Frequent Hangs

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diurnate

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Is anyone else running Windows XP under Parallels having frequent hangs? I find with the 1.0 version and the latest beta that I have frequent hangs - the guest OS hangs, and then if I try to quit or suspend, Parallels hangs during the "Please Wait while VM is suspending ..." progress bar. I've yet to have it hang when I'm using the machine - it only seems to happen when I'm away from my desk (although I have all the guest power management and screen savers disabled.)

Its a pretty stock WinXP install, SP2. The only potential culprit I can think of is the Cisco VPN software (which I need for work.)

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten a response from Parallels support. Anyone else seeing a similar problem?
 
I'm experiencing pretty much the same thing. It might be something to do with indexing service. In my case, i noticed that the VM will hang when the Copernic Desktop Search engine doing its indexing job. The only cure is hard reset of the VM.
 
Interesting - the WinXP indexing service (cisvc.exe) is supposed to run when the machine is idle. I'll try disabling the service and see what happens.
 
No - I've have to hard reset it every other day (and have been doing it for a month or so), and haven't damaged it yet. I do keep a backup of XP install though, just in case.
 
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