http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ Discussion of Classic or running Windows, Linux and other OSes on the Mac. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:47 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/mac_images/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177345&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:59 GMT Hey guys, i have vista home premium 32 bit on bootcamp right now. but i just recently got windows 7 professional. I was wondering the best way to replace vista with 7. Do i delete the partition and start all over again or can i just clean install from windows like i would on a pc or..? Any... Hey guys,

i have vista home premium 32 bit on bootcamp right now. but i just recently got windows 7 professional. I was wondering the best way to replace vista with 7. Do i delete the partition and start all over again or can i just clean install from windows like i would on a pc or..? Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

will ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS willauqs http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177345 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177263&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:34:04 GMT Ever since i installed Bootcamp 3.0 with Windows 7 Pro x64 on my Bootcamp partition, i have been getting many physical memory dumps with a blue screen. With a normal computer, when getting a blue screen, it restarts, but mine doesn't, it just stays like that until i press the power button. It happens very randomly, but i have noticed that it happens when i'm doing work, like editing animations from saved files within the partition, or if i access my external firewire hard drive. I did have this problem when i had XP Pro x86, but it wasn't as often, and i was able to fix it by updating the drivers with a program called Driver Checker. This is getting to be very annoying, especially since my hard drive has no problems when i switch over to the Mac partition. I notice no hardware problems with it, no clicking noises, nothing of the sort. My hard drive name and # is Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 250GB. My partitions are as follows: Mac = 163.07GBs and Bootcamp = 86.64GBs. What is the problem?! ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS mknabster http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177263 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177174&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:49 GMT Hey, I'm encountering this problem after installing Windows 7 ultimate 32-bit. It says 'This program has known compability issues' when I try opening mac disc 2 to install the codecs. So far I've installed the audio and video codecs, but I need my keyboard to work in Windows 7. Is there a way to download a different version of the codecs from the disc? or is there a simpler explanation to why I keep failing?

I'm using a macbook pro
Intel core duo cpu T7800 2,6GhZ, 2CPUs


And while we're at it, a quick Q.
I just bought 4GB ram for my laptop, my friend told me this macbook was capable of pushing 4GB ram. But in my system info it says only 2.9GB is usable. What gives? ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS Ryko http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177174 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177151&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:49:30 GMT I have a macbook running Windows XP via parallels off of a bootcamp partition (so I can do it either way). I was wondering if I can remotely control my parents new Windows 7 desktop? It would make showing them how to do things SO much easier! I have a macbook running Windows XP via parallels off of a bootcamp partition (so I can do it either way). I was wondering if I can remotely control my parents new Windows 7 desktop? It would make showing them how to do things SO much easier! ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS Projectmorpheus http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177151 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177144&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:36 GMT Hello!

I'm new in the forum, and I'm having a problem with my Isight...
I'm running VMFUSION with Windows Seven x64.... and I'm trying to use the Live Messenger Chat video... when I do so, the image from the isight and the image from the other person shows me in black and white, while on person's computer, it's ok with color, even the image from my camera...

The same thing happens on Skype!

On Gmail, it's ok, but it's kind slow for videoconferencing...

I don't use iChat 'cause the other person has a PC...

So, someone had this problem? Anyone knows how to solve this?

Thank's ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS MaDmAn_Rs http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177144 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177132&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:24:48 GMT At first I was kinda iffy on it, now my mind has really changed about it, when they open it up I would be more then willing to put it onto my netbook. Linky (http://lifehacker.com/5408594/first-glimpse-at-google-chrome-os) At first I was kinda iffy on it, now my mind has really changed about it, when they open it up I would be more then willing to put it onto my netbook.

Linky ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS gagnerants http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177132 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177130&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:01:55 GMT I installed boot camp on my iMac and then installed 64 bit Vista. Everything works fine except in the device manager it says my video card is the "VGA Standard Adapter" and not the regular card. The problem is that it won't accept Direct3D.

As for what video card is supposed to be in it... the box says it's an ATI Raedon, the Mac OS device manager says it's an nVidia 9400. I've installed ATI drivers, and it didn't make a difference, and it won't let me install nVidia drivers because it says there's no nVidia device.

