Mac Pro and Windows XP no more available

After updating to recent efi firmware, my Mac Pro can´boot into WinXPSP2 anymore. The Mac boots into WinXP, Monitor stays black and then to Mac restarts and boots into MacOSX.
The same System worked very well before upgrading the firmware.
At the same time I changed my analog Display to a 20" Cinema Display.
Installing a fresh WinXPSP2 with a normal 19" DVI Display or the 20" Cinema is possible.
But when I install the Macintosh Driver (Bootcamp 1.1.2) the System restarts between the process and than it´s only possible to boot into safe Mode in WinXP.
Any suggestions?

try booting into safe mode and downloading the latest drivers for your graphics card from the manufacturers site (or downloading them in osx and stickin them on a cd). that will hopefully solve it.

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Boot camp, MAC pro and windows XP

Hi,
I am leading a programmers team, what we want is the faster machines to improve performance. Currently investigating an HP machine with windows XP 64 on it. But that doesn't work for us as most of hour programming tools do not work under XP 64. We cannot install 32 bit Windows because of the 2 Quad cores in the machines (according to IT).
Solution could be MAC pro, same specs (2 quad cores and 4 GB internal memory ) but with Boot Camp I can install XP 32. Or am I wrong? Or will MAC pro with XP 32 do not give an performance increase we can expect with 8 core?
Robert

Hi Robert,
for the IT guys: XP Prfessional does support up to 2 processors with multiple cores each.
XP Home does only support one processor with multiple cores.
The main problem with Mac Pro and 32-bit Windows XP or Vista (and possibly with the HP machine, too) is, that because the expansion slots are reserving quite some parts of RAM for their own Range of Adresses (even if no expansion card is in them) from the 4GB of RAM you will only get about 2GB for XP Pro 32-bit to see and use.
Only chance to use the full amount of RAM is 64-bit Windows and then Vista is the one to use, because Apple does not provide any drivers for XP-64 bit.
Regards
Stefan

My Mac Pro and Windows, a view from a Windows noob

I have been using Macs for years. Yes I switched back in the XP days, but it has been so long....I forgot, infact I made my mother switch so I could offer her better tech support. Now she does not need tech support.
Anyway, the point.
I have a 2008 Octo 2.8 MP with a current ATI 256mb video, 4GB memory, and a bunch of drives in the machine. My wife bought me Flight Simulator X as I was talking about it, and I decided to load it on my Pro.
I used Boot Camp to partition a drive that was 32 GB (thats all I needed) and took a chance at using XP again.
Everything went fine until I got to the partition screen on XP, I choose the partition Bootcamp made, and Windows came back with a goofy message about how I needed to do something to the partition, hit enter and do so...ok I did.
Nothing, same partition layout.
So I made note of partition sizes, deleted mine, and tried to create a new partition out of the blank space, same message. After trying several times, I decided to try it with Vista Home Premium.
Same crap, told me how it would not work, etc etc.
So i decided to use an entire drive, backed it up, ran bootcamp, did the installer, and decided to try Vista. The install went fine.
My Retaill copy of Leopard did not want to load the drivers I needed, So I used my wifes iMac disc to install drivers for all things Apple on Vista. Fine, but why did it take me 3 hours to get my Bluettoth Mighty Mouse to work, and I still cant get the BT keyboard to work?
Why does Windows only see 2 of the 4 gb of memory I have?
Why does Vista seem slow? (even though it boots fast?. I mean it almost seems to ...well lag, seems like alot of OSX, and Linux with Beryl ripping off that does not really seem to work very well with Vista.
The drivers for this spankly fresh new ATI card had to be downloaded by Vista in order to even see the card, why is this stuff not on Leopard (Apple did not give me the restore discs for the Pro when they exchanged the machine for my faulty Pro)
Most importantly, why would XP argue with a partition Bootcamp made? Worked fine with my Mothers imac, she reported no issues, why am I the one to get them, how can I make a simple 32gb partition via bootcamp work with XP?

Lot of questions in there, almost need a list.
I never use BootCamp, just Disk Utility. Assistant is meant for single drive setup (iMac, MacBook) more than multi-drive system as this. And totally unnecessary or helpful with Vista.
Vista 32-bit only sees 1.9GB but SP1 or x64 will see more.
XP CD doesn't know or understand GUID and EFI partition tables.
Some Leopard DVDs (mostly upgrade based on BootCamp forum) didn't have the /BOOTCAMP directory on them.
The new Mac Pro is UEFI 2.1 firmware and has 64-bit drivers.
And always need to get the latest stand-alone drivers from ATI and Nvidia for Windows on Mac Pro.

