Parallels Desktop Causes Severe Slowdown

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  1. disgusted

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    I have installed Parallels Desktop successfully on my new MacBook Pro 2.5.
    When I open the Parallels Desktop my systems goes in severe slow-motion.
    Tried restarting etc but the same problem exists.
    So much for Parallels I have uninstalled it.
    Has anyone had a similar problem.
    If so, what is the solution to correct.
    Thanks.
     
  2. fbronner

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    How much memory do you have? What are the versions installed? What did you install and how much memory did you allocate for your VM?
     
  3. disgusted

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    I have 4gb memory.
    Could never get to the set up of the virtual machine.
    Was never able to designate memory allocation.
    As soon as I opened parallels desktop system would go into the severe slowdown.
     
  4. fbronner

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    Let us see what is you complete hardware configuration on your MAC please.
     
  5. disgusted

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    mac configuration

    It is:
    MacBook Pro MB166LL/A 17" laptop, 2.5ghz intel core 2 duo, 4gb ram, 250gb hard drive.
    Parallels 3.0
     
  6. fbronner

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    Damn, Same thing I have.

    Can you start your Console, start parallel. And post what happens in the Console log? I can assure you it should work.
     
  7. disgusted

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    returned software to vendor

    Hello:
    I was able to return the software and got my money back.
    I will probably try parallel's competitor's product in the future.
    For now boot camp is running fine. I do not like having to reboot, but at least there are no problems.
    Thanks for your input and taking the time to look.
     
  8. warnergt

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    Are you running Norton Antivirus? That could do it.
     
  9. disgusted

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    parallels slow - norton av

    Hello:
    Yes, I run norton anti virus (only the anti virus). Are you saying that I would have to uninstall norton av to get parallells to run properly? What anti virus does not conflict with parallels?
    Thanks for your help.
     
  10. John@Parallels

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    Yes, this can cause especially if you have PowerPC version
     

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