Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows & Linux, ESD, 1-9u, DEU Betriebsanweisung

Parallels Desktop® 4 User's Guide Copyright © 1999-2009 Parallels Holdings, Ltd.

Introduction 10 Getting Help Parallels Desktop offers several options for accessing the necessary information:  Parallels Desktop User's Gu

Working in a Virtual Machine 100 Using Safe Mode If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working sess

Working in a Virtual Machine 101 Using Shared Folders Shared folders are folders in the primary operating system that are visible to the guest OS

Working in a Virtual Machine 102 Setting Up a Shared Folder Setting up a shared folder requires two steps: 1 Installing Parallels Tools in the g

Working in a Virtual Machine 103 Viewing Shared Folders in Guest OS There are two ways to view the contents of the shared folders in the guest OS

104 This chapter provides the information on configuration options available to a virtual machine. In This Chapter Editing Virtual Machine Configu

Configuring a Virtual Machine 105 General Settings You can view and configure the virtual machine general settings on the General pane of Virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 106 The General pane includes the following parameters:  VM Name. This field displays the name assigned to the vi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 107 Boot Order Settings On the Boot Order pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, you can configure the virtual mach

Configuring a Virtual Machine 108 The currently supported boot devices are listed below:  Hard Disk. Select this device if you want the virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 109 Startup and Shutdown Settings The Startup and Shutdown pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to def

Introduction 11 Acknowledgements This software may utilize the following copyrighted material, the use of which is hereby acknowledged. tinyBIOS t

Configuring a Virtual Machine 110 In this pane, you can configure the following parameters:  The Startup view mode option defines the mode in w

Configuring a Virtual Machine 111 Optimization Settings On the Optimization pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, you can configure two groups o

Configuring a Virtual Machine 112 Adaptive Hypervisor Select the Enabled option for Adaptive Hypervisor to automatically allocate the host comput

Configuring a Virtual Machine 113 Services Settings The Services pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to manage a number of Parallel

Configuring a Virtual Machine 114 Mouse and Keyboard Synchronization Select the Automatically capture and release the mouse pointer option to fac

Configuring a Virtual Machine 115 Shared Folders Settings You can manage shared folders and their parameters on the Shared Folders pane of Virtua

Configuring a Virtual Machine 116 Sharing the host computer's folders with the virtual machine Select the Share the host computer's fol

Configuring a Virtual Machine 117 Shared Profile Settings To enable the Shared Profile functionality, select the Enabled option at the top of th

Configuring a Virtual Machine 118 SmartMount Settings The SmartMount pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the settings r

Configuring a Virtual Machine 119 SmartGuard Settings On the SmartGuard pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, you can set up the automatic creat

12 This chapter provides a brief description of Parallels virtual machines, their specifications, and the underlying technologies. In This Chapter

Configuring a Virtual Machine 120 To enable the SmartGuard functionality, select the Enabled option at the top of the SmartGuard pane. Note: The

Configuring a Virtual Machine 121 Coherence Settings The Coherence pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog allows you to configure the

Configuring a Virtual Machine 122 CPU Settings You can view and configure the virtual machine's CPU settings on the CPU pane of Virtual Mach

Configuring a Virtual Machine 123 Memory Settings To view and configure the amount of RAM available to your virtual machine, use the Memory pane

Configuring a Virtual Machine 124 Video Settings To view and configure the amount of video memory available to the virtual machine's video c

Configuring a Virtual Machine 125 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 126 Floppy Settings To view and configure the virtual machine floppy disk drive settings, use the Floppy Disk pane

Configuring a Virtual Machine 127 CD-ROM options To configure the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive settings, use the CD/DVD-ROM pane of Vi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 128 Select the Enabled option if you want the virtual machine to use this CD/DVD-ROM drive. To temporarily disable

Configuring a Virtual Machine 129 2 Type the path to the image file in the File field or use the Choose button to locate the file. 3 Select the

