Must I purchase a specific version of Windows?

I am an engineering freshman, so I have to run windows on my MacBook in order to run certain programs such as CAD. Do I have to purchase the Windows Package from Apple in order for it to work with BootCamp, or can I just install any version of Windows I have laying around?

It has to be a full version of either 32-bit releases of Windows XP and Windows Vista. It can't be an upgrade disc.

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Where to purchase and what version of Windows 8.1 for late 2013 MBPr 13'?

Hello all,
Im new to this place and am new to Bootcamp. I want to run Windows via my MBPr but there is no optical drive. Where can I purchase / what version of the Windows 8.1 do I purchase if I am doing a fresh install (i do not have any previous Windows OS and am confused as to which Windows 8.1 to buy)
Would this work?
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Windows-8.1-Pro-for-Students /productID.288769600
I am a little concerned because it says: "Important: Windows 8.1 Pro full version is for Windows 7 users only."

Hi ctwitchell,
This forum is discussing about Windows Forms developing like Form design and Form control, your issue is more related with installing Windows 8.1. I will recommend you post your issue in the link below:
Reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=w8itproinstall
I am moving your question to the moderator forum ("Where is the forum for..?"). The owner of the forum will direct you to a right forum.
Thanks for your understanding.
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Do i need to buy a Mac Specific version of Windows to use with Bootcamp?

Hi i want to buy Windows 8.1 to install with Bootcamp cause i need some software that is only available for Windows.
I also plan to use VMWare Fusion so i can use one operating system or the other or even both at the same time.
My dilema is that when i got to download it it gives me 2 choices one says:
"MAC users only. This product is intended to be used in conjunction with third party virtualization software so that you can run Windows on your Mac."
And the other is specified as being for Windows.
So is there any difference between them in terms of how it will perform or what programs are included? Does it matter which one i get?
I have never heard of this choice before and i know people that have baught the normal Windows version for use with Bootcamp.
Thanks for reading any answers appreciated.

Vmware Fusion and Parallels allow the use of a Boot Camp installation as their respective guest operating system. There is no additional installation of Windows required nor is there a second licence required. The computer has only one installation of Windows. The virtual machine allows access to that installation.
I have used this configuration for years and have never required an additional licence. The Fusion and Parallels sites detail how to do this. Of course Windows will say it needs to be activated in both Boot Camp and virtual machine when first run after already having been run in the other. But the vm sites say how to handle the activation request.
All it takes is visiting the Windows licensing/activation site and when asked respond that Windows is only installed on a single computer. The activation site will issue a new licence. It may take a call to the automatic licensing call number you will be provided with if the site activation does not work for you.

"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running.[...]".What can I do?

I must run a 32-bit programe on a windows 64-bit operating sistem, and i receive this message:"The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running.[...]". I tried with Troubleshoot compatibility - didn't
work. I tried set to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP in file properties window and it didn't work. What can I do more? I
must run this programe to acces my database.

Hello qqnicol,
What program do you run?
Please contact the software provider to confirm if this 32-bit program can run in 64-bit Windows.
As some programs can only run in specific version of Windows, please download the right version of software.
Most programs designed for the 32-bit version of Windows will work on the 64-bit version of Windows. Notable exceptions are many antivirus programs.
Device drivers designed for the 32-bit version of Windows don't work on computers running a 64-bit version of Windows too.
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PlayReady failure with specific OS version of Windows 8.1 Update

