Parallel desktop crashes 24 inch imac

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fredgoodman

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I tried installing parallels desktop + windows xp on a new 24 inch imac.

At the point at which I am supposed to select the cd/dvd from the devices menu,
all selections are greyed out.

If I nevertheless try to proceed to start the VM, my mac crashes.

Does parallels work on 24 in imac?

A quick look at the forum shows that similar problems show up with mac pro.
 
Same thing here. I get a transparent blacked out screen with a system restart as the only option. This comes after entering my activation number which it says it accepted. I installed PMD from the CD using their supplied serial number.
 
Mine is closer to working now with 1922. At least is will read my WinXP installer disk. Now if I can get past it needed me to type F8 to accept the EULA I may get it insttalled.

Update -- got past that (the F8 key) and XP is installing. I first had to go into system preferences/keyboard & mouse/keyboard shortcuts to change the F8 assignment going to Dashboard. After that I found that I still had F8 assigned to Yahoo Widgets (Konfabulator). Once I deleted that assignment PDM accepted the F8 key entry for the EULA.

This is almost as much fun as VPC 3-7 had been. ;-)
 
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problem resolved

I am the originator of this thread.

I solved my problem (so far) by downloading a recent build from versiontracker.

I certainly wouldn't have found my way to a recent build by looking around the
parallels website, unless I knew where to go!

To those who replied with helpful suggestions, many thanks!
 
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