{"id":81,"date":"2007-02-01T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T04:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macvm.com\/parallels-desktop-build-3150-release-candidate-2\/"},"modified":"2007-05-02T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T20:20:24","slug":"parallels-desktop-build-3150-release-candidate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macvm.com\/parallels-desktop-build-3150-release-candidate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parallels Desktop – Build 3150 – Release Candidate 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Parallels
\nParallels Desktop for Mac<\/a> Build 3150, Release Candidate 2 is available for download from here (Parallels.com)<\/a>. This virtualization application for Mac OS X offers mainly fixes\/updates regarding USB 2.0 devices, as well as a bunch of Coherence improvements<\/p>\n

Release Notes\/Information from Parallels.com<\/strong>
\nPLEASE REMEMBER: this is a Release Candidate software. While this build gives you the rough understanding of the final set of features to be available in Final Release later on, it is still a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Candidate\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and thus is still not recommended for production use. Do backup your virtual machines before trying them with this build.<\/p>\n

This build provides several very important fixes to the problems found in previous Betas and Release candidate:<\/p>\n

* The widest list of fixes are USB ones. Web cameras including iSight should work fine since now. Many other devices reported by beta-testers should work as well.
\n* Another wide list of fixes and improvements are Boot Camp fixes.
\n* Since RC2 it is possible to utilize Boot Camp partition installed not on the same disk as Mac OS X is.
\n* Many BSOD conditions are fixed.
\n* For advanced users it is now possible to edit Boot Camp partitions configurations via VM\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s .pvs configuration file (check this thread for details http:\/\/forum.parallels.com\/post42129-1.html).<\/p>\n

* Several Coherence improvements:<\/strong>
\n* Windows’ Start menu is now shown if one clicks Parallels Desktop icon in Dock if user has his “Show Windows Taskbar” option set to off
\n* VM now remembers if it was last shut down in Coherence mode and starts in it next time
\n* Clicking on Windows application on Mac now starts VM in Coherence mode with selected application.<\/p>\n

* Stability fixes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c lots of segmentation fault (Parallels Desktop window closes unexpectedly) conditions are now fixed;
\n* The nasty memory leak found in live screenshot in dock feature is now fixed.
\n* And many other fixes\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Several important known issues:<\/strong>
\n* Mouse pointer may disappear during Parallels Tools upgrade. To have it reappear, right-click your mouse or uncapture and capture again the keyboard input
\n* Parallels Tools setup does not autostart in Windows NT guest OS. You should manually start the tools installation process.
\n* Windows 98 does not restart if the process is initiated within guest OS. You should manually restart it.
\n* Aggressive connecting\/disconnecting of multiple USB devices may result in guest BSOD or segmentation fault.
\n* Some USB devices don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work yet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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