- I'm using Parallels on my iMac to run Windows XP. I have AVG free anti-virus running on the Windows side and it can't find an internet connection to update the anti-virus files.
- Finally, if you are running Parallels and you find that your USB devices are being captured by Mac OS X but not your virtual guest OS, you can also go to the Devices menu, find the peripheral in question, and choose it to have Parallels wrest control from Mac OS X and hand it to your guest operating system.
- Create the virtual machine.
- First boot/setup of Windows 98SE from CDROM.
- Second boot/setup of Win98SE from CDROM.
- Subsequent boots/setup from Hard Disk and completion of Win98SE Install.
- Install Printer.
- Share Filesystem.
Create the Virtual Machine
- Start Parallels
- With Finder: Applications->Parallels->Parallels Desktop
- Create Windows 98 Virtual Machine
- Parallels Menu: File->New
- OS Installation Window: Choose “Typical”
- Typical Installation Window: Choose OS Type: Windows, OS Version: Windows 98
- Specify Name for Virtual Machine: Enter in what you would like to call the virtual machine (I used “Microsoft Windows 98 Test” as the name of my machine)
- Optimize Screen: I chose to optimize for better performance of virtual machine
- Insert Windows 98 CD, and click Finish
- (Optional) You can use a disk image (.dmg) file if you have one, instead of the actual Windows 98 CD. Expand the “More Options” on this screen in order to specify the CDROM .dmg file.
First boot/setup of Windows 98SE from CDROM
- Boot Menu: Choose (quickly because of timeout) “2. Boot from CDROM”.
- Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu: Choose “1. Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM”
- You’ll now go through a series of screens (1, 2, 3, and possibly others that I didn’t screen capture) to choose various options until you are finally get a screen saying that “Setup will restart your computer now”. It says that you should make sure the Windows 98 boot disk is in drive A, but all that is really necessary is that your CD (or CD image) is there. Press ENTER to restart.
- After you press ENTER to restart, you will see a message from parallels that says “There is no operating system installed in the virtual machine”. This is expected right now and is not a problem. Click “OK”.
- Now, click the red square in the upper right corner of the Parallels window to stop the virtual machine. When you click it, parallels will ask “The virtual machine is running … Are you sure you want to proceed?”, click “Yes”.
- Do not restart the virtual machine yet. You must first change the boot order. Proceed to the next section of this guide.
Change the boot order for subsequent boot-ups
- Parallels Menu: Edit->Virtual Machine
- In the “Configuration Editor” window, Choose “Options” on the left side, and choose “Booting” on the top right side in the middle.
- Under boot sequence, choose: “CD-ROM, Hard Disk, Floppy”, and press OK.
Second boot/setup of Win98SE from CDROM
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- Start the virtual machine by pressing the green triangle “play” button in the upper right corner of the parallels window.
- You’ll now see the boot menu: Choose (quickly because of timeout) “2. Boot from CDROM”.
- This is the last time in this guide that you need to boot from CDROM. All subsequent boots will be from the hard disk.
- Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu: Choose “1. Start Windows 98 Setup from CD-ROM”
- You’ll now go through many screens that are part of the normal installation of Windows 98. Many files are going to get copied off of the CD-ROM, and this step could take 30-60 minutes. Here is a sampling of a few of the screens that you will encounter: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Eventually you will be asked to reboot. Go to the next section of the guide for that.
Subsequent boots/setup from Hard Disk and completion of Win98SE Install
Installation of Parallels Tools
- Make sure the virtual machine is started and Windows 98 is fully booted up.
- Parallels Menu: Actions->Install Parallels Tools
- Note: RealUnimportant has reported in his comment that the “Install Parallels Tools” option was greyed out when he tried to install the Parallels Tools. This wasn’t the case when I installed Windows 98, but if this happens to you as well, please read his comment to see how he fixed it.
- You will now get a message from Parallels about installing the Parallels tools, click OK.
- In Parallels Tools Setup Window, click “Next>”.
- Destination Location Window: leave the default and just click “Next>”
- Setup Type Window: Choose “Complete” and click “Next>”
- Ready to Install Window: Click “Install”
- The installation will copy files to the virtual machine.
- Installation Completed Window”: Click “Restart”. The virtual machine will now reboot.
Manual Installation of Sound Driver
- Make sure the virtual machine is started and Windows 98 is fully booted up.
- Open the Control Panel. To do this, click the Start button, select Settings, and then Control Panel.
