Games in Mac Parallel Desktop

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by MrMono, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. MrMono

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    Greetings, I come to seek your aid with 2 problems Im currently facing with my Mac.

    Problem 1:
    Recently I have downloaded the new version of Parallel Desktop 3.0 Build 5584 as an update that was available. The pre-update version I had was already registered/activated and working Windows XP perfectly. Now however it is asking me for an activation key, which I dont have.

    I am currently using a 15-day free-trial period to acces my user in the emulated Windows XP, but once that is ove O know not what I could save call someone from tech support. So, before I do that I want to know what my options are. Apparently, there is no activation code as the Parallel Desktop came free with the Mac.

    tl;dr: I downloaded Build 5584 and my updated Paralel Desktop is now un-registered. What are my options?

    Problem 2:
    So I read that with 3.0 I can now run Age of Empires 3 (for windows) and other such games on Parallel Desktop. Can someone tell this poor n00b how exactly I can do this?
    It was already installed prior to the update but whenever I tried to run it it said that my video card has 0MN and that a 64MB video card was required.
    Im sure Im missing something incredibly obvious, and that there is a very easy way to play a game like AoEIII on an emulated Windows XP on a Mac but I lack the google-fu necesary to find it. So I ask you, can you help me on this matter?

    tl;dr: How do I play window games on mac? I dunno lol.

    Many thanks in advance and my deepest apologies if these are questions that have been discussed/asked to death.
     
  2. MrMono

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    Can anyone help me with this please? What steps should I take?
     
  3. jla0

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    Did you edit the VM and enable Direct X Shader support under Video?
     
  4. MrMono

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    Yeah, thats the first thing I did. No effect at all.
     
  5. Jambo6c

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    You say you're on a free trial right? Well the trial version has some capabilities disabled, so I guess this may be one of them.

    E-mail me at Jambo6c@gmail.com and I can try to help you with this
     

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