Hello,
I'm observing a failure in my app during Smooth Streaming video playback using PlayReady DRM. The app is a WinJS Universal App solution for Windows Store and Windows Phone, using the latest updates for Visual Studio 2013, Update 4.
So far, the failure is limited to one specific version of the Windows 8.1 Update. I have two identical devices, both retail versions of the phone, that demonstrate this issue. Note, these same phones that fail with PlayReady can successfully
stream unprotected Smooth Streaming content.
My other five Windows Phone devices, with different OS version numbers, do not demonstrate the failure with the identical app installed. Therefore, I suspect the OS version may be the cause.
Failure description:
When I attempt to stream PlayReady protected Smooth Streaming video, the player initializes the media player and the MediaProtectionManager, but then displays the error state (The video failed to play. Try again.) immediately, and the following message is
displayed in Visual Studio:
MEDIA12899: AUDIO/VIDEO: Unknown MIME type.
--- Message: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED (0x887A0004)
Summary of tested OS versions:
Windows Phone 8.1 Update
8.10.14141.167, untested
8.10.14147.180, untested
8.10.14157.200, untested
8.10.14176.243, NOKIA Lumia 830, fails to stream, tested with two devices
8.10.14192.280, untested
8.10.14203.206, HTC HTC6995LVW, streams successfully
8.10.14219.341, NOKIA Lumia 920, streams successfully
8.10.14226.359, BLU WIN HD W510u, streams successfully
Windows Phone 8.1
8.10.12359.845, untested
8.10.12382.878, untested
8.10.12393.890, NOKIA Lumia 920, streams successfully
8.10.12397.895, untested
8.10.12400.899, NOKIA Lumia 530, streams successfully
Note, one of OS versions I've tested fails to stream the PlayReady protected Smooth Streaming content, and five other OS versions I've tested successfully stream the same video content.
Is this a known issue with a specific version(s) of Windows Phone 8.1?
Regards,
Andrew

Hello,
0x887A0004 equates to DXGI_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED. This error is usually generated when you are trying to use Direct3D features that are not supported. Different devices support different D3D features since they contain different video hardware. It is possible
that a hardware feature that is required by the license is not supported in the hardware / driver of the device. I would recommend that you check the license and make sure that it does not contain any hardware specific requirements such as HDCP.
In other words try playing content with the least restrictive license and see if it works for you.
I hope this helps,
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How do I set an email to send at a specific time/date in the future e.g. tomorrow at 9am. I am on an iMACX using apple's version of windows

how do I set an email to send at a specific time/date in the future e.g. tomorrow at 9am. I am on an iMAC using apple's version of windows

apple don't have a version of windows
only microsoft have windows
as how one automatate windows to send mails at a time
googled it for you
http://www.howtogeek.com/125045/how-to-easily-send-emails-from-the-windows-task- scheduler/
more options in the search
https://www.google.dk/search?client=opera&q=automatically+send+email+in+windows& sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

I wand to install Windows 7 on my band new Macbook Pro 13 inch. Do I need to buy a specific Mac version of Windows 7 or do I install a standard Windows 7 OS on the Mac

I want to install Windows 7 on my band new Macbook Pro 13 inch and use Parallel Desktop 6 torun it alongside my Mac OS. Do I need to buy a specific Mac version of Windows 7 or do I install a standard Windows 7 OS on the Mac using boot camp.

As vazandrew said, Boot Camp will work with any standard copy of Win 7.
The only exception would be if you want to run it in a virtual environment, such as with Parallels or WMware.
I personally recommend Boot Camp, however, since it only uses the resources for one OS at a time.

Do I need to purchase a new version of Photoshop after an change in Windows version?

I installed photoshop CS6 in a 32 bit Windows 7 professional machine. Photoshop is telling me that it needs more RAM to perform various functions. I currently have 8 gigs of RAM installed, but recently
found out that the 32 bit Windows 7 max's out at 3.4 gigs. The question I have is: If I re-install a 64 bit version of Windows 7, do I then have to purchase Photoshop again or can I use the current install.

Just deactivate yor old machine install if its your second install so there is a activation available for when you install CS6 on you new 64 Bit system. By default CS6 install will install both the 64 bit and 32 bit versions of Photoshop. Be aware if your using third party plug-ins you need to make sure you install 32 bit version into the Photoshop 32 bit version tree and 64 bit versions in the Photoshop 64 bit tree Plug-ins folders

I own Windows Photoshop CS and I am now working on a Mac can I upgrade from CS Windows to CS6 Mac? or do I have to purchase the full version?

