Parallels Desktop® 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 7 About Parallels Desktop............................................................................................................................... 8 About This Guide......................................................................................................................................... 9 Organization of This Guide ............................................................................................................ 10 Documentation Conventions........................................................................................................... 10 Getting Help............................................................................................................................................... 12 Feedback .................................................................................................................................................... 12 Virtual Machine Technology Basics 13 Virtual Machine Technology Overview..................................................................................................... 13 Parallels Virtual Machine........................................................................................................................... 14 Installing Parallels Desktop 16 System Requirements................................................................................................................................. 17 Installing Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................................ 18 Upgrading to Parallels Desktop 6............................................................................................................... 21 Activating Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................................... 22 Trial Activation............................................................................................................................... 23 Registering Parallels Desktop .................................................................................................................... 24 Updating Parallels Desktop........................................................................................................................ 25 Automatic Updating........................................................................................................................ 26 Manual Updating ............................................................................................................................ 27 Removing Parallels Desktop ...................................................................................................................... 28 Removing Parallels Desktop Without Installation Disc.................................................................. 29 Starting Parallels Desktop 30 The Welcome Window .............................................................................................................................. 31 Parallels Virtual Machines List.................................................................................................................. 32 Virtual Machine Window........................................................................................................................... 35 Menus......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Status Bar................................................................................................................................................... 38 Customizing Toolbar.................................................................................................................................. 40 Hiding and Showing Parallels Desktop...................................................................................................... 40 Parallels Desktop Preferences 41 General Preferences ................................................................................................................................... 41 Keyboard Preferences ................................................................................................................................ 44 USB Preferences ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Mobile Preferences..................................................................................................................................... 50 Advanced Preferences................................................................................................................................ 52 Shared Networking Settings ........................................................................................................... 55 Host-Only Networking Settings...................................................................................................... 58 Contents 4 Setting Up a Virtual Machine 59 Supported Guest Operating Systems.......................................................................................................... 60 Creating a New Virtual Machine ............................................................................................................... 62 Default Configurations.................................................................................................................... 65 Installing a Guest Operating System............................................................................................... 66 Like a Mac or like a PC?................................................................................................................. 68 Opening an Existing Virtual Machine........................................................................................................ 69 Using Boot Camp Partition in Virtual Machine......................................................................................... 70 Moving Data from PC to a Virtual Machine.............................................................................................. 71 Downloading Virtual Appliances............................................................................................................... 72 Installing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................................ 73 Parallels Tools Overview................................................................................................................ 74 Parallels Tools for Windows........................................................................................................... 76 Parallels Tools for Linux ................................................................................................................ 78 Parallels Tools for Mac................................................................................................................... 81 Parallels Tools for OS/2 and eComStation Guest OSs ................................................................... 82 Parallels Tools for Windows 98...................................................................................................... 84 Updating Parallels Tools................................................................................................................. 85 Removing Parallels Tools............................................................................................................... 87 Working With Virtual Machines 88 Basic Operations ........................................................................................................................................ 89 Starting a Virtual Machine and Shutting it Down........................................................................... 89 Suspending and Pausing a Virtual Machine.................................................................................... 90 Changing the View Mode ............................................................................................................... 92 Capturing Keyboard and Mouse ..................................................................................................... 97 Using Keyboard Shortcuts in a Virtual Machine ............................................................................ 98 Installing Applications in a Virtual Machine.................................................................................. 98 Placing an Image on Top of the Virtual Machine Window ...........................................................