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Asked: 2026-05-14T17:01:37+00:00

I use Windows (7) OS as a development platform, running on a Mac /

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I use Windows (7) OS as a development platform, running on a Mac / Parallels Desktop 5.

I would like to access the Windows localhost – from the Mac side for testing purposes.

I’ve found many solutions of accessing the other way around (access Mac’s localhost from Windows) – but found no solution for this access direction (if any).

Any idea ? Is it possible ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I had the same problem as you Ranch. I’m running Win7 on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard) / Parallels 5. I solved my localhost problem on mac , by turning off win7 firewall and “enable” anonymous authentication in Authentication setting in IIS Manager.

    Also I’ve configured in parallels:

    1. Configure – hardware – Network adapter 1: Default Adapter

    2. Preferences – network – connection type – shared networking

    Edit: For Parallels 8

    1. Configure > Hardware > Network adapter 1: Default Adapter

    2. Preferences > Advanced > Network: Change Settings > Shared

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