Build 3188 is available

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javester

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Thought to post it here since there's been no official announcement in the forums yet.

http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/

I applied it and found no material difference, which is all just the same, since Parallels has been rock solid for me the past few builds. There were no release notes too, so I dunno what they changed.

Speaking of release notes, Parallels should strongly consider doing a version history that points to issue numbers in a bug tracker like public-facing Bugzilla.

But the very fact that this forum is "hidden" (not available as a link from the company website), I'd be surprised if they do it.

I love the product but I just wish they revamp their support policies...
 
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Parallels Tools reinstall/update

iduff said:
Might be just a bug fix, but it did NOT require an in-place upgrade of Parallel Tools. Interesting, I've got build 3188 running, with build 3186 tools. Wonder what kind of fire I'm playing with doing this <grin>?


No immediately evident changes, sure makes the need for release notes compelling, now, doesn't it?
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Did you reboot your Mac after installing build 3188? I saw that suggestion in an earlier thread. Also I upgraded from 3186 to 3188 today with my VM still suspended from last night. It opened to how I left it...in Coherence. No tools install started. So I shutdown my VM (XPSP2) and relaunched it. Then Tools install started and installed, reboot VM and all is fine.

MBB Core Duo 1 GB RAM, 80 GBHD, FW LaCie 250, w/60 gig Fat 32 Win partition
BTW, I can share a folder on the FW Windows partition so no need for extra HD in the VM.:o
 
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mark.burton said:
It did for me. I wish they could solve this. Surely MS will eventually just tell me I've over done it for activation's?

--Mark
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No--what they do is require you to telephone and on the telephone they ask how many machines the OS is installed on. You tell them one and they activate. Sometimes they set it so you can activate several times. Might tell the telephone people you're trying it in different setups or whatever.

I know, it's idiotic.
 
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limec said:
3186 should have been RC3, and maybe 3188 is RC4?

Parallels' trigger happy, maybe?
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No, both 3186 and 3188 are finals of version 2.5 because Parallels doesn't put betas or RCs on their official download page.

Again Parallels team any word on what's fixed with 3188 would be deeply appreciated!
 
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The big question for me is that, from 3186 I do a check for updates and it tell me that there are no updates and my 3186 is the most recent.

If it hadnt been for someone noticing there is a new build in download section and posting to this board, I wouldn't have had any idea.

Maybe the growth of the product happened quicker than they expected and the auto-update has been down temp till new infrastruture can be put in place. I could imagaine this is a huge bandwidth hog to offer this feature

Things are fine with 3186 for me and will upgrade shortly
 
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Well fro my piece of mind I'm not going to install it. If there's no ingredients label on it then I'm sure not going to put it in my soup ;)

I think I'll wait till they do a release with some real info. My 3186 install is working OK with a few USB HD hickups which I've got a support request posted for. I can live with that for the time being.
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Upgraded to 3188 Parallels tools option greyout in Actions menu

hence my XP VM is not functioning properly
It tells me I need to run Tools but the option is not available.

Thanks in advance
 
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maxxxfl said:
Since installing Build 3188 I cannot use coherence. It crashes the VM. Even after uninstalling 3188 and reinstalling 3186 I still cannot use coherence. I'm using boot camp as the VM on a Core Duo iMac
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I had this problem with RC3, but I suspect the problem may have existed before. Basically when I patch windows to a certain level with "automatic updates", the VM isn't ever able to get into coherence mode anymore. I have a bare windows image (basically no patches, right off of the xp sp2 CDROM), and coherence still works fine for it.

Anyone have any ideas?
 
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I updated to 3188 and continue to have problems wtih Parallel Tools. I had the similar problems in 3186 but I could ignore the warning that tools was not installed and could get by find with whatever version of Tools was indeed running even though it much have been a mismatch. Not so with 3188. I'm now stuck and can't get a clean re-install of Tools to work. I've posted under a separate Parallel Tools thread looking for more help and support.
 
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No problems here - well, sort of

I was able to auto-update to build 3188 and reinstalled Pararells Tools without any issues. Does seem to run faster and with less hiccups.

However, I am still patiently waiting for someone to fix the bug that will not allow my to access an EZ Data database which resides on another computer by using Sybase SQL Server.

Anyone know of any workarounds or fixes?

Thanks! :D
 
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justflybob said:
I was able to auto-update to build 3188 and reinstalled Pararells Tools without any issues. Does seem to run faster and with less hiccups.

However, I am still patiently waiting for someone to fix the bug that will not allow my to access an EZ Data database which resides on another computer by using Sybase SQL Server.

Anyone know of any workarounds or fixes?

Thanks! :D
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If you are using shared networking and the Sybase server is trying to make a callback to the client it will probably fail - the Windows VM is not visible to your network when using shared netnworking. It is a case where bridged networking is needed. If that's not it then perhaps something as simple as adding a host table entry in Windows with the IP of your Sysbase server will fix it. If you can't ping the Sysbase server from Windows then you have routing problems.

People frequently complain here of networking problems without providing any clue for the rest of us as to whether it is a connectivity problem (can't ping a remot IP) vs a DNS problem (can't ping a remote hostname). If you cannot ping the default router (the one used by OS X) then you will not likely be able to communicate with your network let alone the Internet, so that's always a place to start. And always ping using an IP when testing connectivity, and by host when curious about DNS.
 
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Sorry for the lack of technical stuff, dkp.

1) I am using bridged networking
2) I can ping the Sybase server from my side
3) All other networking features work just fine.
4) I also can connect to my VPN
5) I have no idea how to add a host table entry - help?

Thanks! :D
 
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FWIW, 3188 is working fine so far on my Mini, with XP non-Bootcamp, XP using Bootcamp, Vista, and ubuntu 6.06 LTS. The Windows VMs all auto-updated Parallel Tools, but on Vista, it was like that Apple Vista Accept/Deny commercial. Will install it on my MacBook with XP using Bootcamp tonight, but don't expect any problems.
 
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jdonshik said:
Any word on why USB audio has gotten quite garbled in 3170 and 3186? It worked previously in the other iterations?
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This one has affected me as well. Since moving to 3186 the audio on any webcam sessions became unusable. I've had to go back to my PC for messenger. I know the stock answer will be to try it myself, but my folks on the other end of the webcam don't have the patience! So if anyone can confirm if the USB audio problem has been resolved I'd much appreciate it.
 
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