Windows 7 and Bootcamp Update 3.1

Have installed Windows 7 OS and have upgraded Bootcamp to version 3.1.
As per Apple support page, I need to install one last exe-file called: 3-1.1.3 32 bit.exe - this installs the drivers for graphics, keyboard and mouse. (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899)
Every time I try to install this last file I get the following error message:
The upgrade patch cannot be installed by Windows Installer service because program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade path may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade.
In my opinion I thought I had done all upgrade required. What am I missing here?
Thanks in advance.

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Hi. I have a couple questions question on windows 8 and bootcamp. I know this is probably on the internet somewhere, but i can't find it anywhere if it is. So please don't strike me down for repeat questions.
My first question is wether or not widows 8 will run on the current version of bootcamp. I know that it is not fully compatible but can it be installed with few issues since the underlying code for windows 7 and 8 should be relatively similair. I have read a posting on line that says this is possible but i wanted a second opinion. I have a 64 bit version system builder edition shipping to me right now, is this ok.
My second question is when (if ever) the patches come out for winodws 8 to run perfectly on bootcamp, will I just be able to download them, Install the patches and everything will be just fine. Would/ could it be done with out having to reinstall the operating system. This is important because a system builder lisence can only be installed once and then i have to buy another copy of windows 8 for $100.
Any and all input would be great. Thanks!

in terms of updates to win8 then as far as windows8 goes it's running on a normal "pc" not on a mac it's not virtualization here so everything works as normal
I bought an imac 2011 version 22" 4GB ....
I installed windows7 ultimate 64bit on it
since I bought the digital update to windows 8 pro
updated over the internet (you download an exe and take it from there)
it updated fine it use the windows7 drivers so everything in terms of mac stuff works as before
I let it update the amd video card driver and got a lot of crashes at bootup
rolled back to the bootcamp win7 drivers and it's a lot better
sure every now and then startup result in a crash but a reboot always get me into win8
play games and program in win8 never had a cash when I get in and because it's native games run great
likely when the official apple win8 support comes along I will stop getting the odd crash at boot into win8

HT5219 how can I connect two thunderbolt monitors to my macmini in windows 8 and bootcamp? Works fine in OSX

how can I connect two thunderbolt monitors to my macmini in windows 8 and bootcamp? Works fine in OSX

Did you try to hook up both monitors to the Belkin adaptor? Trying will determine if your monitor has a bad input port. See if the Belkin adaptor is the problem. I have never used that specific adaptor, but I have always had luck with the Dr. Bott's DVI for ADC adaptor. Best of luck.
www.drbott.com

Bootcamp + Windows sp2 and all updates

How long did it take for you guys?

Took about 90 minutes.
The installation was about 30-45 minutes, but depending on your Windows SP2 release date, updates will alter the time.
I had two sets of updates that each required a restart. I am guessing about 60 mb worth of updates over two restarts.
--Edit--
I still have Office left to install. I may just install Office 2007 Trial, now released, and use that until Feb 28.
I have a Corp copy of Office 2003 that I probibly won't install.

Windows 7 and BootCamp 3.0: BSOD every startup

Ok, I have a Mac Pro early 2008, I have Windows 7 RTM (from MSDNAA) and after I install BootCamp 3.0, every time I boot into Windows it gives me a BSOD, a few seconds after it reaches the desktop (reproducible) . Anyone have this experience? I know this is very early in the stage.
BootCamp 2.1 seems to do just fine.

Actually. At first, I installed Windows 7 with BootCamp 2.1, everything worked out well.
Then I got the Snow Leopard disc, it apparently had BootCamp 3.0, I installed it (I didn't uninstall BootCamp 2.1), restarted, it gave me the BSOD, I rebooted into Windows 7 a few more times, same thing.
I formatted Windows 7 drive and reinstalled it from scratch, this time, on first boot, I install BootCamp 3.0 (and only that), restarted into Windows 7 again, and it gave me the BSOD. I rebooted several more times, and it was reproducible.
Now I'm reinstalling Windows 7 again, but this time keeping BootCamp 2.1.
All the drivers worked, even the WiFi, BlueTooth, Sound, etc. The only thing that did not work was the video card, but I found the drivers directly from Nvidia's website instead.

Windows 8 and bootcamp stuff

I am a gamer. (just to tell you)
The PC games that I own are for...well PCs, I used to use them on the family computer but the other newer ones are a bit violent and my parents don't like my younger brother watching. So I decided to use boot camp on my macbook. This game apparently runs on windows 8 and windows 8 appears to be cheaper than all the other (trustworthy) windows 7 stuff.
I read that you need to type in the product key. So if I buy this
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/microsoft-windows-8-pro-17907965-pdt.html?srcid=86 7&cmpid=comp%7eGoogle%7eSoftware%2c+Gaming%2c+Books%7e17907965&istCompanyId=9a35 962d-802d-4e67-9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=qrqmxxra&istBid=t&ef_id=UMx6SwAAR0WeY Fy5:20121215195208:s
will I be able to use the product key from that and what would happen to the disc?
It will be a great help, and thank you if you could be bothered to read it. Poor Grammar and wording, sorry, but please help.

