Services Settings

The Services pane of Virtual Machine Configuration allows you to manage a number of Parallels Tools-related parameters.

Note: To use the functionality available on the Services pane, you should have Parallels Tools installed in the virtual machine.

Mouse and Keyboard Synchronization

Select the Automatically capture and release the mouse pointer option to facilitate the process of switching the keyboard and mouse input between the virtual machine and physical computer. With this option enabled, Parallels Workstation Extreme automatically grabs input from the keyboard and mouse and directs it to the virtual machine.

Clipboard Synchronization

Select the Share Clipboard option to allow sharing your clipboard between the virtual machines, or the virtual machine and the physical computer. With this option enabled, you can copy and paste text and files from the physical computer to the virtual machine, and vice versa, as well as copy and paste texts and files between the Parallels virtual machines.

Note: This option is available for Windows guest operating systems only. For more details, see the Parallels Tools Overview section .

Time Synchronization

Select the Synchronize time with the host computer option to synchronize the time settings of your virtual machine with those of the physical computer. You can specify the frequency of time synchronization checks in the Synchronize every field.

If the time zone set in your virtual machine differs from that of the physical computer, you can maintain this time difference by selecting the Allow a different time than the host computer option.