Installation with "Parallels"

After installing Parallels on a Macbook Pro, I installed Windows XP and added virus protection. Then I added a standard user account for another person. When I opened Parallels in this account it asked for a new installation of Windows. I installed it again, but now it needs virus protection. Is there a way to simply make the standard user account recognize the original Windows installation that was installed in the administrator account? If so, can I uninstall the second Windows installation?

Then I added a standard user account for another person.
I presume by this you mean another user account in Mac OS X, and you want that person to also be able to run the Windows copy you set up for Parallels? If so, you probably need to move the Parallels Windows "disk" to a folder that both of your Mac OS X users can access. The Users -> Shared folder is one such place and probably the easiest to use since you don't have to tinker with permissions. Then you just set Parallels to look to that location for the Windows "disk".

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