Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac, 100-249U, GER Guide de l'utilisateur

Parallels Desktop® User's Guide Copyright © 1999-2009 Parallels Holdings, Ltd.

Introduction 10 Organization of this Guide This guide consists of the following chapters:  Introduction (p. 7) (you are reading it now). Provides

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 100  kernel sources or development package Note: Some of Parallels Tools, like Shared Folders Tool and Time Synchro

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 101 In a Windows guest OS If you created your virtual machine using the Express Windows mode, Parallels Tools were in

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 102 If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed, you can easily check this. Start your virtual machine

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 103 In a Linux guest OS Before installing Parallels Tools in a Linux guest OS, perform the following actions:  Clos

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 104 Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs To install Parallels Tools in the older versions

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 105 To edit the settings of Parallels Tools installed in your virtual machine, use the Services pane of the Virtual M

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 106 In Mac OS X To install Parallels Tools in Mac OS X Server Leopard: 1 Start the virtual machine, and log in to th

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 107 In OS/2 and eComStation Guest OSs All of the OS/2 and eComStation tools can be installed from the prl-tools-other

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 108 3 In the IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2 - Installation window choose the CD/DVD drive, then the <CD-RO

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 109 Updating Parallels Tools The procedure of updating Parallels Tools depends on the guest operating system they are

Introduction 11 Italics Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command-line placeholder, which is to b

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 110 1 Start the virtual machine. 2 When the guest OS boots up, choose Install Parallels Tools from the Virtual Mach

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 111 Removing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 112 Adding an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine stored on your Mac, but it is missing fr

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 113 2 In the Finder window, locate the virtual machine bundle or configuration file, select it, and click Open.  P

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 114 Importing Physical Computers and Virtual Machines Apart from creating a new virtual machine from scratch with the

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 115 Downloading Virtual Appliances If you do not have enough time to create a new virtual machine with the required

116 C HAPTER 6 Working in a Virtual Machine This chapter provides the information on the main operations you can perform in a running virtual mach

Working in a Virtual Machine 117 Starting, Stopping, and Resetting a Virtual Machine Starting a Virtual Machine To start a virtual machine, do one

Working in a Virtual Machine 118 To reset the virtual machine, do one of the following:  Choose Reset from the Virtual Machine menu.  Click th

Working in a Virtual Machine 119 Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine Starting and shutting down virtual machines may take a considerable amou

Introduction 12 Feedback If you spot a typo in this guide, or if you have thought of a way to make this guide better, you can share your comments

Working in a Virtual Machine 120  click the Pause button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar or  choose Pause from the Virtual Machine menu. Wh

Working in a Virtual Machine 121 Using Mouse in the Virtual Machine To start working in a virtual machine, you need first to capture the keyboard

Working in a Virtual Machine 122 Changing View Modes Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines mor

Working in a Virtual Machine 123  press Ctrl+Alt to display the Parallels Desktop menus and choose Window from the View menu. Switching to the C

Working in a Virtual Machine 124 In the Modality mode, you can:  Simply resize the virtual machine window by dragging its right corner.  Resiz

Working in a Virtual Machine 125 Working in Full Screen In the Full Screen mode, the guest operating system window occupies the whole screen, and

Working in a Virtual Machine 126 Using Safe Mode If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working sessi

Working in a Virtual Machine 127 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop enables you to use Mac keyboard shortcuts in your

Working in a Virtual Machine 128 Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine You can install software inside your virtual machine in the same way

Working in a Virtual Machine 129 Setting Up Parallels Internet Security Parallels Desktop includes an antivirus application - Parallels Internet S

13 C HAPTER 2 Virtual Machine Technology Basics This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines, their specifications, and

Working in a Virtual Machine 130 If you do not need Parallels Internet Security in your Windows virtual machine, you can quit the installer by cli

Working in a Virtual Machine 131 Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window Parallels Desktop allows you to create images (also called

Working in a Virtual Machine 132 After the clip has been successfully created, you can manage it as follows:  Save the clip to your Mac OS X des

Working in a Virtual Machine 133 Making Screenshots If you want to make a screenshot of the guest operating system running in your virtual machine

Working in a Virtual Machine 134 Using Touchpad Gestures and Apple Remote You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applica

Working in a Virtual Machine 135 Start playback/pause Space n/a Volume up F8, Up Arrow, wheel up n/a Volume down F9, Down Arrow, wheel down

Working in a Virtual Machine 136 Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine There are three basic ways to set up printing in a virtual machine. You

Working in a Virtual Machine 137 Sharing a Mac Printer You can share any printer connected to you Mac with your Windows or Linux virtual machine.

