Boot Camp 2.1 & Win XP Service Pack 3

Greetings!
I recently upgraded this MacBook with a 200GB hard drive, and installed OS X 10.5. I then created the standard, 32GB partition to install Windows XP Pro. Everything was fine, until I tried to update Boot Camp to 2.1. Multiple attempts have failed, with no real reason why. Apple Software Update tells me that the update couldn't be installed, so please choose the Download Only option, and install manually. I did so, but when I run the file, it goes through the Windows Installer configuration, then immediately says that "The installer encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured." I also fetched the package from Apple's download page, and got the same result. I am somewhat at a loss, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
The other issue is with XP SP3. When I attempt to install it, either from Windows Update, or from the complete download package, it informs me that there is insufficient for the uninstall information, which requires at least 4 MB of additional space. I almost laughed when I read that the first time, since there were over 20GB of free space at the time. Some quick google-searches haven't yielded anything particularly informative, so I figured this would be the quickest place to get some answers. Thank you in advance!

I ran into a similar situation. I found the solution next door at:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1682935&tstart=0
This appears to be a problem on several different models.
My graphics card was correctly identified on XP SP3, but it had an old device driver. I followed the instructions to install an up to date driver.
I had a 10.4 iMac running XP SP2 via BootCamp 1.x for more than two years.
Upgraded to 10.5.8, and BC 2.1. Then updated XP SP2 ==> SP3.
BSOD every 10 minutes.
Most general solution to correct problem:
1. Restart into OS X.
2. Run System Profiler - write down the name of your graphics card. (Mine was misspelled -- "AYI" instead of "ATI"!)
3. Follow instructions at above link. (You might already have .Net 2.0 -- I did.)
Problem solved.

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Friends, MacBook Pro 8,1 – Intel Core i5 – 2.23 GHz (early 2011) New MB Pro with OSX 10.6 – current on all updates. I successfully installed rEFit. I used Boot Camp to install Win 7. All was great. Then installed debian 6. Somehow after the debian i

MacBook Pro 8,1 – Intel Core i5 – 2.23 GHz (early 2011) New with OSX 10.6 – current on all updates.
I successfully installed rEFit. I used Boot Camp to install Win 7. All was great.
Then installed debian 6. Somehow after the debian install and restart (I know this sounds crazy) but I am now reduced to Win 7 only. rEFit is not present when rebooting nor is OSX or debian. Further, I am unable to force the install DVD to launch when rebooting, by holding C, D or F8. The Option key brings me to the grey screen with a padlock. I have attempted the root and local pw- no go. Restart holding D takes me to the windows boot manager. I have attempted several options within the Advanced Options; including – Repair Your computer, safe mode and “last known good config,” All of which did nothing.
I can see all my OSX files within win7. I tried to install the OSX within windows. Ya right, that did nothing..
I only desire to get back to OSX...
What are my options??

Yes, you royally hosed up your machine.
You should first try to get your files off, any way you can to a external drive.
Your going to need to hold c and boot from the disk that came with your computer and a couple of screens in under the menu is a option for Disk Utility.
Select your drive and Erase with Security Option Zero, format the drive HFS+ Journaled and when that's finished (about a hour or so) then quit and install OS X from the installer.
I hope this works, but I suspect it won't. Others have hosed their machines trying to use a Linux disk without proper partition formatting too.
Another option might be to use another Mac to c boot off the Snow Leopard disk and install OS X onto a external drive, take that to the problem Mac and try holding option and booting off of it to erase your internal drive.
You could replace the drive.
frederick s wrote:
The Option key brings me to the grey screen with a padlock.
Is this holding option while booting?
There was someone else around here who hosed their Mac with a Linux disk too. Try to find it.

RE: Forte & Win NT Service pack 4

To: "'Natarajan Balasubramanian'" <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
cc: (bcc: Craig Parravicini)
From: "Haben, Dirk" <[email protected]> @ EDSHUBEUROPE
Date: 04/30/99 07:30:06 AM
Subject: RE: Forte & Win NT Service pack 4

We also had the Forte hanging problem when upgrading to NT Service Pack
4.00.1381 from 3.
We require SQL*Net for a Forte add on product(Dore) used by developers. All
SQL*Net access worked except from Forte. By upgrading to SQL*Net client
2.34.00 we were able to get the problem resolved. If you are using SQL*Net this
might help you.
"Natarajan Balasubramanian" <[email protected]> on 04/29/99 03:23:00 PM
Please respond to "Natarajan Balasubramanian" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
cc: (bcc: John Murer/University of Windsor)
Subject: Forte & Win NT Service pack 4
After upgrading to Win NT 4.0 service pack 4, one of our application
users is having problem in starting the application. Forte launcher
is started, but the application window never shows up. But the e-
console shows the user node entry. Anybody has experienced this
problem with Win NT 4.0 service pack 4 ? Any help would be
appreciated.
Thanks
Natarajan Balasubramanian.
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I cannot start the Utility on a Win 7 service pack 1 machine

