Weird colors [Win2008R2 guest/Mac OS X Lion]

[vincentalloy]

Hi,
I've been using Parallels Desktop 6 for 6 months without any problem.
This week-end I've upgraded my macbookpro to Mac OS X Lion.
Now - as you can see - I have weird colors with IE9 in my Win2008R2 guest with Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
With other website, for example google.com, no problem.
I wonder if there's any issue with .Net (?)
FYI, my graphic card is an Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB.
Regards

 

[MVOverdijk]

I have the same problem

After updating my Mac OS to OS X Lion and updating Parallels to the fullest (july 26th), some programs I open in Windows2008R2 (guest) have a weird color scheme.
Following programs have this weird look;
- Microsoft Online Services
- Axure RP Pro

 

[MVOverdijk]

I have the same problem

I've been using Parallels Desktop 6 for 4 months without any problem.
This week-end I've upgraded my macbookpro to Mac OS X Lion.
Now - as you can see - I have weird colors with Axure RP in my Win2008R2 guest.

 

[radesix]

Similar Issue

I'm having a similar issue running Windows 7 in PD6 (latest build) with OSX Lion with a slight twist. I get flashing ANSI like characters covering most of the screen, seemingly leaving only the most active portion of the screen visible.

This has rendered Windows VM's useless for the time being and is a major defect.

 

[Rickygolucky]

That's weird, I never had that kind of issue before. Does the color prevails even when you reboot?

 

[serv]

vincentalloy, MVOverdijk, radesix,

Try the following:
. Shut down your VM and open Virtual Machine Configuration
. Select Hardware tab, Boot Order section
. In Boot flags field type in "video.dx_profile=6" without quotes

 

[vincentalloy]

Great!
Now everything are working fine.
Thanks.

 

[EloyG]

Thanks!

vincentalloy, MVOverdijk, radesix,

Try the following:
. Shut down your VM and open Virtual Machine Configuration
. Select Hardware tab, Boot Order section
. In Boot flags field type in "video.dx_profile=6" without quotes

Thank you very much! This worked perfectly for me! The problem resolved was odd color schemes coming up in an application running in parallels virtual machine (win 7) after upgrading to OSX Lion ... Works great now... Again - thank you!

 

[kfoggy1]

I too had the same problems, as you can see from the attachment. Im running Desktop 6.0 on my MacBook Pro 13in (Early 2011) with OS X Lion. The solution stated earlier in the thread did indeed work! Thank you.

Merely posting to show this must be a bug in the latest build with OSX Lion when using .NET Framework Programs.