User`s guide

Principles of Working With Parallels Desktop 64
Security Preferences
In the Security pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set restrictions on some Parallels
Desktop operations for non-administrator users.
You can set restrictions on the following operations:
 Create a new virtual machine. You will have to provide your administrator password to
create a new virtual machine (p. 76).
 Add an existing virtual machine. You will have to provide your administrator password to
add an existing virtual machine to the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 112).
 Remove a virtual machine. You will have to provide your administrator password to remove
your virtual machines from the Parallels Virtual Machines list (p. 236).
 Clone or convert a virtual machine or template. You will have to provide your administrator
password to clone a virtual machine (p. 234), to create a template, to convert a template into
a virtual machine, and to deploy a template into a new virtual machine (p. 237).
Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences
If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes, click
the Lock icon
at the bottom of the window. The next time anybody wants to change the
settings in any pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, an administrator's password will be
required.