User`s guide

Use Windows on Your Mac

You can connect up to 15 USB 2.0 and 32 USB 1.1 devices to your Mac and use them with

Windows. You can connect and use up to 30 USB printers.

Important: To be able to use a USB device with Windows programs, you may need to install Windows

drivers for the device. Typically you can download drivers from the manufacturer's website.

You can also set what happens when any new USB device is connected and set particular USB

devices to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows (p. 83).

Connect a Common Access Card reader

A Common Access Card (CAC) reader can work simultaneously in Mac OS X and Windows.

1 Connect the CAC reader to your Mac.

2 When you're prompted to choose Windows or the Mac, click the Windows screen. The CAC

reader becomes available to both Windows and Mac OS X.

Adjust USB Settings

In the USB pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can:

• Set what happens when you connect any new USB device to your Mac.

• Set a particular USB device to always be used with either Mac OS X or Windows.