I've searched and searched, done different things, nothing seems to work. Can anyone help me? ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS RyanH http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177130 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177128&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:29:55 GMT could I run win 98 on imac g3 cuase I have a bunch of imac g3 that work but they got the french os and I do not know a bit of french and I don't have the install cd but I do have a windows 98 install cd I also have a osx puma install cd but I would prefer windows 98 over osx puma ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS toad772 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177128 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177106&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:13:14 GMT is anyone aware of a bit torrent client that will still operate with OS9. Simply cannot afford the upgrade. All answers gratefully received! :D is anyone aware of a bit torrent client that will still operate with OS9. Simply cannot afford the upgrade.

All answers gratefully received!
:D ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS rentawitch http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177106 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177084&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:10:51 GMT mini Displayport. I recently booted in to xp with the screen connected then later turned off the computer THEN disconnected the screen. Now xp won't boot, just gives a...]]> I have an aluminum MacBook(early 2009) with OSX and Windows XP installed. I also have an external display connected thru vga -> mini Displayport.

I recently booted in to xp with the screen connected then later turned off the computer THEN disconnected the screen. Now xp won't boot, just gives a loud high pitched beep then restarts.

I have had this happen to me before and the only way that I have found to fix it is connecting the vga adapter(with OR without the screen) and start windows. The only problem now is I'm not going to be home for a while and the adapter is at home.

I need a different way to fix the problem then the one described above please. ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS vbman11 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177084 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177061&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:11:22 GMT Does Ubuntu require any security features other than a router firewall? (Home network with little chance of neighbors breaking in.)

I'm looking to install it on my PC which presently has XP installed and will eventually install it (Ubuntu) on my Mac.

The Ubuntu documentation has quite a bit on security but nothing on virus control and the like.

TIA ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS mbohn http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177061 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177052&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:43 GMT Over the weekend, I purchased the Windows 7 Home Premium 'Family Pack', which runs $150. It is an upgrade edition that allows for the upgrade of 3 separate PCs. Apparently it's in limited supply as I had to hit up four different stores to find it, many of the e-tailers (Amazon, NewEgg, etc) are out of stock.

Anyway, I thought I'd relay that my install was a success. I had been using the Windows 7 Enterprise 90-day trial for IT Professionals and it worked well. Assuming I'd have trouble updating to Home Premium, I formatted the partition during install. I was able to do a clean install by *skipping* the Product ID entry during the installation process.

Once the install was completely finished, I used the Snow Leopard disc to do the Boot Camp driver package. Although I did get a warning that this package was 'known to be problematic', I proceeded with the install anyway and it went just fine. With all systems working properly, I initiated product activation and it worked perfectly - without the need to do two installs (as I've read was necessary with certain Vista upgrade editions).

So, apparently one can indeed use an "upgrade" edition of Windows 7 for a Boot Camp installation, which I know is normally excluded by the Boot Camp documentation. ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS cwa107 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177052 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176936&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:52:56 GMT For those of you who want to try out the new beta or have a free copy of Office for a while, here's the link! You'll need a Windows Passport account and register in order to download.

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Professional Plus - Free Download ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS andr3wkim http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176936 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176696&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:25:22 GMT May be I'm close to the solution, maybe still way far away.

My internal Superdrive is dead and as you know, Bootcamp doesn´t work with external DVD drive. I have SL 10.6.2.
What I did:
I installed Parellels and XP Sp2 as virtual OS. From the virtual XP, I told it to install XP on other devise, in this case, my windows partition created with Boot Camp. I used my external DVD drive with the same original XP SP2.
Everything went fine (XP instalation finished and works through Parallels, it has even formatted the partition from FAT to NTFS, I've checked it in the Info window in SL) 'til I had this message:



I think if we can give Parallels permission to write the physical hard disk, we got it, I don't know if it's possible or not. As I know, what Mac doesn't let write, is the bios or something in the partition to make it bootable.

This is what I wanted to share with you, I hope it will be helpful and together we can beat Boot Camp/XP/Mac OS X.

Sorry for my bad english. ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS AxlRose http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176696 http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176669&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:42:16 GMT Hey guys. I have a strange problem. I have a PC that runs XP that of course literally died this morning. Nothing. Anyway, I rip out the hard drive and put it in an enclosure for transfer. The problem is I need the data in "My Documents" which you all know is famous for permission issues. So the question is how do I change the permissions of this drive so that I can copy all the data? I cannot boot from it as it is NTFS, XP, and USB. It's a laptop drive so I can't just throw it into another machine ... and I don't want to mess with third party bootloaders and all that jazz. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot ]]> Windows, Classic, Linux, and Other OS VintageJPD http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176669