This seems very minor, but very strange. For some reason, in my Windows 7 VM, during boot (I click Show so I can see the boot screen), I get the useless green (non) progress bar at the bottom, but I no longer get the "orbiting" Windows 7 logo in the middle. It obviously doesn't affect anything, but I'm wondering if this is common (couldn't find it with a Google search) or if this is a Parallels thing. Steve