Keeps going into sleep mode

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PeterRHawkes

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When Windows 8.1 starts all icons show on top bar, as viewed in Coherence, and then once loaded Windows goes to sleep. Have to select Resume to get back into Windows. If I leave the computer for a few minutes it again lets Windows sleep. The Mac itself never sleeps.

I have checked the Power Settings and even changed the preset to High Performance, where nothing sleeps, but to no effect. This behaviour occurs when connected to power or on battery.

Ideas please?!

Peter H
 
Hello Peter,
* Pausing a virtual machine releases the resources, such as RAM and CPU, currently used by this virtual machine.
* "Pause Windows when no applications are open" feature is designed to save your Mac resources.
* The released resources can then be used by the host computer and its applications or by other virtual machines running on the host computer. If you select this option, the virtual machine will be automatically paused* provided that:
  • the virtual machine is running but its window is not active for more than 30 seconds
    there are no applications running in guest operating system (no icons of the guest OS applications are present in the Dock)
To manage this feature:
Virtual Machine Configuration -> Options -> Applications-> Untick " Pause Windows when no applications are open"
 
Thanks Paul, that explains perfectly and all makes sense but this does lead to a problem when it pauses Windows at startup when OneDrive is updating.

Peter H
 
PaulChris@Parallels said:
Hello Peter,
* Pausing a virtual machine releases the resources, such as RAM and CPU, currently used by this virtual machine.
* "Pause Windows when no applications are open" feature is designed to save your Mac resources.
* The released resources can then be used by the host computer and its applications or by other virtual machines running on the host computer. If you select this option, the virtual machine will be automatically paused* provided that:
  • the virtual machine is running but its window is not active for more than 30 seconds
    there are no applications running in guest operating system (no icons of the guest OS applications are present in the Dock)
To manage this feature:
Virtual Machine Configuration -> Options -> Applications-> Untick " Pause Windows when no applications are open"
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I have looked for this feature but can't find it - where is it?
 
Hi, I am having a similar problem after updating to Parallels 11 and OSX El Capitan - Windows 7 Pauses within 30 seconds of inactivity . I have confirmed the "Pause windows when no applications are open" is unchecked.
 
MichalC said:
Hi, I am having a similar problem after updating to Parallels 11 and OSX El Capitan - Windows 7 Pauses within 30 seconds of inactivity . I have confirmed the "Pause windows when no applications are open" is unchecked.
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Please try to reinstall Parallels Tools and check it again.
 
At my Windows VM it happens at least once a weak that the option "Pause windows when possible" is checked automatically again .. not good ..

Also - where is the option to deactivate pausing a VM Ware like a Mac OS X Sierra. There is no such option and so automatic tasks that need to run in the VM are always terminated because of that pausing...

It seems that pausing option only exists for a Windows VM... when is it coming for other OS?!!

Parallels 12.x

Thanks, BR,
Harry
 
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