I cannot start the Utility on a Win 7 service pack 1 machine

hi HaoleBoy,
Welcome to the Forums.
I've worked with lenovo models that has an embedded Intel HD Graphics (these are units with core i3/i5/i7 CPU) but never ecountered a problem on them in installing Win7 SP1.
If you have one of these units, can you try to:
1. Update your Intel HD Graphics driver by running the Intel® Driver Update Utility (newest driver is v15.28.15.64.3062 (9.17.10.3062)
2. Download and install the Windows 7 SP1 Standalone Installer (choose the windows6.1-KB976932-X64.exe 903.2 MB for Win7 64bit)
Hope this helps
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Not enough space for Win XP service pack 3

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http://www.windowsreference.com/general/error-there-is-not-enough-disk-space-whe n-installing-sp3/

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Per the Boot Camp Win 7 FAQ from Apple, no 2006 model will be supported for installation or upgrade, though many units would in fact meet the bare hardware requirements for 7. Upgrading from Vista might work better, but there's absolutely no guarantee that all features will work. Do not post a question asking for support of the unsupported.
For reasons known only to Apple, the 2007 models are not considered "64-bit pure" and as such, Apple will not allow 64-bit Windows on 2007 units. Empirical evidence from around the Web--even here-- may suggest the contrary, but again, this is unsupported.
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Since the soft-eject key at the top of your keyboard won't have a driver yet, you'll be removing the Windows disc as follows:
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From here, you may restart in Mac OS at points in this walkthrough. To avoid this, hold the Option key to bring up a boot menu, then click Windows.
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Do the same for Windows Update as well. The tip above will save a finger or three.
Once all updates are in, add your favorite software, and you're done.
Good luck installing Windows!
Nate

Hi all,
Here are the links for the latest 'important' drivers:
5a. Latest Nvidia driver for GeForce 9600M GT => 186.81notebook_win7_winvista_64bit_internationalwhql.exe
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
5b. Latest WLAN chip driver => Broadcom (4322AG chipset) Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows Vista 5.10.91.8 (14 May 2009) = sp43743.exe
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en &cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3872994&swItem=ob-71357-1&mode=5
NOTE: You will need to manually update the drivers in the windows device manager (select 4322AG chipset) because the installer doesn't overwrite the old drivers from Boot Camp
5c. Lateset Realtek High Definition Audio Codec => VistaWin7R231.zip
http://www.realtek.com.tw/DOWNLOADS/
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We have a Win 2K server that is running Oracle Server 9.2.0.4.0. Recently we upgraded to NT service pack 4 and have been experiencing memory problems - running out of process memory. We think that Oracle may be causing this, as we have done some troubleshooting. What may be happening is that every time we make an Oracle call, there is some kind of memory leak that is occurring. This is related to connecting to the C runtime.dll.
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Hi,
I recently bought a 32 GB USB thumb drive. I was able to install a full copy of SL on the drive and use it to boot several different Macs in my household -- it's a little slow, but it works fine. The procedure was dead simple -- format the drive and away you go.
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to do the same thing with Boot Camp/Windows, i.e. install a copy of Windows on the USB thumb drive such that it will boot and run on a Mac.
I read somewhere else here that it isn't possible -- that Boot Camp can only run on an internal drive. I guess my question is: if all my Macs can install and boot OSX from an external USB drive, why isn't it possible to the same with Windows?
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That article was also my starting point and I have followed those steps again and again and again. I haven't slept, I haven't done anything other then try to make it work for more hours than I can count. I came here for help because that solution is not working for me.
The region and keyboard type settings simply don't have the Apple keyboard layout listed. As I said, someone on the Fusion forum tried to follow the article's instructions too and he managed to get it working because he COULD run setup.exe (Boot Camp Drivers) on his machine, and I CAN'T. Yes, it is all explained in that article... but the drivers WON'T INSTALL, I get an error message saying "This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model".
First you said it wasn't physically possible for me to install the drivers, then you said I should just follow the article. Well, the article clearly says "Install the Boot Camp Windows device drivers in the virtual machine" which you just said couldn't be done! I want to cry. I should have just bought a second laptop, this is too painful.

