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Boot Camp installation forums are here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1244 iMac 2.66Ghz, 2.4Ghz MacBook Pro, iPhone 3G   Mac OS X (10.6.2)    

Glitches are the salt in the computing soup... Have a nice one Stefan iMac 20" Core Duo 2GB X1600 256MB   Mac OS X (10.6.2)   MacPro 2.66 (Late 2006) 8GB X1900XT  

Thanks Stefan, I appreciate your response. I have since been able to get in just fine with FF. Must have just been a glitch PC   Windows XP Pro    

Thanks for pointing out the option of copying the installer onto the VM. MacBook3,1      

thank you, I will do that. Macbook   Mac OS X (10.6.2)    

Forum maintenance; trouble syncing all the servers (global); sluggish internet... (yesterday there seemed to be problems loading pages, out of the ordinary). I always use IE8 and Minefield 3.7.x. Reduce or set the disk cache to zero and empty it on quit helps also. And there are instances when the forum servers are next to impossible to get in or access, but usually lasts for a couple hours before back up. Mac Pro 8800GT 10K VelociRaptor...

i got windows xp home to work on the new mace book i got but when i try to install boot camp it say that i need windows xp service pack 2 or windows vista. what do i do now, i cant get mac osx to work, do i have to reformat my mac? pleas help ryan    

Hi Stefan, I think I found the problem after reading through the link. I put the old hard drive with the windows 98 operating system in the external case. The Mac couldn't access this system. I believe that I will need to transfer only the files that I want to use from this hard drive, possibly to another unused hard drive, and then to the Mac. Am I correct? Thanks, Jim Imac      

Stefan, Yes, that was what I was trying to follow. I want to use the Direct Connect method. I turned off the firewall on my PC and made one of my folders sharable, and then plugged my Windows PC to my iMac with a standard ethernet cable. I went to Connect to Server from the Finder menu and typed smb://IPaddress/ShareName into the Server Address field. I'm not sure if this helps but my IP address was 169.254.XX.XXX. When I click Connect,...

Hi, I have been finding some sources on the internet that say the wireless mighty mouse will not work with a PC, some that say it will, and some that say scrolling or right click will not work under Windows. I have both a Macbook Pro and an HP laptop and would like to be able to use this mouse with either one, but I would like the scroll wheel and all buttons to work the same. Would this work or would I need special drivers or anything? Just...