Bootcamp in Windows 7 Enterprise can't be updated
I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise and bootcamp 3.0 on my MacBook. Problems is I can't update to bootcamp 3.1 manually or by software update. What's wrong?
There's also a way to delete a file in Windows to make the Apple Software Updater recheck and then update everything but I'll be buggered if I can find it.
This may be easier, try this link first. It's an older archive but the features are still there.
""Alternately, in Classic View of Control Panel, click Programs and Features."" (Its the same in W7 under classic view)
It may also be a Permissions issue to tho.
You CAN just install the Boot Camp 3.1 video driver by itself (or all of them) if that's the only one giving you problems. You just extract the individual driver(s) directly from the main file.
If your daughter is using 10.7 and has W7 installed then you can update directly to Boot Camp 4.0 via the Boot Camp Assistant in Lion. Here's a link that can give you more information.
Basically while booted into Lion you use an empty USB thumb drive (4 gig should be fine, or 6 or 8 gig if you want to install an iso version of W7 in the future) and using "Disk Utility" format it as MS-DOS (FAT) and it will then download the drivers onto it. Be prepared, as it's a fairly large file (600MB?ish).
When it's done downloading unplug the USB drive first then re-boot into Windows and then you can plug the USB drive in and the Boot Camp installer should start right up. You should get an installer window asking to "Run setup.exe" or "Open" as a folder when it mounts. It may take several seconds after plugging it in. If it doesn't then open it up and click on the "setup.exe" and off you go.
If you leave the drive plugged in when you reboot, sometimes the installer won't start-up automatically.
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Unable to update bootcamp in windows 7 enterprise
I'm using Windows 7 Enterprise and bootcamp 3.0 on my MacBook. Problems is I can't update to bootcamp 3.1 manually or by software update. What's wrong
i tried again last night and this time it worked. i didn't do anything different. maybe it's communication with the steam server that's at fault.
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Hi, i'm andrea writing from italy
i have a serious problem with my mac.
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AndreaPhoenix,
Like the others mentioned you need the 10.6.8 version to do an upgrade over your existing OS.
Have you tried a clean install after backing up your data and erasing your HDD? I'm assuming your hardware qualifies. If your USB stick is bootable you could do a clean install with it. Or if you have the InstallESD.dmg file, burn it to DVD and perform a clean install. -
How to downgrade from windows 8 enterprise to windows 7 enterprise under volume license? and what are the steps for installing windows 7 enterprise?
The link provided by v-yamliu works good.
Steps for installing Windows 7 Enterprise can differ based on the method of installation.
Windows 7 Enterprise, being an enterprise product, is usually installed on PCs count of 20 and above. Also, organisations usually modify the standard installation image to suit the organisation's needs and policies. In doing so, they define the way the Enterprise
edition can be installed. They can be ZTI (Zero Touch Installation) or LTI (Lite Touch Installation). The following links will be helpful in this case:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919178(v=ws.10).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919179(v=ws.10).aspx
If the above case is not true and only a standard image is being used, you can perform clean install as mentioned by v-yamliu. The following link will be helpful:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/installing-reinstalling-windows#1TC=windows-7
Balaji Kundalam -
How can I get my clock to remain on the correct time when starting bootcamp and windows XP? wireless option is not available.
Have a look at solutions in here https://discussions.apple.com/message/10689317#10689317
Regards
Stefan -
great, but my MBA did not come with an installion disc, only a tiny jump drive that is not recognized by windows; and I can't get the contents of that burned to a DVD either. So how the heck do I get the drivers into Windows 7? My MBA has bootcamp 3.0.4.