Alli3 wrote:
so what version of windows should I get. I have plenty of space on my macbook (about 700gb left) so the 16gb isn't a problem, and I have a 16gb flash drive, and my macbook pro is mountain lion.
So I am planning on getting a 64bit version.
Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate Disc (which is best for me)
Only Home & Professional are supported (although Ultimate seems to work fine). Choose 64bit Professional.
I am not sure what you are referring to when you say "the 16GB isn't a problem" but you will need to make a 60GB (minimum) partition for Win 7.

Windows 7 and bootcamp

I have a MBP mid 2012 retina display 2.6Ghz intel core i7, 500gb flash storage, 16gb 1600MHz DDR3 ram with OSX 10.8.2
I want to run windows on bootcamp to play some mmorpg's but i am wondering which version of windows 7 would be best?
From the little searching i did i know that 64 bit is the way to go but then there are multiple versions of windows7 with 64 bit....
The only intention of the bootcamp is for gaming so i dont need any fancy extra tasks a more expensive version would do.
SO.... which version of windows do i get? Home premium, proffesional, ultimate?

On your Mac, I recommend you to use a 64-bit WIndows 7 version. Then, you have three Windows 7 editions: Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate. As you are going to use it only for gaming, Home Premium is enough.
Remember that you have to buy the full version to be able to install Windows on your computer. If you need help installing Windows, print the PDF > http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf

Problem with black screen and crashes after installing windows 7 and bootcamp

K, so I partitioned my internal HD using Bootcamp, installed a new copy of Windows 7 Home, put in my Mac OSX disk and installed the additional stuff. I can successfully log in to Windows and open the browsers I have installed: Comodo dragon and Mozilla FF. McAfee auto installed with FF and I have Comodo Antivirus installed.
However, within minutes of use, my screen goes black, the computer does not shut down and reboot, I have to press the power button and wait a few secs for it to shut down then reboot. This has happened from both browsers while in Windows on Facebook in a game; while trying to save an attachment from an email via webmail and also while checking the inbuilt Windows settings for the display.
The latter produced the following report (below) on reboot and when I hit the "look for a solution" button, the actual window vanished after a few secs.
2 additional bits of info which may or may not be related:
a) running windows troubleshooter I discovered I have prob with:
driver for Inter (r) 5 series /3400 series chipset Family USB Universal Host Contoller - 3B3B
- I Googled this and it seems a common prob. Tried the reinstall, didn't work, so disabled it as suggested on some of the forum posts.
b) The OSX side of my computer seems to run fine most of the time, tho I have had the odd back screen, then wait, press reboot to power on and off in past as related in this post last month: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4844797 (maybe a kernal panic..???)
Would anyone know what is causing these probs or what I can do about them? My computer is no longer under warranty and the couple of times I had probs while it was, I was told the probs were to do with the power supply and given a new one, I'm not sure if they looked at the logic board. The OSX side has also had an ongoing prob to do with sudden shrinkage of the image content, which I mentioned to the geniuses at the Apple store b4, but as it wasn't acting up there they couldn't do anything about it... ( looks as tho sm1 changed the screen resolution and whatever is in the browser window shrinks, tho desktop, is never effected - if that makes sense!.)
All in all tho, does make me wonder if the prob is based in the graphics switching..???
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OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:    2057 Additional information about the problem:
BCCode:    333
BCP1:    0000000000000001
BCP2:    0000000000000002
BCP3:    0000000000000003
BCP4:    0000000000000004
OS Version:    6_1_7601
Service Pack:    1_0
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Windows 7 and Bootcamp in general

10 months ago, I had Snow Leopard and Windows XP boot-camped on a 160GB 5400rpm drive. It all worked perfectly, however the boot up and shutdown times for both OSs were massive.
In January I bought a Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Black 7200rpm drive, that appeared to speed up the system. Decreasing the startup time by around 60%! I gave it a fresh install of Snow Leopard, and then pulled all my files back from my TimeCapsule. I presumed that the extra RPM had sped up the system, I then installed 4GB of RAM, up from the 2GB I had had previously. One thing i had overlooked when I noticed the speed increase was that BootCamp and Windows weren't installed.
Last night, I installed my works copy of Windows 7 Enterprise. The install was a breeze, and quite quick. After the install, I went back into Snow Leopard, repaired disk permissions for the Macintosh Disk, and set Macintosh Disk as the default start-up disk.
Since then my mac is back to its old boot-up time, maybe a little quicker, but nothing drastic. It is a huge increase compared to what it was without bootcamp. I have also found that the Bootcamp volume can not be mounted in Snow Leopard.
Because of all these issues, I have gone back into boot camp assistant and removed it. The boot-up time is still higher than before but only by 10 seconds or so.
With Bootcamp (original HDD): 2 Minutes
Without Bootcamp (new HDD): 45 Seconds
With Bootcamp (last night): 1 minute 45 Seconds
Without Bootcamp (this morning): 57 Seconds
All is OK at the moment, and i'm wondering whether to try again. Even though it would boot, it was still partially useless as I wanted to also use it with parallels.
I've repaired the permissions overtime vie done anything to the hard drive just to be safe.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Joe

