Parallels 3188: Win XP very unstable

[Cenobyte]

Hi there!

A couple of days ago I bought Parallels (build 3188) to run Windows XP Professional on my 24" iMac with the 2,16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 2GB of memory. I run it on Mac OSX 10.4.9 (8P2137). The problem is that I can't get a stable Windows environment!

I followed the OS Installation Assistant and chose Windows Express (recommended). I proceeded to installing Windows XP Professional from an original CD and every thime the installation freezes, spontaniously reboots or simply gets in a loop. I tried it 6 times and the last time I finally managed to get a working Win XP Professional environment, despite the 2x reboot while setting up...

Now, my Windows environment has also rebooted 2 times, the USB is not working (inside Windows there are no drivers installed for the USB controller and I can't get any installed either). I tried installing Xp Home Edition, but with the same results. I also tried installing from an ISO file and I tried another Xp Professional disc. After two evenings of installing Windows and pulling my hair out, I gave up...

Can anybody help me with this?

 

[Cenobyte]

Thanks for the offers. The strange thing is that the older (trial) version I had did indeed work perfectly. I had it running for quite some time, but until recently, I did not need it (I still had an old PC next to my Apple). Some time ago, I got rid of the old PC and since the (older) trial version of Parallels worked, I bought the latest version (3188) and installed it. That's when the trouble began.

If you would be so kind, I would appreciate your offer to try out build 3186 a lot. Please let me know how to download it.