Working in a Virtual Machine 138 - in the Local or Network Printer dialog, click Local printer attached to this computer.  In Windows 98/ME:

Working in a Virtual Machine 139 Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest OS. Before installing a netw

Virtual Machine Technology Basics 14 Parallels Virtual Machine Taking the best from the virtual machine and Intel virtualization technologies, Par

Working in a Virtual Machine 140 When finished, click Next. 11 Follow the wizard's instructions to complete the installation. In a Linux or F

Working in a Virtual Machine 141 Connecting USB Devices to a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with the possibility to connect up to

Working in a Virtual Machine 142 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to display this dialog each time a USB device is plugged into your Mac, conf

Working in a Virtual Machine 143 3 Start the virtual machine, and install the native driver for the printer in the guest operating system. For de

Working in a Virtual Machine 144 Synchronizing a USB Palm OS Device With the Guest OS The process of connecting a USB Palm device to the virtual m

Working in a Virtual Machine 145 Changing the Configuration at Runtime Parallels Desktop allows you to connect or disconnect certain devices at ru

Working in a Virtual Machine 146 Connecting a USB Device Parallels Desktop automatically detects all USB devices plugged into your Mac computer.

147 C HAPTER 7 Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides a number of features that ensure better integration betwee

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 148 Coherence Coherence is a visual mode of working with a virtual machine that enables you to:  U

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 149 The current version of Parallels Desktop provides a close integration between guest OS applicati

Virtual Machine Technology Basics 15 Each virtual machine is stored in Mac OS X as a bundle of files (.pvm) that contains the virtual machine con

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 150 By default, both Windows taskbar and Mac OS X Dock are visible. You can use any of the Windows t

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 151 Using Expose With Your Windows Applications When working in Coherence, you can use Expose to nav

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 152 Crystal Mode The Crystal mode is similar to the Coherence mode (p. 148) but provides even higher

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 153 Switching to the Crystal Mode Only a running virtual machine with Parallels Tools (p. 97) instal

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 154 Using the MacLook Theme in Windows The MacLook theme for your Windows virtual machine is a prede

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 155 Sharing Folders and Disks A shared folder is a folder on your Mac that can be accessed from your

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 156

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 157 6 The folder appeared in the User-defined Mac OS X folders table. Click OK in the Virtual Machi

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 158 For more information about accessing the virtual machine's disks from Mac OS, see Browsing

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 159 Using Shared Profile Parallels Desktop provides close integration between your Mac OS and Window

16 C HAPTER 3 Installing Parallels Desktop This chapter describes the system requirements and provides the information on how to install Parallels

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 160 Using Shared Applications You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows gu

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 161 You can also create aliases for your favorite Windows applications on Mac OS Desktop and add the

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 162 Using SmartSelect SmartSelect allows you to open files of particular types, stored in Mac OS X,

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 163 3. A list of SmartSelect file associations will open. You may edit the list by selecting the ap

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 164 When trying to open a file stored in Mac OS X with the associated Windows guest OS application,

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 165 Sharing Web Applications When you work with Mac OS X and Windows applications simultaneously, yo

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 166 Browsing Virtual Hard Disks in Finder For easy access to the files of your virtual machines, you

Integrating Mac OS X and Your Virtual Machine 167 Working With Objects For closer integration between Mac OS X and your Windows guest OS, Paralle

168 C HAPTER 8 Configuring a Virtual Machine This chapter explains how you can edit your virtual machine configuration:  configure general para

Configuring a Virtual Machine 169 General Settings You can view and change the virtual machine name, processors number, amount of memory, and othe

Installing Parallels Desktop 17 Installing Parallels Desktop If you purchased Parallels Desktop from the Parallels online store, download the late

Configuring a Virtual Machine 170 General Preferences include the following parameters:  The virtual machine name. The Name field displays the n

Configuring a Virtual Machine 171 Options The virtual machine options include the following settings:  Startup and Shutdown (p. 172). In this pa

Configuring a Virtual Machine 172 Startup and Shutdown Settings Using the Startup and Shutdown Settings, you can define a number of parameters rel

Configuring a Virtual Machine 173 Starting the Virtual Machine Automatically The Start automatically option defines the cases in which the virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 174 Optimization Settings Using the Optimization Settings, you can optimize your virtual machine performance.

