Parallels Desktop® Upgrade to Windows 7 User's Guide
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Parallels Desktop® Upgrade to Windows 7 User's Guide Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. Parallels Holdings, Ltd. c/o Parallels International GMbH. Parallels International GmbH Vordergasse 49 CH8200 Schaffhausen Switzerland Tel: + 49 (6151) 42996 - 0 Fax: + 49 (6151) 42996 - 255 www.parallels.com Copyright © 1999-2010 Parallels Holdings, Ltd. and its affiliates. All rights reserved. This product is protected by United States and international copyright laws. The product’s underlying technology, patents, and trademarks are listed at http://www.parallels.com/trademarks. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Windows NT, Windows Vista, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Mac is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. 3 Contents Introduction 5 About Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7......................................................................................... 5 About This Guide......................................................................................................................................... 6 Organization of This Guide .............................................................................................................. 6 Documentation Conventions............................................................................................................. 7 Getting Help................................................................................................................................................. 8 Feedback ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 Acknowledgements...................................................................................................................................... 9 Virtual Machine Technology Basics 10 Virtual Machine Technology Overview..................................................................................................... 10 Parallels Virtual Machine........................................................................................................................... 11 Principles of Working with Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7 13 Activating Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7................................................................................ 14 Registering Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7 .............................................................................. 15 Updating Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7.................................................................................. 16 Automatic Updating........................................................................................................................ 17 Manual Updating ............................................................................................................................ 18 Interface Basics.......................................................................................................................................... 19 Menus ............................................................................................................................................. 20 Toolbar............................................................................................................................................ 20 Status Bar........................................................................................................................................ 23 Setting Parallels Desktop Upgrade to Windows 7 Preferences.................................................................. 25 General Preferences ........................................................................................................................ 26 Keyboard Preferences ..................................................................................................................... 27 USB Preferences............................................................................................................................. 28 Network Preferences....................................................................................................................... 30 Memory Preferences ....................................................................................................................... 33 Update Preferences ......................................................................................................................... 34 Feedback Preferences...................................................................................................................... 36 Proxy Server Preferences................................................................................................................ 37 Working in the Virtual Machine 39 Performing Main Operations on a Virtual Machine................................................................................... 40 Starting Your Virtual Machine and Shutting It Down .................................................................... 40 Pausing Your Virtual Machine ....................................................................................................... 41 Stopping and Resetting a Virtual Machine ..................................................................................... 42 Using Keyboard and Mouse....................................................................................................................... 43 Capturing and Releasing the Keyboard and Mouse........................................................................ 43 Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine....................................................................................... 43 Changing the View Mode .......................................................................................................................... 44 Working in the Coherence Mode.................................................................................................... 45 Installing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................................ 45 Parallels Tools Overview................................................................................................................ 46 Installing Parallels Tools in a Windows Guest OS ......................................................................... 47 Updating Parallels Tools................................................................................................................. 48 Contents 4 Removing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................... 48 Changing Configuration at Runtime .......................................................................................................... 49 Using Devices ............................................................................................................................................ 50 Setting Up a Printer in a Virtual Machine....................................................................................... 50 Using USB Devices in a Virtual Machine ...................................................................................... 54 Using Shared Folders ................................................................................................................................. 55 Setting Up a Shared Folder............................................................................................................. 56 Viewing Shared Folders in Guest OS ............................................................................................. 57 Compressing Virtual Hard Disks ............................................................................................................... 57 Configuring the Virtual Machine 58 General Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 58 Options....................................................................................................................................................... 59 Startup and Shutdown Settings ....................................................................................................... 59 Optimization Settings...................................................................................................................... 61 Services Settings............................................................................................................................. 63 Security Settings ............................................................................................................................. 65 Shared Folders Settings................................................................................................................... 66 Shared Profile Settings.................................................................................................................... 68 Shared Applications Settings .......................................................................................................... 70 Internet Applications Settings......................................................................................................... 72 SmartMount Settings .....................................................................................................................