Security Preferences

In the Security pane of Parallels Desktop Preferences, you can set restrictions on some Parallels Desktop operations for non-administrator users.

You can set restrictions on the following operations:

• Create a new virtual machine . You will have to provide your administrator password to create a new virtual machine .
• Add an existing virtual machine . You will have to provide your administrator password to add an existing virtual machine to the Parallels Virtual Machines list .
• Remove a virtual machine . You will have to provide your administrator password to remove your virtual machines from the Parallels Virtual Machines list .
• Clone or convert a virtual machine or template . You will have to provide your administrator password to clone a virtual machine , to create a template, to convert a template into a virtual machine, and to deploy a template into a new virtual machine .

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.