Parallels

and got Bootcamp running, intending to only use it for Office, Visio and Visual Studio. To my suprise, Parallels wasn't bad! ...

I’m currently using MAC OS 10.4.11 with Windows XP on Parallels. My issue is with Windows/Parallels. Whenever I have applications open and I let my computer go idle for a few minutes it starts opening duplicate instances of any application already open. Over a weekend it will open 10-15 instances of each open app. I’ve reloaded the virtual HD and still the issue persists. ...

Did a few things to check it all worked and decided to install Parallels 3.0 from the box I bought. Install from CD hung. ...

and I had to turn it off recently since it causes sever delays with using Parallels, even if I tell it to ignore the Parallels folder! ...

1st time (and probably last time) Mac user. Just bought Macbook Pro for wife. she uses Quickbook Pro for our business - so bought Office and QB Pro for Mac. Unfortunately QB for Mac sucks as it doesn't allow us to do credit cards, pull up customer list, etc.. - so she says to trash the Mac or get a way to use QB Pro for Windows on Mac. Voila - I buy Parallels, Windows XP...

I installed a Parallels on my MacBook, with WIndows XP. The Windows XP is installed with BootCamp, so Parallels takes the WinXp installation from BootCamp. It never worked well, I want to disinstall it. ...

I have a Macbook running OS X 10.4.10, Boot Camp 1.4 and Parallels 3.0 with Windows XP. I've installed and activated MS Office 2002 under Parallels some time ago. Since then I've always used it in Parallels without problems. A few days ago I booted Windows directly, since I planed a longer Word session. ...

When I install Parallels and it asks me to put in my WinXP disk, does this disk need to have Service Pack 2 on it? ...

if I give the command "use coherence" it simply ignores my command. And also, when I start the parallels virtual machine, the WinXp partition is no more seen by the MacOs. ...

I can't speak for VM, but I've been using Parallels for a year and a half. I upgraded to V3 this summer, and it is outstanding, very smooth interface, and I can run all my business apps that are Windows. ...