i setup a win XP 64-bit VM using all of the defaults in Parallels v4. all setup and worked fine. ran upgrade to Vista Home Premium 64-bit. again all setup and working. looking in the configuration settings i believe i need to change the os version to Vista but this option is greyed out and not available to change. other things i cannot change are: Under General: name of the VM, OS type, OS Version Under Boot Order: boot order Under startup and shutdown: Enable undo disks "On Shutdown" pull down menu Under services: Automatically capture and release the mouse pointer Under CPU: Number of CPUs System Flags Under Video: Adjust the host computer's screen resolution in full screen Enable 3D acceleration i ran windows tests and windows seems to perform with decent results except for the video performance which is not very good. any idea why these controls are locked out?