Windows 7 Boot Camp drivers - Help

I am thinking of installing Windows 7 on my iMac. My iMac originally came with Snow Leopard but I upgraded to Lion via the app store. Is there anything I need to be aware of as I read that people are running into problems regarding drivers. Any general information on the process would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

All of the necessary drivers are on the gray Snow Leopard disks your Mac came with. Once you finish installing Win 7 and are at the Windows desktop, insert disk 1. Windows will give the usual prompt of what you want to do with the disk. Click on Run Setup. All of the initial Windows drivers for your Mac will be installed.
After that, you will have a Windows start menu option of Apple Software Update. Run that to install any driver and software updates it lists.

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Windows Boot camp drivers won't install

So I'm trying to put windows on my mac again, for the fifth time since windows won't let me activate it anymore. Everything goes fine and it installs and I put the Mac os x install disc 1 in to install the drivers. It loads up and goes through the process of installing the drivers. Once its down it asks me to restart the computer which I do. Once I get in however, none of the drivers are installed like nothing ever happened. I can tell because I can't get internet and the trackpad won't work properly. The boot camp faq shows up and another window to update something shows up but it need the internet to work. I go and try to repair the drivers and it runs its course, restarts and still nothing! No drivers. I've tried deleting the drivers and reinstalling them, removing the partition and reinstalling but nothing is working. I've gotten the drivers just fine before but now they just won't install. I've updated my mac from 10.6.4 to 10.6.7 so can that be the problem? Its the only thing I did different.

I'm at my office at the moment and I don't have the disc to view. Tell me, have you found the drivers folder? You can select any driver and it should automatically open boot camp and install all "Apple Drivers" while in windows mode. Then after installing bootcamp, you can install Apple updater. I'm adding more than I should because I don't know how far along you are- if you look around the clock area in windows, you should see a boot camp icon; is it there?
Send me a screen shot with your disc open and I can maybe help you from there. [email protected] Otherwise, I will look at the direct path this evening and post the info here.

Cannot find Windows Boot camp drivers during Windows 7 installation

I am trying to install Win 7 using bootcamp. Everything goes fine until, during the installation, I am asked to load the drivers. None of them can be found.

Before you go buy a flash drive, can you plug-in the USB into the iMac with OSX booted and go into About This Mac -> More Info -> System Report -> USB and post a screen shot . This is what it would look like.
Also, your USB should have files like these. You can use Applications -> Utilities -> Grab to capture a screen shot (of a selection). Please remove any personal information from the screen shot using Application -> Preview. The screen shots can be posted by clicking on the Camera icon at top of this Reply box.
Can you also post the output of diskutil list command from the OSX Terminal window?

Can someone help me install Boot Camp drivers to Windows 8?

Hey guys, I just installed windows 8 32 bit developer preview on my mac via boot camp. im not very familiar with exactly how boot camp drivers work, so i need a little help. First i will tell you what i have done.
1. installed win 8.
2. tried to run the boot camp 3.3.exe in windows 8. I used the troubleshoot compatibility option but an error camp up saying boot camp was already installed.
3. then i rebooted holding the option key so to boot up in osx. i then extracted the bootcamp 3.3 files to a flash drive.
4. after booting back to windows, i tried doing the compatitbility settings again with each individual file within the bootcamp 3.3 files. an error popped up saying something like "check to see if your hardware needs 32 bit or 64 bit version of this software." (i dont remember the exact wording)
i did some googling but i figured that i could get professional help from you guys.
I am going to classes all day so please be patient, because i wont be able to check this until later this afternoon.
help is very much appreciated. thanks in advance.
kpasa.

you need boot camp 3.0.x first before later versions can be installed;
Or,
I don't know what currently Boot Camp Assistant in 10.6.8 will also do a download of drivers.
But other than change Properites and try setting "use Windows 7 mode" and such, I think you are left high and dry with whatever is in 8.
And I use 8 on two of three systems. I left my Mac Pro @ Windows 7 for now but I much prefer Windows 8, yes.
I would not have chosen or gone with any 32-bit version. As long as you have 3GB RAM or more, forget it. Use 64-bit.
I have not seen or rather read any "success" stories with 8 and Apple drivers though.

I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).

I need to know which update(s) I can apply to help stabalize the system.

