Two problems with parallels desktop 8

[herszk]

I try parallels desktop with windows 8 on mac os x10.8, I have 2 problems:
-I use a modified keyboard layout, parallels desktop always turns to the original keyboard layout.
- When I watch a video, the screen turns off after 10 minutes (scheduled for mac), this does not occur in native mac.

 

[kat]

Hi

Have you installed Parallels tools?
Also have you modified the keyboard from with in your VM?
I thought this knowledge base article might be useful http://kb.parallels.com/en/113706
About watching the video and it going to sleep is this occurring only in the vm or is your mac going to sleep also?

 

[herszk]

Yes, Parallels Tools are installed.
No, I haven't modified the keyboard from my VM, into mac,I created a keyboard layout specially to change a key . When I start my VM, Parallels replaces the standard mac keyboard layout and maintain it after stopping VM.
My mac is not going to sleep also when I'm watching a video.

 

[kat]

Hi herszk,

To map a keyboard for Parallels
Select your VM
Along the bottom of the screen you will see several icon one will be a keyboard
select the keyboard>check the item to be changed.

To change the sleep settings in the vm
Control Panel>Power Options>Choose when to turn off the display
you can also change your screen saver Wait time
Control Panel>Personalization>Screen Saver>Wait

 

[herszk]

This is not what I want, I just want to keep the mac keyboard as it is without parallels that takes the standard mac. There is no windows commands but some characters that I modified.
Time to turn off the screen and standby are both set to "never".
I think that Parallels does not send the signal to Mac os x that it is a video watch.

I am trying Parallels's competitor, I have no problem with my keyboard layout.