Parallels: Boot camp and coherence

[ericthered]

For same reason, Parallels will not run in coherence mode on my Mac Pro.

I have the latest release of Parallels and have installed XP on a separate hard drive *(not a partition on the Boot drive)*

Boot camp works just fine.
Parallels VM works OK except for typical USB issues and lack of coherence. I would like to use coherence if possible in this configuration.
Any ideas??

 

[aristobrat]

Do you have the latest Parallel Tools installed on the Guest OS?

I'm not in front of my Mac right now, but you might also have to enable Coherence in the setup area of the Virtual Machine.

 

[rogersmj]

You don't have to do anything special other than have Parallels Tools installed for Coherence to work. Have you done that?

Also, what exactly happens? You said it doesn't work, but didn't say what happens when you try it.

 

[Hugh]

Coherence?

You don't have to do anything special other than have Parallels Tools installed for Coherence to work. Have you done that?

Also, what exactly happens? You said it doesn't work, but didn't say what happens when you try it.

What is Coherence anyways? (I haven't used Parallels yet)

Hugh

 

[rogersmj]

What is Coherence anyways? (I haven't used Parallels yet)

Hugh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac#Coherence. Google search for better screenshots and info.

It's the killer feature in a killer app. I use it and keep XP running on my Mac constantly.

 

[ericthered]

You don't have to do anything special other than have Parallels Tools installed for Coherence to work. Have you done that?

Also, what exactly happens? You said it doesn't work, but didn't say what happens when you try it.

I do have the latest version of tools installed. It doesn't do anything. Coherence button is inop and is grayed out in the menu. Must be something in my VM setup.

 

[aristobrat]

If you Edit your VM's setup (where it shows the devices and such), do you see Coherence listed towards the top? All of my VMs show that.

 

[ericthered]

If you Edit your VM's setup (where it shows the devices and such), do you see Coherence listed towards the top? All of my VMs show that.

Yes, It's there. from the parallels web site "...each new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac contains a new Parallels Tools package with improved performance and stability. You need to uninstall Parallels Tools in Windows using standard uninstall procedure (“Start” – “Control Panel” – “Add or Remove Programs”), reboot VM and install new Parallels Tools from the “VM” menu on the Mac menubar. Please make sure that your virtual machine is running and you are logged in to your Windows..."

I'll give this a shot when I get home - hope this is it.

 

[ericthered]

Fixed

That worked. End