I own Windows Photoshop CS and I am now working on a Mac can I upgrade from CS Windows to CS6 Mac? or do I have to purchase the full version?

BleuStarz wrote:
So, just so I have this straight; would CS upgrade to CS5 or did you mean I would have to purchase CS5 to upgrade to CS6? And If so, does CS upgrade any further? i.e. CS 3 or 4? Thanks for your reply --
CS will not upgrade to CS5. Historically, only CS2-CS4 ever qualified for upgrade to CS5. Those versions are all long superseded and no longer available from Adobe.
Adobe currently only sells CS6 (for outright purchase) and the Cloud (by subscription only). Cloud members have access to both CS6 and CC.
The only way to upgrade to CS6 is from CS5. Adobe no longer sells CS5. Unless you purchase the full version of CS5 from elsewhere (I don't see any point in that in this case) you would not be able to upgrade to CS6. You'd have to buy the full version of CS6. Or subscribe to one of the Cloud plans. PS+LR is an excellent deal if you use those products.

I purchased the download version PE13 from adobe. Got serial # from adobe,however when serial number is typed in I get a message that says it is invalid. Help! I am using windows 7.

I purchased the download version PE13 from adobe. Got serial # from adobe,however when serial number is typed in I get a message that says it is invalid. Help! I am using windows 7.

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I have PC with Windows XP. I wish to buy a book but it says I need iOS with a specific version of iBooks to open the file. How can I open the product without have a Apple product?

I have PC with Windows XP. I wish to buy a book but it says I need iOS with a specific version of iBooks to open the file. How can I open the product without using an Apple product?

What is the GarageBand version that your friend is using?
If it is GarageBand '11, version 6.0.5, you can buy GarageBand '11 as a boxed retail version with the iLIfe '11 bundle, e.g. from Amazon.
Then you can upgrade GarageBand '11 to 6.0.5, using this upgrader from the Support page:
GarageBand 6.0.5
GarageBand 6.0.5 will work well with your system. But if your friend is using the newest GarageBand 10, this will not help. Then ask your friend to send you audio files for each track, so you can recreate the project from the audio. Or your friend could also use GarageBand '11 for the projects you want to share, that will run well in all newer MacOS X versions, even with GarageBand 10.0 installed on the same system.
-- Leonie

Installed acrobat pro but upon trying to open the program I am directed to a window to purchase on-line version of creative cloud.

Installed acrobat pro but upon trying to open the program I am directed to a window to purchase on-line version of creative cloud. What to do?

Hi Susan,
Please try the following:
The path listed below points to the Library folder at the root of your startup disk, not the Library folder in your user home folder.
Delete all the files from following folders:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SL Store/
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SL cache/
And, delete all files from following folder except cache.db
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PCD/
Then launch Acrobat, Accept EULA and enter the serial number again and check.
Regards,
Rave

I have two users on my laptop. when i try to share my itune files from the main account, the second acount itunes will not find the files. the help suggestions must be for an older version of itunes. when i click find files-nothing happens.

I cannot share itune files on the same laptop. I have two users on my laptop using windows 7.file sharing is turned on,when i click on the itune startup screen-find music files, nothing happens. the instructions in the help section must be from an earlier version of itunes because the edit folder is not laid out like it describes.

Have you rendered both iOS 7 and iOS 8 (both of which will work on your iPhone 5) out of the question entirely without trying every possible configuration? The animations can be disabled entirely, if that's the problem. And if the whiter-brighter user interface is the problem, there's reverse-contrast modes that darken everything. You can expose accessibility controls to gain immediate access to these functions to toggle them on and off. I guess my point is you may have decided against upgrading the OS based on an early experience with iOS 7 when Apple has since made changes in later revisions to address some of the usability complaints.
Now, Apple's instructions for downloading older versions of apps is to do so from the Purchased list, not from the app's product page.
See here:
Install the latest compatible version of an app on an earlier version of iOS or OS X - Apple Support
Let us know how that works for you.

