So yesterday I installed Parallels and unbeknownest to me, the version that ships is not the version you are supposed to use with Leopard and BootCamp.

http://www.parallels.com/en/support/desktop/leopard/

The version that shipped was Version 3.0 Build 4XXX, they have a newer build of 5600 that they say should be used with Leopard.

After installing Parallels and setting it up to use my already existing Boot Camp Partition, when I start up that VM, it boots up windows just fine, but when it gets to the login prompt for windows, I can't do anything. The keyboard and trackpad don't work at all. Also, the external Apple Aluminum keyboard I have doesn't work when attached and the tablet and external mouse I have don't work either.

Have any of you had this issue? I don't know what to do to fix the problem.



Side Note: After installing Parallels with the lower Build number and trying to run the VM, it did something to my Windows Installation and I had to do a repair on it and now it's all goofy. Now I gotta do a clean install on it.

 

Evidently I'm not the only one with the exact same problem.

Looks like I got some digging and homework to do.

http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=17034

 

Not sure how to help, but I am using VM Fusion and it found my BootCamp partition and has worked flawlessly from day one.

Running Vista Ultimate and 4GB RAM on a MB Pro.

 

VM Fusion user here. Everything is fine on a 2GB MBP.

Is it a ram issue? Does it boot up otherwise fine from BC?

 

Prior to installing Parallels, everything was running fine.

I did install 4GB of Ram a while ago, but after that everything was running smooth for both OS X and Windows via Boot Camp.

Unfortunatly, I don't think there is anything I can do to repair this installation. I"m going to have ot re-install windows and try installing parallels again and see how it goes. If it doesn't work, I may just ditch it, eat the cost of the software and try VM Fusion.