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I decided to have Windows update on Parallels, but it has been stuck on the updating screen for several hours or at least half a day. I kept my computer screen on for a while, but that didn't work. I also tried closing and reopening Parallels, but that didn't work either. What should I do?

I want to prevent any file sharing or synchronization between my Mac and the Windows virtual machine -- meaning no shared folders, no access to Mac files from Windows, and vice versa. Is it possible to completely sandbox Windows within Parallels, so that it behaves like an entirely separate...

Hi, Assuming i have a Mac with a M4 CPU, can i install windows on ARM on parallel Desktop and it will provide the Copilot+ features (AI) Thanks

Hi there. I have a pretty simple questions : How many RAM do you have on your windows 11 when you open properties of the windows ? For Pro edition of paralles (120 dollar ) . Thanks a lot for the answers

I have seen the KB stating that this is not possible at the moment https://kb.parallels.com/en/129972 Are there any plans to support this?

I'm logging in today and when windows 11 loads it's completely black. This is stupid because it was working fine just yesterday. I've tried restarting and resetting, but nothing is working. I even updated Parallels. Maybe it's a problem with Windows 11? It will give me the screen to play Windows...

Hi, I've connected an external usb-rj45 device to my Macpro m3 and use this to configure devices on a separate subnet using windows applications. The connection through this device drops after a while, reconnecting the usb brings up the connection. The connection even dropped yesterday when...

Hello dear Parallals-community, I have 2 questions about "Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20": Which is the oldest version of Microsoft Windows, the one on Parallels Desktop for Mac (hardware is iMAC_2019 with Intel i5 processor) is operable? Can you easily run a Parallels Desktop Windows...

Hi, I've created a custom keyboard layout for Windows. After running the dedicated installer, the relevant .dll appears in the Windows/System32/ folder. However, I can't find a way to make Windows use it. From the system settings I can use the keyboard layouts supplied by Parallels, but not my...

I have set up Parallels on my Macbook Air M3 with Windows 11 Pro VM. It runs just about everything that I throw at it, with the exception of LB Booster. This is a tool based on Liberty basic 4.5.1 which runs most Liberty Basic Programs. It works by converting the code from Liberty basic to BBC...

I am on Parallels 20.2.2, Windows 11 VM. Yesterday Shared Network setting was on, and I had non network access. I set it to Bridged Network (default adapter), and it worked. This morning I tried the tips I got before from Tech Support 8/11/2024: (Assume it is set to Bridged Network) Shut down...

after windows11 installs then reboots to complete installation ..it comes back to the boot manager..i cant proceed.. i do .. i have a screenshot

Hello, is this a known issue that USB is getting much slower on the windows vm side ? Attached two screenshots. The first one is from USB1.1 fullspeed device benchmarking on mac os. The second one the same test on windows 10 vm. Tested the same also on an other pc with native windows 10 and...

The Parallels Shared Folder (\\psf\Home directory) becomes inaccessible to the guest OS (Windows 11) when more than 4032 files have been opened. When the files are closed the directory becomes accessible again. This is an issue when running certain tools in that directory (i.e. running a Visual...

Hi, Since yesterday i cannot use Power BI Desktop app, After file is opened, all charts are showing errors. Can be related to Power BI Mar 2025 update, it was released on Mar 31. Tried to use prev versions of PBI, works better but still with same error. Tried to reinstall windows, install...

Hi. On my M2 I can see Touchpad under Bluetooth & Devices. On my M4 I cannot. Both devices run the latest Parallels and Win 11. I canot find a difference in settings. Has this changed from M2 to M4?

I've just bought a new MacBook Pro M4. Previously I had a MacBook Pro Intel with Parallels 18 and Windows 10 Family. Because of ARM on my new Macbook I had to switch to Parallels 20 with Windows automatically installed in 11 Pro version. I'd like to know if there is any possibility not to buy...

Literally since yesterday, Windows 11 has started running impossibly slow. Unusable. Software is either hanging or crashing. Is there a known issue with the latest Parallels? Have any other users had this happen? Windows has 16GB RAM and 8 CPUs, so I don't see why performance should be a problem.

I have macOS 15.3.2 (24D81) and Parallels Version 20.2.2 (55879) installed on a MacBook Air M2, running a Windows 11 virtual machine with version 23H2 22631.4890. After upgrading the VM to 24H2, my Citrix sessions started having major display issues, making it almost impossible to use Citrix...

I have a few external HDD's connected to my Mac machine and every time I restart Windows on Parallels, all this drives get new random drive letters. Is there a way to force them to mount always in the same order?