Configuring a Virtual Machine 175 Using Adaptive Hypervisor Select the Enable Adaptive Hypervisor option to automatically allocate the host comput

Configuring a Virtual Machine 176 Optimizing Power Consumption This option allows you to control the virtual machine power consumption when Parall

Configuring a Virtual Machine 177 Services Settings Using the Services Settings, you can manage two Parallels Tools-related parameters: the time s

Configuring a Virtual Machine 178 SmartMouse The SmartMouse option makes the mouse smoothly move between the virtual machine and your Mac. With th

Configuring a Virtual Machine 179 Security Settings You can set restrictions for performing some actions and make your virtual machine isolated fr

Installing Parallels Desktop 18  If you click Install current, Parallels Desktop will be installed from the installation media.  If you click

Configuring a Virtual Machine 180 Shared Folders Settings Shared folders can be set up for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X guest operating systems. N

Configuring a Virtual Machine 181 Sharing Mac OS X Folders to the Guest OS To configure access to the disks and folders on the physical computer f

Configuring a Virtual Machine 182 You can also select Mount virtual disks to Mac OS X desktop to mount the shared virtual hard disks to your Mac

Configuring a Virtual Machine 183 Note: To enable the Shared Profile functionality, you must share all Mac disks or at least your Mac Home folder.

Configuring a Virtual Machine 184 Shared Applications Settings Using the Shared Applications Settings, you can configure the applications sharing

Configuring a Virtual Machine 185 Windows applications Select Share Windows applications with Mac OS X to allow using Windows applications for op

Configuring a Virtual Machine 186 Internet Applications Settings Using the Internet Applications Settings, you can specify the settings for openin

Configuring a Virtual Machine 187 You can specify different Internet applications for opening each of the following types of web pages:  Web pag

Configuring a Virtual Machine 188 SmartMount Settings Using the SmartMount Settings, you can automate the detection and mounting of removable devi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 189 To enable the SmartMount feature, you should select Enable SmartMount in this pane, and select one or several ty

Installing Parallels Desktop 19 In the pop-up dialog, click Agree if you agree with the terms and conditions of the license agreement. 5 In the C

Configuring a Virtual Machine 190 SmartGuard Settings Using the SmartGuard Settings, you can automate snapshots creation. You can find detailed in

Configuring a Virtual Machine 191 To enable the SmartGuard functionality, select the Enable SmartGuard option at the top of the SmartGuard pane. N

Configuring a Virtual Machine 192 Undo Disks Settings Using the Undo Disk Settings, you can enable and configure the Undo Disks feature. Note: Thi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 193 The Enable Undo Disks option allows you to discard or apply the changes you made to the virtual machine's h

Configuring a Virtual Machine 194 Crystal & Coherence Settings Using the Crystal & Coherence Settings, you can configure a number of optio

Configuring a Virtual Machine 195 On this pane, you can configure the following options:  Turn off Aero theme in Coherence. This option is avail

Configuring a Virtual Machine 196 Full Screen Settings Using the Full Screen Settings, you can configure the virtual machine's appearance and

Configuring a Virtual Machine 197 Active Screen Corners You can set actions for screen corners in the Full Screen mode. Once you've set an ac

Configuring a Virtual Machine 198 Modality Settings Using the Modality Settings, you can configure the virtual machine's appearance and behav

Configuring a Virtual Machine 199 In the Modality mode, the virtual machine's window becomes transparent by default. You can specify the leve

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Installing Parallels Desktop 20 Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key. If you

Configuring a Virtual Machine 200 Gestures & Apple Remote Settings You can use the touchpad or Apple Remote to control some Windows applicatio

Configuring a Virtual Machine 201 Hardware Settings Using the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can configure the virtual hardware availab

Configuring a Virtual Machine 202 The currently supported boot devices are listed below:  Hard Disk. Select this device if you want the virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 203 Video Settings To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine's video ca

Configuring a Virtual Machine 204 In the Video memory field, you can set the amount of video memory that will be available to the virtual machine.

