Update: Parallels Desktop 4.0 Build 3846 is available
Dear Users,
Parallels Desktop 4.0 Build 3846 is available for download:
http://www.parallels.com/download/desktop/
Bugfixes and improvements
- Support for creating virtual machines with Mac OS X Leopard Server and Snow Leopard Server on Nehalem-based Mac Pros and Xserves – added.
- Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with Windows Vista SP2 – added.
- Support for creating Boot Camp virtual machines with Windows 7 – added.
- Support for running Windows 7 in virtual machines – improved.
- Windows 7 system tray icons – improved.
- Express installation of Windows 7 – added.
- Shared profile issues in Windows 7 – fixed.
- Direct printing feature in Windows 7 - fixed.
- Sound card support in Windows 7- fixed.
- Other Windows 7 improvements and bugfixes.
- Support for running Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server in virtual machines - fixed.
- Problems with installing Parallels Tools in the Ubuntu Linux 9.04 guest OS - fixed.
- Support for using Mac OS X Snow Leopard (including the 64-bit version) on host computers – improved.
- A number of bugs for using Parallels Desktop and running virtual machines on host computers with Mac OS X Snow Leopard fixed. Most important bugs are listed below:
-- QuickLook plug-in crashes when trying to preview the contents of a PVM bundle
(the crash is invisible for the user).
-- The update may fail to install the downloaded updates for Parallels Desktop 4.0.
-- Parallels Mounter and Explorer may fail to open Parallels Desktop disk images.
-- It may be impossible to connect to the virtual machine from the iPhone client.
-- Creating a virtual machine snapshot may take a very long time.
-- Opening a web link from inside a Windows-based virtual machine in Mac Safari
using the Shared Internet Applications feature may result in appending garbage
to the link.
-- On 64-bit host computers, connecting a USB device to a virtual machine may
cause a kernel panic.
These and a number of other bugs have been fixed in Parallels Desktop 4.0 Update (build 4.0.3846).
Known issues
- Dynamic resolution might not work in a Linux guest OS with the default amount of video memory. It might be necessary to increase the video memory size to at least 6 MB to let the feature work.
- Time difference is not saved between Mac OS and Linux guest even if the “Allow time difference between host and guest" option is enabled.
- Recycle bin integration does not work if Mac OS Dock auto hide is enabled.
- Disk encryption tools make Windows boot extremely long. To work around this issue, add the “kernel.real_mode_vtx=0†to the system flags in the CPU settings.
- Sound quality in Mac OS X guest is not very high.
- Certain 3D applications (like 3D Canvas, Autodesk Inventor, and some others) may work improperly when 256 MB of video memory is allocated to the virtual machine. To work around this issue, decrease the video memory to 128 MB.
- A message about ATI service that failed to start may appear in Boot Camp Windows virutal machine after booting. This message does not affect the virutal machine performance and can be barely ignored.
- Windows Vista in a Boot Camp virtual machine may require reactivation after upgrading from Parallels Desktop 3.0 to this version of Parallels Desktop.
- A wrong CPU driver is installed in a virtual machine that was initially migrated from a Virtual PC, then used with Parallels Desktop 3.0, and finally converted to Parallels Desktop 4.0 format. This results in high CPU usage in host OS with no application using CPU in the guest OS. To workaround the issue, reinstall CPU drivers in Device Manager inside the guest OS.
- Improper textures in Serious Sam 2 and Far Cry.
- Poor performance of Black and White 2.
- Breath of Fire 4 does not work properly in the 32-bit color mode.
- Problem scrolling in Punch Home Design.
- Apple iSight disappears from Mac OS X if connected to and disconnected from a virtual machine multiple times in a row.
- Apple USB modem does not work in the guest OS.
- Boot Camp virtual machines cannot be created on Mac host computers that have TechTools eDrive installed.
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