No Audio in Boot Camp Mode on Win XP

Hi there,
I have 2.66Ghz Macbook Pro w/ 4GB RAM, running Win XP SP3 on a partition.
The audio through the laptop's speakers works fine when I boot up in Mac mode. The Win XP partition can be booted up in VMWare and the audio still works fine.
However, when I boot up in Win XP in Boot Camp, the audio through speakers no longer works. This mysteriously happened a month ago (was working fine until then) and despite many reinstallations with the Boot Camp CD and other Apple Updates, the audio never returned.
Help!
BV

However, when I boot up in Win XP in Boot Camp,
Boot Camp forums are here: http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

Can't install Boot Camp Drivers on Win 7 (Fusion)

I'm really sorry - I know this has been asked a thousand times before, but every response I've found so far either didn't work for me or it was too technical for my limited knowledge. I'm on the verge of tears after having tried to solve the problem for over 5 hours. It's past 2am here in Australia and I really should go to sleep but this is driving me insane!
Yesterday I installed Windows 7 on my Macbook Air (13" 2011 model, running Mountain Lion) using Fusion 5. I need to run Windows-only applications for work, which also requires accents (I am a translator).
As I didn't go about it using Boot Camp, I tried following this step-by-step to get my keyboard working properly: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&d ocTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1005578
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I have tried alternative solutions like building my own keyboard layout but that didn't work either because I can't make the accent functions work in order to set up the layout!
Adding a foreign keyboard layout to Windows just gave me a very random set of strokes that will drive me insane if I have to type them regularly.
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Alt+i for ^
Alt+c for ç
Alt+` for à
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That article was also my starting point and I have followed those steps again and again and again. I haven't slept, I haven't done anything other then try to make it work for more hours than I can count. I came here for help because that solution is not working for me.
The region and keyboard type settings simply don't have the Apple keyboard layout listed. As I said, someone on the Fusion forum tried to follow the article's instructions too and he managed to get it working because he COULD run setup.exe (Boot Camp Drivers) on his machine, and I CAN'T. Yes, it is all explained in that article... but the drivers WON'T INSTALL, I get an error message saying "This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model".
First you said it wasn't physically possible for me to install the drivers, then you said I should just follow the article. Well, the article clearly says "Install the Boot Camp Windows device drivers in the virtual machine" which you just said couldn't be done! I want to cry. I should have just bought a second laptop, this is too painful.

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Hello and thank you for your anticipated help. I just a MBA and want to install windows XPP. I created a 75GB partition using Boot Camp. Boot camp forced me to create a disk which I assume are the drivers for Windows XP. The setup of Windows started OK but when the MBA rebooted it came up with the message DISK ERROR - Press any key to restart. I cannot figure out how to get past this error.
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Configuration:
Loaded and OEM WinXP SP3 on an iMac with Boot Camp V2.0. All worked correctly.
Immediately after Boot Camp 2.0 completed installed Boot Camp V2.1. All worked correctly.
Problem:
Working in Windows the OS triggered a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) after the OS was up for approximately 10 minutes. This was a repeatable problem.
Investigation:
Downloaded Windows DeBug utility to analyze the crash dump files from the BSODs. For reference on how to read the Windows dmp files and how to use Windows DeBug utility see the following link.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/041105-windows-crash.html
Determined that the fault was caused by a driver file ati2mtag.sys.
Checked the version with the latest availble from the manufacturer ATI. It was the most recent version
Analysis:
In Windows right click on My Computer, go to Properties.
Go to the Hardware tab in Properties, and then to the Device Manager, drop down the Display adapters. The model shown was a Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT!
This is WRONG, the video card in this iMAC is a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro.
Conclusion:
Windows and or Boot Camp loaded the incorrect video drivers for the video card.
Solution:
1. Download and install Dot Net 2.0 because the ATI driver installer requires this level to install required drivers. The download is available at the following link.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD -AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
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http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp
3. After download, launch the installer, just proceed with the installer until it gets to the point where it pops up an error message saying that the installer could not find a suitable driver for your hardware.
4. Close out the installer and right click on My Computer, go to Properties.
5. Go to the Hardware tab in Properties, and then to the Device Manager, drop down the Display adapters, and you should see Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, this is incorrect.
6. Right click on the video card and choose Update Driver, you will be now see a Hardware Update Wizard.
7. It says Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software? Select No, not this time, and click Next... Now you should see What do you want wizard to do? Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), and click Next.... On the next page select Don't Search. I will choose the driver to install, click Next....
8. On the lower right corner of the Wizard, Have Disk... Now click Browse and go to C: > ATI > Support > Driver, and select the inf file in there, click Open.
9. Scroll through to locate and then select ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, and install that, you might get a message saying this driver isn't certified, ignore it and continue.
10. After completion, reboot.
My system is now running correctly, no more BSOD's!

hmm, is it possible that the same problem of the imac is mine on the macpro with 2 ati 2600 cards?
from where do you know that the recginized xt card is wrong and it must the pro version? cause of the 256mb to 512mb at the offical xt version?
plz take a look at my problem thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1686327
thx alot

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