This build provides several very important fixes to the problems found
in previous Betas and Release candidate:
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.
Another wide list of fixes and improvements are Boot Camp fixes.
Since RC2 it is possible to utilize Boot Camp partition installed not
on the same disk as Mac OS X is.
Many BSOD conditions are fixed.
For advanced users it is now possible to edit Boot Camp partitions
configurations via VM’s .pvs configuration file.
Several Coherence improvements:
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
VM now remembers if it was last shut down in Coherence mode and starts
in it next time
Clicking on Windows application on Mac now starts VM in Coherence mode
with selected application.
Stability fixes – lots of segmentation fault (Parallels Desktop window
closes unexpectedly) conditions are now fixed;
The nasty memory leak found in live screenshot in dock feature is now
fixed.
And many other fixes…
Several important known issues:
Mouse pointer may disappear during Parallels Tools upgrade. To have it
reappear, right-click your mouse or uncapture and capture again the keyboard
input
Parallels Tools setup does not autostart in Windows NT guest OS. You
should manually start the tools installation process.
Windows 98 does not restart if the process is initiated within guest OS.
You should manually restart it.
Aggressive connecting/disconnecting of multiple USB devices may result in
guest BSOD or segmentation fault.
Some USB devices don’t work yet.
Program Information Category:
Tools and Utilities Type:
Shareware Version: build 3150 RC2 Size: 38.5MB Works on: Mac OS X
