Parallels Desktop. Just as "good practice" reboot your entire Mac after shutting down your VM. Sometimes just restarting and then rebooting your VM solves the problem. Next, a forced reinstallation of Parallels...

I have just tried the standard refund request route offered by the vendor (cleverbridge) through which I bought the software. I suspect it will work. If enough people try this then I think we'll get what we want and deserve and Parallels will get the message. Stupid of me to jump on this rather...

I just bought a new iPad thinking (among many other uses) I would use Parallels Mobile to access my MacBook Pro while travelling. I have the app on my iPhone even though I had not used it for awhile. After uploading it to my iPad I discovered that it does not work any more and has been...

Under Parallels 8 Desktop I have an Ubuntu 10.04 ne' 10.4 VM. Whenever I update, there is an invitation there to press a button and upgrade to 12.04. I pressed this button once under 10.04 and it was a disaster. Basically, I was left with a sort of Frankenstein labeled 10.4 but with the left...

I suspected something like that. However Sophos quarantines these on the Mac side. I have gotten email attachments with Windows malware caught this way. So my thought was that they would not reach Windows at all. Oh well.

I run Sophos AV on my Mac and it seems to scrutinize anything that comes into the machine from the Internet. I run Windows 8 inside of a virtual machine using Parallels Desktop. Does my Mac Sophos protect downloads that come into the virirtual machine? I ask because I also run Microsoft...

I was getting this intermittently on a Windows 8 VM. I reinstalled Parallels Tools and has not come back. I also have an XP VM and have never experienced it on that installation.

I tried building a new machine by downloading the .iso image from Parallels for 11.10 (which as of this writing is their default). Once I got it up and running with the new "Unity" interface it felt like the Linus equivalent to something like Microsoft "Bob" with all these clunky icons on the...

I have still not succeeded with this but have an Arkview USB server that i hope to experiment with over the Christmas holiday. I will share the results here. It is really a shame that Dymo wants over $200 for their own print server (and there is no guarantee that it will work in environment with...

When you "Optimize for time machine," you need to make sure that the option to "Automatically compress hard disks" is unchecked. This setting is found in the Optimization section of the Virtual Machine Configure settings.

The notion that it is impossible to access a QuickBooks company file in a Parallels Shared Folder under XP is not true. It may be not true the way some people have it set up, but it is not generally or necessarily true. I have used QuickBooks beginning with QB 2004 Pro thru QB 2010 Pro with...

Sometimes reinstalling Parallels Tools solves these kinds of problems. I haven't had any significant problems updating from 5 to 6. There is a speed improvement, but it is modest. There are also some minor bugs involving window focus vis a vis OS X, but not within the VM (my diagnosis). I have...

Parallels' "MacLook" option may seem a wee bit rough around the edges by Mac standards, but to me it is an improvement over the clunky "XP" look. However, there is a practical benefit as well. In running the MacLook, I discovered I am also running the much faster and stripped down "Windows...