Virtual Machine Technology Basics 13 Parallels Virtual Machine Taking the best from the virtual machine and Intel virtualization technologies, Pa

Configuring a Virtual Machine 130 Select the Enabled option if you want the virtual machine to use this hard disk drive. To temporarily disable o

Configuring a Virtual Machine 131 Support for Virtual and Real Disks This section lists the types of disks that can be used by Parallels virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 132 Parallels Desktop treats floppy disk images like real diskettes. Parallels Desktop supports floppy disk image f

Configuring a Virtual Machine 133 Serial Port Settings On the Serial Port pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can configure the

Configuring a Virtual Machine 134 Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable this serial port in the virtual machine. To temporarily disa

Configuring a Virtual Machine 135 Network Adapter Settings The Network Adapter pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to manage the vir

Configuring a Virtual Machine 136 Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable this network adapter in the virtual machine. If you want to t

Configuring a Virtual Machine 137 If you cannot configure your virtual machine to work in the Bridged Ethernet mode, you can consider using anoth

Configuring a Virtual Machine 138 Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable this parallel port in the virtual machine. To temporarily dis

Configuring a Virtual Machine 139 Sound Settings The Sound pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to configure the virtual machine soun

Virtual Machine Technology Basics 14 USB Up to 8 USB 2.0 and up to 8 USB 1.1 devices Each virtual machine is stored in the primary OS as a bundle

Configuring a Virtual Machine 140 Enabled. Select this option if you want to enable the sound device in the virtual machine. To temporarily disab

Configuring a Virtual Machine 141 USB Settings On the USB Controller pane of the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog, you can enable the USB con

Configuring a Virtual Machine 142 Generic SCSI Device Settings To view and edit the settings of a generic SCSI device used by the virtual machine

Configuring a Virtual Machine 143 Adding and Removing Devices Adding new devices to the virtual machine configuration is easier than connecting n

Configuring a Virtual Machine 144 Add Hardware Wizard You can add new devices to your virtual machines using Add Hardware Wizard. The wizard allo

Configuring a Virtual Machine 145 Adding a Virtual Hard Disk Drive You can add to your virtual machine an existing hard disk image or create a ne

Configuring a Virtual Machine 146

Configuring a Virtual Machine 147 When you are ready, click Next. 6 In the next window, you can configure the location of the hard disk image fi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 148 Initializing the Newly Added Disk After you added a new virtual hard disk to the virtual machine configuration,

Configuring a Virtual Machine 149 4 To get extensive information about the disk, enter: p 5 To create a new partition, enter: n 6 To create th

15 This chapter lists the system requirements and provides all the information required to install Parallels Desktop in Linux or Windows operating

Configuring a Virtual Machine 150 Adding a CD/DVD-ROM Drive To the virtual machine configuration, you can add a virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive that is

Configuring a Virtual Machine 151 Note: In some Linux distributions (e.g. RHEL 5.3), the SCSI driver may be not installed. In this case, you shou

Configuring a Virtual Machine 152 Adding a Floppy Disk Drive You can add an existing floppy disk drive or floppy disk image to your virtual machi

Configuring a Virtual Machine 153 Adding a Network Adapter A virtual machine can have up to 16 virtual network adapters simultaneously. To add a

Configuring a Virtual Machine 154 Click the Add Device button to add a new network adapter to the virtual machine.

Configuring a Virtual Machine 155 Adding a Sound Device Parallels Desktop allows you to add sound devices to your virtual machines. Note: Any vir

Configuring a Virtual Machine 156 When you are ready, click the Add Device button to add a new sound device to your virtual machine.