Configuring a Virtual Machine 205 Floppy Settings To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the Floppy Disk Settin

Configuring a Virtual Machine 206 CD/DVD Settings To configure the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive settings, use the CD/DVD Settings. Virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 207 Select the Connected option if you want the CD/DVD drive to be automatically connected to the virtual machine on

Configuring a Virtual Machine 208 Hard Disk Settings To view and configure the virtual hard disk settings, use the Hard Disk pane of Virtual Machi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 209 2. The SCSI 7:0 location is not available for selecting, since it is occupied by the SCSI controller itself. Com

Installing Parallels Desktop 21 Now that your copy of Parallels Desktop is activated, you can create virtual machines, install operating systems i

Configuring a Virtual Machine 210 To change the disk size, drag the slider or type the new size in the Size field. Select the Resize file system o

Configuring a Virtual Machine 211 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with this network adapter connected. You

Configuring a Virtual Machine 212 If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from further unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at

Configuring a Virtual Machine 213 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the printer port connected. In the

Configuring a Virtual Machine 214 Serial Port Settings In the Serial Port pane, you can configure the virtual machine serial port settings. Using

Configuring a Virtual Machine 215 Select the Connected option if you want the virtual machine to start up with the serial port connected. In the

Configuring a Virtual Machine 216 Sound Settings The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine sound

Configuring a Virtual Machine 217 USB Settings A virtual machine can emulate only one USB controller, which provides you with the possibility to c

Configuring a Virtual Machine 218 Support for Virtual and Real Disks This section lists the types of disks that can be used by Parallels virtual m

Configuring a Virtual Machine 219 Note: DMG disk images made with Mac OS X Disk Utility are also supported by Parallels Desktop. When creating suc

Installing Parallels Desktop 22 Registering Parallels Desktop After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent activation

Configuring a Virtual Machine 220 Adding and Removing Devices Adding new devices to a virtual machine is easier than connecting new devices to a r

Configuring a Virtual Machine 221 4 If you selected any device except for a hard disk, the corresponding device with a typical configuration is a

Configuring a Virtual Machine 222 Initializing the Newly Added Space This section provides some general guidelines on initializing new virtual har

Configuring a Virtual Machine 223 Initializing the Newly Added Disk After you added a new virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration,

Configuring a Virtual Machine 224 4 To get extensive information about the disk, enter: p 5 To create a new partition, enter: n 6 To create the

Configuring a Virtual Machine 225 Creating a New Partition in Windows To create a new partition on the unallocated space of your virtual hard disk

Configuring a Virtual Machine 226 Creating a New Partition in Linux In most Linux systems, you can use the fdisk utility to create a new partition

Configuring a Virtual Machine 227 command to write the changes to the partition table. 5 Restart the virtual machine by entering the reboot comma

Configuring a Virtual Machine 228 Networking in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop allows you to use three types of networking in your virtual ma

Configuring a Virtual Machine 229 The Shared Networking mode does not require any additional configuration. With this mode enabled, your virtual m

Installing Parallels Desktop 23 3 If you choose At work from the For use list, you will be asked to specify some additional information. Parallel

Configuring a Virtual Machine 230 Bridged Ethernet Networking When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode, your virtual machine appears on the net

Configuring a Virtual Machine 231 Host-Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to the primary operatin

Configuring a Virtual Machine 232 Using WiFi in the Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with an opportunity to connect your virtual ma

233 C HAPTER 9 Managing Virtual Machines This chapter provides the information on how to change a virtual machine configuration and how to set use

Managing Virtual Machines 234 Cloning a Virtual Machine An exact copy of a virtual machine can be created using Clone Virtual Machine Assistant. T

Managing Virtual Machines 235 If you want to provide a quick access to the virtual machine clone, select the Create icon on Desktop option locate

Managing Virtual Machines 236 Removing a Virtual Machine Removing a Virtual Machine From the List If you do not need one of your virtual machines,

Managing Virtual Machines 237 Working With Virtual Machine Templates Parallels Desktop makes your work with virtual machines even more convenient

Managing Virtual Machines 238 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with same configuration, you

Managing Virtual Machines 239 6 In the Creation Finished window, click Done to quit the assistant.