Need advice about Mac Pro and Windows networking

I currently have 2 machines at work: One HP Windows PC (high configuration) and a PowerMac G5 2GHz dual. I'm basically close to purchasing a new Mac Pro to replace both machines but need some advice. I do the majority of design work on the Mac. However I need the Windows PC to also do some design work but mainly use it to connect into the windows network at work. Basically I need to be able to access the network drives (which are set up with Novell Netware, with IPX turned off), Novell GroupWise email system and connect to the internet through the LAN. Can I do this with a Mac Pro, with either Bootcamp or Parallels? Is there any sacrifice in terms of performance in using Bootcamp or Parallels? The end result I want is similar to what I am doing at the moment - at the moment I use a PC to network and the Mac to design, side by side with each other. What I want is to do this from one machine, not two. (I also need the PC side of things as I need to use some software that isn't available on the Mac, eg. bespoke databases that run on PC). Is it easy to network under Bootcamp/Parallels? What pitfalls are there that I need to be aware of?

When your running Windows via bootcamp, you are essentially Running windows on a PC architecture. You will have all the same capabilities that you have now.
When you use Parallels to run Windows, you are running Windows as a virtual machine running within the confines of the Mac OS. The advantage is that you can run multiple OS's at the same time, and easily share files and data between them. The disadvantage is that the OS running within Parallels has a slightly performance hit, meaning you are not running as fast as the bootcamp version, but the performance hit is very slight. The only place that Parallels is lacking at the moment is in support of 3D or accelerated graphics. That is Parallels currently cannot make use of a graphics card 3D capabilities or advance GPU options. Parallels has stated their intent is to provide better graphic card support in the near future.
With all this in mind, I don;t see any reason why you cannot use Parallels for your Windows networking needs, and the Mac for your design needs, all at the same time. You will need of course to ensure you have enough RAM to support both OS's if you intend to run them at the same time.
Tom N.

Icloud sync only works between mac pro and windows outlook, not with iphone and ipad anymore

Hi
Can anyone help me with my problem?
I do have icloud installed on my MacBookPro, on my Windows Outlook computer, on my iPad 2 and on the iPhone 4S.
Now until yesterday everything synchronized perfectly well.
Then I created some groups on my MacBookPro address book and since then (I believe that was when it started) icloud no longer synchs from and to the ipad and the iphone. It still works between the Mac and Windows Outlook.
On the iPad/iPhone I have tried everything but it still won't do. I have even reset the whole iPad and obviously lost all data and tried again. I all sometimes get is a few contacts back into the address book on the ipad. But only a limited number, not all.
Also, to delete the icloud account on the ipad/iphone is sometimes not possible. It just hangs and I can see the message "Deleting..." for ever.
Anyone an idea?
Thanks in advance!

One more comment. Wired connection seem to be stable neither. I have ping running to the Windows computer and after a couple of minutes, it gets broken.
However if I have both WiFi and cable connection to the home router and disconnect from cable (after ping is broken), I get the network to the Windows comptuer back. Nothing serious on the network change, I just get 192.168.1.x instead of 192.168.1.y as IP).
During this network switch I do nothing with the Windows computer.
This is not valid if I want to connect to the Windows computer via Microsoft sharing (smb://192.168.1.x), then it immediately breaks the connection. Can't get it back until Windows is restarted.
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2013 Mac Pro and Logic, which processor?

I'm about to buy the new Mac Pro and was wondering if more cores or faster clock speed suit Logic X more. I know it supports multi-threading etc but can it really make use of 12 cores etc? I was thinking of just getting the entry processor as it has the highest clock speed 3.7Ghz
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J

I can tell you first hand that Logic X does use all of the 12 cores of my new mac pro and I can happy say its a dream
biggadibong wrote:
I'm about to buy the new Mac Pro and was wondering if more cores or faster clock speed suit Logic X more. I know it supports multi-threading etc but can it really make use of 12 cores etc? I was thinking of just getting the entry processor as it has the highest clock speed 3.7Ghz
can anyone advise?
thank you
J

New Mac Pro and Vram

My new mac Pro has dual AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB but After Effects only sees 2 gigs of VRam in the preveiw menu. Why is that?

Hi shasho,
This issue has been reported that After Effects unable to read full display memory on New MAC Pro and is showing 2GB of available memory how ever system is equipped with 2 Card with 3GB memory each. We are working on this issue on a priority basis.
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Can I install both mac os and Windows 7 on MacBook Pro?

Can I install both mac os and Windows 7 on MacBook Pro?
I saw Windows XP picture on this website. And I would like to try mac os while using Windows 7.
And does Windows 7 on MacBook Pro support high quality game experience? Im sick and tired of reducing to low quality graphics to play some nice games such as GTA 4 and new released games. Hope I can play games with high quality.

