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Starting Virtual Machine

To start a virtual machine:

  1. Start Parallels Workstation. See Starting Parallels Workstation in Windows or Starting Parallels Workstation in Linux.
  2. Open a virtual machine configuration.
  3. Do on of the following:

The virtual machine will be switched on, its console will be opened in the Parallels Workstation window, and you can see the boot process of the guest OS.

Note that the virtual machine can be powered on only if you have a registered copy of the Parallels Workstation, regardless of whether it is of permanent or trial status. If your copy is not registered, the "This copy of Parallels Workstation is currently not active" warning appears. This warning displays your current activation status and prompts you to activate your copy of the product.

In Windows primary OS:

Depending on whether you had previously received a trial activation key or not, Evaluate and/or Buy buttons are available at the bottom of the window prompting you to get a trial or a permanent activation key. See Activating Parallels Workstation in Windows for detailed description of the processes of receiving a key and activating.

In Linux primary OS:

Depending on whether you had previously received a trial activation key or not, warning text contains one or two links prompting you to get a trial or a permanent activation key. See Activating Parallels Workstation in Linux for detailed description of the processes of receiving a key and activating.

Troubleshooting

In Windows Primary OS

If when starting a virtual machine in Windows primary OS you receive the warning "Parallels Workstation has detected that your primary operating system is running in PAE mode...", this means that your host computer configuration does not conform to Parallels Workstation requirements. Current version of the Parallels Workstation supports up to 4 GB PAE. To bypass this problem:

In the future boot into the Windows configuration without PAE to work with Parallels Workstation.

In Linux Primary OS

If when starting a virtual machine in Linux primary OS you receive the warning "Parallels Workstation can not be started due to VM memory mapping fail..." or when running a guest OS you receive the warning "Parallels Workstation experience problem when trying to allocate physical memory in PAE mode...", it could mean that the currently running kernel supports PAE greater than 4 GB physical memory while the current version of Parallels Workstation supports up to 4 GB PAE only. To fix the problem you have to change the auto detected PAE value to 4096MB. Do the following: