This tag is for questions on Windows 7 that are Apple hardware- or software-specific. Otherwise you might wish to ask on superuser.com.
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Create Windows 7 installation disk option
I am currently running Lion on my late 2010 Macbook Air. The new bootcamp has an option to create windows 7 installation disk from usb and iso. I have both but bootcamp won't let me select that ...
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Is parallels 7 better in performance then Vmware Fusion 4?
I got Vmware Fusion 4 when I bought my MAC Book Pro ( core i7 2.0Ghz Quad Core 6MB Cache, 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD). I installed Win7 first on Vmware and then later WinXp. In both case the Virtual ...
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Where can I find drivers for Windows 7 on an iMac without Boot Camp Assistant?
I have OS X installed on my 27" iMac and want to dual boot with Windows 7. I installed rEFit and then installed Windows 7. Now I need the drivers that normally get installed with Boot Camp Assistant. ...
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Can Mac OS lion and Win 7 (Vmware Fusion) Access Fat32 Partition?
Is it possible that I can make partitions on Mac other than the one holding OSX as FAT32. I want to access it via Mac and also when I run Win7 on Vmware Fusion. I can then add that FAT32 partition as ...
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Are there any “thin clients” that would allow me to run a Windows XP/7 app on an iPad with sound?
There are a number of remote access apps (from Citrix, etc.) that allow you to run Windows apps remotely on an iPad.
I need one that would allow me to remotely run (on an iPad) a Windows app with ...
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How can i burn a Windows 7 USB to an ISO?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 from a USB onto a bootcamp partition. No working :(
So, I thought I might try and burn the bootable win 7 usb to a dvd or ISO (and then burn that ISO to disk).
How ...
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How do I move Mac and Windows partitions to single Hard Drive?
I have this scenario:
600 GB Hard Drive, using Master Boot Record
300 GB Windows 7 x64 Parition, NTFS
300 GB free Space
1 TB Hard Drive, Guid Parition Table
730 GB Data Partition, exFat
Two More ...
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Can't load boot camp Windows 7 after resizing Mac partition
Running Lion with Windows 7 boot camped, I modified my Mac OS X partition and reduced its size by 100 GB. I formatted the new 100Gb to FAT 32.
When I restarted my computer, I received the "No ...
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Do I need to install the Boot Camp update in Mac OS X and Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on a 2010 Mac Pro running Lion.
Every so often I'm prompted to download and install the latest update to the Boot Camp software under Windows but this ...
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Problem with boot camp and XNA 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010
I'll try to be as brief as possible with my problem. Do not hesitate to ask for logs or information about my computer and/or the program.
I have a game that consists of a ship that navigates on ...
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What is the safest way to triple boot Macbook Pro?
I recently purchased a MBP 13.3 i5 system, and I'm keen on making it triple boot (Lion, Win7, Ubuntu 11.04). What is the safest way to do this ? I found quite a few websites online, but I'm not sure ...
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Why can't I download the latest Boot Camp installer when first configuring Boot Camp? [closed]
I have a white Macbook that is released near the end of 2007, with an Intel Core 2 Duo. And now that I want to try installing Windows XP or Windows 7 on it to see how robust it is running Windows, ...
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Is it possible to disable MacBook trackpad under Windows 7?
Is it possible to disable trackpad when running Windows 7 on Macbook Air/Pro? Anyone with this setup can confirm that it's possible?
(I don't use this setup yet, I'm just thinking about it, and want ...
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Windows on an iMac: unable to change keyboard layouts using a keyboard shortcut
I dual boot Windows 7 and MacOS X on my iMac.
Recently I needed to type some text in a non-English keyboard layout in Windows. I installed the second keyboard layout the way I usually do, but when I ...
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Graphics Card on Windows 7 on MBP
I was just wondering was it possible to use the "AMD Radeon HD 6490M " card of MBP on Windows 7 by installing Win7 either on
a) Boot Camp
b) Parallels
c) VmWare
as I like to play games on Win7 for ...
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How do I clone a dual-boot Macbook
I have a Macbook Air set up for dual-boot (Lion & Windows 7) and am planning on buying a newer model. How would I go about cloning the entire hard drive to the new machine?
