Editor goes black when in lit mode

Hello,

I am running version 4.4.1 of the editor on a MacBook pro in parallel version 9 under windows 7.
For reasons outside of the scope of this question I am unable to run the mac version of the editor.

It all seems to be working just fine, until I try to switch the scene to lit mode. At that point the perspective window goes black and only shows the widget and sometimes some wireframe. If I try to simulate or play, the screen then goes completely black. Oddly, other perspective windows do render fine in lit modeā€¦

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!

you needs some lights in your scene, try dragging a directional light into the scene from large menu on the left. also make sure your starting position is in correct area.