Parallels....

Sherbs · 11 Mar 2008 at 17:40

Everytime I open Parallels it crashes, any ideas? It worked fine before!

iSam · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:24

What version of OS X are you on?

Is it updated to the latest version?

Sherbs · 11 Mar 2008 at 18:45

Leopard 10.5.2, no idea how to update parallels if it crashes on boot though.

iSam · 11 Mar 2008 at 19:06

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29555&vid=473724

Only update I can find. Says there is a fix for crashing after booting.

Don't know whether it will work though.

Sherbs · 14 Mar 2008 at 18:34

Awesome stuff, works now. I did think I had the latest version

iSam · 14 Mar 2008 at 18:38

Pleasure mate. Good old versiontracker.com!

RoleyBirkin · 14 Apr 2008 at 23:23

Just going off on a slight tangent...

When I load up parallels, XP asks me to activate windows, even though I did that long ago when setting up bootcamp.

When I entered my XP code, it told me it had been used too many times!?!?!

Yet if I boot into bootcamp, no such request

What's this all about!?

electric ant · 15 Apr 2008 at 00:14

^ I reckon its cos Parallels is virtuallising all your hardware, so windows thinks youve had major upgrades, therefore wanting you to reactivate it .
In bootcamp itll be fine cos its using the orignal hardware config there.
Not sure how to fix it tho, maybe someone else can help.

markyb · 15 Apr 2008 at 09:01

electric ant said:
^ I reckon its cos Parallels is virtuallising all your hardware, so windows thinks youve had major upgrades, therefore wanting you to reactivate it .
In bootcamp itll be fine cos its using the orignal hardware config there.
Not sure how to fix it tho, maybe someone else can help.

Yup, It's down to the Virtual Machine hardware changes. I think that even if you boot into Bootcamp you will be faced with the same activation now. You should be able to re-activate it over the internet or phone without a problem.

RoleyBirkin · 15 Apr 2008 at 12:12

markyb said:
even if you boot into Bootcamp you will be faced with the same activation now.

That's the thing- it hasn't/didn't.

Perhaps a should phone MS.

markyb · 15 Apr 2008 at 14:02

Seraph said:
That's the thing- it hasn't/didn't.

Perhaps a should phone MS.

Sorry, Just re-read your previous post.

You need to contact MS anyway, Give them a call on the number it gives you. Its almost all automated now anyway and you shouldnt have any problems. The automated line will ask you a couple of questions then allow you to re-activate Windows.

RoleyBirkin · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:04

Seems to be some solutions on the Parallels site, which I'll try.

However, I now can't log into windows using Parallels - the activation deadline has passed.

meghatronic · 15 Apr 2008 at 22:29

Seraph said:
Seems to be some solutions on the Parallels site, which I'll try.

However, I now can't log into windows using Parallels - the activation deadline has passed.

I think it is to do with the MAC address of your network adaptor under parallels. You should force it to use the same under bootcamp, as parallels, as os x.

RoleyBirkin · 15 Apr 2008 at 23:42

Sounds like one of the Parallels remedies. Will look into it.

RoleyBirkin · 16 Apr 2008 at 17:56

Spoke to MS. They were totally clueless. They had know idea what Parallels was, lest of all whether activation (which they did) would affect Parallels.

Seems all ok....so far.