That is not a SSD. It is a Seagate Hybrid drive consisting of a rotating hard drive and flash storage section. It is a very good drive and almost as fast as a reall SSD. Yes it is compatible with your Mac. I'm currently using one in my late 2011 MBP.
Use Time Machine to backup your current OS X install. you will need Winclone to backup and restore the Windows partition. Or just save your important files from the Windows partition to a NTFS formatted drive and then reinstall Windows once you transfer the OS X partition to the new drive with Time Machine.
Yes you will need to use Boot Camp Assistant again to repartition the new drive for the Windows partition whether you use Winclone or not. OS X, Time Machine, can't backup the Windows partition.
No you don't need to buy a new license for Windows 7 as long as you still have the license key code for the current install.

Anybody know about the Window Presentation and Google Update Plugins?

Do you have the Google Update and Windows Presentation plugins? I didn't add them, but they are there and weren't removed as incompatible when I updated from FF 7 to 7.01. So, I haven't disabled them. The Windows Presentation plugin hasn't been updated since 2008 and has no updates! Neither does the Google Update plugin.

Do you have the Google Update and Windows Presentation plugins? I didn't add them, but they are there and weren't removed as incompatible when I updated from FF 7 to 7.01. So, I haven't disabled them. The Windows Presentation plugin hasn't been updated since 2008 and has no updates! Neither does the Google Update plugin.

Mac Pro compatibility with Windows 7 and Bootcamp

This apple post : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920
says they will not support Win7 on older Mac Pro's (e.g. 2.66ghz dual). Does anyone know why?
When I try to instal Win7 on Bootcamp 3 I get a BSOD and it will not run.
Suggestions?

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2006-7 and you get the EFI menu prompt with 64-bit Vista and 7. Mac Pro and others pre-2008. Apple's idea of supported or not may not be ours. If you want to troubleshoot yourself.
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ITunes 9, Windows 7, and Bootcamp 3.0

Just thought I'd post this for anyone who is as frustrated as I've been over the issue of sharing your iTunes library on a single computer with Leopard on one partition and Windows 7 on the other.
First (on the advice of various helpful posts on the internet), get MacDrive 8: http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
MacDrive allows your Windows OS to "see" files on your Mac. No network drive, no copying your entire iTunes library to an external, no formatting a FAT32 network, just a handy little app and five extra minutes of your time...
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2. Open a second window from Computer. Open the Windows hard drive. Navigate to your "My Music" folder. This is typically in "(C:) > Users > (yourUserName) > My Music". Create a new folder and name it "iTunes". DO NOT go into your "iTunes Media" folder!!!
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3. With both windows (we'll call them panes to avoid obvious confustion) still open, select the entire "iTunes Music" folder from your Mac OS drive and create a shortcut/alias. Windows will append " - Shortcut" to the alias name. Drag this alias into your Windows OS pane in "My Music". Rename the shortcut "iTunes Music". Do the same for your "Album Artwork" folder.
4. Next, select the following four files from your Mac OS pane: "iTunes Library", "iTunes Library Extras", "iTunes Library Genius", and "iTunes Music Library". These are the Database and XML files Windows will need to resolve ID3 tags. Drag these four files into your Windows OS pane. Remember, you're not inside the "iTunes Media" folder, but just outside of it. Since you're working between partitions, the files will be copied instead of being moved.
5. Almost there! Your iTunes folder/file structure on the Windows OS partition should look thusly:
Album Artwork (shortcut from Mac OS partition)
iTunes Media
iTunes Library (XML file from Mac OS partition)
iTunes Library Extras (Database file from Mac OS partition)
iTUnes Library Genius (Database file from Mac OS partition)
iTunes Music Library (XMl file from Mac OS partition)
iTunes Music (shortcut from Mac OS partition)
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9. That's it! Your iTunes should start populating right away. If it doesn't, just quit and relaunch iTunes again. To confirm that your music is 'pointing' to the right music library, just select a song, right-click and choose "Get Info". The path to the MP3 file should start with E: (or whatever letter Windows has designated your Mac partition as).
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This is amazing! thank you, worked splendidly for me!
One question though, since the all the database files are not shortcuts is that going to require me to re-copy those files any time I want my windows partition to look just like the mac one? I'm pretty sure I know how this is working, but I'm kinda scared to try it, because my library is like 240gb, and i really don't want to mess it up, ha ha
thanks again for the tutorial

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