Always eager to test improvements to Parallels Desktop, I purchased the Parallels 5 upgrade. I was frustrated by a Blue Screen of Death in my Windows XP virtual machine, however, which the help system did not resolve. A quick trip to Google, however, revealed this article in the Parallels help system:
http://kb.parallels.com/en/6873
It explains that you need to set the number of CPUs to 1, then let Parallels install the new tools, then set the CPUs back to 2 or more.
It explains that you need to set the number of CPUs to 1, then let Parallels install the new tools, then set the CPUs back to 2 or more.
Seems to have done the trick. I just wish that Parallels' help system would have revealed this solution.
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