Many thanks to Markus for his help and patience, without him Paralles would not run on my machine (and you would not have this howto) — akuhn, january 2007
Installing Parallels
- Go to http://www.parallels.com
- Go to the trial version of ’Parallels Desktop for Mac’ (Build 1970 this was for me)
- Skip step 1, as we have a registration key
- Download the DMG package
- Run the installer
- The activation key is in https://www.iam.unibe.ch/scg/svn_repos/scg/SystemAdministration/SCGSoftwareInventory.xls
- Break Parallels installation and get a copy of windows.
- Go to http://msdn40.e-academy.com/unibe_gesamter (not http://msdn40.e-academy.com/ifiuam_bern/ )
- Log in with your uni account
- You will get a key for windows XP there buying the free product
- The windows ISO is in afp://scgresources.unibe.ch/scg/Resources/Software/INSTALLERS/Windows/
- Burn a bootable disk image from the ISO using the Disk Utility application
- Finish with Parallels installation
- Be patience while Windows is installing
- Shut down windows, power off the virtual machine
- Change memory to some larger amount
- Start virtual machine and windows
- Go to http://www.avast.com
- Download and register the ’FREE Avast! 4 Home Edition’
- Restart windows
...and there you are!
Remark: on restarting for the first Parallels bothers you with registration, just ignore, registration is not the same as activation and you are activated.
NB: In the latest version of Parallels (unlike previous versions), if you follow the above procedure, Parallels Tools are automatically installed during Windows installation.
Add a windows user
- Go to Preferences and add a user
- Run ’control userpasswords2’ and turn on the logon screen