- Double-click the System icon to open the System Properties window. In the System Properties window select the Device Manager tab.
- Locate the PCI Multimedia Audio Device in the hardware list. Select it and click the Properties button.
- In the PCI Multimedia Audio Device Properties window click the Reinstall Driver button.
- In the first Update Device Driver wizard window, where it says “This wizard searches for updated device drivers for “, click “Next>”
- In the 2nd wizard window, choose “Display a list of drivers in a specific location…” and click “Next>”.
- In the 3rd wizard window, choose “Sound, video and game controllers” and click “Next>”.
- In the 4th wizard window, click the “Have Disk” button.
- The Install From Disk window is opened, in the Copy manufacturer’s file from: field, type the following path “C:Program FilesParallelsParallels ToolsSound” and click OK.
- In the Select Device window select one of the “Avance AC’97 Audio for Intel(R) Audio Controller [ 9-10-2007]” and click OK.
- In the next wizard window which says “Windows driver file search for the device…”, click “Next>”.
- If the wizard asks, insert the disc (or connect the CD-ROM image file) with your Win98 installation files and type the path to it in the field Copy files from. Click OK.
- After the wizard finishes copying files and you see this window, click Finish.
- Close the windows with AC’97 audio properties and system properties.
- Reboot the virtual machine (Start menu->Shutdown) for the new settings to take effect.
- When you do reboot, sound should be working and you should hear the bootup sounds.
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- Welcome to MSN Internet Access” screen: click “Next>”.
- Install New Modem window: Check the “Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list”, and click “Next>”.
- In the next window, you need to pick any random modem. I happened to choose the Manufacturer: 3com, Model: U.S. Robotics 33.6K FAX EXT. After choosing this modem, click “Next>”.
- In the window asking you to select a port: Choose “LPT1:”, and click “Next>”.
- Using your modem to connect” screen, click on “Lan/Manual”
- Setup your Internet Connection screen: Select “Connect using my local area network”, and click “Next>”.
- Local area network internet configuration screen: uncheck all boxes and click “Next>”.
- Set Up Your Internet Mail Account window: Select “No”, and click “Next>”.
- Complete Configuration window: click “Finish”
Install Printer
Sharing the filesystem
Share Mac Internet Connection
References
Footnotes
Updates
I have a macbook pro. Recently I installed parallels desktop on it. But the problem i have is when I connect a usb device to my macbook it is not being detected in the windows parallel desktop. Also I have no idea how to get right click options in the parallel windows desktop. Can you please help me. Thank you for your help in advance.
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I have to admit that I was stymied for a long time about how to right-click within Parallels, a great virtualization application available for Mac OS X that lets you run Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and a variety of other operating systems within Mac OS X. Plug in an external two-button mouse, of course, and the right click just works, but within Parallels?
The secret is to hold down the Control-Shift buttons when you click on the mouse within Parallels. I found that out by actually reading their documentation (imagine!) after puzzling through the problem for far too many hours. Your Control key might well be labeled “Ctrl” on your MacBook Pro, as it is with mine, of course.
The USB device question is straightforward too. In the Preferences for Parallels you can specify whether you want USB devices to be auto-connected upon detection or not. Sounds like you have this option turned off. To change it, you need to shut down your virtual machine, if it’s running, and then choose Edit –> Virtual Machine…, within which you’ll find one of the options is:
On mine you can see that I have my Connection Options set to “Connect to Guest OS”: yours is set to “Connect to Mac OS” instead. A good third alternative, by the way, is to simply choose the option “Ask me what to do”, which means that every time it detects a new USB device, you’ll have the option of letting Parallels have it or let Mac OS X have it.
Finally, if you are running Parallels and you find that your USB devices are being captured by Mac OS X but not your virtual guest OS, you can also go to the Devices menu, find the peripheral in question, and choose it to have Parallels wrest control from Mac OS X and hand it to your guest operating system. If the peripheral is checked, Parallels owns it, and if it’s not checked, the Mac operating system owns it:
As you can see, Parallels has stolen control of my Apple iPhone from the Mac operating system and the Mac side can’t see it. Interestingly, when hooked up this way, the phone doesn’t appear to charge from the USB connection, but when I release it from Parallels (by simply selecting it in this Devices menu) it syncs up with iTunes on my Mac and charges from the USB cable too.
That should get you going a bit more efficiently with Parallels. Enjoy!