Typing the body of the thread message in the title, huh? -)
I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).
Only Apple could hamstring and tie Mac OS to Windows. There isn't any other than whether you can download the drivers into Windows (you can) but Apple puts a block on the installer setup even if your mac does not support it.
Windows 7 needs at least Boot Camp 3.1 and 3.3 is what you should already have. And you are not getting security updates if you don't have at least 10.6.8 as was pointed out. --- you arent using Software Update as you should. And you should backup and clone Mac (and Windows) as well.
You need Mountain Lion to use Boot Camp 5.x which supports Windows 7 & 8 and 64-bit.
I would upgrade to Lion if you can realizing that Rosetta and PowerPC are no longer supported though.
Mac 101: Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Helpful Apple Support Resources (Forum Overview)
Boot Camp Support
Boot Camp Manuals
Boot Camp 5.0 Drivers
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdfcreate a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.8.pdf
Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Is there a download of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software if I'm not using OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3?
Yes, you can download the Boot Camp 5 Support Software here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
How do I use the Boot Camp 5 Support Software I downloaded from the web page?
The download file is a .zip file. Double click it to uncompress it.
Double-click the Boot Camp disk image.
Copy the Boot Camp and "$WinPEDriver$" folders to the root level of a USB flash drive or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (see question below for steps on how to format).
Install Windows, leaving the flash or hard drive attached to the USB port of your Mac.
Installation of the drivers can take a few minutes. Don't interrupt the installation process. A completion dialog box will appear when everything is installed. Click Finish when the dialog appears.
When your system restarts your Windows 8 installation is done.
Note: If the flash drive or hard drive was not attached when you installed Windows and was inserted after restarting into Windows 8, double-click the Boot Camp folder, then locate and double click the "setup.exe" file to start the installation of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software.
How do I format USB media to the FAT file system?
Use Disk Utility to format a disk to use with a Windows computer. Here's how:
Important: Formatting a disk erases all the files on it. Copy any files you want to save to another disk before formatting the disk.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the disk you want to format for use with Windows computers.
Click Erase, and choose one of the following from the Format pop-up menu:
If the size of the disk is 32 GB or less, choose MS-DOS (FAT).
If the size of the disk is over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.
Type a name for the disk. The maximum length is 11 characters.
Click the Erase button and then click Erase again.
Which versions of Windows are supported with Boot Camp 5?
64-bit versions of Windows 8 and Windows 7 are supported using the Boot Camp 5 Support Software. If you need to use a 32-bit version, you need to use Boot Camp 4 Support Software, and you must use Windows 7. 32-bit versions of Windows 8 are not supported via Boot Camp. For a complete list of Windows OS support, click here.

Windows 8 crashes and with the error "kernel_security_check_failure" after installing Boot Camp drivers.

Hi!
I've got a new 27" iMac (late 2013), and I was going to install Windows 8.1 (64-bit) to be able to play a few games.
Everything went smoothly (installed normally via Boot Camp Assistant), and after the Windows setup, the Boot Camp drivers needed to be installed. After this, the computer rebooted, but crashed at a blue screen with the error called "kernel_security_check_failure".
It rebooted a few times on its own, but after a few times, I got some options, and I chose to "refresh" the Windows 8 install, meaning it would reset the install while keeping my files (even though I didn't have any, as I never got to use it). This took some time, but it worked, and it booted into W8.
The Boot Camp drivers had been removed though, so I had to reinstall them. After they had reinstalled, the computer rebooted and the same blue screen with the same error hit me.
Something tells me that some of the BC drivers are messing things up. I can't find any information on this elsewhere.
Would it be possible to install only selected drivers, to eventually find out which driver is causing the problem?
All help is greatly appreciated!

