How to: Windows 10 in Parallels 9 on El-Capitan

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by DavinderK, Sep 11, 2015.

  1. DavinderK

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    iMac Late 2013
    Processor: 2.9 GHz i5
    Memory: 16 GB
    Graphics: NVIDIA GT 750M 1024 MB
    OS: OS X El Capitan 10.11 GM
    Guest OS: Windows 10

    My upgraded Windows VM to Windows 10 became unusably slow - taking minutes just to boot up. Under Yosemite and Windows 8.1 it would take 15-20 seconds. I had a Windows 7 VM which still ran buttery smooth on El-Capitan so I decided to reinstall from a DVD Image Windows 10 Pro. I selected Other Windows. After the install I noticed Parallels Tools were unavailable - there is a setting under name where you select the OS to tune the VM to. Selecting Windows 8.1 resulted in the same slow as molasses experience but changing it to Windows 7 and everything ran great again. Installed Parallels Tools and it runs as fast as Windows 7 if not faster! OS.jpg
     

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