If you have a brand new MacBook Pro or have installed Lion on an older one, you can only instal Windows 7 on Boot Camp (for some reason you can't use Vista or earlier). If you have a Windows 7 CD and a license, it's pretty easy to do via Boot Camp. See here for instructions: http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macos
If you install via Boot Camp, Windows 7 will run as fast as your computer is. Generally, MacBook Pros are very fast laptops, so you should be pretty good. That being said, just like any laptop, if it's a cheaper MacBook Pro, you won't have access to as capable graphics processing as more high-end machines. So if it's a newer game with crazy impressive graphics, you will likely not be able to tap into the highest settings on the game on any laptop.

" help me please" I have Windows 7 installed on my mac pro and Bought Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect to lcd tv But it does not work? why? please help me

" help me please" I have Windows 7 32 bit installed on my mac pro and Bought Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter to connect to lcd tv But it does not work? why? please help me
I have to boot with a Windows
When I use the Mac operating system not have a problem and DisplayPort to VGA Adapter Working properly
why does not work with windows ?
What should I do؟
I'm grateful to give advice
tanks
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Someone in another section answered this. Thanks.

I install windows 7 on my mac pro. and participate in windows 7 to 50gb 2 disk. but now i cannot enter my mac. only windows is appearing what should i do. when try enter my mac want me to format rest of disk. how can i reinstall my mac

i install windows 7 on my mac pro. and participate in windows 7 to 50gb 2 disk. but now i cannot enter my mac. only windows is appearing what should i do. when try enter my mac want me to format rest of the disk. how can i reinstall my mac?

If you use Windows program to partition the Hard Drive, the Apple partition gets destroyed.
Windows does not understand it is a guest on your Mac, and throws garabge wherever it pleases.

Can the Mac Pro run Window XP (booth camp) and be used as a MAc OS server

Hi There
Can the Mac Pro run Window XP (booth camp) and be used as a MAc OS server in the same time?
I am a small business and I was thinking of using the new mac pro for a new workstation on my studio and to also use it as a server for 5 work others stations. Is that possible? Or I am asking a bit to much work load to do for the Mac Pro?
Can the Mac Pro can run under Window XP and Autocad and still be accessed by other workstation whilst working on the cad software? Is booth camp will slow the machine like Virtual PC?
IS the MAc Pro can manage file hosting website with PHP and mySQL capabilites?
CHARLES
MAC PRO Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Great question, but it appears the answer is no (at this time); they promise to work on it immediately. Check this thread at parallels.
http://forum.parallels.com/thread3659.html
iMAC G5 20" - 2GB RAM - 150 GB Hard Drive Mac OS X (10.4.6) Also MacMini & MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo - OS X & WIN2K

Migrating to Mac Pro from Windows intensive GIS modelling only in WinXP..

Hi all,
I have some cash for a new workstation and have been pondering moving to a Mac as I am frustrated with Windows for som many reasons. I am a scientist who does a lot of modelling, luckily software such as R is available on Mac so I am happy with that. However, I am stuck with some windows dependency due to ArcGIS which is windows only.
I have several questions:
1. I have a couple of existing machines that have cheapo PCI-E Sil3132 RAID cards that run RAID 0 on two 1TB disks as swap. It should be possible to use this in Bootcamp no problems as Windows has drivers for it, but could I access this array through OSX and importantly, through Parallels so I could use the Mac and Windows at the same time?
2. I have several external arrays that use the ESATA connection from some RAID cards, however, these are all in NTFS format. Can I read/write to these disks in OSX? I am confused by an abundance of posts which say yes, no but yes in Snow Leopard..
3. Reading people's comments, it is widely accepted to steer clear of the Mac RAID card as it is overpriced. Is it also not compatible with Windows?
4. Do you guys think it is worth it to move? I could just go down the PC route again and get a similar spec machine as to the Mac Pro, but I can't tell you how much Windows upsets me sometimes.
Any advice at all is appreciated.
Thanks,
A

Dual boot though makes things more complex and doesn't sound like running Windows programs in a VM is going to help.
Therefore a lot to convert, consider, and limitations.
Don't know how well if at all Parallels 6 will work with your arrays.
Swap. Put your system on an SSD, be sure to have enough RAM, because Mac OS and users avoid swapping and pageouts like the plague.
A Mac Pro can be a fine Windows only system, suitable almost, and similar to others that use Xeon processor.
Burn out hits everyone, but maybe if you could get past that and build a new system from ground up that meets your needs and expectations, that would be easier.
NTFS write ability is not hard to add, but is not native to OS X either.
Disclaimer: I run my Mac Pro as Windows 99% and have played around with some PC controller cards and Mac controller cards, and there is always trouble with cross platform.
As for Mac Pro, $4k+ for 3.33GHz 6-core 3 x 8GB RAM buys a lot of hardware, and in PC realm something that can be clocked much higher and more RAM...