Here's what I get:
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0 mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:11:24:7d:e7:1e
media: autoselect (none) status: inactive
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::211:24ff:fe28:2e71%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 169.254.115.141 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 169.254.255.255
ether 00:11:24:28:2e:71
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2030
lladdr 00:11:24:ff:fe:7d:e7:1e
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex> -
Can't install HP Photosmart 2575 on BootCamp with windows 7
Upgraded to OS X Lion and, so far didn't have any major problems. Then I opted to upgrade to Windows 7 on my BootCamp partition, since Windows XP is not supported any more. My HP Photosmart 2575 worked fine under Windows XP. But now, in Windows 7 I can't get the installer to work. The system recognizes the printer in the (ethernet) network with IP and everything but, the installer won't install the appropriate driver for the printer. Error code 0x00003afc. Sending problem to HP via internet comes up with a solution for printers connected via USB, but I have ethernet connection. Anyone a solution by any chance?
Please re-post on the Boot Camp forum, that is where the Boot Camp and MS Windows people hang out.
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I'm installing windows 7 64-bit on my imac which I've done before but I get a message that the partition is GPT even after I format the bootcamp partition. I just upgraded my hard drive to a 3tb and I'm allocating 1tb for windows. How can I fix this?
No easy fix for a few reasons:
1) Bootcamp requires a hybrid MBR for the partition table. That is: both an MBR and a GPT partition table at the same time with the GPT one having all partitions and the MBR one having only the ones that are relevant, but at most 4 of them (including the protective partition and the Macintosh HD one). Which leads us to:
2) The MBR part of the hybrid partition table cannot work with 3TB hard drives. MBR is limited to 2TB.
I am working on a small EFI app that can boot Windows in EFI mode on a Mac and that would mean that you can go GPT only on your system. The progress of the app is slow due to the nature of EFI and for now requires that you do an unattended Windows install with slipstreamed graphics drivers, but we are adding VGA loading on top of EFI quite soon after the rest of the app stabilises. The status of the app is documented at:
Win7 x64 booting natively via EFI (no bios emulation)
Windows does actually successfully boot in EFI mode on most Macs (anything with a 64bit EFI should work), but does not have graphics support even if you load the driver due to the VGA pci registers not being set by the firmware. Furthermore, in Setup and Safe Mode, Windows uses VGA instead of GOP which is a failure by design since VGA is a BIOS standard and not really compatible without hacks with EFI. Other EFI implementations also add VGA compatibility at a high cost to the firmware complexity for the VGA cards available on the market that don't actually contain anything in their ROM except the VGA BIOS.
My recomendations:
1) Install on a second smaller hard-drive; or
2) Wait for the EFI app to come out officially and use that to boot Windows Vista SP1 x64 and Windows 7 x64 (RTM and SP1) in the native EFI mode.
3) Wait for Windows 8 which supports VGA-less booting acording to the AMD presentation at UEFI Plugfest. -
Trying to Install Windows 8.1 on my late 2013 21.5" iMac. After I Format the Bootcamp partition, Windows Setup tells me "Windows can't be installed to this disk because it is GPT partitioned." Huh?
You must use the Windows formatter to format your Windows partition NTFS. Please be sure you select the Windows partition otherwise you might end up formatting your OS X partition NTFS.
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When i try to install windows 8 with bootcamp on my Macbook pro (early 2011) it says it only supports windows 7, how can i fix this?
if your computer does not support the operating system you wish to install in bootcamp then you have to use a virtual machine like virtual box to install the operating system you wish to install
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Mac Pro Running Windows XP in Bootcamp with AIM 6.5 Can't Connect to iChat
I'm running Windows XP on my Mac Pro under Bootcamp. The Windows firewall is turned off (I'm running McAfee, and using it's firewall).
I am trying to talk to a friend who is using iChat on a Mac - I am using AIM 6.5 on my Mac running Windows. The connection fails as soon as iChat attempts to answer.
Mac OS 10.4.10
Bootcamp 1.4 (beta)
Windows XP
McAfee 7.2
iChat 3.1.8
Airport Express
I have set up McAfee to allow TCP and UDP connections over ports 2869 (TCP) and 1900 (UDP).
I have also disabled McAfee, and tried to use the Windows firewall settings discussed frequently in this forum (with appropriate exceptions). This also fails.
I have also tried to doing this under my Mac OS X bootup running PARALLELS. This worked once, but I have not been able to repeat it (McAfee was running when it worked).
iChat works great on my Mac under OS X. This is only a problem in Windows XP under Bootcamp.
