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Windows Vista network speed drops after the virtual machine start

Article ID: 111155

Created On: Apr 18, 2011

Last Review: Apr 16, 2012

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Parallels Workstation 4.x Extreme

Symptoms

When launching any virtual machine running on Parallels Workstation Extreme, the host network speed drops up to 3 times slower.

Cause

The issue is caused by Windows Vista sound card handling. When a multimedia application begins playback, the multimedia APIs it uses call the MMCSS service to boost the priority of the playback thread into the real-time range.

Workaround

1. Go to Virtual Machine Configuration > Hardware

2. Remove the sound card from Virtual Machine Configuration and save the changes

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