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Hello,

I am attempting to install this beta from an image file. I selected "Windows Server 2008" as the windows type. The install seemed to be moving along smoothly but when the "Starting Windows" screen comes on, it just locks up. I let it sit for 5 minutes but nothing happened.

Does anybody have suggestions for me? I'm wondering if I should burn the image to a DVD and try installing it that way?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Bruce
 
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Click the Desktop Mac HD icon instead of the Finder icon, it will open your file system at the root and not at /Users/<Username>/, then navigate to Library.

Or...

Click the finder icon then, click 'Go'>'Go to folder' in the top menu bar, then type /Library/Parallels/.
 
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No Sound in Windows 7... Bootcamp or Parallels 4

I've installed Windows 7 (latest beta) into my Bootcamp partition, but it has no sound, even though Windows suggests that all drivers are working fine and in installed correctly.

I had issues getting it to work in Parallels 4 (latest) because it kept locking up, but managed to get it working, with network functionality when I gave it 1506MB RAM, 2 Processors and turned OFF the 3D Acceleration in Parallels, BUT... still NO Sound...

Running MacBook Pro 10.5.6, 2.5GHz Intel Core Duo, 4 GB RAM, 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Any suggestions?
 
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No need to give 2 CPUs or increase memory. Just go to Realtek's website and download the AC'97 drivers for Vista and install those. Then you've to go to the Control panel>Sound and select Realtek Digital Output as the output device instead of speakers (because the sound is choppy if you don't do this).
 
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vitalb said:
You can check Windows Update - optional updates suggest sound driver. (Really it is Vista's driver and it works fine.)
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Windows update offered me a sound driver in the 32 bit version, but not in the 64 bit version.

Are you using 32 bit Windows 7 or 64 bit?

I haven't heard of any problems with sound in the 32 bit, but read about sound problems in the 64 bit all over.
 
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I've downloaded the suggested driver and installed it twice, with restarts in between... Without success, unfortunately... I was really hoping it would work this time. I've also tried the windows updates and driver updates, without success also... still dead sound...

Still happy for any other suggestions... annoying that others have been able to overcome this problem...
 
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Mike Boreham said:
Windows update offered me a sound driver in the 32 bit version, but not in the 64 bit version.

Are you using 32 bit Windows 7 or 64 bit?

I haven't heard of any problems with sound in the 32 bit, but read about sound problems in the 64 bit all over.
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It works equally well on 64bit, that's what I'm using as long as it's the Vista drivers and it's set to digital output.
 
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For some reason, after multiple restarts, the sound has started to work within Parallels, but not when starting up direct in Bootcamp for restarting the computer... Might try the suggestion above when starting up in Bootcamp and see what happens. Thanks.
 
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Ugh.

In BootCamp the Audio device is a different one than as a virtual machine, for that you should use the Bootcamp drivers that come with OSX Leopard DVD.

The Audio devices while in Parallels and while in Bootcap are different ones. And should be installed separately and independently.
 
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