Configuring a Virtual Machine 157 Adding a Serial Port You can add to your virtual machine a serial port that will be connected to a real port on

Configuring a Virtual Machine 158 When you are ready, click the Add Device button to add a new serial port to your virtual machine. Adding a Par

Configuring a Virtual Machine 159 Adding a USB Controller You can add a USB controller to your virtual machine. USB controllers installed inside

Installing Parallels Desktop 16 System Requirements Before installing Parallels Desktop, please make sure that your computer complies with the ha

Configuring a Virtual Machine 160 Adding a Generic SCSI Device If the host computer's hardware includes any SCSI device (except for SCSI har

Configuring a Virtual Machine 161 When you are ready, click the Add Device button to add a generic SCSI device to your virtual machine. Removing

Configuring a Virtual Machine 162 Networking in a Virtual Machine To configure networking in your virtual machines, you should first configure ne

Configuring a Virtual Machine 163 Shared Networking By default, all virtual machines created using the Express Windows and Typical modes are set

Configuring a Virtual Machine 164 The Shared Networking mode does not require any additional configuration. With this mode enabled, your virtual

Configuring a Virtual Machine 165 Bridged Ethernet Networking When operating in the Bridged Ethernet mode, your virtual machine appears on the ne

Configuring a Virtual Machine 166 Host-Only Networking Parallels Desktop provides a closed network that is accessible only to the primary operati

167 This chapter provides the information on cloning, removing from the regirested VMs list, and deleting your virtual machines. In This Chapter C

Managing Virtual Machines 168 Cloning a Virtual Machine An exact copy of a virtual machine can be created using Clone Virtual Machine Wizard. The

Managing Virtual Machines 169 Click Clone to start the process. 4 When the copying is complete, the Cloning Finished window appears. Click Done

Installing Parallels Desktop 17  Windows XP Pro SP2  Debian 5.0  Fedora 11  Mandriva 2009 Spring  OpenSUSE 11.1  RHEL 5.3  SLES 11

Managing Virtual Machines 170 Removing a Virtual Machine When you launch Parallels Desktop, you can see the currently registered virtual machines

Managing Virtual Machines 171 Deleting a Virtual Machine You can delete a virtual machine using the Delete Virtual Machine wizard or by deleting

Managing Virtual Machines 172 4 The wizard finds all files related to the virtual machine and displays the list of them in the Files Selection d

Managing Virtual Machines 173 Note: Make sure you are not going to delete the virtual hard disk that is also used by other virtual machines. If y

Managing Virtual Machines 174 Working With Virtual Machine Templates Parallels Desktop makes your work with virtual machines even more convenient

Managing Virtual Machines 175 Creating a Virtual Machine Template If you need to create a number of virtual machines with same configuration, you

Managing Virtual Machines 176 6 In the Creation Finished window, click Done to quit the wizard.

Managing Virtual Machines 177 Deploying a Virtual Machine Template A virtual machine template cannot be run as a virtual machine. To be able to r

Managing Virtual Machines 178 6 In the Deployment Finished window, click Done to close the wizard. The resulting virtual machine will have the

Managing Virtual Machines 179 Managing Virtual Machines From the Tray When working with Parallels Desktop, you can use the Parallels Desktop tray

Installing Parallels Desktop 18 Installing Parallels Desktop in Windows Before installing Parallels Desktop on a Windows computer, make sure that

Managing Virtual Machines 180 Optimizing Performance With Adaptive Hypervisor If you use a lot of applications in the primary and guest OSs at a

Managing Virtual Machines 181 Making Snapshots Snapshots can be created manually or automatically using SmartGuard. Note: You cannot create a sna

Managing Virtual Machines 182 Managing Snapshots You can use Snapshot Manager to revert to a specific snapshot, as well as to manage the snapshot

Managing Virtual Machines 183  The Go To button. Select the snapshot you want to go to in the snapshots tree and click this button to move from

Managing Virtual Machines 184 2 Open Snapshot Manager by  choosing Snapshot Manager from the Virtual Machine menu, or  clicking the Snapshot

185 This chapter provides information on how and when you can use Parallels Transporter, Parallels Compressor, and Parallels Image Tool. In This C

Using Parallels Add-Ons 186 Increasing the Virtual Hard Disk Capacity If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine's hard disk does n

Using Parallels Add-Ons 187 Managing the Virtual Hard Disk Properties With Parallels Image Tool, you can manage the properties of your virtual mach

