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From: SM on 16 May 2010 14:16
I've got the latest Parallels installed but somewhere along the line
it's become chronically slow running XP Pro SP2 (SP3 won't install
saying it needs an extra 4MB).

This is running on the latest 10.6 on a MacBook C2D 2GHz with 2GB ram. I
know it's a bit tight for memory but the earlier Parallels ran pretty
smoothly.

Any thoughts where to start?

Stuart
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From: Chris Ridd on 16 May 2010 15:00
On 2010-05-16 19:16:06 +0100, SM said:

> I've got the latest Parallels installed but somewhere along the line
> it's become chronically slow running XP Pro SP2 (SP3 won't install
> saying it needs an extra 4MB).
>
> This is running on the latest 10.6 on a MacBook C2D 2GHz with 2GB ram. I
> know it's a bit tight for memory but the earlier Parallels ran pretty
> smoothly.
>
> Any thoughts where to start?

It could just be Windows has rotted and needs reinstalling.

OTOH maybe your virtual disk needs some rebuilding? You could also try
running "sdelete.exe" (free download from Sysinternals/Microsoft) to
zero out empty disk space.

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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 16 May 2010 15:01
On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:16:06 +0100, info(a)that.sundog.co.uk (SM) wrote:

>I've got the latest Parallels installed but somewhere along the line
>it's become chronically slow running XP Pro SP2 (SP3 won't install
>saying it needs an extra 4MB).
>
>This is running on the latest 10.6 on a MacBook C2D 2GHz with 2GB ram. I
>know it's a bit tight for memory but the earlier Parallels ran pretty
>smoothly.
>
>Any thoughts where to start?

I gave up on Parallels when it became chronically slow, moving from v2
which worked fine, to v3. A v4 trial wasn't any better.

I use VMware now. I've not gone back to try Parallels again.

Cheers - Jaimie
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From: SM on 16 May 2010 18:04
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:

> On 2010-05-16 19:16:06 +0100, SM said:
>
> > I've got the latest Parallels installed but somewhere along the line
> > it's become chronically slow running XP Pro SP2 (SP3 won't install
> > saying it needs an extra 4MB).
> >
> > This is running on the latest 10.6 on a MacBook C2D 2GHz with 2GB ram. I
> > know it's a bit tight for memory but the earlier Parallels ran pretty
> > smoothly.
> >
> > Any thoughts where to start?
>
> It could just be Windows has rotted and needs reinstalling.

Do you reckon that would cause the whole laptop to slow down - on the
Mac side particularly.

> OTOH maybe your virtual disk needs some rebuilding? You could also try
> running "sdelete.exe" (free download from Sysinternals/Microsoft) to
> zero out empty disk space.

I'll give that a go, thanks.

Stuart
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From: SM on 16 May 2010 18:04
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2010 19:16:06 +0100, info(a)that.sundog.co.uk (SM) wrote:
>
> >I've got the latest Parallels installed but somewhere along the line
> >it's become chronically slow running XP Pro SP2 (SP3 won't install
> >saying it needs an extra 4MB).
> >
> >This is running on the latest 10.6 on a MacBook C2D 2GHz with 2GB ram. I
> >know it's a bit tight for memory but the earlier Parallels ran pretty
> >smoothly.
> >
> >Any thoughts where to start?
>
> I gave up on Parallels when it became chronically slow, moving from v2
> which worked fine, to v3. A v4 trial wasn't any better.
>
> I use VMware now. I've not gone back to try Parallels again.

I was using Fusion with a Boot Camp partition but had a disk fail which
I replaced and restored from Time Machine. After installing Windows
VMware (2.0.5) never worked again.

I got Parallels 4 through one of the bundles and it was OK, the V5
started off Ok but now it slows the whole laptop to a crawl.

Stuart
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