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    Parallels with vista problems

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ASyme, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. ASyme

    ASyme Notebook Guru

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    Tried installing the demo of this today only for it to declair that windows vista (installed via boot camp) had encountered a hardware change and needed to be re-authorized.

    Ignoring how irritating that aspect of vista is (it's one of the primary reasons I switched) it seems to be a parallels only thing - as windows works fine via bootcamp.

    Anyone encountered this?
     
    ASyme, Nov 26, 2007
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  2. count_schemula

    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    This did not happen to me using VMware Fusion.

    I have heard of that happening.

    Something to know about the Vista EULA (in case you need to phone M$), you are not supposed to run Home Basic or Home Premium under virtualization. It works, I run Home Premium under VMware Fusion myself, but, technically, you are not supposed to.

    Try the Parallels forums, this is a somewhat common issue.
     
    count_schemula, Nov 26, 2007
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  3. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes. My solution - use something else. This is one of many issues I've had with Parallels. VMWare Fusion is much better for all-around virtualization, provided you don't play games (which you really should just do with BootCamp).
     
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  4. ASyme

    ASyme Notebook Guru

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    Hmmmm - suspected that might be the answer. ;) VMfusion... I had a brief look at it but the demo seemed to want to form another partition seperately from bootcamp? which kind of put me off looking any further.
     
    ASyme, Nov 27, 2007
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    Nope, can use Boot Camp partition.

    I installed OSX. Installed Boot Camp, then Vista. Got everything installed and updated. Installed Fusion, it saw Boot Camp and I just use that as my VM.

    When I'm in Fusion, I use the Fusion video driver, when I use Boot Camp, I use the Boot Camp drivers.

    Best of all worlds really. OSX or Windows or OSX and Windows.
     
    count_schemula, Nov 27, 2007
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