I have photoshop C6 on my MAC Pro and want to install it on my new MAC desktop. I sent the files with AirDrop but photoshop wont open I get an error message that it cant find the Library. Any thoughts?

I have photoshop C6 on my MAC Pro and want to install it on my new MAC desktop. I sent the files with AirDrop but photoshop wont open I get an error message that it cant find the Library. Any thoughts?

download the installation files and install using your serial number or adobe id,
Downloads available:
Suites and Programs: CC 2014 | CC | CS6 | CS5.5 | CS5 | CS4 | CS3
Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8 | 9 standard
Premiere Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7
Photoshop Elements: 12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7
Lightroom: 5.5 (win), 5.5 (mac) | 5.4 (win), 5.4 (mac) | 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
Contribute: CS5 | CS4, CS3
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Mac Pro - Bootcamp Windows 7 x64 problem. No Drives were found. Please help

Hi,
I have recently purchase a Mac Pro and I was trying to install windows 7 with bootcamp which i successfully done it on my imac before but somehow after I partition my HDD in bootcamp, inside winodws 7 install page it saids "No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installtion"
I have read some previous post but I didn't really get it how people have solved. I have dismount the other 2 HDD but it doesn't seems to work.
Can someone please help. Is there a way that I can have my windows 7 into my other HDD instead of the Mac OS drives.

You read the PDF Guide? You have to use Advanced Options to format the FAT volume (BOOTCAMP) to NTFS.
And yes, pull other drives.
Personally, I use a separate hard drive for Windows 7 and just pull the others, boot from Windows DVD and install.
I assume your recent MacPro 5,1 is Mid 2010. If you want to use more than 4GB RAM you will want 64-bit, and if you have dual processor 8 or 12-cores, you'd need Windows 7 Pro.
As for where you are now, use Boot CAmp Assistant again to remove the partition on your Mac OS boot drive.
Backup Mac OS to another drive yet? I use SuperDuper or CCC.
You can format the intended drive in Disk Utility.
Use Partition tab, Options and change partition table from GUID to Master Boot Record and format the entire drive as FAT. Or use Boot CAmp Assistant to do so. You'll need to shutdown then, not restart, so you can pull your other drives.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3777

Cannot Complete Installation of Vista with Mac Pro and Boot Camp

I only have one hard drive with my Mac Pro, and I partitioned the drive into two sections with boot camp and restarted with my Vista 64 bit Ultimate CD.
I have tried formatting the partition with Vista and it still gives me the dreaded error message of "windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria". I've tried deleting the partition during installation, and making a new partition with Vista, reformatting, then restarting the computer. Same message.
I don't know what to do. I've tried like mad searching for topics like this one here, but every one of them deals with installing vista on a second dedicated hard drive on the Mac Pro. I only have one. How do I get this to work?
Please help if you can. I would REALLY appreciate it. I'll be watching the thread. Thank you!!

Loyalty4Life wrote:
Thank you for your reply! I'll be here all night.
I have the 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors. I tried installing Vista ultimate with my 32 bit software, but I still get the same message (I own both legally, btw).
Thanks for your help.
Several things to do:
Run OS-X Disk utility and repair the disk if necessary, and file permissions.
Be sure your HD has the GUID partition scheme and if it has SMART that it's OK
Zap the PRAM
Be sure you are logged in as administrator when creating the BC partition and starting the installation of Windows from Leopard
When I installed Vista Ultimate 64-bit, I was using BootCamp beta, 1.2 or 1.3. I created the partition with BootCamp Assistant.app as you did. It's a 60GB partition that I formatted with NTFS with BC.
After starting the install in Tiger, I then simply inserted the Vista 64-bit DVD and that was it.
It just installed.
Ditto with XP-Pro on my other MBP. Zero problems with BC. It was also done with a beta, BC1.0.
I have never installed Windows using Leopard. When I updated to Leopard from Tiger nothing changed, but there seem to be more problems with Leopard and BC2.0 than there were with Tiger and the beta versions.
There are no requirements about legality until after the OS is installed, so that's a moot point.
There are some install DVDs that are in ISO format and they won't work, but it seems that yours is working but not finding a suitable volume.
You might try reformatting the BC partition with BootCamp assistant as FAt32 and seeing if that works, but you are limited to 32GB if you do that, but it would be a good test. Vista should then format it into NTFS.
Be sure that your Leopard OS is fully backed up because stuff happens when you keep fooling around with partitions.
Also look through this forum for similar problems.

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