Do I need to ...
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How to download Bootcamp drivers without Bootcamp assistant?
I'm setting up my MacBook Air for a Windows-only boot setup.
This was easy enough. It already had rEFIt on it, I just connected a Windows 7 boot thumb drive, and away I went.
However, it seems Apple ...
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Access iPod from Windows Explorer
I just got my new iPod 4.
I wanted to use it as a storage device copying to it music and eBooks, but it doesn't show up on my computer.
I followed the direction in this page, but unfortunately, the ...
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Will Windows 7 want two license keys if I go Bootcamp + Parallels?
I read that Parallels 6+ can use Bootcamp installations of Windows, and I'd like to go this route. But I've read reports that Windows will detect a major hardware change significant enough to ask for ...
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Customize the Boot Camp Drive Icon in Lion
A while ago, I remember having customized the Boot Camp drive icon with a pretty simple hack.
It was on Mac OS X Tiger.
And it was that hack.
Now I'm running Lion. Windows 7 is comfy on his Boot ...
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External drive for Time Machine and sharing files cross platform
I have read through this question and the associated apple kb article. I know that I can use an existing external hard drive and time machine can backup to it without affecting the other files.
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Does Time Machine make a backup of Windows if using Boot Camp?
I'm using Windows 7 on my Mac. On the Lion OS I installed Time Machine to keep a backup of my Laptop. Does this backup also cover the Windows partition?
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Synchronize calendar between Mac, Android mobile and Windows 7
I´m currently using my Mac with Lion. Using Bootcamp I installed Windows 7. I also have an Android phone. Now I´m looking for a calendar software that allows me to synchronize between all three OS. It ...
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Share favorites in Firefox using Bootcamp?
I'm using BootCamp to install Windows 7 on my Mac. On both OS I'm using Firefox 6. Is there an easy way to automatically share the favorites in both OS?
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How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone?
How to delete synced photos and folder from iPhone, my OS is Windows 7 and I don't want to erase all content from setting.
I have iTunes installed on my PC.
I want to delete images and folder in my ...
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Macbook Air + Lion + Windows 7 Boot Camp + shared partition
I would like to setup my Macbook Air's disk drive with 3 partitions - 50Gb for OSX Lion, 50Gb for Windows 7, and the remaining 150Gb for Data to share between both OSes (music, photos etc).
What's ...
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Can a Macbook Pro or Macbook Air run Windows 7 perfectly — fully 100% with all software and drivers?
I heard that some people buy a Mac and use Bootcamp to set up a dual boot so that it can run OS X and Windows 7 and some people buy it to only run Windows 7 just because Mac computer is high quality. ...
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Potential macbook convert - windows on mac?
I'm in the market for a new laptop and so have a few queries. What I'm after is a high res screen (when I say high res I mean I want better than 1280x800) and good battery life. Obviously this tends ...
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where to download the bootcamp software for windows when updating/installing OSX Lion?
As it says on the cd that after installing the windows insert your OSX disk and run the bootcamp updater that'll install all the drivers and updates to use your mac machine in Windows environment ...
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Can't see logical Windows NTFS partition in OS X
I have already asked this question over here
http://superuser.com/questions/323414/cant-see-logical-windows-ntfs-partition-in-os-x
and I got one answer thats satisfying but risky to attempt such ...
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Downsides of using Windows on a Mac
Please do not comment on how using Windows itself is a huge downside. After several years using OSX, Linux and Windows, I can say that working on the latter OS is best for my needs.
I do own an iMac ...
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MBP Keys 'stick' when it gets hot
Short Question
Why do the keys 'stiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick' when my MBP gets hot? More importantly, how can I fix it?
Background
It is not any one key that sticks, I have had darn near ...
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How to create a Windows 7 installation USB from OS X?
I'm trying to create a Windows 7 installation USB (for use on a PC) from OS X.
I've tried following these instructions from a similar question on superuser:
Insert the USB flash drive and run the ...
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Is it possible to “update” iTunes?
Is it actually possible to update iTunes running on Windows 7 Ultimate?
