Ok. Going nowhere fast.... Without going into all the ins and outs, does anyone have any Parallels experience, and willing to lend me the appropriate XP install discs, preferably including SP3? If not, whatever you've got, and some experience in getting it to connect online would be great.
It's a brand new MBP, and Parallels 6, and I thought this was supposed to be plain sailing!! Parallels installs, but Windows just won't, so I assume the discs are corrupted (they're the originals, with activation codes.) I could buy new ones, including SP3 on eBay, but am worried they won't work either.... any thoughts anyone? This is actually quite urgent as I start work on Monday and they send 90% of their stuff over in Publisher. Such a bore. I couldn't get Parallels Tools to install either!?! Once again, I don't need to connect online from XP, just the ability to open Publisher, drag and drop files from Mac to PC and edit in Publisher before dragging and dropping back from PC to Mac. Should be easy?!?! Please help. (Stuart, thanks, your suggestion looks good on paper, but Parallels wouldn't let me install Tools so couldn't get it to play ball either.) I've erased and reinstalled everything 4 TIMES! All taking just TOO long...... On Jun 21, 4:58 pm, Stuart Dunkeld <[email protected]> wrote: > You could just download the SP3 install file onto your Mac, and share it > with Windows via Parallels Tools (I think, been a while since I used > Parallels), and install it from there. > > http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=24is > the full file install (which doesn't need to connect to the net) > > -- Stuart > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:44 PM, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is proving such a faff. Why does anyone stick with Windoze? > > > I've now installed, erased and reinstalled 3 times and no luck at all. > > The Internet Explorer icon isn't there, but the text is?!? When I > > double click, it just asks what application I'd like to use to open > > that file? > > > There is no evidence of it being online no matter whether I use > > bridged or shared, airport or ethernet.... anyone with iChat AV want > > to screenshare and take a look? I'm trying to install Windows XP > > Professional Media Centre. The only thing I can think of, is that when > > it asks for the SP3 CD during install, I just press cancel as it's not > > in the box - the plan is to merely connect to update to SP2 or 3, so I > > can then install Publisher for work file editing. I have no need to be > > online any other time!!> > > > HEEEEELLLPPP!! > > > On Jun 21, 11:30 am, "Brian Terry" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I have acd with the sp3 upgrade. > > > Can you accessa cd drive from xp? > > > whre do you live maybe a loan of the cd would help. > > > I vaguely rember the open source virtual box required sp3 to load > > > > ----- Original Meyour mac ssage ----- > > > From: "mac98aop" <[email protected]> > > > To: "Sussex Mac User Group" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:17 AM > > > Subject: [sussex_mug] Parallels and XP and getting online > > > > > Dear all > > > > > Just put Parallels 6 on my MacBook. All went fine installing Windows > > > > XP, but now want to update it to SP3, and I can't get it to connect to > > > > the internet (and yes, I'm online in Mac mode, hence typing this!) > > > > > Any thoughts? I've followed all the 'help' steps and been online, but > > > > wondered if there are some hiccups that you might have encountered > > > > that I need to overcome? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > AP > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > > > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > > > SPAMfighter has removed 1168 of my spam emails to date. > > > Get the free SPAMfighter here:http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