Using Parallels Add-Ons 188 Changing the Virtual Hard Disk Format If you want to use your virtual machine with an earlier version of Parallels Desk

Using Parallels Add-Ons 189 Reducing the Virtual Hard Disk Size With Parallels Image Tool, you can manage the properties of your virtual machine ha

Installing Parallels Desktop 19 5 In the Customer Experience Program window, you can choose to participate in the program that will help us impr

Using Parallels Add-Ons 190 Parallels Transporter Working Principles Parallels Transporter package includes two applications:  Parallels Transpor

Using Parallels Add-Ons 191 Migration Scenarios Parallels Transporter offers you several typical migration scenarios depending on the purpose of mi

Using Parallels Add-Ons 192 Parallels Transporter Agent enables you to migrate data from non-active volumes of a source computer and to create imag

Using Parallels Add-Ons 193 Starting Parallels Transporter To start Parallels Transporter in Windows:  If Parallels Transporter was installed tog

Using Parallels Add-Ons 194 Guest Operating System Requirements Parallels Compressor supports the following guest operating systems: 32-bit operati

Using Parallels Add-Ons 195 How to Run Parallels Compressor Before Starting Parallels Compressor Before starting the utility, back up your virtual

Using Parallels Add-Ons 196 To run Parallels Compressor:  in automatic mode, do not do anything, just wait until the timeout expires.  in manua

197 This chapter describes how to troubleshoot known issues. In This Chapter Getting Technical Support ...

Troubleshooting and Limitations 198 Reporting a Problem to Parallels Team To help improve the quality of Parallels Desktop, you can send problem

Troubleshooting and Limitations 199 In the Specify the problem type field, you can select the type of your problem from the list. In the next fie

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Installing Parallels Desktop 20 Installing Parallels Desktop in Linux Before installing Parallels Desktop on a Linux computer, make sure that the

Troubleshooting and Limitations 200 Increasing the Virtual Machine Screen Resolution In virtual machines with Linux guest operating systems insta

Troubleshooting and Limitations 201 Problems With Antivirus Software Because of the close integration with the host operating system, some action

Troubleshooting and Limitations 202 Upgrading or Installing Parallels Tools in Text Mode in a Linux Guest OS After upgrading to Parallels Desktop

Troubleshooting and Limitations 203 ./install Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command. 9 Follow the Parallels Tools Installe

Glossary 204 This glossary defines terms and spells out abbreviations used in Parallels Desktop documentation. References to terms defined elsewhe

Glossary 205 Host computer: The computer that is used to run virtual machines. In case of Parallels Desktop, it is your Mac. In case of Parallels

Glossary 206 Parallels Desktop. An application that enables you to create, manage, and use virtual machines on a Windows or Linux computer. Plain

Glossary 207 Virtual Machine Configuration. Like any physical computer, a virtual machine has it's own configuration which is set during the

208 A Adding devices CD/DVD-ROM drive - 150 floppy disk drive - 152 generic SCSI device - 160 hard disk - 145 parallel port - 158 serial port - 15

Index 209 changing hard disk format - 188 hard disk settings - 129 increasing hard disk capacity - 186 managing hard disk properties - 187 reducin

Installing Parallels Desktop 21 If the host computer is accessing the Internet only via a proxy server, you should configure the proxy server set

Index 210 adding serial port - 157 managing serial port at runtime - 90 removing serial port - 161 serial port settings - 133 Setting Parallels De

Index 211 Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard - 68 Clone to Template Virtual Machine Wizard - 175 Clone Virtual Machine Wizard - 168 Delete Virtua

Installing Parallels Desktop 22 Activating Parallels Desktop To fully run Parallels Desktop, you should activate it with an activation key. If yo

Installing Parallels Desktop 23 Registering Parallels Desktop After you have activated your copy of Parallels Desktop with a permanent activation

Installing Parallels Desktop 24 2 If you choose At work from the For use list, you will be asked to specify some additional information. Paralle

