Installing Parallels Tools

Parallels Tools is an additional installation that improves some hardware's performance in Parallels Desktop for Mac and provides some additional functionality. For example, after you've installed Tools, you can share data on the Windows Clipboard with the Mac OS, you will have more control over the display resolution and color depth, and your network connections and sound quality will be improved. To install Tools, perform the following steps:

1.	With Windows running in the virtual machine, choose VM, Install Parallels Tools. You'll see a sheet explaining what installing Tools does for you.
2.	Click OK to clear the prompt and start the installation. You'll see the Parallels Tools Setup Wizard (see Figure 6.11). Figure 6.11. The Parallels Tools Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation of the Tools software.
3.	Click Next. You'll see the Choose Destination Location screen.
4.	Accept the default location by clicking Next.
5.	Choose the Complete option and click Next.
6.	Click Install. The installation process will start. You'll see a warning prompt explaining that Tools installs unsigned drivers, which means that they won't be recognized by Windows and you'll see warning prompts when they are installed.
7.	Click OK to temporarily disable the unsigned driver warnings. The installation process will finish; when it does, you'll see the Installation Complete screen.
8.	Leave the Yes radio button selected and click Finish. The Windows environment will restart and you'll move back to the Windows Login screen.

After you've installed Tools, your Windows installation in a virtual machine is complete and you can move to the next chapter to learn how to control the machine and run Windows in it.