Feature Request: detect running in Parallels virtual machine

[Atze]

Hi all.

I installed Macs Fan Control on my late 2013 Macbook Retina running Yosemite.

Additionally I use Bootcamp to run Windows 8.1 natively, there I also installed MFC.

Both environments use current versions of MFC and the OSs are fully pached/updated.

Bought/using Parallels, I'm able to run my Bootcamp partition virtually under Yosemite too.
That results in running MFC twice simultanously:
One instance in the native OSX and one in the virtual Windows.

Now to the problem:
The MCF process under Windows consumes the full power of a cpu core now, until I kill the process myself.
Additionally it can't read the rpm well as it seems, what could be the reason for its behaviour.

I think that in this scenario, it would be enough having MFC running only once, means in OSX.
But the MFC in Windows is automatically started and I don't want to take care about this process all the time.

So maybe it would be possible for you to let the Windows process determine this scenario and let him calm down or stop at all?

Regards,
Atze

[Steven]

Atze
MFC doesn't work under Virtual machines (like Parallels) and will never be able to do that.
http://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control-faq

[Atze]

Hi Steven,

thanks for replying.

I understood this, but as I wrote I usually use this Windows Installation 'physical' via Bootcamp and not virtually.

But because of Parallels possibility to run the BootCamp partition 'can' use it virtually from time to time.

So my request was not to enhance MFC to run in a virtual Environment properly, but it would be nice if it detects that it is currently running in a virtual environment and disables itself until next reboot.

Wouldn't this be possible?

[Steven]

Atze
That would be a good improvement. Thanks.

Added to the TODO.

[Steven]

Done in 1.3