I finally gave up, reloaded everything, this time, using WIn 8.1 Pro, not Enterprise. After I did the updates, patches, Norton 360, shut computer down and connected the external drives, and booted up...and got the BSOD. This time, I went to Microsoft and downloaded the Windows Debugger, and think I may have found the problem...NORTON!
Probably caused by : SYMDS64.SYS ( SYMDS64+71be6 )
Am conrtacting them, but, here's the Debugger output:
Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.3.9600.17029 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Loading Dump File [C:\Dump\MEMORY.DMP]
Kernel Bitmap Dump File: Only kernel address space is available
************* Symbol Path validation summary **************
Response                         Time (ms)     Location
Deferred                                       SRV*C:\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Symbol search path is: SRV*C:\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is:
Windows 8 Kernel Version 9600 MP (8 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS
Built by: 9600.17085.amd64fre.winblue_gdr.140330-1035
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff802`0f87e000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff802`0fb482d0
Debug session time: Tue Jun 17 00:48:52.131 2014 (UTC - 6:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:03:09.864
Loading Kernel Symbols
Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.
BugCheck 139, {3, ffffd0002852d3e0, ffffd0002852d338, 0}
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for SYMDS64.SYS
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for SYMEFA64.SYS
Probably caused by : SYMDS64.SYS ( SYMDS64+71be6 )
Followup: MachineOwner
6: kd> !analyze -v
*                        Bugcheck Analysis                                    *
KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE (139)
A kernel component has corrupted a critical data structure. The corruption
could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this machine.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A LIST_ENTRY has been corrupted (i.e. double remove).
Arg2: ffffd0002852d3e0, Address of the trap frame for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg3: ffffd0002852d338, Address of the exception record for the exception that caused the bugcheck
Arg4: 0000000000000000, Reserved
Debugging Details:
TRAP_FRAME: ffffd0002852d3e0 -- (.trap 0xffffd0002852d3e0)
NOTE: The trap frame does not contain all registers.
Some register values may be zeroed or incorrect.
rax=ffffe00059c129f0 rbx=0000000000000000 rcx=0000000000000003
rdx=ffffe0005718d2a0 rsi=0000000000000000 rdi=0000000000000000
rip=fffff8020f9e8cdb rsp=ffffd0002852d570 rbp=0000000000000000
r8=0000000000005aa0 r9=00000000000007ff r10=ffffd00066cc8000
r11=ffffe00059963040 r12=0000000000000000 r13=0000000000000000
r14=0000000000000000 r15=0000000000000000
iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe cy
nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x682b:
fffff802`0f9e8cdb cd29            int     29h
Resetting default scope
EXCEPTION_RECORD: ffffd0002852d338 -- (.exr 0xffffd0002852d338)
ExceptionAddress: fffff8020f9e8cdb (nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x000000000000682b)
   ExceptionCode: c0000409 (Security check failure or stack buffer overrun)
ExceptionFlags: 00000001
NumberParameters: 1
   Parameter[0]: 0000000000000003
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: LIST_ENTRY_CORRUPT
BUGCHECK_STR: 0x139
PROCESS_NAME: System
CURRENT_IRQL: 2
ERROR_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.
EXCEPTION_CODE: (NTSTATUS) 0xc0000409 - The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.
EXCEPTION_PARAMETER1: 0000000000000003
ANALYSIS_VERSION: 6.3.9600.17029 (debuggers(dbg).140219-1702) amd64fre
LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from fffff8020f9ddae9 to fffff8020f9d1fa0
STACK_TEXT:
ffffd000`2852d0b8 fffff802`0f9ddae9 : 00000000`00000139 00000000`00000003 ffffd000`2852d3e0 ffffd000`2852d338 : nt!KeBugCheckEx
ffffd000`2852d0c0 fffff802`0f9dde10 : ffffe000`59c8cc40 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`54b71040 fffff800`1d6d40b6 : nt!KiBugCheckDispatch+0x69