Because every time I've tried, it fails with an error about one service or another. The error is usually related to not having ...
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Install windows 7 on 15 inch macbook pro with a 13 inch MBP install disk
I have a 15 inch MBP which I want to install windows 7 on and I read online that I should have the MBP installation disk with me to install drivers and things after I install windows. I don't have it ...
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Moving Bootcamp to new Macbook Pro
Is it possible to move Boot Camp from Macbook Pro Late 2008 w/ Lion to Macbook Pro 2011 w/ Lion?
I have been trying unsuccessfully for several days.
I used WinClone to successfully image my old ...
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Why is iTunes 64 bit running as 32 bit application under Windows?
I've downloaded the 64 bit Version of iTunes and I'm wondering why it's running as a 32 bit application under Windows 7 (of course 64 bit)?
Any Ideas?
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How to speed up screen refresh on MacPro + Bootcamp?
I'm a .Net developer running Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) on a 2010 MacPro (2.27Ghz/6GB RAM) using Bootcamp. Until about a month ago its been, imo, the ultimate dev workstation. However recently I've ...
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How do I reinstall Bonjour
Should I reinstall Bonjour after I got an message : File Problem: M DNSResponse.exe
How do I go about doing this?
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Windows 7 on 2011 MBP's internal HDD, OS X on FW800 one
I'm about to get my new 2011 MBP next week and it's coming with a 256gb internal SSD, but I was wondering if it's possible to use the disk entirely for Windows 7 (bootcamp'ed) & install Mac OS X ...
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Why does the fan come on after having my MacBook Air on for only 2 minutes?
Running Windows 7 and after a resume the fan comes on about 2 minutes and doesn't turn off and it's the loudest thing in the room. I'm not doing anything but browsing . . and I don't think it's ...
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Drivers for Win7 Video on a Macbook Air?
I have Windows 7 installed on a boot camp partition and it seems to work fine. The problem is the Windows Experience Index is a 1.0 because the video drivers are the plain VGA drivers instead of ...
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Issues with Bootcamp trying to boot to a bootable device other than my HD
A week ago, I attempting to load Windows (with Boot Camp) on my Mac Pro. The Windows 7 install CD I used had missing files, and thus I deleted the partition I created to house windows, not wanting to ...
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Is there a way to use my USB web Camera which I use with my windows PC to use with my iPad first edition?
Is there a way to use my USB web Camera which I use with my windows PC to use with my iPad first edition?
Or any other camera to use with ipad first edition.
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How do you get Function keys to work on Mac Book Pro running Windows 7 under bootcamp?
The Fn keys don't seem to work on my Macbook Pro when it's runnign windows 7 Under bootcamp. I can't turn the volume up or down or mute the sound etc.
I've found articles leading to me to believe ...
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VMware fusion's Windows 7 takes long time to shut down (sometimes hang)
I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.7 and VMware Fusion 3.1.3. I have Windows 7 on my VMware Fusion.
Sometimes it takes a very long time (30+ minutes) to shut down and sometimes forever (hang with the spinning ...
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How to install Windows 7 on Mac mini server?
Previously I installed Windows 7 on a Macbook Air without problems using Boot Camp Assistant and the excellent directions here.
Now I am trying to install Windows 7 on a Mac mini server and I ...
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Are their drivers for the Apple Keyboard in Windows 7 64bit?(Bonus point: Where's Print Screen?)
I am using the official wired Apple Keyboard with my Windows 7 64bit Desktop, is there a source for official drivers anywhere?
I'm kinda fine with the default setup, but I'd really like the ability ...
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How much space is recommended for a Windows 7 Bootcamp installation besides Snow Leopard?
How much space is recommended for a Windows 7 Bootcamp installation besides Snow Leopard? I thought of 30 Gigabyte. Would that be sufficient?
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What setup allows a Windows 7 client to use OS X 10.6.7 server VPN with L2TP?
I'm trying to get my Windows 7 laptop to connect to my OSX server VPN via L2TP. I understand that Windows 7 has some issues with NAT-T and I was wondering if anyone has a fix for this. Or has gotten ...
