>>>I don't want to be rebooting, Parallels works well for the tiny amount of time I need Windows,I'd spend more time rebooting than I do using the app.
Seriously? My dell laptop boots into windows and ready to use in 14 seconds! My desktop is bios screen 3.5 secs, and 7 secs to desktop...
I've just installed another clean copy and the installation was perfect until I tried to update and the 1903 update failed. I did successfully install PL8 software prior to trying to update. It looks like 1903 is the problem either it doesn't like Parallels or it has update problems
You mean as a virtual enviorement, running on top of your apple OS, windows fails to update properly
Who would have thought it...
I have tried many different VMs, and they do not work properly on a complex operating system. I am surprised it works at all. And you just wasted hours of your time doing the same stupid thing twice. Updates can (on that update) do things at a very low disk level, regarding files normally locked etc. And the VM is not adequate. You are wasting your energy trying to run a complex operating system, on top of a virtual computer (that isnt one and does not behave like a real hardware setup) on top of a terrible restricted interfering operating system thats likely locking files and hardware and drivers etc while its updating stuff.
For e.g. do you suppose your Apple OS allows windows low level disk access stuff, or read bios values for boot sectors and allow disk structure changes etc? Of course it wont. Some of windows requires bios chip hardware and various encryption or boot options.
which from this
https://www.wintips.org/fix-windows-10- ... o-install/ looks the most likely. How many different methods of fixing a problem? Reinstall was wasting time and I will have to waste even more.
Theres billions of windows computers. All on different hardware. Some faulty, some with bad drivers from cheap hardware manufacturers, and incompatible defective or software for e.g, and even configuration errors, and so you will ALWAYS find 101 solutions that dont work. Just like theres thousands of idiots on the web talking crap about lithoium batteries. The reality is that its people like you posting! And its a minute percentage of users. You see just as many issues on apple forums with problems too. Even with their restricted locked down overpriced hardware and bonnet welded shut configuration capability.