[damiensmunki]

and I'm having serious issues. I had trouble getting it to open at all and had to reinstall a couple times. The first time I got it to open, it worked briefly, and then I left the computer for a while. I came back to boot Parallels and got this message:

Parallels Desktop is unable to operate properly since it cannot communicate with one of its drivers. Try to restart the application to overcome this issue. If restart doesn't help, re-install Parallels Desktop. Note that Parallels drivers require a short time to be properly started and initialized. So you may need to wait a minute before trying to launch the application.

I uninstalled, reinstalled, updated after struggling to get it to open, left it for a bit, and now I'm getting the same message. Why is this software so buggy? Anyone know what's going on? Thanks.
Rob

[ibook_steve]

Can you give some more details about what exactly you've done? Are you trying to use Parallels with a Boot Camp installation or are you starting from scratch and installing Windows (or some other OS) on a Parallels virtual disk? At what point do you see the message: when you start Parallels or when you are starting the virtual machine within Parallels?

And what computer, OS version, and Parallels version are you using?

Steve

[damiensmunki]

I think I've figured out what's causing the problem. I had a DVD in the drive when I was booting up Parallels. Since I took out the DVD, I'm having no problems loading it. I guess it doesn't matter now, but I'm using Parallels with a Windows Boot Camp partition. I was getting the message upon double clicking to open Parallels. I'm running the most current version of Parallels, as I was able to update at some point last night.

Moral of the story: Don't run Parallels with a DVD in your drive. Doh!