Parallels locks up system

[cyclingone]

Every time I try to run parallels, windows starts, goes into disk checking mode and freezes about half way through. Locks up my computer and all I get is the spinning ball of death. Using Beta 3106, but it's been doing the same thing for the past several versions.

I purchased Parallels when if first came out and have really never been able to use it.

Should I uninstall and then try again?Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[cyclingone]

Can't believe that no one has any ideas to help me.

Come on guys, there's gotta be somebody out there that can give me a suggestion or two about how I can get Parallels to run properly on my system.

MacMini DualCore w/ 1gig ram.

Anyone??

 

[Hugh Watkins]

Can't believe that no one has any ideas to help me.

Come on guys, there's gotta be somebody out there that can give me a suggestion or two about how I can get Parallels to run properly on my system.

MacMini DualCore w/ 1gig ram.

Anyone??

which Mac OS ?
I am up to 10.4.8

I do have 2 gb RAM
-- and allocate about 750 mb to Parallels virtual machines

I would guess 400 might be good for your machine
allocate about half the theoretical maximum
too much ram slows Parallels down.


which Windows ?
mine did not work properly until I got a new WInXP sp2 OEM CD and made a clean install

how is your win XP house keeping?

auto update from Microsoft

firewall
ante virus
Ad Aware
SpyWare Blaster
SpyBot search and destroy

Hard Disk management
-- cleaning caches / temporary files
-- Defragmenting

just because the Mac OS is so much neater
does not exempt us from the usual attacks on WinXP

Hugh W

 

[cparker]

Similar problem

I have similar problems with the current Beta 3. I get the spinning beachball and can't do anything else. I'll probably go back to Beta 2 and see if that helps.

There seems to be a few people with this problem, but I haven't seen a solution. I have tried removing the app, and reinstalling Beta 3, but that didn't seem to help.