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Anybody experiences issues with 5600 & 10.5.3 ? I seem to have issue with video, looking for feedback from other users
 
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John@Parallels said:
Thank you , for comment

Steps are:
1. Install 10.5.3
2. Install 5604
3. If problem is still over there, use mentioned kb
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John, I followed these instructions meticulously and parallels works when I use it until after I re-boot my Macbook Pro *after having booted directly into my boot camp Vista install*. II install PD every time after I boot from Boot Camp Vista partiion it works just fine. :)

Under the scenario described above and detailed below I get this message when I click on Parallels:

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Parallels Desktop is unable to operate properly since it cannot communicate with one of its drivers. Try to restart the application to overcome this issue. If restart doesn't help re-install Parallels Desktop. Note that the Parallels drivers require a short time to be properly started and initialized. So you may need to wait a minute before trying to launch the application.
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10.5.3 on a 2 day old Macbook Pro.
Parallels 5604 (5600 installed originally)
Vista Ultimate in Boot Camp partition as Guest OS.

So to review the scenario is:

1) Parallels 5604 working fine in OSX.
2) Re-boot back into OSX - Parallels works fine.
3) Boot into Boot Camp Vista Ultimate SP1 partition - works fine.
4) Re-boot into OSX - Parallels fails with above message and must be re-installled.

Just a re-install will fix it temporarily and I've also tried the kb article with the same results.

Help! - Thanks!

- Kelly
 
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John@Parallels said:
For deeper investigation please create ticket in support and just give a call and tell to assign ticket to John
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Thank you for you help and kind offer but much to my surprise I can no longer reproduce the error. I made no changes whatsoever other than my Macbook was powered off all night.

When I started it up today I thought I would test the scenario that was consistently failing yesterday one more time and much to my amazement it worked without any problems.

I have no explanation for this which is a bit frustrating but hey, it's working!

Thanks! - Kelly
 
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Screen redraw problems in XP

I am using Parallels 3.0 (build 5600) and a MacBook Pro 2,6 GHz Intel Core2Duo (Merom) with GB RAM.

After upgrading to Leopard 10.5.3 and the Parallels 3.0 I started to have screen redraw problems and residual graphical prints of previously used windows in XP. These symptoms appear with a high frequency, even when I open Start -> Programs, any list item I select, will remain "selected" when I move the mouse.

If I use msn, a part of the previous background will remain on the screen and only those controls of msn will be displayed, that I activate. Also, when I use a webcam (and that is why I use Windows Live Messenger instead of the Mac version), screen refresh got very crappy, basically, my webcam (internal iSight) cannot produce a motion picture any more, only a series of blinking still images.

I do not know, whether it is the new Parallels or the new Leopard that causes the problem, but I am unhappy about the dramatic performance decrease.
 

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screen redraw problems in XP

Dear John,

Thx for the info, I am now donwloading the new Parallels version. Btw the "Check for Updates" function did not show that a new version was available, that is why I thought I was using the up-to-date version.

Best Regards

Gergő
 
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tx0478 said:
Dear John,

Thx for the info, I am now donwloading the new Parallels version. Btw the "Check for Updates" function did not show that a new version was available, that is why I thought I was using the up-to-date version.

Best Regards

Gergő
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That's because the "updates function" doesn't work.

5608 should fix it though.
 
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@John:
If Build 5608 is officially published on 16 June, what about updates for the german version? I tried to install 5608 (the English version), but it did not accept the key for my copy of German Parallels. I already opened a support ticket (#542906), but maybe you can answer this question right now.
 
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My boss bought 5608 from the web today, and he upgraded his Parallels desktop from a version like a year old. Now, he is having all sorts of video flickering. He can only run things under coherence mode. He is asking me to fix the issue for him. I tried all combinations like uninstall parallels tools, video drivers, etc, to no avail.

For your information, his system is a macbook pro, running OS X 10.4.11

Please help. My job is at risk now.....!!!!!!!!!!
 
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K-Dee said:
The VM's are located in you documents folder in a folder called "Parallels." Simply copy that folder to someplace else (like an external drive).
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I think I only have one chance to do this... You know, the Mac belongs to the president of our company, and I do not think he has to patience.

How sure are we the procedures will work? What was wrong with my previous installation? Anybody knows?
 
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