Another antivirus for Windows 7 in Boot Camp if i have Intego Virus Barrier?

Do I need another antivirus program for Windows 7 in Boot Camp if I have Intego Virus Barrier already installed on my Mac?

Different operating systems require different solutions. Microsoft Security Essentials is decent, easy to set up, and free.

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  • How do I get the latest drivers for windows 7 boot camp install?

    I have a 24" mac early 2009. I had windows xp installed on a partition using an early edition of boot camp. I had to reformat my mac and so I purchased windows 7 home premium oem edition.  When I try to install and copy boot camp drives to a 32 gb usb drive I get a message that Apple does not have drivers for that.

    find your machine and OS here, manually dl the pkg
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5634

  • Updating drivers for Windows 8 boot camp

    Hi there,
    I just installed the full release version of Windows 8 (available through my University) in boot camp. However, the drivers for several devices aren't working properly and should be updated. My question is, if I update the drivers so that the devices are compatable with Windows 8, will the drivers then be mismatched when I revert back to OSX?
    Thank you.

    Sorry, didn't realize that there was a boot camp community - probably a better place for my question. I will repost there. https://discussions.apple.com/message/19847211#19847211

  • How to change  FAT to  NFTS for Windows 7  Boot Camp                                                                                  How to change Fat to NFTS on BootCamp for Windows 7

    When I try to start BootCamp for Windows 7, I cannot change FAT to NTFS. I have created CDS for BootCamp upgrades 3.1 3.2 and 3.3.
    Can't use them with Windows 7 disc in player. What to do?

    Boot Camp creates a partition for you to install Windows into. Typically if you chose a size less than 32GB it will initially be FAT32, if bigger it will be NTFS. However what it is, is rather irrelevant. When you install Windows 7 it only allows using NTFS for a boot drive and it will automatically reformat that partition to NTFS if needed.

  • I kept a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in macbook pro. so, should i keep antivirus for windows 7? which is prescribable between bit defender(bd) and microsoft security essentials(mse)?does bd and mse un-installs easily?

    i kept a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in macbook pro. so, should i keep antivirus for windows 7? which is prescribable between bit defender(bd) and microsoft security essentials(mse)?does bd and mse un-installs easily?

    lower your font size unless you have difficulty
    MS Security Essentials is excellent
    Then again maybe time to investigate Windows 8 RP (which uses Defender)

  • If i create a partition for Windows 7, and boot up in Windows using Boot Camp, can I still access the files from the Mac partition (Photo's Music etc.)

    If i create a partition for Windows 7, and boot up in Windows using Boot Camp, can I still access the files from the Mac partition (Photo's Music etc.)

    JDFitch wrote:
    Ok Great,
    Will installing Boot Camp drivers allow me to both read and write to the OS X Volume from windows?
    This is important as if it will it means i can make the windows partition a lot smaller and keep all my files on the OS X partition which would be preferable.
    Jon
    No, OSX will be read only (from Windows) and vice versa. (you can install 3rd party utilities on either or both partitions, to make read/write possible)

  • How to partition 1 HD for OS X, Boot Camp, and a second OS X?

    I have a new MB Pro and need the following setup:
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    Another partition running OS X 10.5.
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    I first used Disk Utility to partition the HD into three segments. I installed OS X on two of the segments.
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    I got a message that the startup disk must be a single volume Mac partition.
    How can I segment the internal HD into three separate units?

    You can probably just boot from Vista or Windows 7, but not XP, and use the 3rd partition, and you will need to carefully delete and create your NTFS volume.
    Boot Camp Assistant is a 'crippled' partition manager and it sure would be nice if it was incorporated into Disk Utility itself - fully. Or 3rd party, iPartition or even Paragon-Software Partition Manager 10/Suite (never tried but it does have a Mac Boot Camp wizard assistant).

  • Unable to open windows using boot camp.  Get message "The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk."  Any thoughts, Thank you.

    Unable to open windows using boot camp.  Get message "The bless tool was unable to set the current boot disk."   I am using an Imac , Lion operating system, and Windows 7.  It worked a few days ago.  Any thoughts, Thank you.

    Note that nowhere in the Boot Camp instructions does it tell you to use Disk Utility to format the Windows partition. The Boot Camp Assistant program creates the partition & sets the +partition scheme info+ of the disk as appropriate for the Windows installer but the Windows installer itself is responsible for formatting the new partition with the appropriate +file system scheme+ (NTFS for Windows 7).
    If you follow the instructions in the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide to the letter you should have no problems installing Windows.