ffffd000`2852d200 fffff802`0f9dd034 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffff6d2d`50094127 fffff802`0f81458f : nt!KiFastFailDispatch+0xd0
ffffd000`2852d3e0 fffff802`0f9e8cdb : ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061dfbf8 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiRaiseSecurityCheckFailure+0xf4
ffffd000`2852d570 fffff800`1d7a0be6 : ffffe000`59e10120 fffff800`1d794388 ffffe000`54dfe9c8 fffff800`1d735f7c : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x682b
ffffd000`2852d5a0 fffff800`1d7a54e2 : ffffc000`061df4e0 ffffc000`061dfbf8 ffffc000`061df550 fffff800`1d7367ea : SYMDS64+0x71be6
ffffd000`2852d5d0 fffff800`1d737f20 : ffffc000`061df378 ffffc000`061dfbf8 00000000`00000000 ffffc000`05a9bf18 : SYMDS64+0x764e2
ffffd000`2852d620 fffff800`1d73e171 : ffffc000`051e6a88 ffffc000`05a9bf18 ffffc000`05a9bf18 ffffe000`5988cb00 : SYMDS64+0x8f20
ffffd000`2852d650 fffff800`1d782027 : ffffc000`061ea018 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`58409008 fffff800`1d794388 : SYMDS64+0xf171
ffffd000`2852d680 fffff800`1d79af21 : ffffc000`061ea018 ffffd000`2852d8c9 ffffe000`58409008 00000000`10000004 : SYMDS64+0x53027
ffffd000`2852d6c0 fffff800`1d9a3bb3 : ffffe000`58409078 fffff800`1d98b3e8 ffffe000`58409008 ffffd000`2852d8c9 : SYMDS64+0x6bf21
ffffd000`2852d6f0 fffff800`1d9a91fa : ffffe000`5840a1a8 ffffe000`58409008 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`00000000 : SYMEFA64+0xe9bb3
ffffd000`2852d720 fffff800`1d9ae015 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffffd000`2852d8c9 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xef1fa
ffffd000`2852d760 fffff800`1d9adf4c : 00000000`01820201 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`58a10be0 : SYMEFA64+0xf4015
ffffd000`2852d790 fffff800`1d9b294c : ffffe000`59e0a150 ffffe000`58a10e60 ffffe000`5988ca80 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xf3f4c
ffffd000`2852d7c0 fffff800`1d9a2435 : ffffd000`2852d8a0 ffffe000`599a4010 ffffd000`00000000 ffffe000`59e0a010 : SYMEFA64+0xf894c
ffffd000`2852d7f0 fffff800`1d6d528a : 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59e0a070 ffffe000`5604e300 ffffe000`58a10e60 : SYMEFA64+0xe8435
ffffd000`2852d820 fffff800`1d71bf76 : ffffd000`2852d960 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`5604f900 ffffe000`571dab10 : fltmgr!FltpPerformPreCallbacks+0x31a
ffffd000`2852d930 fffff800`1d6d413a : ffffe000`57170dd0 ffffe000`571dabd0 ffffe000`59cf18c0 fffff802`0fd411a7 : fltmgr!FltpProcessShutdownRequest+0x122
ffffd000`2852d9b0 fffff802`0fbf7518 : ffffe000`57170dd0 00000000`00000001 ffffe000`571dabd0 fffff802`0fb54a90 : fltmgr!FltpDispatch+0x13a
ffffd000`2852da10 fffff802`0fbf7273 : 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000000 : nt!IopShutdownBaseFileSystems+0xb8
ffffd000`2852da90 fffff802`0fbfb722 : fffff802`0fbfb4b0 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59963040 : nt!IoShutdownSystem+0x127
ffffd000`2852db10 fffff802`0f8d1adb : fffff802`0fbfb4b0 ffffd000`2852dbd0 00000000`00000000 ffffe000`59963040 : nt!PopGracefulShutdown+0x272
ffffd000`2852db50 fffff802`0f94d794 : ffffe000`59965800 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`54b71040 : nt!ExpWorkerThread+0x293
ffffd000`2852dc00 fffff802`0f9d85c6 : ffffd000`66c40180 ffffe000`59963040 ffffe000`59965800 00000000`00000000 : nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x58
ffffd000`2852dc60 00000000`00000000 : ffffd000`2852e000 ffffd000`28528000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiStartSystemThread+0x16
STACK_COMMAND: kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
SYMDS64+71be6
fffff800`1d7a0be6 33d2            xor     edx,edx
SYMBOL_STACK_INDEX: 5
SYMBOL_NAME: SYMDS64+71be6
FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: SYMDS64
IMAGE_NAME: SYMDS64.SYS
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 51f84c44
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x139_3_SYMDS64+71be6
BUCKET_ID: 0x139_3_SYMDS64+71be6
ANALYSIS_SOURCE: KM
FAILURE_ID_HASH_STRING: km:0x139_3_symds64+71be6
FAILURE_ID_HASH: {bf9be68b-5f04-08d4-3152-3d420dc362f6}
Followup: MachineOwner

