![]() I didn't expect this to happen before Windows booted, but I did excpect Parallels to be set to autolaunch the Tools install. Parallels Tools for Windows not automatically installed.This is kind of expected too, and I just cancelled out of all of them, because. Of course I knew this was going to happen, but it still sucks. ![]() I mean, I wanted to start with this image to avoid reinstalling XP and SP2 again. Of course, there are always some caveats, but it's mostly all on Windows or Microsoft. I put the DVD my wife's MacBook (white, 2.0 Ghz), pointed Transporter at the image file, and about an hour later, I had the same machine I had mothballed from Virtual PC in Parallels, it was amazing. ![]() I had created this image on my iMac G5 for the occasional Windows only application when I bought that machine 2 years ago, but the image was in cold storage on DVD since with the MacBook Pro I hadn't needed it. I had a Virtual PC for Mac image which was terminal since MS had famously killed the product, or at least won't go forward with a version for Intel Macs. Transporter is supposed to be able to migrate a PC, real or virtual from either VMWare of MS Virtual PC, into a Parallels VM, even over the network. We got Parallels for her, and I needed Windows XP installed, so I figured this would be the perfect time to see if Parallels Transporter could do all the cool things it says it can. My wife is taking a class at a university, and though they say they are Mac compatible, a preparatory sample testing application is Windows only (and this wasn't disclosed before signing up for the test) which is why we had to know if it was sane to buy her a new MacBook now.
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