  • Wifi under windows 7 boot camp keeps dying

    I have been running windows 7 64 bit under Boot Camp for just under a week, and last night have started to have some pretty serious issues with the built in wifi.
    Periodically, without any consistent cause, when I am booted into Windows 7, my internet connection begins to degrade.  Not disconnect or anything, just taking on like 60% packet loss or more, pings to both my default gateway (the wifi router) as well as to anything further out on the internet.  My ipad, iphone, macbook pro are all fine and able to use the internet at the same time without issue, its only the imac booted into Windows 7.  I can reboot with no change, still completely unusable (unable to load even a single web page) for Windows 7.  reboot to OSX, no issues.  Its not the router, or the ISP, its JUST when I'm in win7 using wifi. I've changed IPs, used a static DNS, measured wifi, etc.  I was using this setup for almost a week before the issues started, and I'm assuming its something wrong with Windows7.  Fully patched and up to date, both OSX and Win7.
    I finally figured out that I can temporarily fix the problem by resetting the driver for the wifi interface under the Network Adaptor troubleshoot wizard in Windows, this buys me between 5 minutes to half an hour before the issue starts up again.  Nothing else I've found will fix the issue even temporarily. 
    I finally ran a 50 ft ethernet cable from the imac to the router and this has for now solved the intermittent issue, but its not sustainable this way as I cannot leave the cords like this.  But clearly there seems to be an issue with the wifi driver in windows that boot camp is using.
    Can anyone provide some suggestions of what to look for within windows or a way to debug this more directly?  I used the BootCamp assistant to burn a DVD of drivers at install time and I believe they were the most recent versions, but not sure how to check further.  Device manager reports I am using the Atheros AR938x Wireless adaptor, and this is a mid-2011 27" iMac running Lion. 

    I'm having the same problem. Wifi loses connection after 5-ish minutes.
    Wondering if it's an issue with the 802.11n drivers...? Seems a little more stable on the "g" networks.
    This has been happening since the latest OS X update. I have a mid-2010 Macbook Pro 15".

  • [HELP] Windows 7 Boot Camp Boot Problem?

    Hi,
    I have a problem when booting windows 7 after installing it using bootcamp.
    Here is what i did:
    1) Used Boot Camp assistant to "Install Windows 7 or later version" (Last tick box option) - This also partitioned my drive.
    2) While Windows 7 was installing it rebooted several times, I held the option key to select the Windows 7 instlltion disk for every reboot.
    3) Once Windows 7 had finished installing I installed Boot Camp 5 for Windows 7.
    However everytime I restart my Macbook Pro it boots into OSX Mavericks fine, When I go to startup disk there is no option to select the Windows 7 Boot Camp partition.
    When I hold the option key while turining on my Macbook Pro I get the option to select the Windows 7 Partition, but when i select it I get a grey folder with a question mark. However when I turn on my Macbook Pro (with the Windows 7 installation disk inserted) holding the option key, when i select the Windows 7 disk it boot the Windows 7 partition fine?
    I have installed reFind and tried that but I get an error: http://puu.sh/80FZt.jpg
    What can I do to fix this? I want to be able to boot into Windows 7 without having the Windows 7 installation disk in the SuperDrive, and i also want to have the startup disk preferences to display the Windows 7 partition.
    Thanks in Advance
    Harvinder

    Ok, I have done what you have both said (bobthefisherman & turbostar):
    1) Deleted Windows 7 partition with BCA
    2) Selected all 3 options in BCA, which created a USB install and it also partitioned my HDD
    3) I waited for it to reboot and then it came up with a grey fold with a question mark in it
    I never intervened with it in any way.
    How do i fix this now? Any further suggestions?
    Thanks
    Harvinder

  • How can I get Windows 7 Boot Camp to find my Magic Mouse?

    Hey!
    So I just bought a Magic Mouse and it works flawlessly in OS X.
    But when I use Windows 7 Boot Camp I can't find the mouse to add it as a new device. My bluetooth works just fine and I have the Boot Camp 3.3 drivers.
    I tried rebooting, turning the mouse off and on, read a bunch of guides on the internet but no one is having issues CONNECTING the mouse, only getting it to work, so my research is proving to be hard.
    Can you guys help me?
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    Hi Maia,
    Can you please mention your MAC model (MBA 2011, MBP, iMac?). Which OS X version?. Have you problems pairing other bluetooth devices?
    You may want to try the following setps.
    1.- First make sure that you have the latest EFI and software updates. Including latest bootcamp bluetooth drivers.
    2.- Unpair MM in Mac OSX
    3.- Do a Nvram and SMC reset:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
    4.- Restart
    5.- Pair your MM under Mac OSX
    6.- Boot on Bootcamp assiging bootcamp as a starting partition
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    Let me know if that worked, there are another tricks you can try but I need additional information.