I cannot connect to appleu3test01 either (under Bootcamp with XP). I can connect to appleu3test01 no problem running iChat on my Mac.
Might this be a Bootcamp related problem? Can anyone else test this for me (i.e. can someone try to use AIM 6.5 from Windows XP under Bootcamp)???
Thanks!Hi Ralph,
{quote}If the Firewall was On I would ask if you had set it up as an Exception
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page12.html#_Service{quote}
Yes, this is what I meant by,
{quote}I have also disabled McAfee, and tried to use the Windows firewall settings discussed frequently in this forum (with appropriate exceptions). This also fails.{quote}
I've noticed that you've posted solutions frequently in this forum. I read your posts, and visited your website. Its great information ... thanks for posting it! However, it didn't help me to resolve this particular problem.
You asked,
{quote}The question now becomes have you allowed it through McAfee ?{quote}
I tried resolving the problem with McAfee "ON" and "OFF". When it was "OFF" I Set the Windows firewall up per your instructions. Unfortunately, it didn't help. And yes, this includes setting up the "exceptions."
I don't think the problem is with McAfee.
You stated,
{quote}Having said that and seeing you have tried combos around this issue I would have to point out the AIM site says AIM 6.5 will only Video with other AIM applications. It has been reported here though that it does work with iChat{quote}
Yes, I have read that AIM 6.5 will communicate with iChat on several forums. Lots of people appear to have this working. I wish to use iChat on my Mac to communicate with friends running Windows XP (or Vista) using AIM 6.5. I like iChat.
Finally, you asked,
{quote}Next I would have to ask if the modem or router is allowing the AIM application ?{quote}
This is a very good question. I have not been able to test this. I couldn't find an AIM "test" address to use (like Apple's appleu3test01). Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help Ralph. This configuration is a little bit unusual, but it should work. I think the problem might be with the AIM configuration as you've suggested. I will continue to troubleshoot and report any findings here. -
Can someone tell me why my macbook pro wont bootcamp to windows xp and it says that the disk is invalid or unreadable?
Vista isn't supported either but my MacBookPro 4,1 with Lion does boot off the Vista DVD. I'd wonder if this Windows XP disk actually is invalid or unreadable. Can it be mounted when you're running Lion?
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Lee3
May 25, 2012 5:36 AM
I have attempted to download with Bootcamp the Windows 7 drivers but the dowload will not progress past 25%!
Is there someone that can assist me with this issue?
:>/How long did you wait for the download to run? The last time I downloaded the Windows support files for Boot Camp, it was going very slowly, so I swapped away to another task. Several minutes later I came back and it had moved a little, but not much, so I went on with other things. When I got back to it several hours later, the download had completed. Perhaps you just need to let it go overnight to perform the downloads...
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If i download windows with bootcamp does that mean i can still use Macintosh and if so how
if i download windows with bootcamp does that mean i can still use Macintosh and if so how
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
If you installed Windows properly, you can still start in OS X and use it whenever you want. However, Boot Camp changes the startup partition to Windows, so you may note that you can't use Mac OS X.
There are two ways of starting in OS X:
1. Hold the Option (Alt) key while your computer is starting until you see all the bootable partitions in the screen, and choose your OS X partition.
2. Hold the X key while your computer is starting.
If you have a iMac or a Bluetooth keyboard, make sure you hold the key after hearing the startup chime.
If you want to start in OS X by default, after starting in OS X, open System Preferences > Startup Disk, and choose the OS X partition -
Can I run a windows software program that is on a CD on my macbook pro after I install bootcamp and windows xp home?
genepaquin,
the last MacBook Pros that supported installing Windows XP in a Boot Camp partition are the Mid 2010 models. If your MacBook Pro is newer than that, and you don’t have a newer version of Windows to install into a Boot Camp partition on your MacBook Pro, then you might consider an alternative such as running Windows with the help of programs such as VirtualBox or Parallels Desktop rather than through Boot Camp.
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