Windows for Parallel Desktop

I want to use windows XP professional for the parallel desktop on Mac. Which version of XP professional should I use?
Thank you

Use any version that meets your computing needs. Please post further questions regarding Parallels on the Parallels forums, as this forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Parallels

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    Check with the provider/developer of Medicare Remit Easy to see what version of Windows is required.
    Also, you said you had to partition a "mac" to run Parallels. You do not partition to run Parallels. You install Parallels the install Windows in Parallels.

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  • How do I install Microsoft Office 2013 on my Mac via my Windows 8 Parallels Desktop 8 partition?

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  • Will this version of XP Home work for Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac?

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    You have an intel based mac. that is one particular Original Equiptment Manufacturer. Now, what parallels does is build a vitual machine inside your mac to make it OEM compatible inside the mac Operating System to make Windows XP Home to work within the mac environment. Once it is fully installed, you can use mac and windows XP home together at the same time. You can also install XP home in mac boot and use it separate from mac as well to do your work separate of being on mac ss well. carefully read the instructions and the key part again is putting in P.T, for it to work properly.

  • Is there ANY way to install windows (for parallels) WITHOUT a superdrive?

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    Unfortunately Macbook Air CD/DVD drive “borrowing” feature doesn’t support direct media streaming and thus cannot be used to install Windows (or any other Guest OS ) to Parallels Virtual Machine. To install a Windows VM on Macbook Air you can either create an .iso image of Windows installation disk on some other computer with CD/DVD drive and copy it to Mac or use an external CD/DVD drive that Apple offers for Macbook Air.
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  • Running 32-bit windows via Parallel desktop in 64-bit Mac OSX?

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    You can run any operating system supported by Parallels in Parallels. Go to the Parallels site to see what operating systems are supported. I believe XP is supported. Whether your Mac is 64 bit or 32 bit has no bearing on what you want to do.

  • What do i do if i have lost the Activation Key for parallels desktop?

    Hi!
    I bought a mac book pro on the 15th of august 2006 from the apple store in london.i also purchased parallels desktop at the time.however,i have misplaced the sleeve of the CD,so i dont have the activation key.what do i do?
    please help!
    thanks!
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    Welcome to Apple Discussions, karishma!
    You need to talk to the people who make Parallels. You can find them here:
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  • How to open the link in new firefox window for web desktop based application? Or how to open the mail/website/rss link in new firefox window

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  • How to install windows for Parallels install in iMac?

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    http://kb.parallels.com/en/4729
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    http://forum.parallels.com/forumdisplay.php?f=58
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  • How do I install MS Office 2011 in Windows via Parallels Desktop?

    I just installed Parallels and Windows8. I need to install my MS Office on my parallels since I need to use Word/Excel most of the time in Parallels.
    Pls help. Thank you!

    Microsoft Office 2011 is a Mac OS X-only product and can't be run in Windows.
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  • Snow Leopard - Windows 7 - Parallel Desktop 5

    I have read and read on this topic but can't find what I am looking for. I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch 2.53 ghz 4 gb ram 500 gb hard drive. What should I get windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit? What are the pros and cons?

    You aren't providing any information, what do you want to use it for? Keeping in mind most Windows software is 32 bit unless you plan on upgrading your Windows software library to 64 bit when/if it becomes available you should probably stay with 32 bit. However that being said if you get 64 bit it will run 32 bit software so you have future proofed yourself by installing Windows 7 64 bit you just won't see any performance increases because your Windows applications will be 32 bit.
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  • Is Paragon's "HFS+  for Windows" safe to use in Boot Camp Windows &/or Parallel 8 Windows?

    Is Paragon's "HFS+ for WIndows" safe to use for read+write access to HFS+ drives when running Windows [8] via Boot Camp?
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  • Not Again! Window Ultimate Parallels and Bootcamp

    I have read hundreds of threads and I don’t want this to be another but I have question that were not specifically answered on not answered at all. I am a life long Windows user and finally made the jump a few months ago. I am a photographer and I have many thousands of dollars in (Windows) software. I considered repurchasing some of them, just keeping an old PC, buying new MAC license for the software that offered it but I have decided to run a dual OS MAC.
    Specs:
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    Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
    Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
    Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 1
    Total Number Of Cores: 2
    L2 Cache: 3 MB
    Memory: 2 GB
    Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
    Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
    SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
    System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504)
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    2. What will I see when I fire up the MAC? Will Windows and MAC OS boot at the same time? Is there a choice of what to boot?
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    5..I have seen several comments about a Bootcamp portioned drive being better but no one has explained what that is. Can some one elaborate what that is and is that something done via the Parallels app and if not what is the difference between the Bootcamp partition and what Parallels does?
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    Memory Requirements 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended to run Windows Vista). Support for any memory configuration (up to 16 GB), without modifying your host system.
    Disk Space
    Software Installation — 450 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac installation (plus space to allocate to your virtual machine).
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    Min Processor Type: Intel x86 - 1 GHz
    Min RAM Size: 1 GB
    Min Hard Drive Space: 40 GB
    *Adobe Master Collection Specs:*
    2GB of RAM (more RAM recommended when running multiple components)
    24.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)

    Questions:
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    2. It will startup in whatever OS you have chosen the computer to boot from
    3. Yes
    4. Yes..upgrade to 4GB
    5. Running Windows through Boot Camp is no different than running it on any other PC...that's why it's better.
    6. Of course. Windows is Windows no matter how or what it's installed on. It's still vulnerable to the same viruses.
    7. Yes
    8. See if you're entitled to free upgrade to Parallels 5
    9. That's your call. Nobody can make that decision for you.
    10. Depends on how big the hard drive is.

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