Help with Boot Camp Drivers

Sorry if this is in the wrong section, but I need to know. I have been trying unsuccessfully for about a month now, and I cannot get Boot Camp drivers to work. I have consulted many guides from the internet, gone to a Mac Store for support, no help from either.
I am running on a new Macbook 13 inch with OS X 10.5.6. I have installed Windows XP with SP2 built in, and I have tried installing the drivers with the Leopard CD, with a downloaded drivers CD from a website, but it still doesn't work. I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but none of the drivers work. I see the Boot Camp Control Panel, but the only tabs it has is Power, Brightness, Restart in ..., and Remote. If anybody could help me with installing these drivers, it would be greatly appreciated.

Run Bootcamp assistant and choose to download the (correct) Win drivers for your machine on a USB drive. Then stop the Bootcamp install and go to install the drivers in Win.
Cheers
Simon

Unable to install Boot Camp Drivers for Windows

Mac Pro (2) 3.2 Xeon quads
Mac OS 10.5.2
Boot Camp side - Windows XP pro x64 w/SP2
Step 3 listed in the instructions for setting up Boot Camp is to Install the Boot Camp drivers for Windows. At this point Windows recognizes my Mac Install disk 1. I get the following message: "the installer encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured. To retry these operations at a later time, please run the installer again." I am not sure if I needed to do something to install the Service Pack 2? My firmware is at MP31.006C.B02 and 1.25f4. When I checked for the latest firmware, it returned a message that it was not necessary.
Maybe the XP pro x64 is not compatible?
Barry in St. Louis

I did install windows xp sp2 32 bit on my macbook pro 2.2 GB and I'm getting the same ...
When trying to install boot camp drivers, a message came up saying:
Boot Camp requires that your computer is running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista.
The only option it gave me was to click the "OK" button. When I clicked OK , another message came up saying:
Boot Camp Installer completed. The install encountered errors before Boot Camp could be configured. To retry these operations at a later time, please run the installer again. Click "finish" to exit installer. I am running a brand new full retail version of windows xp service pack 2. Applecare will not help blaming Microsoft and of course Microsoft is blaming Apple. What a bunch of useless crap!! Can anyone help??

HELP - Mac Prp Freezes when Installing Boot Camp Drivers

Please HELP me!
I just installed Windows XP Pro SP2 on its own hard disk on my Mac Pro using Boot Camp.
Then I inserted the Leopard Install DVD and started to install the boot camp drivers.
In the middle of installing the "Intel chipset" my Mac Pro froze. The might mouse no longer would move the cursor etc. After waiting 10 minutes, I just rebooted.
In the troubleshooting section of the Guide, it suggested I re-run the Boot Camp Drivers and click repair. I could not see any "Repair" option. The only option was INSTALL. I tried to install the Boot Camp drivers again and the mac Pro froze again (now showing Broadcom drivers).
Any ideas? This is really frustrating.
Rob

I was able to complete the boot camp drivers wizard in Windows. But I had to first disconnect my firwire iSight and my Apple USB Modem.
But now when I reboot I still see a new Hardware Found Wizard. It looks like it did not load the iSight Drivers.
Now when I run the Boot Camp Drivers I see REPAIR. I tried that but that did not solve the problem. No drivers are being loaded for my firewire iSight. In Device Manager I see question marks beside iSight.
Any Ideas?
Rob

Installed Boot Camp drivers for Windows 7, now black screen!

I have a question--I have a late 2009 iMac with the ATI card, followed Apple's procedure for avoiding the black screen while installing Windows 7 on the partitioned HD, and found I could not update to Boot Camp 3.1 without already having Boot Camp 3.0 from the 10.6 install disc. I inserted the disc, had to perform a workaround because it said I couldn't run 64-bit, and installed the drivers (I assume?) from Boot Camp on the 10.6 disc. When my iMac restarted the screen soon goes black. I guessed I was at the login screen, typed in my name and password, and could hear it logging into Windows--my sound works, Magic Mouse works (no scrolling), etc but no screen after booting up in Windows. Did the Boot Camp drivers from the install disc over-write something that was working? How do I fix this so I can proceed to install the 3.1 and 3.2 Boot Camp updates? Just the ATI* trick? Please help!!!

I'm sorry to take up your time guys - as I wrote earlier I'm not that technical and new to all of this - I was promised that I could do everything the mac way in the windows environment if I bought Parallels Desktop 7 - I only did this as my company is installing af new CRM system that is only supported in Windows - now I have installed everything and find out that the MAC keyboard shortcuts and layout is not working at all in i.e. Outlook etc. and I've totally forgotten how the Windows shortcuts etc. is working - Parallels asked me to go to Apple for help and here I am
You write that "if you believe it's correct do it" - but I don't believe anything else than what I'm told - I'm not going to install anything if I don't know how to do and whether it's correct - I wont have the nerve to do that.
If at least could get a list or someting on how to use my Magic Trackpad in the windows environment I would be happy - then I would just have to switch between how to use it on both sides.
Hope you understand and sorry again for taking up your valuable time