Installing Parallels Desktop 24 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 5 To upgrade Parallels Desktop 3 or 4 to version 5, you should purchase the Paralle

Managing Virtual Machines 240 Deploying a Virtual Machine Template A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine. To be able to ru

Managing Virtual Machines 241 5 In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the assistant. The resulting virtual machine will have th

Managing Virtual Machines 242 Backing Up a Virtual Machine Most people don't seriously consider regular backups as a necessity until they hav

Managing Virtual Machines 243 2 Right-click the file, and choose Show Package Contents. 3 In the virtual machine contents window, right-click th

Managing Virtual Machines 244 Managing Virtual Machines From iPhone With the Parallels Mobile application, you can start, stop, and suspend your v

Managing Virtual Machines 245 3 When the connection to your Mac is established, it will be added to the Hosts list. Viewing and managing your vi

Managing Virtual Machines 246 3 The appearance of the virtual machine console window depends on its current state:  If the virtual machine is r

Managing Virtual Machines 247 For managing your virtual machine, use the toolbar buttons that correspond to the actions you want to perform with t

Managing Virtual Machines 248 Troubleshooting the Firewall and Network Problems Editing Firewall Settings The settings you may need to apply to t

249 C HAPTER 10 Working With Snapshots A snapshot is a saved state of the virtual machine. Snapshots can be created manually or automatically when

Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Updating Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop includes an updating feature that helps you keep your Parallels Desk

Working With Snapshots 250 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard (p. 190). Note: You cannot create

Working With Snapshots 251 Managing Snapshots You can use Snapshot Manager to revert to a specific snapshot, as well as to manage the snapshots. T

Working With Snapshots 252 The Virtual Machine Snapshots window consists of the following areas:  The snapshots tree pane.  The snapshots mana

Working With Snapshots 253 Going to a Snapshot 1 Launch Parallels Desktop and open a virtual machine. 2 Open Snapshot Manager by  choosing Sna

Working With Snapshots 254 If you delete the snapshot belonging to two branches, the information is merged into the next snapshot of each branch.

255 C HAPTER 11 Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine This chapter provides the necessary information on using the Boot Camp partitio

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 256 Overview In the current version of Parallels Desktop, you can use your Boot Camp Windows Vi

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 257 Note: Using Boot Camp Windows via virtual machine may require to re-activate the guest oper

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 258 Creating a Virtual Machine for the Boot Camp Partition To create a new virtual machine for

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 259 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of

Installing Parallels Desktop 26 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature, your Mac computer should have a stable Internet connecti

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 260 Boot Camp Configurations When creating a Boot Camp virtual machine, you can set its configu

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 261 Booting via Parallels Virtual Machine When you boot into the Boot Camp Windows partition fo

Using the Boot Camp Partition in a Virtual Machine 262 Booting via Boot Camp After you have installed Parallels Desktop and booted for the first

263 C HAPTER 12 Using Parallels Add-ons In This Chapter Using Parallels Transporter...

Using Parallels Add-ons 264 Migration Scenarios Parallels Transporter offers you several typical migration scenarios depending on the purpose of m

Using Parallels Add-ons 265 Migrating over network assumes that your source computer and your Mac are connected to the same network. On the source

Using Parallels Add-ons 266 Starting Parallels Transporter Starting Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter on your Mac:  choose Im

Using Parallels Add-ons 267 Using Parallels Mounter Parallels Mounter – is a specially designed utility for browsing your Parallels or third-party

Using Parallels Add-ons 268 Using Parallels Image Tool Virtual machines use virtual hard disks that are actually hard disk image files. After usin

Using Parallels Add-ons 269 Increasing the Virtual Hard Disk Capacity If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine's hard disk does

Installing Parallels Desktop 27 Manual Updating Parallels Desktop also enables you to check for updates manually whenever you want. Note: To check

Using Parallels Add-ons 270 Managing the Virtual Hard Disk Properties With Parallels Image Tool, you can manage the properties of your virtual ma

271 C HAPTER 13 Troubleshooting and Limitations This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues. In This Chapter Getting Technical Support

Troubleshooting and Limitations 272 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop, you can send problem r

Troubleshooting and Limitations 273 In the Specify the problem type field, you can select the type of your problem from the list. In the next fiel

Troubleshooting and Limitations 274 Installing Windows 98 as a Guest OS All Windows 95 and some of Windows 98 installation packages include a boot

Troubleshooting and Limitations 275 4 Fdisk prompts you to create a partition. Select the Create Primary DOS Partition option if you are going to

Troubleshooting and Limitations 276 7 In the Setup options dialog choose the type of installation. Typical is recommended. 8 (only for Windows 9

