Update Preferences

In the Update pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set preferences for the frequency of the update checks.

Note: The settings available in this pane can be configured individually for each user of the physical computer.

The Check for updates section defines the policy for updating the Parallels Desktop software. By default, Parallels Desktop is set to automatically check for available updates once a week, provided that the Parallels Desktop application is launched and your physical computer is connected to the Internet. You can specify another interval for updates checking by selecting the necessary value in the Check for updates list. The following options are available:

• Once a day . Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every day.
• Once a week . Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every week.
• Once a month . Select this option if you want Parallels Desktop to perform the update check every month.

Checking for new updates may take some time and, if you do not want to have the process window on the top of your Desktop, you can hide it to the background. To do that, enable the Check in background option.

Select the Download updates automatically option if you want all new available updates to be downloaded at once without showing you the Download dialog.

You can also check for available updates manually at any time you want by clicking the Check Now button:

• If any updates are available for you version of Parallels Desktop, you will see them in the Download dialog. Choose the updates you want to install and click the Download button.
• If your version of Parallels Desktop is up to date, you will see the corresponding message.

Locking Parallels Desktop Preferences

If you want to prevent Parallels Desktop Preferences from further unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time anybody wants to change the settings in any pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, an administrator's password will be required.