Installing Parallels Desktop 25 Upgrading from Parallels Workstation 2.2 to Parallels Desktop for Windows and Linux To upgrade from Parallels Wor

Installing Parallels Desktop 26 Upgrading the Virtual Machine Configuration and Updating Parallels Tools The upgrading procedure starts and runs

Installing Parallels Desktop 27 Automatic Updating To use the automatic updating feature, your host computer should have a stable Internet connec

Installing Parallels Desktop 28 Manual Updating Parallels Desktop also enables you to check for updates manually whenever you want. To check for

Installing Parallels Desktop 29 Removing Parallels Desktop Uninstalling Parallels Desktop does not delete any files that have been created using

3 Contents Introduction 7 About Parallels Desktop...

30 This chapter provides basic information about how to work with Parallels Desktop. In This Chapter Starting Parallels Desktop...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 31 Interface Basics When you launch Parallels Desktop, the Parallels Desktop window opens. The Paral

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 32 Menus The Parallels Desktop menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and it

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 33  activate Parallels Desktop (p. 22)  check for updates (p. 28)  report problems (p. 198) It

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 34 The default toolbar buttons: Start. Use this button to start the virtual machine if it is stoppe

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 35 Configure. Use this button to open the Virtual Machine Configuration dialog (p. 104). If you oft

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 36 Status Bar When the virtual machine is running, the status bar of its window displays the informa

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 37 You can connect ISO images of CD/DVD discs to the virtual machine CD/DVD-ROM drive or connect flo

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 38 General Preferences In the General pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can do the followin

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 39 Changing the default folder for virtual machines The Default folder for virtual machines field di

Contents 4 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 53 Supported Guest Operating Systems...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 40 Keyboard Preferences In the Keyboard pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set keyboard

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 41 You can define two hot key combinations:  For switching a guest OS window to the Full Screen mo

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 42 Memory Preferences The Memory pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to adjust the maxi

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 43 Network Preferences The Network pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to configure a

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 44 You can configure the range of IP addresses to be assigned to your virtual machines when they are

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 45  In the Destination Port field, type the virtual machine's port the data will be transferr

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 46 USB Preferences In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can specify how to connect

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 47 General Behavior You can choose a general action to perform when a new USB device is plugged into

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 48 Update Preferences In the Update pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set preferences f

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 49 The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software. By

Contents 5 Hard Disk Settings...

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 50 Feedback Preferences Using the Feedback pane, you can join the Parallels Customer Experience Prog

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 51 Proxy Server Preferences The Proxy Server pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences allows you to con

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 52 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to use a proxy server for network connections, select the Do

53 The process of creating a virtual machine comprises the following steps:  creating a virtual machine configuration  installing a guest oper

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 54 Supported Guest Operating Systems The current version of Parallels Desktop officially supports the following gues

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 55 Creating a New Virtual Machine This section describes how to create a virtual machine using New Virtual Machine W

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 56 New Virtual Machine Wizard The wizard offers several installation modes. You can choose the mode that better fits

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 57 However, you can select another folder that will be used as the default folder for your virtual machines. To spec

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 58 Express Windows Installation 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Machine Wizard by choosing New Vir

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 59 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs, the amount of RAM, and the virtual hard disk ca

Contents 6 Troubleshooting and Limitations 197 Getting Technical Support ...

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 60 7 After you click Start, New Virtual Machine Wizard will automatically start the new virtual machine and install

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 61 Typical Installation Mode To create a typical virtual machine: 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 62 If you click the Advanced button, you can set the number of CPUs, the amount of RAM, and the virtual hard disk ca

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 63 Custom Installation Mode To create a custom virtual machine: 1 Start Parallels Desktop and launch New Virtual Ma

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 64 6 In the Hard Disk Options window, select the type of virtual hard disk you want to use and click Next. You can

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 65 8 In the Networking Type window, select the type of networking you want to use in the virtual machine and click

