PSWindowsUpdate is a third-party module that is not integrated into Windows by default. It can be downloaded from the PowerShell gallery, the most used repository for sharing PowerShell code. This module includes different cmdlets to manage the deployment of Windows updates from the command line. Parallels Desktop can download Windows 10 for free from Microsoft and install it (you can later purchase a product key from Microsoft). Command Line: Rich command-line interface (prlctl.

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Installed the Windows 10 ARM version last night and it is amazingly quick! Everything running perfectly so far, have installed all office apps including Visio (which is the only reason I need to use Windows). Visio opens in about 2 seconds. Fantastic job parallels!! This executes two tasks in parallel and open one window for each: # powershell start ping google.com; start ping example.com # cmd start ping google.com & start ping example.com. This does the same, but the /B option prevents any new window from opening (in cmd): start /B ping google.com & start ping example.com.

The following commands will allow you to reset the password for the user used to login to the Windows OS in Parallels

6 Steps total

Step 1: Start the Virtual Machine

Step 2: Open Terminal Application

Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal

Step 3: Run the Following Command

prlctl list --all
The output should look like the following:

UUID STATUS IP_ADDR NAME
{3e21f02b-9d52-4ebe-a079-675dc822d723} running - Windows 7

Step 4: Copy the UUID

The characters between the { }

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Step 5: Run the following command

prlctl set UUID --userpasswd USERNAME:PASSWORD

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UUID - Characters copied from the previous command
USERNAME - Windows user ID
PASSWORD - Password you would like to set for the Windows user

Step 6: Press Return and you should see the following

authentication tokens updated successfully

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2 Comments

• Ghost Chili
  ranhalt Aug 9, 2012 at 07:59am

  I would have just mounted UBCD on the VM and booted to ntpasswd to unlock/reset the account. But I'm crazy.

• Poblano
  OpacityZero Sep 27, 2012 at 06:56pm

  You are crazy!