Switching is easily accomplished with a hot-key combination, and the chosen OS immediately takes control of the mouse and keyboard. Parallels Workstations for Windows makes the process easy with a single command on the program's main interface under the original OS. You'll have to install a subset of the program in the new OS. After that point, this program takes over, switching between the installations on the fly. Each additional OS must be added in the same manner as a new installation. However, the next step is as simple or complex as the operating system installed. Intermediate to experienced users will find it takes but a few minutes. Installation of this package is relatively simple. These additional operating systems cleanly share your hard drives, network cards, memory, and other hardware. Using various interfaces with common functions and layouts, Parallels Workstations for Windows creates templates for building and implementing additional virtual machines on your system. Create, install, and run additional operating systems on your PC with this flexible tool, but the extensive setup and customization is for experienced users only.

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