  • New Retina MBP + Windows 7 boot camp = no nVidia GPU

    I'm hoping someone will correct me wrong on this...
    I have a brand new 15" Retina MBP 2.6GHz 16GB RAM 500 SSD. 
    After finally getting Windows 7 SP1 installed (along with countless updates ) and boot camp 4.0, I have noticed some display problems.  My only reslution options are: 1600x1200 (which looks stretched), 1280x1024 (reallly stretched), and  lesser resolutions with which I didn't bother.  This didn't seem to make sense given the nVidia 650M. 
    Also, NONE of the external video ports are working (Thunderbolt to DisplayPort, HDMI to HDMI, HDMI to DVI) -- they're simply not getting a signal at all.
    So I went into device manager, and the 650M is not even showing up as being installed!  All I see is "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter", which tells me Windows is only acknowledging the integrated Intel graphics. 
    I can't simply install an nVidia driver, as it can't see the device onto which that driver would be applicable.
    I assumed this was an issue of the "automatic graphics switching."  Apple confirmed this, telling me that Windows doesn't have an option to choose between displays.  I couldn't find a way to trigger it with any third party app, either (including Adobe After Effects). 
    Further, Apple claims 64-bit drivers aren't yet available for this GPU, so even if I could switch it over, I'd have to step down to a 32-bit install.
    So, basically, my boot camp side looks like a netbook.
    I cannot be the only one experiencing this!
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    Andrew

    Paul22 wrote:
    You can't install the windows support software before you partition. 1. Start boot camp in OS X and create the windows support CD; 2. Install windows using boot camp; 3. Install windows support software from the CD that you made.
    I followed the boot camp manual exactly and the Nvidia drivers were not installed. I had to go into the Nvidia drivers directory in the windows support CD and manually run the setup.exe file. After that, the drivers were installed.
    Note: when you create your windows partition in boot camp, you will select custom, and then format. It is critical that you format your boot camp partition and not your OS X partition. It will not say boot camp, but you can tell it's the right one by its size. For example, if you selected a 40 GB size for boot camp, the size of the drive you select to format should be 40 GB.
    Paul
    That is exactly what I said, are you sure you wanted to reply to me?
    FYI, In a normal Bootcamp installation the partition will be named Bootcamp

  • Windows 7 - Boot Camp - No Internet Connection

    Hello,
    I just installed windows 7 (enterprise 64bit) onto my iMac (running the latest OS). When I log onto the Windows 7 OS it says I have no internet connection. I  use wireless, is this a problem with my network working with windows 7? wireless works on Mountain Lion just fine. Any tips on how to resolve this issue? I looked online for help and it says to reinstall the drivers from the boot camp CD. But these were old post when they use to have CDs for Boot Camp, it is now just an application on my mac. I would appreciate any help or suggestions.
    Thank you,
    Zach

    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
    Windows requires Boot Camp drivers to work correctly on a Mac.
    1. Press Option key when your Mac starts and choose Macintosh HD.
    2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, download the Boot Camp drivers and burn them into an USB disk or DVD.
    3. Start in Windows and install Boot Camp drivers

  • Will upgrading to Snow Leopard affect my Windows 7 boot camp partition?

    Hi,
    Did some preliminary searching on this before posting but couldn't find with confidence my answer. Does anybody know? Details below.
    Q: Will upgrading to Snow Leopard affect my Windows 7 boot camp partition?
    I'm running 10.5.8 on a single drive with two partitions. 1st partition for OS-x is extended (journaled), 2nd partiction (ntfs) has solid version of Windows 7 RC, build 7100 running.
    Thanks.

    Hi Michael,
    here are some nice 'Myths and Facts' about Intel Macs and BootCamp http://refit.sourceforge.net/myths/
    Bottom line: while not exactly needed for installing Windows on an Intel-based Mac, the BootCamp Assistant 'streamlines' the process with a nice GUI (no need for 'cryptic' Terminal commands).
    Mac OSX as of now (10.5 Leopard and above) plus the uptodate firmware for Intel-Macs already include everything needed to install and boot Windows.
    Deleting or reformating an OSX partition does not affect the Windows partition.
    However a repartitioning of course does, if the Windows partition is on the same harddisk.
    But even a repartitioning of any other harddisk (ones that not have the Windows partition on them) does not affect the Windows partition.
    Did that myself when adding/upgrading the harddisks in my Mac Pro.
    Nonetheless, when 'fumbling' with harddisks and partition structure I always have backups of my important files at hand.
    Take care
    Stefan

  • I made a mistake. i installed windows using boot camp without os x lion dvd. what should i do? help pls

    i made a mistake. i installed windows using boot camp without os x lion dvd. what should i do? help pls
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    There is no Lion DVD. Start Boot Camp Assistant and select the menu item to download the Windows Support Software.
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