Cannot get Boot Camp drivers (for Windows XP) installed

I've partitioned my Time Machine HD for the 32GB/FAT format of Windows XP/Home Edition w/SP2. The installation of Windows proceeded OK. However, after installing Windows, ejecting the W-Install disc, and inserting my MAC OS X Leopard disc, the "setup.exe" file does not open. If I start up in Windows, I cannot open the Opt. Disc drawer since the BC drivers are not installed; if I insert the OS X disc in the drawer, then restart in Windows, the "setup.exe." file does not open.
Where do I go from here to install the Boot Camp drivers for Windows? These drivers are needed for 'normal' Windows operation, and are required in order to install the Boot Camp update. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi David,
while you are in Windows and have the Leopard DVD inserted, can you access the content of it using the Windows Explorer ?
or maybe this hint on MacOSXHints can help you access the Windows Content of your Leopard DVD while in OSX http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20080708145453136
If so, you can try to copy the Windows Content onto a USB Memory Stick and use it to install the drivers.
Good Luck
Stefan

Windows 7 wont boot after install of boot camp drivers

I have been trying to get boot camp on imac mid 2010 with Maverick. TodayI used
Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5621
The first set of drivers
Boot Camp Support Software 5.0.5033
kept crashing on windows. Today I noticed a new set of drivers, well its the same issue. If I leave off the boot camp drivers windows is fine, except no sound and other driver missing issues but it works. The problem seems to be Mav or the drivers, before updating to Mav everything was fine. Sometimes I can even get to the windows log on screen, at one point I was able to log on and do things. So being smart, I restarted and the problem came back. Who says Macs dont have issues.
Any thoughts

Just ran into this same issue.
My problem got resolved after using the x64 version DVD of Win7 (just x64 instead of the DVD that had both x86 and x64 versions).
What I did:
My host is Windows 8.1
After installing Windows 7 x64 as VM on my 8.1 based laptop two days ago, I wanted to do the same on my desktop PC, but I had the same issue described here.
I used a DVD just with the x64 version for my laptop and a DVD with both x86 and x64 version for my desktop.
Tried repairing as advised by a post, but got the error: "This version of System Recovery Options is not compatible
with the version of Windows you are trying to repair. Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of windows."
I exported and imported the VM from my laptop to my desktop to test it and it ran with no problems.
So I tried the DVD that had just the x64 version of Win7 and that installed without issues.
I'm curious if this happens only when a DVD with more than one Win7 versions is used.

Windows 8.1 Not Working Properly after Updating Boot Camp Drivers to 5.1

Hi all!
Recently I had a problem with the sound in Windows 8.1 using BC v5. That problem was resolved by updating the Boot Camp Drivers to 5.1. Now I've more problems than before.
1. Some service are not loading at all at the startup (which did before)
The Boot Camp service is not loading automatically at startup, other Windows Services are not loading at the startup after updating the Boot Camp Drivers (Windows Update)
2. Microsoft Office cannot verify license for the product.
This problem is due to the services that won't start automatically. I can't even do a repair of MS Office 2013... Even though it's a legal version of MS Office.
There are many many more problems I think... I just haven't discovered them yet which is very very annoying. When I was using Windows 8.1 with the Boot Camp Drivers version 5 there were few bugs than now...
Please is there any notice of these errors? Or am I the only one who is experiencing these errors??? Please give me some answers!
Thanks in advance!!

I updated them by downloading the zip file from the Apple site...
I've just updated Mac OS X and it seems that this was the solution... Everything works fine! (For now)

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Installed on a separate drive on my Mac Pro.
When I install the drivers and reboot, I get an error. Basically Windows says there is an error and it needs to run System Restore in order to roll back to the previous status (ie. remove Boot Camp drivers).
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Grateful for some ideas. I have previously had Win7 running on this machine, and even Win 8 (which crashed - necessitating a roll back to Win 7 whcih is nicer).
TIA

the drivers have a root setup.exe if people have problems with that they can manually navigate to the sub dirs and run the driver installs for the various hardware manually
the various driver exe install will only install if they detect the hardware is there so it's safe to run installers for say a video card ones computer does not have
and if one of the driver don't work of the hardware related to it is defect in some way you can identify which one as the restore would happen right over that driver install
that windows is not registered should not play apart as far as I know

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I'm using the latest Boot Camp drivers: 5.0.5033 and when the mac goes to sleep I can't wake it. Either auto sleep or manual sleep, it won't wake until I hard reset the mac. Please help? Do I need newer boot camp drivers? These are the newest drivers on the website, so... Do I need to wait for Apple to release new drivers?

there currently are not newer drivers apple does not officially support 8.1 so we're in the wild west in terms of if things works
live it with and wait for official support
or
reinstall win8

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