Parallels is slow to launch, works fine after initial delay
Apparently, in Parallels 4, if you have network drives mounted when you startup the Parallels Desktop app it attempts to catalog the network mounts if you have SmartMount enabled in the config for a VM. I'm going to disable this on all my VM configs and see if it makes a difference.
Guest OS - Windows is slow to startup, works fine after initial delay
Ensure you have enough disk space on the Mac and the Windows side
Run cmd.exe (shell interpreter) and execute the following command: start /wait Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
Domain MIDD cannot be found
Click on the "Devices" menu, select "Network Adapter" and click Configure (or Customize). Set the network settings for the VM to "Shared". Bridged mode is needed only when joining to the domain.