Windows 11 poor responsiveness

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by Jerry Samsen, May 22, 2026.

  1. Jerry Samsen

    Jerry Samsen Bit poster

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    I run Parallels on my Mac for one reason; to run Quicken for Windows. Thus, I keep Windows 11 up to date with Microsoft updates, I don't add other apps or extensions to my Windows 11 setup. However, most of the time when I'm in Windows, the responsiveness to keystrokes or mouse clicks can be seconds long. Trying to run Quicken can be almost impossible. There are times however, when all of a sudden the Windows side it very responsive. Maybe less than 10% of the time. Restarting MacOS or Windows 11 does not fix the problem. I'm about to punt on Parallels and buy an inexpensive Windows laptop just to run Quicken.

    I check activity monitor and nothing seems to be hogging CPU, in fact all six cores seem to be very low utilization.

    Any suggestions?
     
  2. Trishna Oobeyram

    Trishna Oobeyram Staff Member

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    Hello @Jerry Samsen
    To let us better understand the situation, please perform the following steps:
    1. Reproduce the issue.
    2. Collect a technical report. To generate the report, right-click on the Parallels icon in Dock > Help > Send technical data > check "Attach screenshots..." > press Send Report, and provide us with the report's 9-digit ID in reply to this email.
    We will be waiting for your reply.
    Regards,
     

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