Javascript fails exclusivily in browsers running on boot camp

Hello guys
I'm a Flash and mobile apps developer, and I recently came across very disturbing behavior, while running some of my work on MacBooks which are using boot camp.
For many of our projects, we utlize SWFAddress open source JavaScript library. Let me just paste WIKI description, because they phraze far better than I possibly could:
SWFAddress is an open-source JavaScript library that enables Adobe Flash/Flex and JavaScript/AJAX websites and web applications to support deep linking, a practice that enables users to link to a specific section or page of the content. Its importance is because such Rich Internet Application platforms provide only a single URL to access the specific content, and any user navigation within the content cannot be uniquely identified, or shared by means of the URL. When the developer of the content integrates with SWFAddress, users are able to use standard browser navigation functionality, share and bookmark unique URLs that represent the currently displayed section or state of the content. The library is commonly used on Flash websites and web applications being the only available deep linking JavaScript library for Flash on the web. SWFAddress has been found to be used by over 10,000 websites as of 2010.
I notice that the above script won't work at all in any browser as long as boot camp is running on the user's machine, while it performs without problem on any Os and browser , whether it's a iMac, Macbook, PC desktop or PC laptop. I tested it in old and latest browser, with same results. Please do know, that I have checked the issue across multiple machines and it is 100% consistant on each. I can't possibly see the reason behind it, but there is something about Boot Camp that causes the browser to fail to perform properly, and I wonder if any of you have any idea, why would it happen?
These libraries has been writter and rewrittern to be bullet proof and cross os compatible, and they do work like charm. Except for mac and boot camp combos.
Take for example: http://www.drawingart.org/
Select any link you like and press the back button. It will take you nicely to the previous Flash section you just came from. But if you test it on any macbook running boot camp, it will fail regardless what browser you use. I also though it was related to single machine and I blamed the installation, but a week ago, two totally unrelated projects and 4 unrelated clients reported the very same problem. So I'm more than certain it's not an isolated case, it's exclusive to brwosers running on OS with boot camp.
Please share whatever clues, hints you might have. I will sincerely appreciate your expertise.
Best regards
Seba

Rae Jay wrote:
Alright, so here's the deal. I used bootcamp to download XP a few days ago, and noticed that since we (a family member and myself) couldn't get any of the drivers for ethernet, etc, to work because we couldn't use internet, we decided to download Windows 7 on the partition that Boot Camp created for XP. Well, everything works fine and dandy, but I have no iSight usage, nor do my speakers, or headphone port work. (There's a little red LED shining in the port) I can live without the iSight, but I do need sound for some applications. Is there a fix for this?
(This is on my Macbook, 13.3 inch, Core2 duo, late 2007.)
Edit: forgot to add that this is the 36 bit version of Win7 I'm using. Or 34. I can't remember. It was less than 64. And I'm very sure that I had Boot Camp 3.0 and updated to 3.1
Message was edited by: Rae Jay
I understand your post to mean that you used bootcamp to install XP and to install Windows 7. If my interpretation is correct, I may have found the reason for your difficulty.
I do not use Boot Camp or Windows®.However, if your system info correctly shows that you are using Mac OS X (10.5.8) on a Intel 20" iMac (late 2008), this article from Apple's Boot Camp Support Page seems to say that you would need to upgrade your Mac OS to 10.6 in order to use Windows 7:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986
EZ Jim
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