>That is the reason to ONLY run windows software in Parallels. You >make a clean install once set it up the way you want. Save that file >as master. Copy the file master file. Now run the copy until it gets >wonky and toss it. Copy the master file again and start over. No >prolonged reinstall.
You are not thinking about the new environment. What you describe would work in the old-style mode of operation where the software was autonomous. But Windows is no longer autonomous. It frequently phones home for permission to keep running. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************