Hi Neil,
I have followed your instruction and everything checks out down to
level 4.
However when I try to connect to Windows update, Explorer comes back
with the message:
website found, waiting for reply (at bottom of screen) then
"Internet Explorer cannot display the web page"
I used the diagnose connection problems and got the following message:
Windows cannot connect to the internet using HTTP, HTTPS or FTP. This
is probably caused by the firewall settings on this computer
Check the firewall settings or HTTP (port 80), HTTPS (port 443) and
FTP (port 21).
You might need to contact your internet service provider (ISP) or the
manufacturer of your firewall software.
The same message comes up when I try to use Explorer
regards,
David Hudleston
On 04/02/2010, at 12:39 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
Hi David,
Others may come at this from a different direction, but I like to
look at it in layers, starting at the outside and working in:
Computer/Mac OSX
Parallels software/VM configuration
Windows OS
Windows software
Level 1 is obviously OK since your are accessing the internet,
sending email etc on your Mac. When Parallels connects for its
software updates, it is as an OSX program so that works OK.
Level 2 is the next to check - with Parallels running check your VM
configuration:
In the Parallels menu go to Virtual Machine/Configure
In the configuration menu that comes up select “Hardware”
Confirm that the hardware list includes a Network Adapter and select
it
Confirm that there is a check against the “Connected” box
Make note of the Type of networking used (eg “Shared Networking”)
If this is OK look at Level 3:
Under the Windows START menu, go to “My Network Places”
Under the “Network Tasks” sidebar, select “View network connections”
Note what it says. On my current VM, for example, the heading is
“LAN or High-Speed Internet” and under that there is an icon called
Local Area Connection 5 (your number is likely to be different) and
the info “Connected” and “Parallels Ethernet Adapter #2”
A level 4 problem would be indicated if, for example, other windows
software WAS connecting to the internet and it was only IE not
connecting.
At this point, if the problem has not become obvious, report back to
us with the info noted during your checks.
Good luck.
Cheers
Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
on 4/2/10 9:26 AM, David Hudleston at netr...@bigpond.com wrote:
I recently upgraded to Parallels 5 to run a program in Windows XP.
Everything worked before the upgrade
Now Parallels connects for software updates but Explorer won't
connect.
Navigating Windows is a mystery to me.
Any ideas?
The Parallels 5 also runs much slower than Parallels 4.
I am using a MacBook Pro and Airport
regards
David Hudleston
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