Parallels WorkStation 2.2, 25-49u, ESD, Edu, DE WWL2XL-A03-DE Benutzerhandbuch

The following devices put their icons onto the status bar: 

ƒ  hard disk   , 
ƒ  CD/DVD-ROM  ,  
ƒ  floppy disk drive  , 

ƒ  network adapter  , 
ƒ  serial port  , 
ƒ  parallel port  , 

ƒ  sound device  , 
ƒ  USB controller  . 

When a device is involved in the current process, 

ƒ  green circle    when reading is being performed, 

ƒ  orange circle    when writing is being performed.  

If a device can be connected/disconnected when running guest OS (CD/DVD-ROM, floppy 
drive, network adapter, serial and parallel ports, a sound device, and USB), these operations can 
be executed using the device context menu. Right-click on the device icon to display its context 
menu and select the command you need. The picture below shows the context menu of the 
CD/DVD-ROM drive. 

 

For more on this please refer to the Connecting Devices When Running Virtual Machine (on 
page 155) section. 

 

Parallels Workstation allows to adjust text size of the property page. Use View->Text Size-> 
Increase Text Size and Decrease Text Size commands. To return to initial text size click Reset 
Text Size command.