Specific version of jre in .jnlp file and downloading from local server

Hi,
I have couple of questions regarding the specific version of jre in Java WebStart.
1) I have specified the jre version in .jnlp file as below.
<resources>
<j2se version="1.3.1_02"/>
</resources>
When I saw the File/Preferences/Java of Java WebStart installation, there is an entry with the "Product Version" value as 1.3.1_02 as I installed jre also before launching my application. Still it complains as,
The application has requested a version of the Java 2 platform (JRE) that is currently not locally installed. Java Web Start was unable to automatically download and install the requested version. The JRE version must be installed manually.
Error Code 11 (11 Could not locate requested version) returned from server when accessing resource: (http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se, 1.3.1_02)
When it is there already, why it is trying to get from the Sun's site.
2) I want Java WebStart to download the specified version of jre from my local server, I specified this in the following way,
<resources os="Windows">
<j2se version="1.3.1_02" href="http://host:9095/j2re-1_3_1_02-win.exe"/>
</resource>
I got the error saying,
Bad MIME type returned from server when accessing resource: (http://host/j2re-1_3_1_02-win.exe, 1.3.1_02) - application/octet-stream. where host is my server name. What I need to do here.
Can I have multiple resource tags one for each os.
Help is highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sreedhar.

Hi Sreedhar,
There are some other useful threads in this forum on this topic:
the "Automatically Installing the IBM JRE 1.2.2" thread has tips from somebody who's put together auto-download of JREs from his own web site:
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=38&thread=71061
Also, the behavior of the j2se tag is discussed a little in the "Using a specific JRE" thread: http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=38&thread=158075
The first step is to add an href attribute to your j2se tag. I was just experimenting with this this afternoon,
and it appears that unless that href is specified (even if it's the java.sun.com default autodl URL!) JWS will not properly check locally-installed 1.3.1 JREs. Once you include Sun's autodl URL as an href, JWS will at least properly enforce the product version among locally-installed JREs. Of course, Sun doesn't actually include 1.3.1 in its autodl section, so it won't download it for you, but it will enable checking of the JREs already installed.
The second step is downloading JREs from your own web site, which is more complicated and explained better by other messages in the forum. But basically, JWS is not simply looking for a .exe installer for a particular JRE. It hits the webserver with a query and expects the webserver to give it back an installer's JNLP file. Look at the referenced threads for more details.
Jim

Which Version Of Windows XP

I am looking to install Windows XP on my Mac on a separate drive, but have no idea which version to get. I just want it to play games, nothing more. Also, I keep seeing that you need a "full retail version" for Boot Camp but I have no idea what a "full retail version" of XP is called, as I am seeing OEM, builder's editions etc but nothing that states it is a full, stand-alone version.
What exactly is a full retail version of Windows XP called? Is the Home edition good enough or do I need Pro?

Hi,
your signature says that you have a 'Mac Prio' ? I assume that is a Mac Pro.
The best XP version for a Mac Pro is XP Professional.
While XP Pro supports two physical pocessors with multiple cores, the XP Home edition only supports one physical processor with multiple cores, which leads on half the physical power of a Mac Pro not being used (with the exception of the latest single-processor Mac Pros).
Retail licenses, those purchased from a retail store in full packaging, are of two sub-types: "Upgrade" and "Full Purchase Product", often abbreviated by Microsoft as FPP. FPP licenses are transferable from one computer to another, provided the previous installation is removed from the old computer. Although upgrade licenses are also transferable, a user must have a previous version of Windows even on the new computer to which they are moving the installation. Retail licenses include installation support for end-users, provided directly by Microsoft.
Since upgrade versions do not work with BootCamp, you have to have a full retail version.
As for OEM or System Builder version, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WindowsXP#Original_Equipment_Manufacturer.28OEM.29
A System Builder version of XP works quite fine with BootCamp as long as it is not a manufacturer-branded version from Dell, HP or the like, since these usually only work on the computer they originally came with.
And 64-bit version of XP are not supported by Apple.
Regards
Stefan

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