User Manual

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Contents
Introduction 6
Virtual Machine Technology Overview .......................................................................................................6
About Parallels Workstation.........................................................................................................................7
What's New in Parallels Workstation 2.2 .....................................................................................................8
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) and AMD SVM Support..............................................................10
Virtual Machine Equipment........................................................................................................................11
Supported Guest Operating Systems ..........................................................................................................12
Installing Parallels Workstation 14
System Requirements .................................................................................................................................14
Hardware Requirements..................................................................................................................14
Software Requirements....................................................................................................................15
Installing Parallels Workstation in Windows..............................................................................................16
Parallels Workstation for Windows: Step-by-Step Installation.......................................................16
Starting Parallels Workstation.........................................................................................................26
Activating Parallels Workstation in Windows.................................................................................26
Uninstalling Parallels Workstation in Windows..............................................................................29
Installing Parallels Workstation in Linux ...................................................................................................29
Parallels Workstation for Linux: Step-by-Step Installation.............................................................29
Starting Parallels Workstation.........................................................................................................31
Activating Parallels Workstation in Linux ......................................................................................31
Uninstalling Parallels Workstation in Linux ...................................................................................34
Updating Parallels Workstation 35
Updating Parallels Workstation in Windows..............................................................................................35
Auto-Updating Parallels Workstation in Windows .........................................................................36
Update Wizard in Windows ............................................................................................................37
Updating Parallels Workstation in Linux....................................................................................................41
Auto-Updating Parallels Workstation in Linux...............................................................................42
Update Wizard in Linux ..................................................................................................................43
Installing an Update.........................................................................................................................46
Interface Basics 48
Main Window.............................................................................................................................................48
Property Page..............................................................................................................................................51
Console View..............................................................................................................................................53
Status Bar....................................................................................................................................................54
Text Size.....................................................................................................................................................55
Making Screenshots....................................................................................................................................56
Creating Virtual Machine 57
Creating Virtual Machine Configuration....................................................................................................57
Understanding Virtual Machine Configuration ...............................................................................58
New Virtual Machine Wizard..........................................................................................................59
Creating Typical Virtual Machine...................................................................................................60
Creating a Custom Virtual Machine................................................................................................65