Troubleshooting and Limitations 277 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS After upgrading to Parallels Desktop

Troubleshooting and Limitations 278 Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command. 9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructi

Troubleshooting and Limitations 279 Memory Usage Problems The amount of the host computer physical memory required for each virtual machine operat

Installing Parallels Desktop 28 4 Specify your user name and password to start the installation and click OK. 5 Follow the Parallels Desktop ins

Troubleshooting and Limitations 280 Configuring Network in Linux When setting up network in Linux, you may need to configure the DHCP client to se

Troubleshooting and Limitations 281 Suspending a Boot Camp Virtual Machine Be default, you cannot suspend your Boot Camp virtual machine. Booting

Troubleshooting and Limitations 282 Problems With Antivirus Software Because of the close integration with the host operating system, some actions

Glossary 283 Glossary This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation. References to terms defined

Glossary 284 Host computer: The computer that is used to run virtual machines. In case of Parallels Desktop for Mac, it is your Mac. In case of Par

Glossary 285 Parallels Transporter. An application that uses data of a physical or virtual computer for creating a Parallels virtual clone of this

Glossary 286 Virtual machine. The computer emulated using Parallels Desktop. A virtual machine has its own virtual hardware and requires an operat

287 Index 3 3D acceleration - 132, 203 A About Parallels Desktop - 8 About Parallels Image Tool - 268 About Parallels Mounter - 267 About Parallels

Index 288 animated transition - 50 Coherence settings - 194 SmartSelect - 148 switching to Coherence mode - 122, 148 using Trash - 148 Configuratio

Index 289 Active corners - 196 animating transition - 50 key combination for switching - 53 switching to Full Screen - 53, 122 use all displays in

Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Removing Parallels Desktop Without Installation Disc Parallels Desktop can be removed without the installation di

Index 290 Making screen shots - 131, 133 Making snapshots - 190, 249 Managing hard disk properties - 208, 270 Manual update check - 27 Memory in vi

Index 291 Appearance preferences - 50 Feedback preferences - 70 General preferences - 48 iPhone preferences - 67 Keyboard and mouse preferences - 5

Index 292 migration - 263 Parallels Desktop - 30 Parallels Transporter - 266 virtual machine - 36 Startup mode - 172 Status bar connecting and disc

Index 293 Express installation - 79 printing in Windows - 139 supported versions - 73 Windows applications Parallels Tools - 98, 101 Windows appli

3 Contents Introduction 7 About Parallels Desktop...

30 C HAPTER 4 Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop Before you start to work with Parallels Desktop and create virtual machines, you can le

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 31 The Welcome Window When you start Parallels Desktop for the first time, the Welcome window appears

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 32 From the Welcome window, you can navigate between the following options:  New Windows installati

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 33 New Virtual Machine Assistant If you have no virtual machines, you can start your work in Parallel

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 34 2 Insert the operating system installation disc or connect the installation source to your Mac. I

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 35 If you have the Boot Camp partition in your Mac and select the Boot Camp Partition option in this

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 36 Parallels Virtual Machines List The Parallels Virtual Machines list shows the virtual machines and

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 37 The List The Parallels Virtual Machines list contains the registered virtual machines, virtual ma

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 38 With the help of this menu, you can:  Create a new virtual machine: Click the button to start

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 39 Virtual Machine Window When you choose a virtual machine from the Parallels Virtual Machines list

Contents 4 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71 Overview...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 40 The virtual machine window consists of three parts:  Toolbar - comprises buttons that can be use

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 41 The default toolbar buttons: Start. Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stopped

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 42 Safe Mode. Use this button to run the virtual machine in Safe Mode (p. 126). If you often work wi

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 43 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 44 Status Bar The status bar consists of three parts:  the virtual machine devices  the view mode

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 45 The following devices have the icons on the status bar:  keyboard  floppy disk drive  CD/D

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 46 You can also connect CD/DVD discs or images of discs to the virtual machine's CD/DVD drive or

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 47 Customizing Toolbar To change the appearance of the toolbar items, right-click the toolbar and use

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 48 General Preferences In the General pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can:  change the d

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 49 Changing the Default Folder for Virtual Machines The Default folder for virtual machines field dis

Contents 5 Using Shared Profile...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 50 Appearance Preferences In the Appearance pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can choose the

