feriso Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Tried installing the demo of parallels and it comes up with a window that Parallels can not be installed on this computer - has any one else had this problem - if so how did you get around it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabz Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 which osx version are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 And what computer are you using? Edit: Nevermind. I checked your previous posts and found you're using an X2 3800 with JaS 10.4.8, correct? Your CPU should have SSE3, and not having that is the only thing I can think of that might prevent Parallels from installing. Can you check to see if it's enabled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Tried installing Parallels on my AMD (SSE2) based laptop and the installer would not allow it. It is only allowed for Intel architectures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ramm Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 That is correct, Parallels will not install on systems with AMD. However, you may be able to edit the .dist file to change that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Here's a guide for installing Parallels on an AMD based PC (extracted from our very own WIKI): Install Parallels on AMD64 1) Download it 2) Mount the image 3) Launch Parallels.pkg... Ta-daaan! XD It says that you haven't a compatible system, in italian it says "Parallels non può essere installato in questo computer. Assicurati che il tuo sistema possieda i requisiti necessari.", in english "Parallels cannot be installed on this computer. Make sure that your system meets the requirements." 4) Copy Parallels.pkg on your desktop 5) Right click on it and choose "Show package contents" 6) Right click on "Contents", show informations and under "Ownership and permission" make you owner of it with a read/write access 7) Apply to enclosed items... 8) Open "Info.plist" with TextEdit and delete the following: <key>IFRequirementDicts</key> <array> <dict> <key>Level</key> <string>requires</string> <key>SpecArgument</key> <string>machdep.cpu.vendor</string> <key>SpecType</key> <string>sysctl</string> <key>TestObject</key> <string>GenuineIntel</string> <key>TestOperator</key> <string>eq</string> </dict> </array> 9) Save and exit 10) Go to Resources folder and delete InstallationCheck and pkmkshellutility 11) Exit and launch your modified Parallels.pkg 12) Install it! Cheers, hecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Or just change "GenuineIntel" to "AuthenticAMD" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feriso Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 OK, dome your method PRocker267 and it allows me to install - however when I trying and start a virtual machine it locks my whole machine up and I have to do a hard restart to get it going again. Any idea what is causing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenta Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Is it possible you don't have a virtualization enabled processor feriso? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feriso Posted July 24, 2007 Author Share Posted July 24, 2007 Have no probs using vmware in windows - i have 3800x2 so it should be ok :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipo Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 i have problems to install the last update... others before installed without problems... maybe something is changed in the installing policy? Other question, is it possible to use a real pc partition as bootcamp image with three S.O. (Xp, Vista & OsX). Parallels say me that i have more then one pc partition and hangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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