Please do not cancel or stop the installation process. Important: The first time you start Windows, Parallels Tools will be installed to allow seamless operation between Windows and OS X.Once Windows is installed, launch it by opening a Windows application or by clicking the Power button in the Parallels Virtual Machines list. These settings can also be changed easily after installation.Ĭlick Continue to begin the installation. If you want to change your default virtual machine settings select Customize settings before installation. If you want other user accounts on your Mac to have access to this installation of Windows, select Share with other users of this Mac. The default location for Parallels virtual machines is /Users/username/Documents/Parallels, but this can be changed if desired.The name can be anything you want, but it is generally best to give it a name that is recognizable, e.g.Specify a name and location for your virtual machine. If you are not sure which profile to choose, please see the following Parallels support article: Productivity is appropriate for most users, but the four options are: Select the way in which you will be primarily using Windows 8. In the Windows Product Key window, leave Express installation checked, then enter the product key you received with your copy of Windows 8.
Like I said I use the Mac Os X 10.4 Tiger For Intel X86 ,which I never could get to update, but it works graphics are good memory good but no sound at all. Verify that the correct media is highlighted and click Continue. I have a core I5, 16 gig of memory, nvidia graphics card, with windows 7 pro.
Parallels Wizard will detect the installation media automatically.
From your Mac's Applications folder, launch Parallels Desktop.Ĭlick Install Windows or another OS from DVD or image file, then click Continue. Insert your Windows installation DVD into your computer (or mount your. For assistance, please visit one of our Service Desks, or, if you have access to a different Mac computer with a DVD, you can create the. iso image of the installation DVD in order to proceed. If your Mac computer does not have a DVD drive, you will need to create an. Important: The DoIT Tech Store only sells physical copies of Windows 8.Please see Parallels - Installing Parallels 10 Desktop for instructions. If you haven't yet, you will need to install Parallels Desktop 10 on your computer before proceeding. Please contact the manufacturer or system developer for help. This document is provided for self help purposes only. Attachments VBox.png (11.24 KiB) Viewed 5805 times AlanH Posts: 3 Joined: 31.NOTE: These products are not supported by the Help Desk.
I have no idea how to proceed and would appreciate any help or guidance you could provide.
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With a Windows 8.1 install disk from Microsoft in the iMac CD/DVD drive the virtual machine was started, the disk was read, the installation process began only to stop within a minute with the critical error message. Under Settings/Storage the Controller: IDE was set to was set to Host Drive 'HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA32N'. Before running the new machine, under Settings/System "Enable I/O APIC" on the Motherboard tab, "Enable PAE/NX" on the Processor tab, and "Enable VT-x/AMD-V" and "Enable Nested Paging" on the Accelerator tab were all checked. The machine was deleted along with its files and a second attempt to set up the machine failed in the same way.ĭetails: The empty virtual machine was made with 4096 MB of memory and a 25 GB virtual hard drive. In setting up a Windows 8.1 guest on a Mavericks iMac (16 GB of memory, 250 GB SSD, and 1 TB HD), the install fails with the message: A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine execution has stopped.