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 51 Dock icon This option defines what type of icon will appear in the Dock when Parallels Desktop is

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 52 Select the Bounce on notifications option if you want the Parallels Desktop icon to bounce in the

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 53 Keyboard and Mouse Preferences In the Keyboard & Mouse pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences,

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 54 The Switch Language option enabled by default allows you to use one and the same shortcut to chang

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 55 To configure a shortcut remapping rule, double-click it and edit by entering the new key combinati

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 56 To add a new profile, click the Add button . In the Choose base profile window, specify the new p

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 57 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can specify how to handle US

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 58 General Behavior You can choose a general action to perform when a new USB device is plugged into

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 59

Contents 6 Working With Snapshots 249 Making Snapshots...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 60 Network Preferences The Network pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to configure a n

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 61 2 Select Show in System Preferences if you want the Parallels shared networking adapter to appear

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 62 3 Click OK to add the rule. When the rule is added, use the following IP address combination for

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 63 Memory Preferences The Memory pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to adjust the maxim

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 64 Security Preferences In the Security pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set restrictio

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 65 Speech Preferences The Speech pane allows you to use spoken commands for managing the virtual mac

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 66 To successfully operate your virtual machine by using the speech commands, please make sure that:

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 67 iPhone Preferences In the iPhone pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can allow external con

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 68 Update Preferences In the Update pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set preferences fo

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 69 The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software. By d

7 C HAPTER 1 Introduction Parallels Desktop® enables you to use the hardware resources of your Intel-based Mac more efficiently by sharing them be

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 70 Feedback Preferences Using the Feedback pane, you can join the Parallels Customer Experience Prog

71 C HAPTER 5 Setting Up a Virtual Machine This chapter describes how to create a new virtual machine and install a guest operating system in it.

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Overview Generally, the process of creating a virtual machine includes the following steps: 1 Creating a virtual

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 73 Supported Guest Operating Systems Parallels Desktop officially supports the following 32-bit guest operating syste

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 OS/2  OS/2® Warp 4.5  eComStation™ 1.2 This version of Parallels Desktop also supports the following 64-bit gu

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 75 Typical Configurations The amount of memory and the size of hard disks vary for different guest OSs. Refer to the

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 76 Creating a Virtual Machine Virtual machines are created with the help of New Virtual Machine Assistant. To start N

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 New Virtual Machine Assistant The assistant offers several installation modes. You can choose the mode that better

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 To specify another default destination for saving virtual machines, do the following: 1 Choose Preferences from t

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Express Windows Mode Before creating a virtual machine in the Express Windows mode, make sure that you have an ope

Introduction 8 About Parallels Desktop Parallels Desktop® is a virtualization solution that enables you to create virtual machines on Macintosh com

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 2 If you clicked Skip Detection on the previous step, select the type and version of the operating system you wo

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 81 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of your future virtual mach

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 82 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 7 In the Boot Options section of

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 83 New Virtual Machine Assistant will install the guest operating system and Parallels Tools in your new virtual mach

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 84 Express Linux Mode Before creating a virtual machine in the Express Linux mode, make sure that you have an operati

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 85 2 If you clicked Skip Detection on the previous step, select the type and version of the operating system you wo

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 86 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs and the amount of RAM of your future virtual mach

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 87 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 7 In the Boot Options section of

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 88 Typical Installation Mode 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by choosing New Virt

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 89 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine 6 After the virtual machine is cre

Introduction 9 About This Guide This guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create, configure, and run Parall

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 90 Custom Installation Mode 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Assistant by clicking New Virtu

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 91 6 In the Hard Disk Options window, select the type of virtual hard disk you want to use and click Continue. You c

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 92 8 In the Networking Type window, select the type of networking you want to use in the virtual machine and click C

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 93  Sharing (for Windows virtual machines only). Use this field to configure access to the disks and folders on the

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 94 When finished, click Create. The assistant will create a blank virtual machine. 11 In the Boot Options section of

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 95 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system in a virtual machine from a CD or DVD

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 96 Note: When installing a Windows guest OS, you may need to press F8 or other function keys in a virtual machine. If

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 97 Note: You can reinstall the guest OS of the same type only. However, you are free to choose the guest OS version.

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 98 Parallels Tools Overview Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 99 Coherence Tool Windows The Coherence tool hides your Windows virtual machine's window leaving only the virt