Known Issues in Parallels

Parallels 4

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.
• Disable Smart Mount: http://kb.parallels.com/en/5778
• More on this: http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=32334, http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=22143,

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.