Two Thunderbolts not displaying simultaneously

I purchased 2 Thunderbolt displays on Friday and have not been able to get both displays working at the same time.
SET UP: Two (2) Thunderbolt displays from a Macbook Pro 17" that also runs Windows 7 through Parallels running OS X 10.6.8.
Displays are daisy chained correctly but only one is detected. Went through System Preferences > Display and it only shows laptop and Thunderbolt #1. Tried "detecting" and nothing happens
Both displays work just not simultaneously. Apple support had me reset. When I did the second display was detected and the primary was not -- they switched.
Ethernet connection through display will only work in Parallels/Windows -- internet will not connect in Firefox or Safari on the Mac side. Firefox/Safari will connect when straight through the laptop but I am prompted for network ID (typical for me because of our firewall and me being the only Mac on a PC network)
When clamshell is closed only the primary display works
I updated everything and still no change
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to have to take one or both back because they won't work just as advertised.
I was on the phone with Apple support for over an hour and have no resolution

Can you try daisy-chaining another device, say an HDD, in between the 2 displays?

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