Windows 8 Update - Critical and Urgent Windows 8 Service Advisory

I have the same problem "Upgrade went well. But Netflix and other video apps still don't work. Windows says the video driver isn't up to snuff. " did you find any solution? Thanks!
 
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I didn't run into any problems but I really just use Windows 8 for Office 2010 which runs better in a VM than Office 2011 runs natively in OSX, SolSuite, YouVersion, and some other minor apps.

Maybe reinstall Parallels Tools after you do the upgrade just to make sure they're good.
 
I have the same issue: netflix will not work and asks that the video driver be updated. No video driver updates are available. Netflix will work using Windows 7. I use a Retina MacBook Pro 15"
 
This is the second time I ask this question since I had no answer to my previous post...

We are continuing our testing of Windows 8 in Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac and are hoping to have this completed shortly
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http://kb.parallels.com/en/114973

This topic and the above knowledgebase entry were posted 6 months ago and still no update.
This topic was sticky and no longer is !

So what is the situation regarding Parallels Desktop 7 and Windows 8 upgrade on Bootcamp ?
Is it possible to safely upgrade to Windows 8 a previous installation of Windows 7 on Bootcamp and use Parallels Desktop 7 ?

Please provide an answer whether it's "yes it's possible", "no it's not possible" or "yes we are still investigating on this" (if this is not a way to not respond to the problem).
In any case, give us a status about this problem !
 
Hi TimA32,

Apple announced official support for Windows 8 in their BootCamp only last week: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5628
Parallels development team is now working to take advantage of this new feature of Apple BootCamp.

This thread is on the top of my list, I will share more news as soon as I have it. Thanks for posting!
 
Thank you, Andrew. Any internal updates on a timeline for this? Just checking - You guys have been pretty responsive / quick to Apple's changes in the past.

~ Ben
 
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Hi everyone,

New build of Parallels Desktop 8.0.18480 is now available in auto-updater. If you haven't seen it yet, please update manually: click on Parallels Desktop > Check for Updates.

I don't have news about Parallels Desktop 7 for now, sorry. Will keep you informed about the changes.

Thanks!
 
I have upgraded Windows Preview to Windows 8 Pro on Parallels 7.
Now the VM can't see my Mac folders. Neither can it recognize my external HD.
Can anyone please help?

Thank you.
 
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