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Hi, I am using Parallels 26 and Windows 11 ARM. I had updated Windows 11 a few days back. Today I got a prompt for updating Parallels, for which I shut down my Windows and let Parallels perform the update. Current Parallels version is Version 26.1.1 (57288). I had an external HD connected in...

Hi all, I'm running a 2023 Mac M3 Pro and have been using a Windows 11 virtual machine through Parallels Desktop for almost everything. There have been zero problems until yesterday, when I got the usual popup saying a new version of Parallels Desktop was available. Unfortunately I don't...

Hello, I'm unable to create a virtual machine with the Commodore OS ISO file which I've downloaded there. https://www.commodoreos.net/CommodoreOS.aspx If I create a "Other Linux" virtual machine and select the iSO to boot from CD/DVD drive, it is not recognized as bootable (even if I put it...

Hi, It looks like there is no options in Login Items or in Parallels Desktop preferences to stop it from automatically launching at boot time. Is there a way to prevent Parallels to start when I boot my Mac? Thanks fort any help. Stefan

Hi, could you please help me on the urgent matter? I've installed Alcohol 120 and after rebooting my Win 11 is not able to boot with blue screen (UNACCEPTABLE BOOT DEVICE). Looks like Alcohol changed something in the disk system. After researching on the command line, I could Volume 0 (CD-ROM)...

Hi, I'm running Parallels on MacOS and I recently opened some MS Word and MS Excel documents from the "Mac Side" and Parallels was nice enough to ask me if I wanted to automatically (always) open these files from the "Windows Side" by default. I clicked "Yes." but now I want to switch back and...

Hello friends honestly bought a macbook to use parallels. one machine for all the OS's I need to use is game changing. One week into my free trial now and i noticed that whether the hardware control panel on parallels is locked or not - parallels will without fail launch using minimum...

Hi, i'm using Parallels Desktop for Mac V16 Standard edition since one and half year for now. Yesterday i was doing windows updates and after that my Windows Virtual Machine crashed and now dont want to boot. It stoping on launching and i dont know what to do now . Cant even get my files onto...

Intel iMac 2019, 27", i9-9900K, DDR4 64GB I created a virtual machine with "other->FreeBSD", and I tried to boot with FreeBSD-13.1, the boot loader printed an error "Can not open /boot/lua/loader.lua". I tried again with creating a virtual machien with "other->other", setting "BIOS" to "64-bit...

I install ubuntu 22.04 for ARM64 on Parallels Desktop 18 for Mac M1, it work pretty well for months, but recently i install a update of parallel tools autmatically pushed then the ubuntu end up with stucking at the booting and the information prints on screen as follows: EFI stub: Booting...

I have read a number of threads on this forum with the same issue I'm now experiencing. I launch my VM (Windows 11, running under Parallels 17 on a MacBook with an ARM processor) and I arrive at a login screen with an image, the date/time, and two icons at bottom right. I can see and move my...

I have attached the screenshot of what I get According to me, I guess we need to disable secure boot then use this:- bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF But, I am not able to disable secure boot Please help

I've been using a Windows 10 22H2 VM for more than a year, daily. I recently upgraded my Parallels to to 18.1.1 (53328). Shortly thereafter it required me to upgrade Parallels Tools and reboot. Once I did that, it won't boot - I get an "Automatic Repair couldn't repair your PC" error about...

I don't have a backup. Is there a way to fix this?

During the boot up ubuntu tries to start CUPS Scheduler but it fails. Is there a fix and how can I get into recovery mode?

Hello All, I have been trying to image a VM using our PXE boot from SCCM as well as a bootable PXE USB but neither is working. It almost seems like Parallels doesn't try to load them, just immediately goes to "There is no operating system installed in this virtual machine". I have made sure...

Anyone get past the Grub Loop* yet? Yes, I have an ARM distro. Yes, I have disabled sound, microphone, and webcam. Yes, I have disabled 3D graphics. A second, but truly annoying thing is the inability to "shut down" the VM. It simply refuses. Shame on me for not researching more. My head...

Trying to install the latest build of Fedora Linux 36 found here but it gets stuck at this screen after selecting "Install Fedora" in GRUB. I believe UTM had a similar issue that boiled down to a bug in QEMU introduced with Linux Kernel 5.17. Not saying Parallels uses QEMU, but could they be...

Hey I just updated parallels to version 17.1.1 After updating, I cant boot windows. its stuck on loading forever I'm using MacOS Mojave Whats wrong?

I am using Parallels Desktop 15, with Windows XP fine. I don't need to upgrade my PD15 as it works great. Running MacOS 10.13.6 High Sierra. I'm now looking at installing Windows 98SE as a 2nd guest OS as I need some older programs from that time that worked very stable at that time. PD15...