Can't Install Parallels Tools For Mac Dvd Site:forum.parallels.com

I purchased Parallels Desktop for Mac 4 online as a download, so I have no CD for Parallels. I do have my install CD for Win 98. I have been able to install Win 98. It's running but I cannot install the Parallels Tools. I have tried about 20 times. It seems to expect me to have a physical CD for Parallels.

I just reinstalled parallels tools with Parallels 8 and the copy/paste feature between mac and windows is still not working, although other features regarding having parallels tools installed are. Reinstall Parallels tools - fail Ensure Advanced>Copy & Paste>Share Mac clipboard is checked.

Which I don't because I bought Parallels as a download. So at this point I have Win 98 on my iMac 24' 3.06ghz sitting here like a dinosaur on a spaceship. I only want this working so that I can use my very expensive and still very functional OED Encyclopedia on my Mac instead of on an ancient IBM Thinkpad 600. I also want to use my Olympus ES-10 film/slide Scanner which Olympus stopped supporting after Win 98 (also works fine on Thinkpad.) Parallels would be a solution for both, but so far it's been pretty much a waste of time and energy. I had such high hopes.

But if I cannot share files between the Win & Mac. Anyone have any suggestions or can you point me to the correct articles/forums that have relevant information? BTW, not a newbie at problem solving on my own. Thanks for that, I have done all that and all is just fine until I get to: 'When you finally get to the Windows 98 desktop, install Parallels tools 15.1 From Apple's menu bar, navigate to Devices CD/DVD-ROM Connect Image.

15.2 Navigate to /Library/Parallels/Tools, select vmtools.iso and click Open. The tools should then install automatically' I have 'Library/Parallels' contains only 'Explorer' which is empty. A search of my system shows that vmtools.iso does not exist. So Parallels Tools SHOULD install but does not because it cannot find that which it is seeking--vmtools.iso. Other people on these forums were asking to be sent vmtools.iso by email to solve the same problem. Could you please send it to me as well.

Appreciate the help on sunny Sunday. Well the instructions posted in the link are for Parallels version 3 which apparently did support Windows 98. Parallels has not included a full set of Windows 98 tools in Parallels Desktop version 4 or version 5. Therefor this is wrong. 15.2 Navigate to /Library/Parallels/Tools, select vmtools.iso and click Open. The tools should then install automatically 15.3 The sound drivers must be installed manually from C: Program Files Parallels Parallels Tools after Parallels Tools has been installed.

15.4 The video drivers might install automatically or need to be installed manually from the vmtools.iso image at D: Drivers Video Win9x. You should then be able to adjust the screen resolution and color depth to something besides 640x480x16. I have not tried installing tools from version 3 but would like to know in device manager exactly what devices installed.

Pfffffffffff First I had the FAT32 issue. Fixed it by 'convert c: /fs:ntfs'. I installed the Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe without a problem. I got 2 hardware profiles. Then I could boot XP via bootcamp & parallels.

I then had the activation issue. Download adobe flash player for mac. Fixed that by installing an illegal XP Corp version in which I inserted my legal XP Pro key using keychange.exe from microsoft's site. Reinstalled Bootcamp drivers, Reinstalled Parallels-Tools-Bcp-1.0.3-Win.exe. I didn't get the two hardware profiles I expected.

No booting via parallels. Tried to replace the drivers.cab file with the one of the CD with which I was able to boot via parallels.

No positive result. I'm all out of ideas now. Guess we'll have to wait for our Parallels friends to provide us with a new Parallels-Tools-Bcp version.

Anyway, from what I was able to see & try, Great great work guys. I hope to be able to use it in the near future. Click to expand.I used the rgular XP SP2. I have bounced between booting in Boot Camp and via parallels over a dozen times. Each time I am asked to 'activate' but each time it activates without any issues. Everything is working as in the 1970 release, except the annoyance of the activation message. I did go into the system 'msconfig' and remove the kbdmngr.exe file from loading.