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 66

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 67 12 After the virtual machine is created, the wizard invites you to install the guest OS in it. For these purposes

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 68 Adding an Existing Virtual Machine If you already have a virtual machine stored on your physical computer but it

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 69 4 If you chose Search for virtual machines in this folder, in the next window the wizard displays all the virtua

7 Parallels Desktop enables you to use the hardware resources of your Intel-based Windows® or Linux® computer more efficiently by sharing them bet

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 70 Installing a Guest Operating System You can install a guest operating system on a virtual machine from a CD or DV

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 71 Note: If you need to press any keys inside the virtual machine during the guest OS installation, first click insi

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 72 Note: In this version of Parallels Desktop, you can reinstall the guest OS of the same type only. However, you ar

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 73 Parallels Tools Overview Parallels Tools are a suite of special utilities that help you use your virtual machines

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 74 Parallels Compressor Windows The Parallels Compressor utility enables you to reduce the size of your virtual ma

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 75 Installing Parallels Tools in a Windows Guest OS If you created your virtual machine using the Express Windows mo

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 76 If you are not sure whether Parallels Tools are installed, you can easily check this. Start your virtual machine

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 77 Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS Before installing Parallels Tools in a Linux guest OS, perform the

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 78 6 In the CD/DVD-ROM directory, enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools installation: ./install 7

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 79 Note: You must have the root privileges to run this command. 8 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions

Introduction 8 About This Guide This Guide is aimed at a wide range of users who want to use Parallels Desktop to create, configure, and run Paral

Setting Up a Virtual Machine 80 Removing Parallels Tools Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from

81 This chapter explains how to start, stop, suspend or pause a virtual machine. It also provides the information on actions you can perform with

Working in a Virtual Machine 82 Performing Main Operations on the Virtual Machine Starting Your Virtual Machine and Shutting It Down Starting the

Working in a Virtual Machine 83 Suspending and Pausing Your Virtual Machine Starting and shutting down virtual machines may take a considerable a

Working in a Virtual Machine 84 When a virtual machine is paused, its window is grayed out. To continue running the virtual machine, click the Re

Working in a Virtual Machine 85 Using Keyboard and Mouse Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and Mouse To start working in a virtual machine, yo

Working in a Virtual Machine 86 Changing the View Mode Parallels Desktop provides a number of view modes to make your work with virtual machines

Working in a Virtual Machine 87  click the Attach Console button in the Parallels Desktop toolbar  close the separate Console window Locking

Working in a Virtual Machine 88 Working in the Coherence Mode The Coherence mode is available only for Windows host operating systems and virtual

Working in a Virtual Machine 89 If you do not like the border color, you can change it in the General pane (p. 105) of the Virtual Machine Config

Introduction 9 Documentation Conventions Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it

Working in a Virtual Machine 90 Changing Configuration at Runtime Parallels Desktop allows you to connect or disconnect certain devices at runtim

Working in a Virtual Machine 91 If you have several parallel ports used by the virtual machine, on the status bar (p. 36) and in the Devices menu

Working in a Virtual Machine 92 Using Devices Setting up a Printer in a Virtual Machine There are four basic ways to set up printing in a virtual

Working in a Virtual Machine 93 Sharing a Host Computer's Printer You can share any printer connected to the physical computer with your Win

Working in a Virtual Machine 94 6 Continue with the general installation procedure and install the HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer driver. Add

Working in a Virtual Machine 95 Setting Up a Network Printer You can install a network printer directly into a guest OS. Before installing a netw

Working in a Virtual Machine 96 In a Linux Guest Operating System Make sure that the following components are installed in your guest Linux syste

Working in a Virtual Machine 97 Setting Up Printing via LPT Port of Physical Computer To set up printing through a parallel port of your physical

Working in a Virtual Machine 98 Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine Parallels Desktop provides you with the possibility to connect up to eight

Working in a Virtual Machine 99 If you do not want Parallels Desktop to display this dialog each time a USB device is plugged into the host compu